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Two interesting stories about Penn State head coach Joe Paterno:
Paterno’s sign to president, AD: Keep off the lawn – Post-Gazette
Penn State president Graham Spanier says Paterno won’t be offered another contract after the upcoming season, but does Joe need a contract to be head coach?
Not in his mind.
Does he need to be on the sideline [...]

Former Penn State players QB Anthony Morelli and RB Austin Scott have both signed NFL contacts with Arizona and Cleveland, respectively. Said one NFL scout about Morelli:
“He has all the tools you look for in a QB; an athletic body, very strong throwing arm and far better movement then I had expected, but is [...]

Morellli confirms scouts’ worries in Shrine Game – The CollegianI can’t recall a headline that cruel (but accurate) in the Collegian sports section. Anthony Morelli has to hope some team will sign him after the draft.
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Penn State 24 Texas A&M 17
As expected and predicted, Penn State won the Valero Alamo Bowl. Joe Paterno wins about 67% of bowl games he has coached because he is successful in putting in new schemes like Daryl Clark running draw plays at quarterback while Anthony Morelli stays out of trouble split wide. [...]

This pre-Alamo Bowl edition of Blue White Roundtable features questions from all of us.
WFY: Do you think any of the quarterbacks below Anthony Morelli will get any meaningful playing time on Saturday?
I don’t think either Daryl Clark or Pat Devlin will get much playing time unless Penn State runs it up in the first half [...]

After not talking to the media for 47 days and skipping an earlier press conference, Anthony Morelli showed up at the press conference for defensive players (The Collegian). Officially, there was a mix-up the other day and he’s concerned with playing football.
A Texas A&M yell leader had this to say (Dallas Morning News) at the [...]

Galen at The Nittany Line asked the questions and I answered them.
It appears that Penn State is a lock for the Alamo Bowl, at this point are you ready to jump on a plane and head to San Antonio or is this game a TiVo moment while you find better things to do like clean [...]

I’m breaking with tradition and posting this in the morning, since many readers may be traveling this afternoon. This week’s holiday questions come to us from “where the Diamond meets the Broad” courtesy of Run Up the Score!
1. It’ll be a week of criticism, so let’s at least start off on a positive note. [...]

Five Nittany Lions named All-Big Ten – CDT
Senior linebacker Dan Connor, junior cornerback Justin King, sophomore punter Jeremy Boone, sophomore defensive end Maurice Evans and junior center A.Q. Shipley were named to the first team.
Connor, Boone and Shipley seem fine on the first team, but what is King doing there? He was a liability out [...]

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Penn State Nittany Lions 31 Michigan State 35
This loss is on the defense. Giving up 35 points?! They only times they stopped Michigan State was when they got turnovers which they didn’t even necessarily cause. When was the last time the defense had such a bad half?
It was good to see Sean Lee [...]