Penn State 2019 Season articles

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https://247sports.com/college/penn-...isker-Pat-Freiermuth-Journey-Brown-134282079/

DTS JOSEPH DARKWA & DVON ELLIES

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A couple of the Nittany Lions' new defensive tackles — German import Joseph Darkwa and Dvon Ellies — passed the eyeball test.


S JAQUAN BRISKER & S LAMONT WADE

Junior college transfer Jaquan Brisker (7) and junior Lamont Wade (38), who are competing for playing time at safety, seem to be getting along very well.

At the close of practice. Virginia Tech transfer kicker Jordan Stout worked a kickoff. He boomed the kick well beyond the end zone, drawing an initial reaction from Franklin and then more feedback from his new teammates.

 

[Richard the LIONhearted]

Tons of stuff here:

https://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-football/article233651112.html

 

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[Richard the LIONhearted]

Just think how stacked this team would be on the O-LINE if Big Nana was still playing.

 

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All this talk about Rondale Moore. FOH. Joystick is going to have huge year.

 

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Tyler: “I’d challenge anyone in the country to come up with a better defensive line than this Penn State unit.”

 

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[royboy]

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Darkwa is listed at 283# and the McCall piece shows him at 290#

Wow...easy to foresee him as 300#+ and very athletic.
Hope he learns the game.

 

[tboyer]

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It kind of sums up the preseason prognostications. If you focus on the offensive coaching problems PSU had last year, if you doubt Franklin's ability to win the close games, plus replacing McSorley -- then 8-4 makes sense.

If you follow recruiting, if you're in the "Jimmys and Joes" camp, then 10 wins seems doable. You see that PSU has recruited at a top 6-8 level the last 3 years. It's more talent than I've seen on a PSU roster back to the early 90s. Depth and speed everywhere and depth and speed is really what separates top 10 teams from 2nd 10 teams.

I guess for me this season pivots on MSU. If Franklin could go to East Lansing and handle a good Michigan State team, that would be a milestone for this program I think, that would be the biggest signal they can give the college football world (and themselves) that PSU still has more room to grow.

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[GregInPitt]

Nice article on Parsons in the Trib...

Interesting quotes from Parsons' Dad...

https://triblive.com/sports/micah-parsons-primed-to-be-penn-states-next-star-linebacker/

 

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[tboyer]

Nice article on Parsons in the Trib...

Interesting quotes from Parsons' Dad...

https://triblive.com/sports/micah-parsons-primed-to-be-penn-states-next-star-linebacker/

Love the quote from Arrington at the end. The thought of someone Parsons' size playing safety is pretty crazy (remember David Fulcher?).

I love how Pry has brought him along. Let him learn the position, then -- maybe this year -- use him more in the pass rush.

 

[Richard the LIONhearted]

Revsine and DeNardo are live tweeting from practice today.

 

[RickinDayton]

Revsine and DeNardo are live tweeting from practice today.

So what are they tweeting?

 

[Richard the LIONhearted]

So what are they tweeting?

Just some live action from practice and such. Walker holding up well against Matos, Mustipher with a TFL.

 

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[BobPSU92]

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Damn, Franklin really has increased the speed at Penn State.

 

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[Richard the LIONhearted]

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Hmmmm. Really surprised but their views on the QB situation. Maybe this offense is really going to take time to round into form.

 

[RickinDayton]

Hmmmm. Really surprised but their views on the QB situation. Maybe this offense is really going to take time to round into form.

I was thinking the same thing. Interesting they thought that Clifford & Levis are so close. However, they are only there for one practice, so they don't have the larger sample that the coaches have seen. I would expect a starter to be named around next Sunday because they are then getting into game prep for the opener the final 2 weeks of camp. Whomever is selected will be the one that has the confidence of the coaches & players. That said, I really expect the backup to see some extended PT with the ones during the OOC because the relative inexperience of both demands they receive meaningful game experience in case of injury.

 

[Richard the LIONhearted]

Piecing em up, yo.

 

[anon_xdc8rmuek44eq]

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Steel sharpens steel.

 

[djr4rebs]

Piecing em up, yo.

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Interesting that Brown seemed to be the closest player on the play. Think I saw Ellis trailing behind Shorter. Is he running with the 1s now?

 

[Richard the LIONhearted]

Holy $hit you guys, According to BTN, Trace McSorely has graduated and moved on. I had no idea.

 

[TheWizardofCamelot]

Yeah the BTN crew doesn’t seem to have much confidence in our future QB room.

 

[bmw199]

Someone look up the tape from 2016 and what they said on Trace then

 

[BobPSU92]

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Shorter reminded me of Engram catching the winning touchdown against michigan in 1994.

 

[Rip_E_2_Joe_PA]

Yeah the BTN crew doesn’t seem to have much confidence in our future QB room.

Thank God!

 

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[med2659]

Hmmmm. Really surprised but their views on the QB situation. Maybe this offense is really going to take time to round into form.

honestly i'm not...its not so much them saying these guys don't have talent its just they really do seem close to each other in ability...also I think it was their first glimpse of Levis and they were like "who is this guy?"...in a good way...Levis looks like an NFL QB right now from a physical standpoint...has a cannon and is a good athlete...but Clifford seems to have that "it" factor too me plus u hear the same thing from pretty much all the players of him being a great leader...that means a lot...plus I think Clifford throws a very catchable ball...but also has good zip on throws when necessary and is a pretty good athlete...bottom line I just think they have two good qb's (how good is the question)...I think they could win with either

 

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Ohio State scrimmaged yesterday. One of the quarterbacks, no one is saying who, threw two pick sixes and also fumbled.
"Nobody went out there and won the quarterback job for sure today," Ryan Day.

 

[bmw199]

Ohio State scrimmaged yesterday. One of the quarterbacks, no one is saying who, threw two pick sixes and also fumbled.
"Nobody went out there and won the quarterback job for sure today," Ryan Day.

Yikes!