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Dana Pennett O'Neil | Bradley should be next Nits' head coach
The defense, you have to
figure, will keep Penn State in games. The linebackers and
secondary are so good that the fact that the defensive line is
desperately young and inexperienced seems irrelevant. The
Lions welcomed freshman quarterback Jimmy Clausen to the
college game with six sacks.
But this isn't soccer. In football, eventually someone scores, which means eventually, the offense has to be able to stand up without its defense propping it up, a comfort zone that frankly the offense seems to be getting
a little too comfy with.
"[The defense] is comforting and it has been that way for the past 4 or 5 years," wide receiver Jordan Norwood said. "That's something that we will have for the rest of the season and hopefully we will be able to rely on them a little bit when we are not producing as much on offense."
As Joe Paterno pushes through his octogenarian years, the university refuses to announce his successor. In an age where college sports programs suddenly seem to interpret themselves as monarchies (Bob Knight will bequeath Texas Tech to Pat Knight) it is alarming to think where the line of succession could lead in Happy Valley.
It's really not that complicated.
Just tab the coach of the year. *
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