Preseason NCAA Football Report: Here Come The Nittany Lions!

The Nittany Lions are ranked #8 in the Associated Press Poll but don’t count them out of a National Championship this year. With Daryll Clark leading the offense at quarterback and Evan Royster at running back, Penn State has a great offense. However, Penn State has lost all their great senior receivers they had last year including Derek Williams and Deion Butler. PSU’s defense isn’t bad either with Sean Lee and Navorro Bowman as the linebackers, the other Big Ten teams will have trouble moving the ball against Penn State’s “Linebacker U.” Also Beaver Stadium is another elusive part of the Nittany Lions. The Nittany Lions home field has a capacity of 107,282 people and roars when the Nittany Lions’ players come into its confines. The biggest weakness of PSU is their schedule. They open up against Akron and play a good many other mediocre teams including Temple, Syracuse, Eastern Illinois, and Indiana which is not a great schedule. Nevertheless, Penn State’s Big Ten conference holds some teams to be reckoned with. With such powerhouse teams as Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, and Iowa, the Nittany Lions could have a tough time this year. Although the Nittany lions will have tough teams to go up against this year, Penn State should prosper this year and look for them to possibly be the dark horse to win it all. With Penn State’s driving offense, powerful defense, and a crowd to shake any opposing quarterback; it could be a good year for the Nittany Lions in 2009.

Penn State 2009 Football Schedule

Sept. 5 AKRON
Sept. 12 SYRACUSE
Sept. 19 TEMPLE
Sept. 26 IOWA
Oct. 3 at Illinois
Oct. 10 EASTERN ILLINOIS
Oct. 17 MINNESOTA
Oct. 24 at Michigan
Oct. 31 at Northwestern
Nov. 7 OHIO STATE
Nov. 14 INDIANA
Nov. 21 at Michigan State
Source: gopsusports.com

Penn State Football 2009 Depth Chart (Number, Name, Class)

Quarterback:
1. 17 Daryll Clark, Sr.
2. 12 Kevin Newsome, Fr.

Running back:
1. 22 Evan Royster, Jr.
2. 21 Stefphon Green, rSo.

Receiver:
1. 5 Graham Zug, rJr. 6 Derek Moye, rSo. 83 Brett Brackett, Jr.
2. 84 Patrick Mauti, rSr. 14 AJ Price, rFr. 2 Chaz Powell, rSo. 8 James McDonald, rSr.

Tight end:
1. 10 Andrew Quarless, Sr.
2. 82 Mickey Shuler, Sr.

Tackle:
1. 50 DeOn’Tae Pannel, So.
2. 72 Nerraw McCormack, Sr.

Guard:
1. 54 Matt Stankiewitch, rSr
2. 74 Johnnie Troutman, So.

Center:
1. 61 Stefen Wisniewski, Jr.
2. 68 Doug Klopacz, Jr.

Guard:
1. 77 Lou Eliades, Jr.
2. 65 JB Walton, So.

Tackle:
1. 73 Dennis Landolt, Sr.
2. 79 Ako Poti, Sr.

Kicker:
1. 36 Collin Wagner, Jr.
2. 29 Anthony Fera, Fr.

Defensive End:
1. 81 Jack Crawford, So.
2. 56 Eric Latimore, So.

Defensive End:
1. 5 Jerome Hayes, rSr.
2. 44 Kevion Latham, So.

Defensive Tackle:
1. 91 Jared Odrick, Sr.
2. 71 Devon Still, So.

Defensive Tackle:
1. 85 Ollie Ogbu, Jr.
2. 99 Brandon Ware, rFr.

Outside Linebacker:
1. 42 Mike Mauti, So.
2. 34 Nate Stupar, So.

Middle Linebacker:
1. 45 Sean Lee, Sr.
2. 43 Josh Hull, Sr.

Outside Linebacker:
1. 11 Navarro Bowman, Jr.
2. 15 Bani Gbadyu, Jr.

Cornerback:
1. 1 AJ Wallace, Sr.
2. 20 Devin Fentress, Sr.

Safety:
1. 20 Drew Astorino, rSo.
2. 10 Nick Sukay, So.

Safety:
1. 13 Andrew Dailey, rSo.
2. 6 Gerald Hodges, Fr.

Cornerback:
1. 4 Knowledge Simmons, Sr.
2. 8 D’Anton Lynn, So.

Punter:
1. 41 Jeremy Boone, Sr.
2. 49 Ryan Breen, rSo.

Kick Returner:
1. 2 Chaz Powell, rSo.
2. 6 Gerald Hodges, Fr.

Punt Returner:
1. 2 Chaz Powell, rSo.
2. NA