A typical Penn State men's gymnastics practice usually consists of four or five things going on at once.

With gymnasts on the pommel horse, rings, and the parallel bars at the same time, the No. 5 Nittany Lions' coach Randy Jepson somehow has to be in four places at the same time.

"You learn where to stand," Jepson said. "Seriously, I never have my back to a gymnast, I try to keep my back against the wall so I can watch two or three things at once."

Jepson will be able to watch all of his gymnasts on display at 7 tonight in Rec Hall when they take on Temple.

The Lions are coming off of a win last Saturday against No. 11 Army and the young squad is looking to have a strong performance in their home gym.

The practice routine that Jepson has put his team through every day this week is focused on giving them the best chance to win.

"What we practice generally depends on the day," Jepson said. "Monday's we problem solve and try to get ready for the week because its tough to come in and get ready."

Jepson makes Tuesday's for learning the week's routine, Wednesday's a light day and Thursday's are usually the final walk through.

Yesterday's practice began with the entire team huddled around Jepson who announced to the team that freshman Casey Sandy garnered Big Ten Men's Gymnast of the Week honors.

The entire team gave Sandy a round of applause, but Jepson warned the freshman that it's a young season.

"I told Casey, 'congratulations,' but you're going to have to step it up because everyone is competing against you this weekend," Jepson said. "He's the kind of gymnast that can do the same kind of performance again and do it better."

The team, following the speech by Jepson, started stretches around lone senior captain Chad Buczek.

Following the stretches, Jepson breaks the team to go to their different stations in the gymnastics complex in the White Building.

Junior Justin Miklos works, on the pommel horse, freshmen Josh Borromeo and Tommy Ramos work on the rings and everyone else is either practicing with them or on the other four events.

Jepson somehow manages to watch it all.

"What I try to do is be the eyes of the place," Jepson said. "I have to know what's going on because I'm the one who makes the decisions."

So far in Jepson's career as head coach he has been making the correct decisions. He has won two coach of the year awards in the past five seasons.

Going into tonight's home debut, Jepson feels excited for this team as it continues its season.

"Being home is huge," Jepson said. "It's great for the guys to be home again and I hope that they will continue to build through this season and onto the next."