Penn State held its coaches' clinic this weekend, and the clinic ends each year with a scrimmage open to the coaches and media. A few odds and ends to hold you all over until the Blue-White game on April 25, the next time we'll get a chance to see the team ...

* First-team offense: QB Daryll Clark, RB Evan Royster, RT Dennis Landolt, RG Lou Eliades, C Stefen Wisniewski, LG Matt Stankiewitch, LT De'Ontae Pannell, TE Mickey Shuler, WR Brett Brackett, WR Graham Zug, WR Chaz Powell.

* First-team defense: LE Jack Crawford, DT Abe Koroma, DT Jared Odrick, RE Kevion Latham, OLB Navorro Bowman, MLB Josh Hull, OLB Michael Mauti, CB A.J. Wallace, S Drew Astorino, S Andrew Dailey, CB Knowledge Timmons.

* LB Sean Lee replaced Hull for a few snaps during non-contact drills.

* The offense will be in a tough spot unless the offensive line and/or Kevin Newsome improve dramatically. None of the wide receivers showed any tendencies Saturday of emerging as a deep threat, so the offense may need to take on more of a power approach. If that's the case, Clark will be asked to run more on sprints, draws and option plays, and his running style isn't conducive to taking big hits repeatedly. That means it's entirely possible Newsome could play if Clark gets injured, and based on what we saw Saturday, the Lions would be in signficant trouble. It's the classic case of being stuck between a rock and a hard place: Try to protect Clark, which would make the offense vanilla, or be more aggressive and risk an injury to Clark without a viable offensive line.

* Speaking of Newsome, quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno has his work cut out for him. Newsome's footwork was inconsistent, he skipped one quick route to Powell and he missed numerous other open receivers. His motion resembles former PSU QB Michael Robinson, who threw slightly sidearm instead of over the top. Newsome, who worked almost exclusively out of the shotgun in high school, also fumbled a snap, tripped over an offensive lineman coming out from center and was slow at times to begin his dropback once he received the snap. Some coaches were overheard saying Newsome looked better Saturday than Friday, which makes one wonder how poorly he looked Friday. Still, his abilities as a runner were clear. He made a nice cut on one designed run, and he also scrambled well. He's raw, but could be a dangerous dual-threat QB if he can become a better passer.

* Joe Paterno's assertion that Newsome will have to beat out walk-on redshirt freshman Matt McGloin didn't look so far-fetched. McGloin showcased a strong arm and unexpected mobility. Frankly, he looked like the scholarship quarterback instead of Newsome.

* The offensive line either needs a ton of work or Penn State's defensive line won't skip a beat without Aaron Maybin, Josh Gaines and Maurice Evans. Simply put, even second-team defensive linemen bullied first-team offensive linemen regularly. The first-team defensive line (Jack Crawford and Kevion Latham at end and Jared Odrick and Abe Koroma inside) didn't see many repetitions against the first-team offensive line, and it was easy to see why. Everyone from the first-team line to reserve DT Brandon Ware abd reserve DE Tom Golarz, among others, were in the backfield.

* Look for Powell to take some snaps under center similar to how Derrick Williams was used a year ago.

* Wallace was chewed out by Joe Paterno for two or three minutes. It wasn't clear what angered Paterno.

* No significant injuries, though Newsome and Latham were down momentarily before returning.

* G Johnnie Troutman didn't practice. No reason was given, though Troutman didn't appear to have any visible injury.

-- JL