Head coach Joe Paterno was in NYC Thursday night for "An Evening With Joe Paterno" and made it clear where he stands on the conference expansion issue.

The 82-year-old coach said he's tried talking with Big Ten people about adding another team. He specifically mentioned Syracuse, Rutgers and Pittsburgh as possibilities.

Also, by not having a conference championship, Paterno said it's a "handicap."

Paterno joked that adding a team isn't "invading Normandy" and that the alignments could happen quickly if supported.

You can read the whole story here.

Of course, time will tell if the Big Ten will add another program. The three teams Paterno listed seem to be the most logical, although it's anyone's guess as to how long such a process would take.

-Wayne

Former Indiana QB Kellen Lewis was dismissed from the team for an undisclosed violation of team rules, according to the AP. Lewis, Indiana's biggest weapon on offense with his throwing and running ability, made the switch to wide receiver this spring, perhaps to follow another former IU QB -- Antwaan Randle El -- and better his NFL stock in next year's draft.

Lewis was a second-team All-Big Ten selection as a quarterback in 2007 but was suspended for four months before the 2008 season, according to the report.

- Mink

If you followed Hardwood Hits during basketball season, you hopefully saw Nate, Matt and I utilize Twitter toward the end of the season. Now, we're going to try to build off that and use it for football with the new Collegian Footblog Twitter.

Posts on Twitter will automatically show up on the feed to the right, but if you have an account feel free to follow us and get all the updates. Nate, Matt, Wayne and I will be updating it with all kinds of small bits of information over the summer and through the season, along with in-game updates from Beaver Stadium and live updates from our trips to Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois, Northwestern and whatever bowl the Nittany Lions may end up playing in.

Feel free to send us messages and ask us questions, and hopefully we can make our Twitter as reader-friendly as possible.

And speaking of user feedback, don't forget that you're free to comment on all posts here on the Footblog through Facebook by clicking on "Comments" at the bottom of any post.

Thanks for following along.

-Matt Brown, Collegian Football Editor

It seems like just yesterday that Pat Devlin was battling it out with Daryll Clark in spring ball for the starting quarterback spot at Penn State.

But a year has passed, and after watching Clark have an All-Big Ten season and lead the Nittany Lions to a share of the Big Ten title, Devlin has finally seemed to settle into his own.

At least that much was evident in Delaware's annual Blue-White game on Saturday, when the former Lion, sporting Clark's old number, completed 24 of 31 passes for 301 yards.

Not bad.

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Penn State fans will love this one.

Beaver Stadium might be universally-known as the home to college football's greatest fans, but, at least on Saturday, it took a backseat to its rivals.

That's because a spring-record 95,722 fans flocked to the Horseshoe, paying $5 per ticket to watch Ohio State's Scarlet-Gray spring scrimmage.

Lion fans' favorite quarterback, Terrelle Pryor, threw a pair of touchdowns and led the Gray team to a 23-3 win.

-Fortuna

Not much action on the blue side, which punts it before forcing a fumble by White on its own 13. Looks like Blue might have a chance to tie it, down eight as it takes over.

McGregor will try to take them to the endzone, but we're about to head down to the field, so that'll do it for this blog.

Happy? Now you can go back outside and experience this beautiful weather, and be sure to check The Collegian Web site for more coverage of today's action later on.

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Hey folks, Matt Fortuna here to take you through the second half. It looks like I'll have a bigger audience, considering about half the stadium has already cleared out. I mean, what else would they be doing besides reading this blog?

Matt McGloin directs a three-and-out for the White team, but not without its share of big hits as Nick Sukay drills James McDonald on an incomplete pass down the near sideline on the half's opening play.

Starting from its own five, the Blue team comes out, led by Newsome. Hopefully we'll get to see more of this colt in the second half, because, for the most part, he ran a pretty conservative offense in the first part.

On third and three from his own 12, Newsome squeezes a pass into the hands of tight end Andrew Szczerba, who has become somewhat of a Blue-White game legend these past two seasons. Linebacker Mike Zordich was late on the throw over the middle, and Szczerba took it to the 26 for a first down.

We get to see some of that scrambling ability from Newsome who runs out of trouble on second and three from his own 33 and takes it five yards for the first before wisely running out of bounds.

A few plays later, and Newsome is running for his life to the weak side before lofting it to Brandom Beachum, who is met by three defenders after a three-yard gain.

Newsome and Beachum have trouble on an exchange the next play, but the running back is able to recover the ball a yard past the line of scrimmage, bringing up third and five.

Newsome then finds Moye across the middle ... for a yard. Ryan Breen punts it 25 yards out of bounds to the White 21, where McGloin will lead the offense

Who's supposed to be the quarterback with the legs again? McGloin rolls to his right, sees nothing but open field and takes it a solid 20 yards down to the nine to end the third quarter.

The sea of daylight came courtesy of the most vicious hit of the game, a great block on defensive end Jonathan Stewart by someone who is unidentifiable because he has a white pinny on over his blue jersey. Wish we could get his name soon, because even the press box let out a big gasp after that hit.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, McGloin dances around in the backfield before hitting running back Derek Day near the five.

A few plays later on third and goal from the 17, and McGloin steps into a gap in the pocket and fires a beautiful pass to a leaping J.D. Mason in the back of the endzone for the score.

Just before, the attendance was announced, and for the third consecutive year there is a new Blue-White game record. 76,500 in the Beav for today's show, although it's a fraction of that at this point.

Fourth quarter,
White 21, Blue 13

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The new quarterback for White is No. 15 John Kelly. Everyone getting a shot here in the first half. His first pass is incomplete intended for Zug. 18 seconds left at the 35 yard line.

That does it for the first half here at the Blue-White game.

HALFTIME
White 14, Blue 13

Stick around, I'll be passing the blog along to one of our writers for the second half.

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Another new quarterback as No. 16 Shane McGregor is in for the White squad. His first pass is a 13-yard gain for Larry Federoff. I imagine that'll be the last time I type that phrase this season.

Big Brandon Ware out of Harrisburg gets his name called on a tackle. Ware weighs in at a light 347 pounds.

A nice pass by McGregor on a deep slant to McDonald. That's a pick up of 20 yards, 1st and 10 at the Blue 35 for the White.

Two straight deep attempts by McGregor. The first sails over J.D. Mason's head, but the second is a 19-yard connection Brett Bracket on the sidelines at the 6-yard line. 1st and goal for White.

We have a questionable call down there... McGregor threw a pass intended for Andrew Goodman at the goal line and Mike Yancich made a diving attempt at a pick. He caught it but was apparently out of bounds.

3rd and goal now at the 4, McGregor dumps it over the middle to Gino Raneri for a touchdown with 26 seconds left in the half.

True freshman Anthony Fera -- the nation's No. 2 kicker recruit according to Scout.com -- hits the extra point.

0:26 second quarter
White 14, Blue 13

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We may have seen the end of Daryll Clark for the day as Matt McGloin takes over for the Blue despite being listed on the White squad. McGloin's first pass is perfect as he hits Quarless for a gain of 22 to the White 43 yard line.

Brandon Beachum back on the Blue squad. He takes the handoff and picks up a just a couple. Michael Zordich picks up the tackle.

Matt McGloin rolls out and hits DE Jack Crawford in the chest. The 6-5, 262-pound Crawford jumped when he didn't need to but came up with an easy deflection. McGloin throws a short pass to Suhey and he picks up a big chunk of yards for the first down at the White 20.

Another injury, this time its OT Ako Poti, He is helped off the field with an injury that looks pretty similar to Massaro's.

Touchdown Blue as Shelton McCullough was completely embarrassed on a pump fake by McGloin. McGloin leaned in with a fake, pulled back and found a wide open Zug for the touchdown. The extra point is no good.

8 play, 63 yard drive for Blue

3:04 second quarter
Blue 13, White 7

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We head to the 2nd quarter now, which will be just 12 minutes. Boone punts and nearly gets it to land and stop at the 1, but it bounces in the end zone for a touchback.

Another enormous crowd here for the Blue-White game. Just about the entire place is full except for an empty North deck and a 25% full South deck. It's pretty hot out, but the wind makes for a near-perfect day. I think it's hotter up here in the press box.

Brandon Beachum picks up a first down for White, 1st and 10 at the 33. Newsome hits A.J. Price on a quick slant. The pass wasn't perfect and Price got hit pretty hard. Not sure who made the hit.

More penalties... FB for the White squad Larry Federoff jumps early this time. I'm not sure why they put Beachum on Blue as he has his White shirt on over the Blue still. Chima Okoli -- or as JoePa mistakenly called him in his pregame press conference, Obama -- picks up a tackle. I'll take the opportunity to say JoePa was in good spirits today at the press conference with some classic Joe moments. The longest answer of the 30 minute session ended up being a question about Cael Sanderson, as JoePa rattled off several stories, including watching Donald Rumsfeld wrestle in the '50s. Random? Yes.

We get a brief glimpse of Kevin Newsome's legs on a bootleg. He picks up a couple yards before a hard hit draws a penalty flag. Looks like it was a shot to the head, not sure who the guilty party was though.

1st and 10 for the White at the Blue 14. No. 23 Shane Thompson barrels into the middle of the line and picks up nothing when he's met by Chris Colasanti.

Touchdown White, what a pass by Kevin Newsome. That certainly looked like his best throw of the day. Newsome dropped back in the pocket and through a hard strike into the back of the end zone, connecting with Brett Brackett in stride. David Soldner makes the extra point. 10 plays, 80 yards on the drive, taking 5:05. No sighting of freshman kicker Anthony Fera yet.

6:44 second quarter
Blue 7, White 7

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Clark back out on the field for Blue and he rolls out to the right and hits TE Mickey Shuler for a gain of 6 to give a cushion from the end zone. Evan Royster runs off tackle to the right and picks up a first down.

Blue does a good job of setting up the screen and Joe Suhey picks up 12 for another first down.

Another strike by Clark as he hits Graham Zug on a post. Zug hauls it in for a gain of 24 yards and another Blue first down. This is against the starting secondary as A.J. Wallace, Knowledge Timmons, Drew Astorino and Andrew Dailey are in the defensive backfield for White.

Clark's next pass is short intended for Patrick Mauti. And we have our first injury of the day, definitely not something you want to see in a scrimmage.

The injured Lion is DE Pete Massaro, and he has to be helped off the field as he walks with a limp toward the sidelines.

We follow that up with the first penalty of the game as someone on the offensive line jumped early. Not sure who it was. The Blue O-line is Dennis Landolt, Johnnie Troutman, Stefen Wisniewski, Lou Eliades and Ako Poti.

3rd and 12 for the Blue at the White 47. Blue picks up the first down as Clark fires and connects with Shuler again at the 32.

Yet another beautifully thrown ball by Clark to Zug again down the far sidelines. But this one's getting brought back by a personal foul called on the Blue. Instead of 1st and 10 at about the 15, the Blue has it 2nd and 23 at the 45.

It's the first quarter and people are already switching teams, making things pretty frustrating when trying to read jersey numbers. No. 30 Josh Matzkin has a blue shirt over his white jersey as he catches a short Clark pass for 5 yards.

Another Blue penalty, this time holding. Make it 3rd and 28 at midfield. Clark hits Andrew Quarless on an underneath rout. He picks up about 9 but it'll be 4th and long for the first Jeremy Boone punt of the game. Drew Astorino is back deep for the White squad and the first quarter comes to an end.

End 1st quarter
Blue 7, White 0

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True freshman Kevin Newsome takes the field to lead the White squad. Both he and Matt McGloin are on White and Newsome gets the early call. His first pass is under thrown and James McDonald can't quite come up with it.

With Stephfon Green sidelined because of his ankle injury, Brandon Beachum is the White's starting tailback. Newsome rolls out to his right and launches a deep pass to Brackett but it's noot really close to connecting. 4th and 9 for White at its own 36, Ryan Breen to punt.

I don't know if this is a sign of things to come, but Evan Royster was back deep to field the punt. Breen's punt sails deep with the help of the wind and is fair caught at the 8. A 56 yard punt for the back-up punter.

6:52 first quarter
Blue 7, White 0

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All right Penn State football fans, Collegian football editor Matt Brown here in the Beaver Stadium press box on a beautiful spring day here in Happy Valley. We're already underway here in the 2009 version of the Blue-White game, and right now Daryll Clark is leading the Blue squad down the field and has the ball down to the 2 yard line. Clark is the only player sporting a red jersey today -- meaning he cannot be hit.

After a few nice completions, including a strike down the sidelines to Derek Moye, Clark hands the ball off to Joe Suhey for a short touchdown.

Collin Wagner's extra point is good.

Blue 7, White 0
7:49 first quarter

QB Daryll Clark said WR Chaz Powell has been slowed by an ankle injury for part of spring practice. Powell is wearing a green cross jersey, meaning he is being held out of any contact. Clark expects the versatile receiver to play a few snaps in Saturday's Blue-White game. Kickoff is set for 2 p.m.

"Someone fell on it kind of awkwardly," Clark said Wednesday. "He rolled it pretty good."

Reports surfaced earlier this month that Powell left practice with an ankle injury. Later that week on a conference call, head coach Joe Paterno refuted the report, saying he did not know of any such injury.

-Mink

The complaints about Penn State's non-conference schedule have been aired out. Unfortunately for the disgruntled, the solution will occur five years down the road.

In a move that we can only hope none of us will see as students, Rutgers announced today that it will be hosting Penn State in 2014, with the Scarlet Knights visiting Beaver Stadium the following season.

The Jersey school reached a prelimary agreement to play Miami in consecutive years as well, beginning in 2018.

Coincidentally, the Miami Herald reported this week that there is interest from both sides for a home-and-home series between "The U" and "Linebacker U." (Thanks, TJ).

-Fortuna

We tend to like doing our own reporting here on Footblog, but here's a move so surprising, I figured I'd share it with y'all.

ESPN's Adam Rittenberg reports former Duke point guard Greg Paulus could get a shot to play quarterback for Michigan this fall. The Wolverines' QB situation is sketchy as they wrap up spring practice. Early enrollee Tate Forcier had himself a good spring, according to coach Rich Rodriguez, and appears to be the frontrunner heading into the summer. Former QB Steven Threet transferred, and Nick Sheridan is still recovering from a broken leg.

So where does Paulus fit into all this? For starters, Paulus was a former Gatorade high school football player of the year. Syracuse, his hometown team, had expressed interest in bringing him in, too. Paulus recently worked out for the Green Bay Packers, so evidently, he's thinking his ticket to the pro ranks is on the gridiron and not the hardwood, where's he's spent the last four years.

- Mink

In a not-so-surprising news, this upcoming season's Penn State-Iowa game on Sept. 26 is set for 8 p.m.

It marks the second straight season the Nittany Lions open up conference play with a primetime home game. Last season, PSU beat Illinois, 38-24 in front of a "White House."

Although it is not yet known if the game will be shown on ESPN or ABC, the Lions will be looking to avenge its only Big Ten setback last season. In Iowa City last fall, Penn State's national championship hopes ended with a 24-23 loss.

It has also been announced Penn State's road game against Northwestern on Oct. 31 will be played at 4:30 p.m. ET and will be on either ESPN or ESPN 2.

Penn State has not played the Wildcats since 2006, when the Lions won, 33-7.

-Wayne

Whew! I'm exhausted, and my neck feels like it's permanently glued to my left shoulder. OK last coach in this rundown is Minnesota coach Tim Brewster.

The Gophers are onto practice No. 10 today. Minnesota made one of the more surprising turnarounds in all of college football last year, erasing a 1-11 record in '07 with a 7-6 record in 2008.

Brewster said the Gophers' new outdoor stadium is ahead of schedule and has exceeded all the expectations he had for it. Having permanently left the Metrodome, Minnesota is playing its spring game at St. Thomas University, a local Division III school in Minneapolis.

Eric Decker, who owns one of the nicest pairs of mits in college football, is playing center fielder for the Gopher baseball team this spring as well. Decker led the Gophers with more than 80 catches and 1,000 yards last year.

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Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald pulls a Paterno and goes right to the Q&A.

The Wildcats are coming off a 9-4 season and a loss to Missouri in the Alamo Bowl. QB Mike Kafka is the favorite heading into the fall. Although Fitzgeralds said Dan Persa is pushing Kafka. Again, gotta give a shoutout to the Bethlehem-product who lead Liberty to back-to-back PIAA 4A title games ... getting demolished in both by bigger and better Western PA schools.

The loss of four-year RB Tyrell Sutton will also be tough to replace, but Kafka is a true dual-threat QB who can make-up some of Sutton's run production.

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Paterno is up now. He said he's more concerned with developing players to replace the lost starters in the secondary, offensive line and WRs than he is with establishing leadership beyond QB Daryll Clark and LB Sean Lee.

A.J. Wallace pulled a hamstring the other day, and Paterno said he has not liked much of what he's seen from the secondary halfway through the spring schedule. In fact, Paterno went so far as to say it wasn't even close to where it needed to be come Sept. 5 against Akron.

Clark remains the only guy on the practice field with a red jersey, meaning no one hits him.

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New Purdue coach Danny Hope is up next. JoePa on deck.

The big thing for the Boilermakers is replacing QB Curtis Painter. But talk of this chat with Hope is dominated by '09 being his rookie campaign after the many years of Joe Tiller being head coach in West Lafayette. Purdue is still gonna be the shot-gun, air assault offense Tiller made it known for, but Hope's going to add a few wrinkles to the offense, as well.

Hope mentioned two guys, Joey Elliott and Caleb TerBush, to replace Painter. TerBush is a redshirt freshman while Elliott is a fifth-year senior.

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Ron Zook is up now.

Illinois is about halfway through the spring practice slate. Zook begins by addressing what made Penn State defensive coordinator Larry Johnson so appealing. The talent he recruits stood out most, and Zook said he gained a lot of respect for Johnson in the meetings and talks the two had.

CB Vontae Davis' departure is a big piece the Illini defense lose in '09. Travon Bellamy is one kid Zook likes to step up and replace Davis, who's heading toward a big pay day in a couple weeks at the Draft.

Illinois also has a new offensive coordinator, but Zook doens't think the offense Mike Locksley ran will change too much. In other words, see Juice run. See Juice throw.

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Bielema is starting to put me to sleep a bit with his talk about what needed to change to get Badger football back on top the conference. Bielema hinted mental errors like jumping the snap, penalties, etc. have been holding his squad back a bit.

Bret Bielema of Wisconsin is up next. I like Bret. He comes off a smug kinda guy on the tube, but he's real polite over the phone.

Wisconsin is coming off a pretty disappointing 7-6 season, when some polls had the Badgers as a top-10 team in the preseason.

QB Dustin Sherer is the frontrunner heading into the season, although Bielema is liking two other QBs pushing Sherer to keep making strides.

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Here comes the only Big Ten coach to hand Penn State a loss in '08, Kirk Ferentz.

Three practice remain for the Hawkeyes. Like Michigan State, Iowa's biggest loss is the ball-carrier. Big Ten Offensive POY Shonn Greene is getting ready for the Draft next week. Not surprisingly, Greene's replacement is the first topic covered. Sounds like Iowa will employ a running back by committee to fill the void.

Not much other big news coming from Ferentz this afternoon.

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Next up is Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio, who's a little late on the call.

The Spartans are going into practice No. 10 out of 15 today. Two QBs are vying to replace

Bobby Hoyer. But the big loss is RB Javon Ringer. Dantonio says there's a lot of talent to fill in for Ringer. Still, Ringer was a special back.

Could the Spartans use the option in '09? Dantonio said it's a bit of a stretch to say they're going to be an option football team.

Hey, a Colin Neely shoutout. Neely is from my neighboring town Bethlehem. Big boy that Neely fella'.

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Next up is Indiana coach Bill Lynch.

Construction on Indiana's stadium looked to be progressing good back in early March when I was pacing the field.

QB Kellen Lewis is getting some looks at wideout and quarterback, Lynch said. The Hoosiers want to be more "multiple" on offense, specifically running the ball out of the spread. WR Ray Fisher is moving back to cornerback, a position he played in high school. The need for help in the secondary was far greater than WR, and Fisher was more than willing to change sides of the ball.

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Next up is Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez.

The big storyline in Ann Arbor this season will be who the signal caller's gonna be. Rodriguez mentioned both Nick Sheridan and freshman Tate Forcier are deadlocked in a QB battle. Sheridan has a slight fracture in his leg but should be fine by summer workouts.

Michigan already played its spring game and has just one more practice. Former Syracuse coach Greg Robinson is taking over defensive duties for the Wolverines in '09.

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Mink here embarking on a one-hour, 40 minute conference call featuring all 11 Big Ten football coaches.

We're gonna start things up with Ohio State coach Jim Tressel.

QB Terrelle Pryor missed a couple portions of Friday's practice with some wear and tear on his arm just from throwing so much. Pryor's development as a passer will be the focal point of the Buckeyes' offense with the departure of two starting wide receivers. If the whole gun-slinging gig doesn't work out as well as hoped, the dual-threat QB will use his legs to move the chains. However, the Buckeyes have a lot of young talent on the offensive line, and Tressel said improvement will be made through experience, not so much film study and team meetings.

Defensively, the Buckeyes' lose some serious talent in James Laurinaitis and Malcolm Jenkins.

"We're gonna be counting on the guys up front," Tressel said.

Sorry, Penn State fans. This new crop of writers hates to be the bearer of bad news in our inaugural post, but we figured we would give you folks a heads up for what will undoubtedly be the Nittany Lions' biggest game of the 2009 season.

While I am sure you will all do your best to ensure that "The Pryor Crier Project" is in full-force come Nov. 7, it just won't be the same atmosphere many of you have been anticipating.

That's because, unlike three of the past four contests between these conference rivals, this year's Penn State/Ohio State showdown will start during the day.

Due to contracts between the Big Ten and TV networks, no outdoor November games can kick-off in primetime -- later than 3:30 p.m.

Weather conditions in Big Ten towns are the reason for such a rule.

It's hard to argue with, but it will certainly take away from the home-field advantage Penn State would have had given the all-day tailgates and whatnot.

So Happy Valley dwellers will have to put their drinking shoes on a little earlier in the A.M. than previously anticipated for the second-to-last game in Beaver Stadium of the 2009 season, and Terrelle Pryor's "homecoming" will lack the spice showcased in previous affairs between these two schools.

We all know ESPN loves the White House, so we figure the night crew will be here for the Sept. 26 game against Iowa.

That is, unless you thought the Syracuse rebuilding project would work overnight.

-Fortuna

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