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  • Psu36 said...

    Offense: Jones Defense: Barnes Sidelined: Alex Kenney

    same 4 me

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  • Offense:James-Based on reports, I am starting to have dreams of him and AB in a few years

    Defense:Barnes

    Sideline: Drake

    Recruits: DJ

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    fabfour12324

  • Offense - Jesse James ( Future Beast )
    Defense - Dion Barnes ( Future Beast )
    Sidelined - Alex Kenney ( in the slot )

    kcpsu

  • Offense: Byers. Heard the kid was Gigantic for a RB/HB. Want to see for myself.

    Defense: JVF (Van Fleet) This kid has been great on Special Teams. Great to hear he's breaking into lineup more for regular defense. Was a fan of his since a few years ago watching him make a great flying tackle on a kickoff and causing a fumble. Forget which game, guy didn't have a chance, JVF flattened him.

    Sidelined: DJ, I think it's fairly telling that he's making the trip up this weekend after his "amazing" visit last weekend. Probably won't commit, but this weekend will go a long way in terms of how he views PSU moving forward, esp. since he will be around his potential new teammates for 2013.

    ArizonaLION

  • I'm definitely interested to see the whole team and the choices already picked are great ones. So to be a little different, my picks are:

    Offense: John Urschel (besides Stank at C, the RG spot is least talked about among the o-line. Both OT's and the LG spot have intriguing prospects so I'm less worried about them. Urschel is one of smartest kids on the team so if he can physically hold his own this year holding down the RG spot, our o-line could be really solid.)

    Defense: Derrick Thomas (one injury away from starting, and he may have the all important role of nickel-back this year...I hope he comes to play this year)

    Sidelined: Curtis Dukes (Zwinak seems to be developing, but I would think Dukes will get more carries this year than ZZ and a power back to compliment Redd would be huge)

    LambeauLeap

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    Deff-Zettle
    Sideline-Fortt at 244LBS.

    This post was edited by pipedope on 4/19/2012 at 1:54 PM

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  • Offense: Belton

    Defense: Massarro

    Sidelined: Mauti

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  • Offense:Paul Jones
    Defense:Deion Barnes
    Sidelined:Michael Mauti

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    BlueNWhite

  • Offense: QB and Miles (Miles Dieffenback went to my high school)
    Defense: Amos
    Sidelined: Alex Kenney (Would pick Khairi but I already now how good he is.)

    This post was edited by on 4/19/2012 at 3:01 PM

    PSUgo15

  • IMO the offense will be much better this year. Better system, better QB's, Better offensive coaching and more developed play makers. Brown, Redd, Belton, possibly James, Gillman and Kenney

    PSUgo15

  • Off: Bill Belton
    Def: Deion Barnes
    SL: Alex Kenney

    PsuProud133749

  • Offense: Paul Jones (please do well!!!)
    Defense: Curtis Drake
    Sidelined: Alex Kenney or Khairi Fortt (whom I think can both be great players!!!)

    jmmstate

  • 24_24_PSUgo15 said...

    IMO the offense will be much better this year. Better system, better QB's, Better offensive coaching and more developed play makers. Brown, Redd, Belton, possibly James, Gillman and Kenney

    I agree. Plus, we really didn't lose any significant player from the offense a year ago - Barham, Okoli, Pannell, Troutman, Szczerba, Stephon Green, Beachum and Moye. Moye had a very nice career at Penn State but he was not an impact player or the kind of guy that that will be difficult to replace. Troutman was a good player but not irreplaceable.

    There will be significant upgrades in talent at some positions (OT's) and if players progress even modestly at some spots (like Haplea at TE, Urschel at RG, and so on) the offense will certainly be better than last year.

    LambeauLeap

  • This years OL will be much better. Better OT's, No lose at OG, and our Center will improve from last year. RB: Silas much better, and I think Belton will be a very good back up, WR: Brown just as good as Moye, Slot: Kenney better than Smith, TE and HB: Much better development and system for our TE's. Our offensive scheme will be much better also.

    PSUgo15

  • Offense: Zwinak or Robinson
    Defense: Barnes
    Sidelines: Cheerleaders

    NittnyLion14

  • arch1102 said...

    Offense: Paul Jones - Please make the cut
    Defense: Deion Barnes - From the limited video footage i have seen this spring, he looks like a good one
    Sidelined: Mike Mauti - Potential Captain, would love to see how involved he is on the sidelines.

    This exactly for me.

    Offense: Jones - Please look good.
    Defense: Deion Barnes: Potential Monster.
    Sidelined: What arch said.

    The Heel

  • Thanks for your thoughts, gang. Nothing too crazy here, though it is worth nothing that there were 14 different offensive players chosen as opposed to just nine guys on defense. Here are the leaders (players who got multiple mentions) after roughly 24 hours.

    Offense:

    Paul Jones -- 9 votes
    Jesse James -- 6
    Bill Belton -- 4
    Donovan Smith -- 3

    Four players (McGloin, Gress, Dieffenbach, Zwinak) tied at 2 votes each

    Defense:

    Deion Barnes -- 14
    Curtis Drake -- 7
    Adrian Amos and Anthony Zettel -- 4 each
    Pete Massaro and Mike Hull -- 2 each

    Sidelined:

    Alex Kenney -- 15
    Khairi Fortt -- 6
    Michael Mauti -- 5
    Dorian Johnson -- 3

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  • Offense: Paul Jones - Is he legit?
    Defense: Curtis Drake - I want to see his tackling because I’m sure he can cover.. heck of an athlete
    Sidelined: Alex Kenney -wanted to see if he could take over the slot position full time, he cant be any worse than devon

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  • Offense: Paul Jones
    Defense: Curtis Drake
    Sidelines: Mike Mauti

    Was up on campus yesterday with my daughter, who will be a freshman in the fall. I wish I could be there tomorrow as well.

    This post was edited by DocAlan02 on 4/20/2012 at 8:36 AM

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  • Offense - all about PJ. Please deliver us from evil... Amen.

    Defense - I'm comfortable with LB and DT's - position I'll be watching is the DE's -- most notably Olaniyan. Lots of reps, looks the build, athletic, hope he can show some pass rush.

    Out - very disappointed I won't see how SOA looks on the field. I'm worried about the secondary.

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  • O: Zwinak --> Really think this kid is gonna blow up this year
    D: Adrian Amos --> gonna be our playmaker on D
    Sidelined: Alex Kenny --> gonna be a monster in the slot along with special teams

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    ejb5212

  • I'm adding three more for my list.

    D. smith.
    Bill belton.
    Deion barnes

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