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O’Brien Releases Depth Chart

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Look out below! Damn, this is something to write about. An actual depth chart in June! Hell, we’re used to seeing them Thursday of game weeks!

Anyhow, for better or worse, here it be, the Penn State Nittany Lions 2012 football depth chart:

2012 PENN STATE DEPTH CHART
(As of June 5)

OFFENSE

Wide Receiver
8 Allen Robinson (6-3, 199, So/So) OR
81 Shawney Kersey (6-1, 199, Sr/Jr)
80 Matt Zanellato (6-3, 195, So/Fr)
85 Brandon Moseby-Felder (6-2, 188, Sr/Jr)

Left Tackle
76 Donovan Smith (6-5, 310, So/Fr)
70 Nate Cadogan (6-5, 283, Sr/Jr)
52 Luke Graham (6-4, 273, Jr/So)

Left Guard
65 Miles Dieffenbach (6-3, 286, Jr/So) OR
73 Marc Arcidiacono (6-4, 283, Sr/Jr)
66 Angelo Mangiro (6-3, 287, So/Fr)

Center
54 Matt Stankiewitch (6-3, 295, Sr/Sr)*
60 Ty Howle (6-0, 298, Gr/Jr)
66 Angelo Mangiro (6-3, 287, So/Fr) OR
62 Frank Figueroa (6-3, 303, Sr/Jr)

Right Guard
64 John Urschel (6-3, 287, Gr/Jr)
75 Eric Shrive (6-6, 312, Sr/Jr)
56 Anthony Alosi (6-4, 292, So/Fr)

Right Tackle
58 Adam Gress (6-6, 306, Sr/Jr)
78 Mike Farrell (6-6, 276, Sr/Sr)*
56 Anthony Alosi (6-4, 292, So/Fr)

Tight End – Y
89 Garry Gilliam (6-6, 277, Sr/Jr)
18 Jesse James (6-7, 265, Fr/Fr)
82 Matt Lehman (6-7, 247, Sr/Jr)

Tight End – F
87 Kyle Carter (6-3, 241, So/Fr)
10 Kevin Haplea (6-4, 248, Jr/Jr)
32 Dakota Royer (6-1, 223, Jr/So) OR
82 Brian Irvin (6-3, 241, Sr/Sr)*

Quarterback
11 Matt McGloin (6-1, 199, Gr/Sr)*
7 Paul Jones (6-3, 245, Jr/So)
1 Rob Bolden (6-3, 214, Jr/Jr)
2 Shane McGregor (6-1, 200, Sr/Sr)

Tailback
25 Silas Redd (5-10, 200, Jr/Jr)
5 Bill Belton (5-10, 196, So/So)
24 Derek Day (5-9, 195, Sr/Sr)
40 Zach Zwinak (6-1, 226, Jr/So)

Fullback
9 Michael Zordich (6-1, 242, Sr/Sr)

Wide Receiver
3 Devon Smith (5-7, 147, Sr/Sr)
15 Alex Kenney (6-0, 193, Jr/So)

Wide Receiver
19 Justin Brown (6-3, 209, Sr/Sr)
81 Shawney Kersey (6-1, 199, Sr/Jr)
17 Christian Kuntz (6-4, 222, Sr/Jr)

DEFENSE

Left End
90 Sean Stanley (6-1, 247, Sr/Sr)
86 C.J. Olaniyan (6-3, 250, Jr/So)
OR
31 Brad Bars (6-3, 237, Jr/So)

Left Tackle
47 Jordan Hill (6-1, 298, Sr/Sr)
84 Kyle Baublitz (6-5, 270, Jr/So)

Right Tackle
91 DaQuan Jones (6-3,317, Jr/Jr)
93 James Terry (6-3, 317, Sr/Sr)*

Right End
59 Pete Massaro (6-4, 263, Gr/Sr)*
18 Deion Barnes (6-4, 248, So/Fr)
OR
98 Anthony Zettel (6-5, 255, So/Fr)

Outside Linebacker
6 Gerald Hodges (6-2, 233,Sr/Sr)
43 Mike Hull (6-0, 213, Jr/So)

Middle Linebacker
40 Glenn Carson (6-3, 238, Jr/Jr)
OR
11 Khairi Fortt (6-2, 238, Jr/Jr)
33 Michael Yancich (6-2, 240,
Sr/Sr)*

Outside Linebacker
42 Michael Mauti (6-2, 239, Gr/Sr)*
38 Ben Kline (6-2, 224, So/Fr)

Left Cornerback
12 Stephon Morris (5-8, 188, Sr/Sr)
39 Jesse Della Valle (6-1, 187,
Jr/So)

Strong Safety
27 Jake Fagnano (6-0, 201, Sr/Sr)*
7 Stephen Obeng-Agyapong
(5-10, 201, Sr/Jr)

Free Safety
10 Malcolm Willis (5-11, 205,Sr/Jr)
13 Tim Buckley (6-0, 202, So/Fr)

Right Cornerback
4 Adrian Amos (6-0, 209, So/So)
OR
1 Derrick Thomas (6-0,181, Sr/Jr)

SPECIAL TEAMS

Punter
30 Anthony Fera (6-2, 220, Sr/Jr)

Kicker
30 Anthony Fera (6-2, 220, Sr/Jr)
97 Sam Ficken (6-3, 180, So/So)

Holder
11 Matt McGloin (6-1, 199, Gr/Sr)*
4 Evan Lewis (5-10, 173, Gr/Sr)

Kick Snapper
60 Ty Howle (6-0, 298, Gr/Jr)
57 Emery Etter (6-1, 223, Sr/Jr)

Kickoff Returners
4 Adrian Amos (6-0, 209, So/So)
5 Bill Belton (5-10, 196, So/So)
3 Devon Smith (5-7, 147, Sr/Sr)

Punt Returners
19 Justin Brown (6-3, 209, Sr/Sr)
5 Bill Belton (5-10, 196, So/So)

Any surprises from your perspective?

Judge: Sandusky Trial Starts June 5

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Having been pestered by a plethora of defense motions, Centre County Judge John Cleland was unyielding about changing Jerry Sandusky’s trial date. The show will go on, and it starts tomorrow, June 5, with jury selection. The actual trial will begin approximately June 11, depending on how long it takes to find a jury.

Sandusky is looking at 52 felony and misdemeanor counts for molesting and raping young boys.

Jury selection might be difficult because of Sandusky’s notoriety with respect to the charges, and his previous popularity in Pennsylvania, Centre County in particular.  This Turkey notes that in this year’s most hated Americans list, Casey Anthony was Number One and Sandusky was Number Three. So, obviously the anti-Sandusky bias extends far beyond the county line. You can expect lots of challenges from Joe Amendola, Sandusky’s attorney. Eventually, a jury will be seated. Hopefully, it won’t be like OJ’s.

There will be no television coverage, which will be weird for those of us here in Florida who are trial junkies. We all got into the Casey Anthony trial whole hog. The judge also imposed a ban on Twitter from the courtroom.

Senior Deputy Attorney General Joseph McGettigan will be the lead prosecutor for the Commonwealth. His team has lined up eight witnesses who are expected to testify in detail about their molestation by  Sandusky. They range from 18 to 28 years old now. Other witnesses will include Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, who both are under indictment for perjury with respect to their testimony before the Grand Jury that indicted Sandusky. The pending charges should probably silence them, using the Fifth Amendment to avoid self-incrimination.

Amendola is a skilled defense attorney, who can be expected to go for the throat with respect to each of the eight primary prosecution witnesses and, hence, their credibility.

These eight witnesses had petitioned the court to be referred to by pseudonyms (e.g., Victim Two) during the trial. Judge Cleland denied that request, so the victims’ names will be revealed to the media and public attending the trial. There was no objection by the defense, but the motions were filed by the victims’ personal attorneys, not the defense or the prosecution. The judge said that state law didn’t give him the authority to allow adults to protect their identities in open court.

Sandusky, if convicted, will most likely spend the rest of his life in prison.

Pennlive.com has put together a beautiful interactive breakdown of the charges against Sandusky and the likely defense Amendola will mount against them.

 

McGloin to Start

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McGloin's Irish Mouthpiece
McGloin's Irish Mouthpiece

As we all kind of knew would happen in our brain of brains, Matt McGloin, the Irish scrapper from Scranton, has been tabbed today by Penn State head football coach Bill “I Coached Tom Brady” O’Brien as the titular starting quarterback for the Nittany Lions’ 2012 squad.  So, how do you think this will affect Bolden and Jones? Bolden is always a loose cannon, so if this puts him into “I wanna transfer” doldrums, no telling what he and his dad will want to do. Remember that they wanted to transfer before last season, but then head coach Joseph V. Paterno, of sainted memory, would not let Bolden out of his commitment.

The depth chart will list McGloin, Jones, and Bolden as number one, two, and three, respectively.

This was the first big decision by O’Brien at Penn State since he opted to retain Larry Johnson and Ron Vanderlinden, assistant coaches in the previous administration.

Are you happy with the choice?