{"id":1261,"date":"2006-08-23T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/08\/phil-osophy-2006.html"},"modified":"2006-08-23T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2006-08-23T09:45:00","slug":"phil-osophy-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/08\/phil-osophy-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil-osophy 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night an enthusiastic <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Phil Grosz<\/span> spoke before about 50 area Penn State fans about the 2006 football season. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bluewhiteillustrated.com\/\">Blue White Illustrated<\/a> publisher is expecting great things for this edition of the Nittany Lions. Some of his main points from the evening:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li type=\"square\">QB <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Anthony Morelli<\/span> is scary talented and the offense has been retooled to suit his skills. A couple of coaches visited the Indy to learn the Colts offense a little bit from <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Jim Caldwell<\/span>, the current QB coach there and a former PSU assistant. Also, don&#8217;t buy into the Morelli is dumb rumors, that started because the Pittsburgh media is bitter about him changing his mind about attending <strike>Temple West<\/strike> Pitt and heading to Penn State instead.\n<li type=\"square\">Speaking of <strike>Temple West<\/strike> <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Pitt<\/span>, Grosz does not see them coming on the schedule anytime soon, especially on a home and home basis. If <strike>Temple West<\/strike> Pitt really wants in, they have to be willing to play Penn State at least 60% of the time in Beaver Stadium. Throughout the history of that series, <strike>Temple West<\/strike> Pitt had 75% of the home games. Grosz would rather see more teams like <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Virginia<\/span> (though they won&#8217;t play us anymore, must have been the &#8220;kicker power&#8221;), <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Alabama<\/span>, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Virginia Tech<\/span>, etc. <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Maryland<\/span> is a non-starter as well (d&#8217;oh!), particularly after Larry Johnson Sr. swooped down and pillaged the Free State for talent last year.\n<li type=\"square\">Get used to weak non-conference schedules, everybody is doing them.\n<li type=\"square\">Both <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Rodney Kinlaw<\/span> (knee, I think) and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Austin Scott<\/span> (ankle) hurt, look for freshman <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Evan Royster<\/span> (who blogs, but I cannot find his site) to get involved if his shoulder is okay. Scott&#8217;s injury does not seem too serious.\n<li type=\"square\">FB <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Brandon Snow<\/span> will miss a game or two for undisclosed reasons.\n<li type=\"square\">It has been widely speculated that Penn State will use a 3-4 defense this season, since State has the best and deepest linebackers in the country. That will happen, but the base defense is going to still be the 4-3. What was really interesting is that the Lions went down to Morgantown to learn about <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">West Virginia<\/span>&#8216;s 3-5-3 system. Yes, a 3-5-3. What is this, 1952? Also, since when were Lions and the couchburners\/bottlethrowers friends? It should be interesting to see in action.\n<li type=\"square\">The Lions can play with anyone, the mental aspect of the game the biggest challenge with so many young players, particularly in the secondary.\n<li type=\"square\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Sean Lee<\/span> is already the 2nd best linebacker on the team.\n<li type=\"square\">Special teams should be much, much better.\n<li type=\"square\">By the time I had gotten to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crystalcitysportspub.net\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Crystal City Sports Pub<\/span><\/a>, most of the buffet was gone; great wings and meatballs though.\n<li type=\"square\">Grosz says State should win 11 games this year. He denies he is exaggerating. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2004\/08\/loudoun-in-leadmlb-talks-to-officials.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">last time he was down<\/span><\/a>, he said 8-3. That was 2004 and the less said about that season the better.<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Mary Anne<\/span> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psuwashdc.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Metro Washington D.C. Chapter of Penn State Alumni<\/span><\/a> for putting this together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night an enthusiastic Phil Grosz spoke before about 50 area Penn State fans about the 2006 football season. The Blue White Illustrated publisher is expecting great things for this edition of the Nittany Lions. 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