{"id":2014,"date":"2007-04-17T16:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-17T16:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/04\/dan-connor-in-the-middle.html"},"modified":"2007-04-17T16:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-04-17T16:09:00","slug":"dan-connor-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/04\/dan-connor-in-the-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan Connor in the middle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/colleges\/20070417_MIDDLE_MANAGEMENT.html\"><b>MIDDLE MANAGEMENT<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Philly Daily News<\/i><br \/><b>Penn State linebacker Connor feels at home back in his favorite position<\/b><br \/>Dan Connor has moved to the middle linebacker spot this spring. He played the position in high school and for two games at Penn State. He strikes me as a natural there, so I don&#8217;t expect him to have the learning curve that Paul Posluszny did last year.<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/uploaded_images\/danconnorbackpage-717497.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/uploaded_images\/danconnorbackpage-717479.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Also, since when does anything related to Penn State get the back page of the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Philly Daily News<\/span>?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/DanConnor\" rel=\"tag\">Dan Connor<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PennState\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NittanyLions\" rel=\"tag\">Nittany Lions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/collegefootball\" rel=\"tag\">college football<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/tabloids\" rel=\"tag\">tabloids<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. 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