{"id":4213,"date":"2009-04-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft.html"},"modified":"2009-04-30T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-30T18:00:00","slug":"blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">1. Ok, so the Blue White Game and spring practice is done. Whether you just read the reports, or actually watched the game&#8230; (a) What&#8217;s one glaring team\/unit\/player issue you&#8217;re still concerned with? (b) What are you most pleased with?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am always concerned with the offensive line because they have been the weak link, though not as much lately. I am a little concerned about the secondary though pleased with the performance of the quarterbacks. Usually, everyone but the incumbent has a tough day it seems.<\/p>\n<p>Since the return to prominence in 2005, the offensive line has been solid and downright good at times. With a decent offensive line, even Anthony Morelli can lead you to New Year\u2019s Day bowl wins. The secondary was nothing special last year, but the Nittany Lions still won the Big Ten.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">2. Navarro Bowman was held out of the game for probation violation. He did admit his mistake to Joe Paterno, and took responsibility. But he still shouldn&#8217;t have done it. What punishment do you think will be appropriate, and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Navarro Bowman will sit out at least a game, possibly two, but probably not three for admitting to using marijuana. I expect he will be doing community service during those times, like Dan Connor did back in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">3. Penn State&#8217;s offensive staff said after the game that things were kept pretty simple. Do you think this year&#8217;s returning offense will be able to handle an offensive scheme with the same complexity as the 2008 version? Why or why not?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I expect the scheme will not be as complex with the loss of the three starting wideouts. Who take the Derrick Williams role? That being said, it will look fairly similar to last year, just a little less gimmicky. <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">4. Five Penn Staters were drafted, while 10 more signed free-agent contracts. Was there any pick\/signing that surprised you the most, either positively or negatively? What did this 2009 NFL Draft say about the Penn State football program?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I was pleased to see two offensive lineman and two WRs drafted. I don\u2019t really feel the need to validate Penn State by how it does in the NFL Draft though.<\/p>\n<p>Shooting from the hip&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">1. Average PSU offensive PPG\/defensive PPG in 2009?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Offense: 430 ppg<br \/>Defense: 270 ppg<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">2. USC&#8217;s Mark Sanchez (5th overall &#8211; Jets): Too high?<br \/><\/span><br \/>No! Getting picked early meant he didn\u2019t go to the Redskins.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">3. How many Lions drafted in 2010?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Four<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">4. List you&#8217;re top three Big Ten teams, as of today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Penn State, Ohio State, Iowa<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\" \/>  <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><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Ok, so the Blue White Game and spring practice is done. Whether you just read the reports, or actually watched the game&#8230; (a) What&#8217;s one glaring team\/unit\/player issue you&#8217;re still concerned with? (b) What are you most pleased with? I am always concerned with the offensive line because they have been the weak link, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,78],"tags":[289,290,1352],"class_list":["post-4213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blue-white-roundtable","category-psu-football-2009","tag-blue-white-game","tag-blue-white-game-2009","tag-penn-state"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft - William F. Yurasko<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft - William F. Yurasko\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1. Ok, so the Blue White Game and spring practice is done. Whether you just read the reports, or actually watched the game&#8230; (a) What&#8217;s one glaring team\/unit\/player issue you&#8217;re still concerned with? (b) What are you most pleased with? I am always concerned with the offensive line because they have been the weak link, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"William F. Yurasko\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-04-30T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"wfyurasko\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"wfyurasko\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"wfyurasko\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773\"},\"headline\":\"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-30T18:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":444,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Blue White Game\",\"Blue White Game 2009\",\"Penn State\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blue White Roundtable\",\"PSU Football 2009\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft - William F. Yurasko\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-30T18:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/\",\"name\":\"William F. Yurasko\",\"description\":\"Yet another Washingtonian pushing the ubiquitous Nats\\\/DC sports, Penn State, commuting, bicycling, kayaking, broomball, skiing, gin &amp; tonic agenda.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773\",\"name\":\"wfyurasko\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"wfyurasko\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\\\/website_3c1e0e40\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/yurasko.net\\\/wfy\\\/author\\\/wfyurasko\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft - William F. Yurasko","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft - William F. Yurasko","og_description":"1. Ok, so the Blue White Game and spring practice is done. Whether you just read the reports, or actually watched the game&#8230; (a) What&#8217;s one glaring team\/unit\/player issue you&#8217;re still concerned with? (b) What are you most pleased with? I am always concerned with the offensive line because they have been the weak link, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/","og_site_name":"William F. Yurasko","article_published_time":"2009-04-30T18:00:00+00:00","author":"wfyurasko","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"wfyurasko","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/"},"author":{"name":"wfyurasko","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#\/schema\/person\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773"},"headline":"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft","datePublished":"2009-04-30T18:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/"},"wordCount":444,"commentCount":0,"keywords":["Blue White Game","Blue White Game 2009","Penn State"],"articleSection":["Blue White Roundtable","PSU Football 2009"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/","url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/","name":"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft - William F. Yurasko","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-04-30T18:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#\/schema\/person\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/04\/blue-white-roundtable-blue-white-game-the-2009-nfl-draft\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blue White Roundtable: Blue White Game &amp; the 2009 NFL Draft"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#website","url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/","name":"William F. Yurasko","description":"Yet another Washingtonian pushing the ubiquitous Nats\/DC sports, Penn State, commuting, bicycling, kayaking, broomball, skiing, gin &amp; tonic agenda.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/#\/schema\/person\/ac8cc411e132f659e3520b7aaf758773","name":"wfyurasko","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d848f90a00e30a5618468b70a0cf9639ad6175f078f9417858cef279ef96fe26?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"wfyurasko"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40"],"url":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/author\/wfyurasko\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}