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PSU FOOTBALL
PSU ground game off and running
SHAWN ANNARELLI
spoits editor
Finally, Evan Royster saw
daylight.
Staying on your block is a
simple direction taught to of
fensive linemen from the first
moment they step on a Pop
Warner football field. After two
mediocre performances, the
Penn State offensive line got it
right.
Starting tailback Evan Roys
ter felt the effects of his offen
sive line’s woes more than
anybody during Penn State’s
first two games of the season.
His 102 yards in those first two
games were overshadowed by
the 26 carries it took to accu
mulate that mileage. That 3.9
average yards per rush is
mediocre compared to the 6.5
yards per rush he had with 191
carries last season.
In Penn State's third game of
the season against Temple, the
line and Royster made tremen
dous strides in the running
game.
“I thought we played better
today, particularly in the
CLUB SPORTS
Women's rugby team forming
SHAWN ANNARELLI
sports editor
Junior political science major
Alex Ley has wanted there to
be a women’s rugby team at
Penn State Erie since the mo
ment she stepped foot on
Behrend soil. After playing
rugby throughout her high
school years, Ley has been
craving to get back onto the
playing field, but there has not
been enough support for a
women’s rugby team, until now.
With the help of junior men’s
Nude ESPN female
I was shocked when I first
heard about the nude taping of
ESPN reporter Erin Andrews
that was posted on the Internet
in July.
Someone actually peeped
into her hotel room, taped her,
and then posted a five-minute
video on the Internet. Are you
serious?
As a female who wants to
work in the sports media indus
try after I graduate from col
lege, the Andrews incident hit
me hard.
The incident was an alert for
all female sports reporters be
cause of the male dominated
industry. I already know that
going into the sports industry
as a female will be a challenge
at times, even when my knowl
edge of sports may surpass
some of my male co-workers,
but I will be ready to face the
struggles and rise above them
when the time comes.
However, I never thought that
being secretly taped in the nude
would be something I would
have to have in the back of my
mind when I enter this career.
Rather, I thought the challenges
for females would be in a pro
fessional setting.
An example of a challenge
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Season Totals:
Contributed photo
Tailback Evan Royster breaks an open field tackle on the way to
leading Penn State to a 31-6 victory over Temple.
running game,” head coach Joe
Paterno said. “It was tough to
run the ball in the first two
games against defenses that
put eight or nine guys in the
box. We’re getting better.”
rugby team treasurer Matt
Kierzkowski, Ley and a handful
of other women are working to
assemble a competitive
women’s rugby team for the
spring semester.
“This would serve as a great
experience, especially for
women,” said Ley. “People have
an idea that rugby is a brutish
sport and you are sure to get in
jured. While rugby can be a
very dangerous sport, it is not
nearly as gruesome if you are
taught the correct way to play.”
Ley also puts an interesting
that I am aware of is explained
in 17-year ESPN anchor Linda
Cohn’s book called Cohn-Head.
Cohn explains that Ted
Shaker, sports director for CBS
TV, gave her valuable advice.
“Just be accurate,” Shaker said.
“Don’t worry about anything
else. Because you're a woman,
listeners will be
waiting for you to
make a mistake so
they can dismiss
you. They want to
be able to say you
don’t know any
thing about sports
because you’re a
woman. But if
you’re accurate, no
one can have any
thing on you.”
Seattle Times
columnist Jerry
Brewer had an ex-
cellent point in his column pub
lished on July 23. He raised the
question,“When will men grow
up?”
“As bad as I am at making
predictions, I’d bet my career
on one bit of soothsaying,”
Brewer said. “No one will ever
peep into my hotel room and
videotape me naked.”
What is the likelihood that a
Beat The Editors
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N.Y. Jets
Atlanta
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
New Orl,
Notre Dame
Penn State
Not only was it difficult for
the running game to perform
because of the style of defenses
the offense was facing, but the
fact that there are four new
starters along the line has
twist on the benefits one gets
from playing rugby.
“Playing rugby gives you a
whole new respect for your
body. You know you've had a
great match when you're
sweaty, dirty, and sore in places
you never knew existed. You re
ally learn to use every part of
your body when you're play
ing.”
Kierzkowski added, “Playing
rugby makes you physically
stronger and tougher, but that’s
not the only thing cool about it.
Rugby has a community aspect.
reporter victimized
nude taping would appear on
the Internet of a male ESPN re
porter, like Stuart Scott or Scott
Van Pelt? Honestly. What is the
chance of that happening? I
agree with Brewer that the
chance of a male being in An
drew’s situation is very low.
On Sept. 11, Andrews was on
“The Oprah Win
frey Show” for her
first interview re
garding the nude
taping. Andrews
described the
video experience
as a “nightmare.”
In the inter
view, Andrews ex
plained that once
she heard the
news, she called
her parents right
CHRISTINE
NEWBY
managing editor
screaming: ‘l’m
done. My career is over. I’m
done. Get it off. Get if off the In
ternet.’ They thought I was
physically injured, [that’s] how
bad I was screaming.”
According to Andrews, the
recordings took place in at least
two rooms.
“I was getting ready to go
work a college football game in
at least one of the videos I was
Shawn
N.Y. Jets
N.Y. Jets
Atlanta
New Eng.
Baltimore
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
New Orl
New Orl
Miami, (FL)
V. Tech
Mich. State
Wisconson
Notre Dame Notre Dame
Notre Dame
Penn State
Penn State Penn State
lowa did the best job of any
team last season against Penn
State’s running game and held
Royster to only 3.5 yards per
carry. The lowa Hawkeyes also
upset Penn State and cost the
Nittany Lions a shot at the Na
tional Title last season.
When Paterno was asked if
he knew just how good this
year’s team is, he said “we will
find out next week.”
After playing a game you gain
a lot of respect for your oppo
nent and we usually hang out
together afterwards.”
able to identify," Andrews said,
Another issue that was esca
lated was Andrews brought the
video on by herself. This is ab
solutely ridiculous. Reporters
on television not only have to
deliver the news accurately, but
another part of their job is to
look presentable and profes
sional. Obviously, the draw of
television is that it is a visual
medium.
Andrews was just in a private
hotel room getting ready for
her job. How was she encour
aging someone to drill a hole
into her hotel room and video
tape her naked? She was a vic
tim. This is totally and
absolutely the fault of the per
vert who preyed upon her.
Cohn brings up an excellent
position in her book about the
way viewers see male and fe
male sport reporters.
“Nobody really cares what a
guy talking about sports on TV
looks like, but put a woman up
there and it’s another story,”
Cohn said in her book.
The taping of Andrews was
not her fault; instead it was a
twisted person who cannot ap
preciate a professional female
sports reporter.
Christine
N.Y. Jets
Tennessee
New Eng.
Atlanta
Baltimore
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
New Orl.
Miami, (FL)
Miami, (FL)
Wisconson
Mich. State
Purdue
Penn State
played a key role in how effec
tive the team runs the ball.
Before Penn State played
Temple, Royster had only two
runs for ov£r 10 yards, but
against Temple he had six dou
ble-digit yard rushes.
Royster ran the ball 19 times
for 134 yards and a touchdown
against Temple. In all, the Nit
tany Lions averaged 5.2 yards
per carry on 36 carries for 186
yards. It is the type of single
game performance expected
from Penn State’s running at
tack week in and week out.
•Next week, Royster and the
rest of the- Nittany Lions will
play against Big Ten conference
fqe, lowa.
Interested?
Contact Alex Ley at
aalso67@psu.edu
or
Matt Kierzkowski at
mrksl29@psu.edu
N.Y. Jets
New Eng.
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
New Orl
Miami, (FL)
Mich. State
Purdue
Penn State
AMCC Sport's Standings
MEN’S SOCCER
AMCC Pts Overall Strk
Medaille 1-0 3 7-1-1 LI
Penn St. Behrend 1-0 3 6-1-1 W 3
Penn St. Altoona 1-0 3 5-3-1 W 3
La Roche 1-0 3 2-4-1 LI
Hilbert 0-0-1 1 0-6-1 T 1
Pitt-Greensburg 0-0-1 1 1-6-1 LI
Frostburg State 0-1 0 4-3-1 T 1
Franciscan 0-1 0 2-4 LI
Pitt-Bradford 0-1 0 0-7 L 7
DYouville 0-1 0 0-8 L 8
Mount Aloysius 0-0 0 0-6 L 6
WOMEN’S SOCCER
AMCC Pts Overall Strk
Penn St. Altoona 1-0 3 7-1 W 3
Penn St. Behrend 1-0 3 5-2-1 W 1
La Roche 1-0 3 6-2 W 3
Hilbert 1-0 3 4-2-1 T 1
Medaille 1-0 3 3-5 W 1
Frostburg State 0-1 0 5-2 W 1
Pitt-Bradford 0-1 0 3-4 W 1
DYouville 0-1 0 2-4 LI
Franciscan 0-10 1-5 L 4
Pitt-Greensburg 0-10 1-6 5
Mount Aloysius 0-0 0 0-7 L 7
WOMEN’S TENNIS
AMCC Overall Strk
Frostburg State 4-0 7-2 W 2
Penn St. Behrend 5-1 9-3 W 7
Penn St. Altoona 4-2 4-2 W 1
La Roche 2-4 2-4 L 2
DYouville 1-4 1-4 W 1
Pitt-Bradford 0-5 0-7 L 7
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
AMCC Overall Strk
Penn St. Behrend 2-0 8-4 W 2
Pitt-Bradford 2-0 8-2 W 3
Medaille 1-0 9-1 W 4
Mount Aloysius 0-1 4-6 W 1
Franciscan 0-2 3-7 L 4
La Roche 0-2 2-13 W 1
Penn St. Altoona 0-0 7-8 LI
Frostburg State 0-0 13-3 W 3
Pitt-Greeniburg 0-0 M 0 W 1
Hilbert 0-0 1-5 W 1
DYouville 0-0 3-7 L 6
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Last week's sport's results H|
Friday, September 18
The men’s golf team finished fifth out of seven teams at
The women’s tennis team defated D’Youville 9-0
The men’s water polo team lost to Gannon 25-12
Saturday, September 19
The women’s volleyball team defeated Franciscan 3-0,
The women’s volleyball team defeated La Roche 3-0,
The women’s tennis team defeated Penn St. Altoona 8-1.
The men’s cross country came in third place out of 15
teams at Behrend’s Invitational
The women’s cross country team came in second out of 12
teams at Behrend’s Invitational,
The men’s soccer team defeated Frostburg State 1-0
The women’s soccer team deafeated Frostburg State 2-0
The men’s water polo team ost to Mercyhurst 18-2
The men’s water polo team lost to W&J 16-3
Sunday, September 20
The women’s soccer team lost to Allegheny 4-0
Monday, September 21
The men’s golf team finished 14th of 18 teams
at the Allegheny Invitational.
Tuesday, September 22
The men’s soccer team defeated Westminster 1-0.
Wednesday, September 23
The women’s tennis team defeated La Roche 9-0.
The men’s soccer team defeated Grove City 1-0.
The women’s soccer team defeated Grove City 1-0.
Thursday, September 24
The men’s golf team placed third and seventh out of 11
teams at the Behrend Invitational,
•Wins are in bold.
Penn State Altoona
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