October 1, 2007 'gMgT 3 McComas picks the best: week 1 By MATTHEW MCCOMAS By MATTHEW SARVER Staff Reporter Staff Reporter MDM337@PSU.EDU MBSSOII@PSU.EDU Kentucky Ca> South Carolina Overview: The Wildcats roll into Columbia expecting to upend another ranked opponent. The problem is South Carolina has the best defense Kentucky has seen all year. To win this game, the Wildcats will have to score early and often. A hostile environment would create mental errors for most teams, but not the men in blue. Look for Kentucky’s quarterback to lead the Wildcats to a victory over Steve Spurrier’s Gamecocks. ftv Surprise: Kentucky’s high-powered offense is what allows the Wildcats to win. Watch for Kentucky to score over 30 points through the air Thursday night Sarver is Burning Hello my fellow Nittany Lion classmates. I am here to give my opinion about the sports for Penn State. I would first like to send my wishes to the Penn State Harrisburg Baseball Team. A lot of returning starters along with some new additions should make this an interesting season. However this being all PSU Harrisburg’s first season as a Division 111 the competition will be a lot tougher. So Good Luck! Now this is the part where I’m going to get my rage out about our beloved football team. After another disappointing loss to Michigan I did some serious screaming and hitting of objects to get my frustration out. However I began to think about what changes should be made in Happy Valley to actually give the team a chance to compete like the USC’s, Florida’s, and LSU’s. The first major change has to come within the coaching staff. I love JoePa and I believe he will go down in history as the greatest coach of all time (in any sport), but the offense runs the same stupid plays. We have some of the best athletes in the country, especially at Wide Receiver. Did the coaching staff watch any of the game tapes from Michigan’s first two opponents? How did those teams beat Michigan? By spreading out the defense. What does Galen Hall do, run an I-formation and stack the line. Good call, run right at one of the best defensive lines in the country. I understand that by spreading out the defense would mean that Penn State would need a quarterback who can hit open receivers and not throw the ball five feet over their heads. However until JoePa realizes that Anthony Morelli is garbage and gives Daryl Clark a chance to lead this team, 1 don’t see Penn State beating Wisconsin, Ohio State, or maybe even Michigan State (the way their playing). Considering our season is pretty much shot for any National Title talk, 1 say give Clark a chance. He’s like a miniature Michael Robison and we know how much JoePa loved M-Rob. Let him get the reps and get comfortable with the offense and then next year when he’s a senior and the wide receivers (except Golden who’s going to be gone) are seniors, the offense will be explosive. Finally I would like to say that we need a change and running back. Senior Austin Scott a.k.a. butterfingers needs to be benched for the rest of the year. In critical situations, like when you driving late in the game and are inside the Michigan 15 and you decide to fumble the ball and cost your team the game, that’s where you draw the line. Rodney Kinlaw knows how to hold onto the football and is more explosive than Scott. The offense seems to respond a lot better with Kinlaw in the baekfield. Be prepared fellow Nittany Lions for this may be the start to a long, long season of complaining and moaning. I guess until there are some serious changes with the football organization, we can look forward to having “good” expectations w ith our teams but never become “great.” We might as well be Philadelphia fans; they always have a good team but never win. Have a great October I am out! THE CAPITAL TIMES use Photos courtesy of ask*CO