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Penn State linebacker Navorro Bowman, center, carries the Capital One Bowl trophy after the Lions’ 19-17 win against LSU on New Years Day.
Fellow linebackers Josh Hull. left, and Bani Gbadyu look on in celebration.
Lions win bowl, look to 10 season
Bowl victory caps off
year as questions remain
heading into next season
By Matt Fortuna
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Penn State's calendar year was
incomplete.
The Nittany Lions won
10 games in 2009, but they had not
beaten a ranked team.
Quarterback Daryll Clark rewrote
the school record book, but he had
failed to deliver in clutch
moments against worthy oppo
nents.
On the first day of 2010, the
then-No. 11 Lions validated their
season and Clark solidified his
legacy. He directed a game-win-
Alcohol statistics rise
Penn State officials said alcohol-related hospital visits and BAC levels
increased in 2008-09.
Average BAC Levels for Penn State Students'
Alcohol-Related Visits to Mount Nittany Medical Centei
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■ 0.233
2004-05 2005 06 200'6-072007-08 2008-
Source: Penn State Annual Assessment Report
Alcohol-related
incidents
By Laura Nichols
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
More Penn State students than
ever before found themselves in
the emergency room last year
due to alcohol-related incidents,
according to the latest statistics
released by university officials
during the semester break
Penn State’s The Partnership-
Campus and Community United
ning drive in the fourth quarter to
beat then-No. 13 LSU, 19-17 and
win the Capital One Bowl.
“I was just so excited to come
out and play," Clark, a senior cap
tain, said after the game. "There
was no doubt in my mind that
everybody was ready to play. This
bowl practice and this prepara
tion was so good, both offensively
and defensively."
Clark executed a 12-play.
65-yard drive that took five min
utes, 57 seconds and ended with a
21-yard Collin Wagner field goal
with 57 seconds remaining to
clinch the win.
Wagner went 4-for-4 on the day
to cap his up-and-down season
and seemingly cement his hold on
kicking responsibilities for next
season. Whether someone can
bring the offense into so much as
.piscopo,
increase
Against Dangerous Drinking
released its annual assessment
report for 2008-2009 recently,
showing that alcohol abuse has
increased in a number of areas.
The number of alcohol-related
student admissions to Mount
Nittany Medical Center
increased in 2009 to 586 from 445
in 2007-08, according to the
report.
See INCIDENTS, Page 2.
EXT?
field goal range next season is one
of several lingering questions.
True freshman quarterback
Kevin Newsome, the top reserve
to Clark, saw limited action
throughout this season and has
yet to prove his mettle in a tough
situation.
The day after the Capital One
Bowl, coach Joe Paterno
expressed disappointment at not
getting a chance to play Newsome
more this season, though he
made it clear that the feelings
weren't toward the signal caller.
T haven't seen him in a tough
football game where he’s got to
handle the whole football team,”
Paterno said. “But I'm not disap
pointed in anybody. I like our
squad. I like him. I just don’t know
enough about some of our kids.”
See LIONS. Page 2.
Bus loop to extend
a.m. service hours
By Casey McDermott
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Late-night White Loop service
will begin this weekend as a trial
run for the spring semester, end
ing months of debate between
student leaders and borough
officials.
The White Loop bus service
will run an additional two hours
on Friday Saturday and Sunday
mornings, making the route’s
end time 4:30 a.m., according to
the proposed agreement drafted
by the University Park
Undergraduate Association
(UPUA).
Though the proposal still
awaits finalization, UPUA
President Gavin Keirans (sen
ior-business management) said
it will be up and running by
Friday morning.
UPUA will finance the project,
spending about $ll,OOO. The
exact figure will be voted upon at
Looking ahead
The showdown against the defending
national champions in week two
highlights the non-conference slate.
Penn State Football Schedule 2010:
Y J 9/4: vs. Youngstown State
0 9/11:9 Alabama
qfe 9/18: vs. Kent State
H 9/25: vs. Temple
10/2:9 lowa
*£ 10/9: vs. Illinois
Ml 10/23:9 Minnesota
IA 10/30: vs. Michigan
Jf 11/6: vs. Northwestern
igt 11/13:9 Ohio State
Ip 11/20:9 Indiana
g 11/27: vs. Michigan State
Source: Penn State Live
Natalie Episcopo/Collegian
$ll,OOO
Amount UPUA is spending to
support program
4.30a.m.
New White Loop end time on
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
this week’s UPUA meeting.
The length of the trial period
has yet to be determined. Penn
State, CATA and UPUA plan to
use this time to monitor the
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Players
decide
future
Rovster will stav in
j
school while Bowman
opts for NFL career.
By Wayne Staats
COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER
Evan Royster will return and
challenge the record books, but
"Linebacker U" will have to
start anew at the
position next
season.
Royster, a jun
ior running
back, will return
for his senior
season needing
just 481 yards to
become Penn
State’s all-time
rey 'Collegian
leading rusher.
However, line
backer Navorro
Bowman chose
to skip his final
season to move
on to the NFL,
leaving the
Nittany Lions
with the task of
replacing their three top tack
lers.
“I wanted to return to finish
my degree and for my final year
at Penn State,” Royster said in a
release announcing his decision.
“I’m looking forward to next sea
son."
The Virginia native rushed for
1,169 yards and sue touchdowns
this season to earn first-team
All-Big Ten honors.
His 2,918 career rushing yards
leaves him easily in striking dis
tance of the program's all-time
leader, Curt Warner. Warner was
inducted into the National
Football Foundation and College
Hall of Fame early last
December.
“I think he’s been a solid play
er with regards to his consisten
cy,” Warner said of Royster. “I
like his game and I wish him all
the best.”
But with Bowman’s departure,
combined with the losses of sen
iors Josh Hull and Sean Lee,
linebacker Bani Gbadyu’s
37 tackles are the highest total
out of next season’s returning
linebackers.
“My coaches and the Penn
State family have helped me
become a better player on the
field and a better person off the
field,” Bowman said in the same
release.
“I will miss my teammates,
coaches and our fans, but will
always be a Penn Stater no mat
ter where I am.”
Despite missing time with a
groin injury, Bowman still
ranked second on the team with
93 tackles, including a game
high nine against LSU in the
Capital One Bowl.
Penn State coach Joe Paterno
addressed the pair’s decision
process the day after the bowl
win and before each one made
theirs.
But Paterno understood at the
time that while he wanted to
keep both, each had different
See PLAYERS, Page 2.
Royster
Bowman