The Daily Collegian Defensive line hopes to get ends back healthy By Audrey Snyder COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Joe Paterno spent a lot of time waiting for his first string defen sive ends to get back on the prac tice field. With injuries keeping Jack Crawford (foot) and Eric Latimore (wrist) out of the lineup, the defen sive line might be one step closer to getting both players back on the field. Crawford, who missed the last three games, worked on running straight-ahead drills during Monday s practice but did not par ticipate in contact drills, defensive tackle Devon Still said. The junior will continue to test the injured foot during this week's practices, but Paterno said he's still unsure of Crawford's status for Saturday's game. As for Latimore, who missed the last two games alter having pins inserted in his dislocated wrist and seemed unlikely to return at all during the regular season, he may have a better shot of playing after participating in full contact drills during Monday’s practice. Paterno didn't sav much on the status of both players other than they would continue testing their injuries in practice. However, he didn’t shy away from what their return to the lineup would do for his defensive line. With the line recording just nine sacks through eight games this Childress, Vikings need to ret By Jared Shanker How much longer do we have to watch this? How manv more weeks will we be forced to watch Brett Favre captain a rudderless ship heading straight for an iceberg in Lake Minnetonka 0 How many more times will we see Favre hobble off the field aftoi yet another interception? And last and this day ran t come soon enough how much longer will we have ESPN shove Favre down our throats? < How bad has it gotten'’ Dining Monday's halftime show. ESPN highlighted Favre's cheek down pass to the Patriots' 1 yard line Freshman By Andrew Robinson CO!Li GlA\ stAfr v\G': - Everybody knew Maggie Lucas could shoot. What the freshman guard's teammates on the Lady Lions are discovering however, is Lucas can make some plays to match her lights-out shooting. "In recruiting Maggie, one ot the things that she wanted was the opportunity to go somewhere and play some point guard." Lady- Lions coach Coquese Washington said at her weekly press confer ence Tuesday. "She felt for her that was something that she need ed to continue to develop and grow as a player. We told her she w 7 as going to have that opportunity if she came to I’enn Stale." Lucas is just the second McDonald's high school All- America to play for the Lady Lions and comes to Penn State after averaging 23.0 points. 4.3 assists and 3.8 steals per game as a senior at Germantown A/ofe'S’ Don,t § et stressed! SEMESTER PACKS win help you! ★ Organized. Detailed. Typed Notes ★ Notetakers: "A" Students in Class ★ Ready the Next Dav ★ Free Practice Fxams i*.daiaianiixM ★ Best Value for Your Money 300+ COURSES AVAILABLE CALL FOR COURSE LIST v s \ NITTANY NOTES ■ 238-0623 HittanyMotes.com seas - a far cry from the 26 it reccrued through the same num ber of games last year Patemo is hoping his playmakers return soon. "Hopefully we don’t have any more injuries and we don’t get a setback,” Patemo said. 'I hope we can stay healthy and we can have some intense prac tices so that they can get a little bit better.” With Northwestern junior Dan Persa completing 74 percent of his passes this season, the Nittany Lions will need a steady pass rush to surprise him. The Lions' line is already thin because of the injuries, and if Crawford and Latimore can’t plgy Saturday, the unit will have to try and keep pace with an uptempo Wildcat offense. Still said Northwestern is prob ably trying to get off 85 plays a game, much like the hurry up, no huddle offense Michigan ran last Saturday. "Coach Johnson can't substi tute that much because the game is moving at a rapid pace, so you don't have time to get subs in." Still said. "By us running around in prac tice and getting in shape it’s going to help us a lot on Saturday.” While Still’s three sacks lead the unit, having Crawford return to the lineup would most likely draw a double team. If Crawford takes up an extra defender, it could allow the rest of and not the ensuing play, a fourth down goal-line stand of Pro Bowl running back Adrian Peterson.) The answer: As long as Favre wants, because it's clear Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress, the man who is supposed to be in charge of his team, is below’ the 41-year-old quarterback on the Vikes' chain of command. It's Favre who has the final say. not Childress. After suffering two fractures in his ankle on Oct. 24, it appeared Favre's unfathomable consecu tive starts streak would come to an end at 291. Despite being well below 100 percent, Favre extend ed that streak one more game, starting this past Sunday against the Patriots, who proceeded to knock him out of the game. Leading up to Sunday, all we kept hearing was that even at 75 percent. Favre is still the Vikings' best option at quarterback MY OPINION guard Lucas star; Academy in Fort Washington. The guard's knack for shooting comes from her release, which unlike many women’s basketball players, doesn't start at her waist. Lucas said at the Lady Lions' media day on Oct. 11 that her father was the one who taught her how to shoot. "My dad has always wanted me to shoot like a boy. He never want ed me starting my shot down by my waist, he wanted me to have the strength to start my shot up high." Lucas said at media day. "When I was younger, we never focused on the three too soon, we knew that would come. We really focused on my form and once I got that dowm, I was more comfort able moving out." While sophomore guard Alex Bentley will see the bulk of the minutes at point guard, inevitably the third team All-Big Ten player from a year ago will have to take a seat on the bench. Junior Zhaque Gray looks to be Bentley’s pri mary back-up. but Washington Defensive tackle Hewn stE< the line to Eew i matchups ir, pressuring IV: Though Still - unsure why ti - been there :h: Really? The wn in the NFL w:‘i ing and in mu■: seven touch de. Sunday's game than Tan a: ? 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Jared Shanker e i ;>■ and journalism .me ... : ..grin's sports oPl'er-w; Lakafitljjli »*,riter. h:s e jpss226@psu.edu the transition well, having expert eneed players on the door wild hr; allows Lucas to oho. hm I'V Wi X'k. t!i man strengths. When she was choosing coj leges. Lucas said she was lookup, ior a team that hadn't won a national title yet. Not onh did Penn State fit that hill, but tie Lady Lions are also a young dr ented team. And the dri\e to Stale College from her home in Narbeth is short enough that the freshman's family will be able to watch her play with relative ease. "It's definitely a huge thing. I'm really dose with my family. m\ dad. mom and brothers.' Lir as said. "It's really good that I'm sta\ ing elose to home. They're Doing to he at all my home games and then my dad is going tn fix out to Dayton for that first game. 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