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Scout.com: Calling Card: CB Tony Davis

By FOS Staff
FightOnState.com
Posted Apr 15, 2008

With a shift back to corner, Tony Davis talks about the move from safety, his own health, filling the void of Sean Lee and Justin King, A.J. Wallace's health and more on Tuesday's teleconference call.

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ESPN - Rittenberg: Big Ten notebook - College Football

Before Friday, the line of succession was set in Happy Valley: Paul Posluszny to Dan Connor to Sean Lee. But after Lee tore the ACL in his right knee, Penn State is suddenly facing the unfamiliar reality of going into a season without a fail-safe dominant linebacker.

Lee sustained the injury on a noncontact play in Friday's practice and will undergo surgery in two to four weeks. With an estimated rehab time of nine months, he likely will redshirt the season and return in 2009.

Sophomore Bani Gbadyu, who had only six tackles last season, stepped into Lee's spot at Saturday's scrimmage. Tyrell Sales must take on a greater load with Lee out, and the status of several suspended defenders (Chris Baker, Phil Taylor, Navorro Bowman) is not yet known.

Stephfon Green has yet to touch the ball in a game for Penn State, but the warp-speed running back continues to generate buzz in practice. Green turned heads last summer in the preseason but ended up redshirting the year. He's once again gaining attention this spring as he competes for carries with projected starter Evan Royster. At the first scrimmage media members could attend, Green ran 45 yards on his first carry.

Coach Joe Paterno said he hasn't seen Green in enough pressure situations to make a definitive judgment, but Green's teammates are sold on his potential. Linebacker Sean Lee called the redshirt freshman "lightning."

"Stephfon Green's a problem," defensive end Josh Gaines told the Altoona Mirror. "He's a great guy. He's the fastest running back I've seen here. He has the best moves I've ever seen. People should look out for him."

ESPN - Desire to coach still drives 81-year-old Paterno - College Football

By Ivan Maisel
ESPN.com

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- There is the eight-year-old Paterno Library, which will serve students at Penn State University for decades to come.

There is the interfaith spiritual center on campus, and the scholarships and faculty chairs, all endowed, financially and emotionally, by Joe and Sue Paterno.

All serve as testament to the impact the football coach has had on Penn State, and all are redundant. Penn State already had a building that captured what Paterno has meant to this university in his 58 years here. It is at the center of campus, looming over the green that extends nearly to Harrisburg. It is the heart and soul of the Penn State.

It is called Old Main, and if the nickname Old Main doesn't fit Paterno like a pair of rolled-up pants and white socks, nothing does. Like Old Main, Paterno is a university icon, a symbol that represents Penn State to its alumni around the world. Old Main and Paterno are repositories of political power at Penn State.

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