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where Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernan- dez do everything for Tom Brady, O'Brien will incorporate tight ends Kyle Carter and Matt Lehman, who've combined for 50 catches and five touchdowns. On offense, Penn State has changed True to his roots with the Patriots, entirely from the archaic offenses late for- mer coach Joe Paterno employed in the years preceding his scandal-driven ouster. On defense, Penn State hasn't changed PURDUE BOILERMAKERS ROSTER No. Name ............ Pos. 1 Normondo Harris . . . . . . CB 2 Frankie Williams....... CB 2 Jonathan Curry........ FB 3 Carlos Carvajal ........ TE 4 O.J. Ross............. WR 4 Taylor Richards ......... S 5 Antwon Higgs......... LB 6 Gary Bush ........... WR 7 E.J. Johnson ........... S 7 Robert Gregory........ RB 8 Raheem Mostert ..... WR 9 Anthony Brown ....... CB 9 Robert Marve . . . . . . . . . QB 10 Sean Robinson ........ LB 11 Akeem Hunt .......... RB 12 Austin Appleby........ QB 12 Tommie Thomas...... WR 13 Antavian Edison ...... WR 14 Bilal Marshall ......... QB 15 Rob Henry............ QB 16 Dolapo Macarthy . . . . . WR 17 Charles Torwudzo..... WR 17 Austin Parker ......... QB 18 Nnamdi Ezenwa....... LB 18 Cameron Posey....... WR 19 Caleb TerBush ......... QB 19 Aloyis Gray .......... WR 20 Gavin Roberts......... RB 21 Ricardo Allen ......... CB 22 Ishmael Aristide....... RB 23 Ralph Bolden ......... RB 24 Akeem Shavers........ RB 25 Brandon Cottom....... RB 26 Antoine Lewis......... CB 27 Evan Feichter .......... S 28 Josh Johnson ......... CB 29 Chris Quinn ............ S 29 Jimmy Herman........ LB 30 Thomas Meadows ...... K 31 Armstead Williams..... LB 32 Evan Pulliam.......... LB 33 Danny Anthrop....... WR 34 Max Charlot ........... S 35 Stephen Yang ......... CB 36 Zack Heiniger ......... LB 37 Paul Griggs ............ K 38 Landau Lang.......... CB 39 Joe Gilliam ........... LB 40 Collin Link ............ LB 40 Derek Jackson......... FB 41 Tylor Foster ........... RB 42 Andy Garcia........... LB 42 Cody Webster .......... P 43 Sam McCartney ........ K 44 Landon Feichter ........ S 45 Will Lucas ............ LB 46 Kurt Freytag .......... FB 47 Ruben Ibarra.......... LB 48 Jules Williams......... LB 50 Jesse Schmitt ......... LS 51 Justin Kitchens ........ OT 52 Henry Lorenzen ........ C 53 John Bednar .......... LS 54 Jack DeBoef ..........OG 55 Brandon Taylor ........ DT 56 Eric McDaniel .........OG 57 Robert Kugler ....... C/OG 58 Robert Maci .......... LB 59 Cody Davis............OG 60 Chuck Ayres........... OT 61 Ryan Isaac............ DE 63 Patrick Bade .......... OT 64 Kevin Pamphile ....... OT 66 Cameron Cermin ......OG 67 Peters Drey ...........OG 69 Kendrick Adams ....... DT 70 Jordan Roos ..........OG 71 Devin Smith ..........OG 72 Jason King............OG 73 J.J. Prince ............ OT 75 Josh Davis ............ OT 76 Rick Schmeig .......... C 77 Joey Warburg ......... OT 78 Trevor Foy ............ OT 80 Zack Sigman......... WR 80 Kingsley Ike .......... DE 81 Sterling Carter ........ TE 82 Crosby Wright......... TE 83 B.J. Knauf ........... WR 84 Eric Mebane .......... DE 84 Justin Sinz............ TE 85 Ryan Morris........... TE 86 Gabe Holmes ......... TE 87 Shane Mikesky . . . . . . . WR 88 Jordan Woods........ WR 89 Jalani Phillips . . . . . . . . . DE 90 Bruce Gaston ......... DT 91 Greg Latta ............ DE 92 Ryan Watson.......... DT 93 Kawann Short......... DT 95 Will Schott ........... DE 96 Ryan DeBusk.......... DE 97 Michael Rouse III ...... DT 99 Ryan Russell .......... DE and they fly around to the ball. It's a typi- cal Penn State defense, what I saw grow- ing up and what you've seen every sea- son during Coach Paterno's Era. There's nothing new there. at all, said Purdue quarterback Rob Henry. "They have a certain one-ness to them," Henry said. "They're very unselfish Mauti and Gerald Hodges and standout de- fensive tackle Jordan Hill, the Lions are only allowing about 18 points per game and rank fourth in the Big Ten in total defense, allowing less than 330 yards per game. Their 23 sacks are just one fewer than Big Ten-leading Nebraska. Penn State has forced 16 turnovers, Led by outstanding linebackers Mike " second to only league-leading Purdue's 18. The difference between Penn State and Purdue, though, is that the Nittany Lions have turned it over only eight times while Purdue has given it away 17 times. Offensively, Penn State is much im- Ficken missed four field goals. Penn State's also the worst punting In a 17-16 loss at Virginia in Week 2, team in the Big Ten, by a wide margin. The kicking game has been the one proved; defensively, it's about the same. Where it has fallen off dramatically, though, has been the kicking game. With Fera now at Texas, kicker Sam Ficken has struggled, making just 5-of- 12 field goals and missing a pair of extra points. Two of his kicks have been blocked. PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS ROSTER No. Name ............ Pos. 1 Bill Belton ............ TB 2 Shane McGregor....... QB 2 Jake Kiley ............ CB 3 Da'Quan Davis......... CB 4 Adrian Amos.......... CB 5 Nyeem Wartman ...... LB 6 Gerald Hodges ........ LB 7 Eugene Lewis ........ WR 7 S.Obeng-Agyapong .... S 8 Allen Robinson....... WR 8 Gary Wooten.......... LB 9 Michael Zordich ....... RB 10 Malcolm Willis ......... S 11 Matthew McGloin ..... QB 12 Stephon Morris........ CB 12 Steven Bench ......... QB 13 Tyler Lucas .......... WR 14 Jordan Lucas........... S 14 Mike Wallace ......... CB 14 Garrett Venuto ........ QB 15 Alex Kenney ......... WR 15 Patrick Flanagan ...... CB 16 Devin Pryor........... CB 17 Christian Kuntz....... WR 18 Deion Barnes ......... DE 18 Jesse James........... TE 20 Malik Golden ........ WR 21 Trevor Williams....... WR 21 Bryant Harper.......... S 22 T.J. Rhattigan ......... LB 22 Akeel Lynch........... RB 23 Ryan Keiser ............ S 24 Derek Day ............ RB 26 Curtis Dukes .......... TB 27 Jacob Fagnano ......... S 28 Zach Zwinak .......... RB 29 Reynolds Parthemore ... P 30 Charles Idemudia...... LB 30 Andre Dupree ......... FB 31 Brad Bars............. DE 32 Jack Haffner .......... FB 32 Joe Baker.............. P 33 Colin Bryan . . . . . . . . . . . RB 33 Michael Yancich ....... LB 34 Dominic Salomone .... FB 35 Pat Zerbe............. FB 36 Deron Thompson ...... RB 37 Evan Lewis .......... WR 38 Ben Kline............. LB 39 Jesse Della Valle ....... CB 40 Glenn Carson ......... LB 41 J.R. Refice ............ FB 42 Michael Mauti ........ LB 43 Mike Hull............. LB 44 Michael Fuhrman...... KS 45 P.J. Byers ............. FB 45 Alex Butterworth....... P 46 Adam Cole............ LB 47 Jordan Hill............ DL 48 Jordan Kerner......... DE 48 Kevin DiSanto......... PK 49 Brennan Franklin . . . . . . LB 50 Anthony Stanko . . . . . . . . G 51 Drew Boyce........... LB 52 Brent Smith .......... DE 53 Derek Dowrey......... DT 54 Matt Stankiewitch ...... C 54 James Van Fleet ....... LB 55 Wendy Laurent......... C 56 Anthony Alosi........ G/T 57 Emery Etter........... KS 58 Adam Gress............ T 59 Pete Massaro ......... DE 60 Ty Howle .............. C 62 Frank Figueroa ......... C 63 Joe Marvin ........... KS 64 John Urschel ........... G 65 Miles Dieffenbach ...... C 66 Angelo Mangiro ........ G 68 Bryan Davie ........... G 70 Nate Cadogan.......... T 72 Brian Gaia ............ DT 73 Mark Arcidiacono....... G 75 Eric Shrive ............. G 76 Donovan Smith ........ T 78 Mike Farrell............ T 79 Kevin Blanchard........ T 80 Matt Zanellato ....... WR 82 Brian Irvin............ TE 83 Brent Wilkerson ....... TE 84 Matt Lehman ......... TE 84 Kyle Baublitz.......... DT 85 B. Moseby-Felder..... WR 86 C.J. Olaniyan.......... DE 86 Bryce Wilson.......... TE 87 Kyle Carter ........... TE 88 Jonathan Warner ..... WR 88 Tyrone Smith ......... DT 89 Garry Gilliam ......... TE 90 Sean Stanley.......... DE 91 DaQuan Jones......... DT 92 Albert Hall............ DE 93 James Terry........... DT 94 Evan Schwan ......... DE 95 Carl Nassib ........... DE 96 Cody Castor........... DT 97 Sam Ficken ........... PK 98 Anthony Zettel . . . . . . . . DE 99 Austin Johnson........ DT GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 9 • 8 glaring deficiency for an otherwise rock- solid team. "The mentality following the sanc- tions," Bauer said, "was that the standards on the football field should not change because of them, and I think that has been a huge factor into how this team has per- formed this season." j

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