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Here's a positionbyposition look at the Nittany Lions:When we last saw Matt McGloin, he was throwing five interceptions in the Outback Bowl loss to Florida. When we last saw Rob Bolden, he was standing on the sideline.

Bolden requested a release from his scholarship, which was turned down by Paterno in January. He's staying for now, but his future plans will depend on what happens this spring.

Paul Jones, who was redshirted last season, is the darkhorse in the race. He starred in last year's BlueWhite Game.

McGloin saved Penn State's season in 2010, sparking a secondhalf resurgence with his gunslinger mentality before imploding against Florida.

Then there's the forgotten wholesale jerseys man, Kevin Newsome, who's still with the team. He also might transfer at the end of the semester. If he stays, it doesn't appear that he'll play quarterback.

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Although Penn State lost Evan Royster, its alltime leading rusher, the position appears to be in good hands.

Silas Redd averaged nearly 6 yards a carry as a freshman and won over many Lions fans with his burst of speed. Remember, though, he has never rushed 20 times in a game. How effective will he be as a starter?

Brandon Beachum, a junior who returns after ACL surgery, and Curtis Dukes, a 61, 237pound sophomore, will back up Redd.

Penn State also can use speedsters Curtis Drake and Devon Smith in the backfield.

At fullback, Joe Suhey and Michael Zordich complement each other.

He has 15 touchdown catches in his career, including one against LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson in the 2010 Capital One Bowl. Peterson is expected to be one of the top picks in the NFL draft next month.

Moye and Justin Brown, who had a strong season but a rough bowl game, are big and fast. Throw in Drake, Smith, Shawney Kersey and Brandon MosebyFelder and you have one of the top groups in the country.

Tight end, however, was a weakness in 2010 after Andrew Szczerba suffered a back injury that sidelined him all season. Freshmen Kevin Haplea and Garry Gilliam, and converted linemen Nate Cadogan and Jonathan Stewart filled in for him and combined for just five catches for 63 yards.

The Lions should be better here with Haplea gaining a year cheap jerseys of experience.

John Urschel could be the leading candidate at Wisniewski's spot at right guard. Johnnie Troutman, who has spent time cheap nfl jerseys in Paterno's doghouse, is expected to start at left guard.

At center, Blue Mountain product Matt Stankiewitch and Ty Howle will battle to replace Doug Klopacz, a oneyear starter. Stankiewitch was poised to see playing time in midseason before he contracted mono and missed the final seven games.

Quinn Barham and Chima Okoli, who replaced the injured Lou Eliades in midseason, will return at tackle. Barham and Okoli helped Penn State limit opponents to 12 sacks, the secondfewest in the Big Ten.

DeOn'tae Pannell, who has started games, could push Barham and Okoli, along with Mike Farrell and Eric Shrive.

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Predicting Every Week 8 Contest

From the young guns on Thursday to the masters of quarterbacking on Sunday night, from Arrowhead to Lambeau to London Week 8 of the NFL season guarantees a few upsets fueled by desperation, injuries or misplaced complacence.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Minnesota Vikings. Tampa Bay showed fortitude in their game last Sunday as Josh Freeman passed for 420 yards! Okay, it was against the Saints. The third year QB and WR Vincent Jackson have begun to click and the wideout came down with 216 yards and a score. The Bucs have scored almost 30 points per contest in their last three weeks. Usually when you put up 513 yards of offense and hold opposing rushers to 81 yards, you win. As for the Bucs D, Ronde Barber intercepted Drew Brees early and then the record setter scored four times. What can you do?

Adrian Peterson had one of his trademark "you've got to be kidding me" touchdown runs in Week 7. Arizona has a decent defense and Peterson put up 153 yards against them, frequently while carrying defenders or pushing them in a pile. Percy Harvin contributed a TD catch, but Christian Ponder needs to improve some reckless decision making. See above on Barber.

Mercurial rookie safety Harrison Smith returned an INT for a score and the defense sacked Cardinals QB John Skelton seven times. Josh Freeman, consider yourself warned.

Miami Dolphins at New York Jets. Coming off the bye, Ryan Tannehill needs to produce more than the 192 offensive yards gained against St. Louis. The 'Fins must improve on their recent 63 rushing yards per game to have a shot in the Big Apple.

Mark Sanchez might have a good week since Miami has only the 27th passing D, but he can't miss wide open receivers and then take a ten yard sack when his team is trying to stay in field goal range. Sometimes, No. 6 makes supporting him a bit difficult. Yes, rookie receiver Stephen Hill dropped a sure winner, but still.

The defense had their best outing yet against the Pats in Week 7 and third year corner Kyle Wilson is getting much better through his trial by fire. Overall, however, there is far too little discipline on this New York team. There's a switch.

Biggest matchup: The New York Jets desired power rushing against the NFL's fourth ranked running D for Miami. Calling Shonn Greene. The one from last week, not the previous two years.

Prediction: Jets by a field goal.

San Diego Chargers at Cleveland Browns. The Bolts went into their bye week reeling from the Peyton Manning effect. Smith's years of draining away talent, Philip Rivers always makes them competitive last week's meltdown notwithstanding. So many receiving options have left Southern California that (allegedly) the remaining ball catchers might be using the 21st century version of Stickum.

The Browns have found a quarterback and an aggressive owner. Brandon Weeden passed for 264 yards, two TDs and zero INTs. It should have been three TDs, but Josh Gordon dropped a game winner. Is it something in the water? An injury decimated Colts defense held the Browns to 55 rushing yards. That wasn't the plan when they drafted Trent Richardson, who Reggie Nelson White Jersey is extremely questionable with a rib injury.

Meanwhile, the Browns D let practically anonymous Indy RBs (and their supposedly non mobile QB) gain 148 yards. Unless that changes, Philip Rivers won't have to do much except hand the ball off.

Prediction: Chargers by a field goal.

Indianapolis Colts at Tennessee Titans. Injuries may play a part here since three Colts D linemen are questionable while there will be a new tackle protecting Matt Hasselbeck's blind side.

Andrew Luck rushed for two scores in Week 7. Don't expect that to happen often. The Colts controlled the ground and the clock. The Titans defense should be able to prevent a repeat, but they are too inconsistent for fans to count on it. Luck might have some success, since the Titans secondary is allowing 7.5 yards per attempt in recent games.

Please, Mr. Adams don't make your coach put Jake Locker back in. What else does Matt Hasselbeck have to do? He's won two games in a row, last week on the road in the last 1:03 of the game. On fourth and nine. The offense converted 9 of 14 third downs and 1 of 2 fourth downs and Matt Hasselbeck completed 22 of 33 passes.

Bottom line: Tennessee rusher Chris Johnson has made fans cautiously optimistic that he isn't out of the league quite yet (195 yards and two scores). He should succeed against a Colts defense giving up an average of 159 running yards per game this season.

New England Patriots at St. Louis Rams (in London). If you felt the need to bite your nails during Stephen Gostkowski's two clutch Field Goals, you must not watch many Pats games. Week 7 against the Jets was so close and hard fought that there is an outside chance New England may have a letdown in Merry Ole England. Don't bet on it.

Shane Vereen and Stevan Ridley will combine to run the ball for a rushing offense that's put up over 150 yards in each of their last three games. Yes, in New England. Combined with Tom Brady's usual brilliance, the offense is scoring ten more points per game during this span than the Rams.

However, the Rams D is allowing less than 17 points per contest recently. If they can hold Brady to under 21 points, Sam Bradford and company may have a shot. Bradford at least managed a professional level of pass completions this past Sunday, going 21 of 34 for 255 yards. The team just signed O lineman Chris Williams to help out. That's an excellent idea, since the Rams allowed 36 sacks in 2011 and 34 in 2010. In less than half of a season, Bradford has now been officially dumped 21 times. Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer is running the same neither fish nor fowl schemes he did as a Jet with the same results. It's as if he wants to be a West Coast guy, but hears his father's voice in his head telling him to pound the run. A sad case.

PK Greg Zeurlein will probably break the NFL Reggie Nelson Nike Jersey record in his career possibly soon. However, the Rams need offensive production not based on a rookie's leg.

Defensively, St. Louis actually has the personnel and the coaching aggression needed to get in Brady's grill. This has www.bengalsonlineofficialshop.com/bengals-reggie-nelson-jersey-c-5_30.html been scientifically proven as the only way to beat No. 12.

Prediction: Patriots by a TD. (St. Louis is 6 2 ATS in their last eight games for those who care.)

Jacksonville Jaguars at Green Bay Packers. Clearly, Jacksonville must get a new plan. RB Maurice Jones Drew will not be available, but Rashad Jennings is no slouch. He just can't carry an offense. The QB has to find Justin Blackmon. It would help if Blackmon could find some open grass. Even though backup QB Chad Henne only managed a couple of first downs, Blaine Gabbert probably knows that if he goes out, he'll lose his job. However they do it, the Jaguars offense must improve on last week's 1 of 15 third down conversion attempts.

Have you heard? Aaron Rodgers broke a few more records: reaching 150 TD passes with about 20 fewer INTs than Dan Marino and setting the Packers' highest single game completion rating of 81.1 percent. Is it going to be this way for as long as he and Drew Brees keep playing? Probably. Just go with it. Did I mention that he's averaging 8.2 yards per pass? Yeah. The offense racked up 33 points in the past three weeks with only 24.7 allowed on D.

However, former Defensive Player of the Year, Heisman winner and Super Bowl champ DB Charles Woodson just re broke his collarbone. Rookie CB Casey Hayward has arrived. Playing in place of injured starter Sam Shields the kid has intercepted four passes in three games. That's wonderful, but it's not Charles Woodson.

Bottom line: Numbers don't always tell the tale, but the Jags have scored 12 points while giving up almost 33 points for the past three weeks.

Prediction: Packers by two touchdowns.

Atlanta Falcons at Philadelphia Eagles. It's the battle of the birds! Atlanta squeaked out a win in Week 6 despite trailing the Raiders in yards gained 474 to 286. Matt Ryan was having one of those seasons that elevate QBs to top tier status and then he threw three interceptions in the first half. However, the defense continues to be the best Atlanta group in Mike Smith's tenure as head coach. Thank you, Mike Nolan.

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The Seahawks now have the best record in the NFL at 10 1 and have looked good on both sides of the ball. Many fans might feel the same way about the 9 1 Broncos, which is why the Associated Press voters were so split again this week. Finishing out the top five are the Chiefs at No. 3, the New Orleans Saints at No. 4, and the Carolina Panthers at No. 5. Youth Mike Nugent Jersey It is worth noting that the upcoming Seahawks vs. Saints game could cause another shift in the voting.

The teams making up the rest of the top 10 are the New England Patriots, Indianapolis Colts, San Francisco 49ers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Detroit Lions (in that order). The top 10 is comprised of the same group of teams as the past week, with just a few shifts going on as the Lions dropped from No. 7 to No. 10 with a loss.

Two of the biggest jumps in the Week 12 NFL power rankings were the New York Giants moving from No. 22 up to No. 16 and the Miami Dolphins going from No. 23 up to No. 17. The New York Jets fell six spots with a loss, dropping from No. 12 all the way down to No. 18. The Tennessee Titans also fell five spots, slipping from No. 21 down to No. 26. As for the worst team in the league, the AP still says it is the Jacksonville Mike Nugent Jersey Pink Jaguars.

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The Carnegie Authentic Marvin Jones Jersey Deli Murders

On May 10, 2001, two men broke into a midtown Manhatten apartment located above the famous Carnegie Deli with full intention of robbing its owner, Jennifer Stahl, a former actress who become a high priced marijuana dealer.

One of the thieves ended up shooting Jennifer Stahl in the forehead, killing her instantly, after having words with her. The gunmen decided that in order to cover the crime they would have to kill the other occupants of the apartment as well (Jennifer had been having a party at the time). All four dinner guests of Ms. Stahl were shot, but two later recovered and helped and helped police piece together the crime.

After the heist and murders, the two men took off with $1000 cash and 12 quarter ounce bags of marijuana leaving behind 6 pounds of marijuana and $1800. Security cameras caught their movements as they left. When the tapes were shown to the media, an acquaintance recognized Andre Smith of Irvington, New Jersey, and notified the New York detectives that were running the case. After he was arrested, Smith confessed to the crimes and identified his partner as Sean Salley. Salley evaded Marvin Jones Game Jersey police at first but was eventually captured outside a Miami homeless shelter after being profiled on Fox America Most Wanted.

Both Smith and Salley had extensive prior records. Salley had been arrested in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Massachusetts, and Georgia for assault, robbery, weapons possession and fare evasion. Smith was on parole for a 1993 robbery. Ironically Smith should have been incarcerated at the time of the murders because he been arrested 3 months prior in New Jersey for possession of 311 grams of marijuana near a public school. He also had a record of 9 arrests on charges ranging from weapons possession to drug offenses.

The Carnegie Deli murders, as they came to be known, underscore a number of issues that help define the crime problem in America. Should violent felons have had access to handguns? Would the violent crime rate be reduced if drugs were legalized? The case also illustrates the powerful attraction crime has on the media. The publicity helped the gunmen get caught, but the media attention fanned the flames of fear of crime. Despite the fact that violent crime rates are down this media attention convinced the public that crime is rampant.

Those who committed the murders were career criminals with rap sheets a mile long and who should have been incarcerated. Yet they were on the streets and free men. The governor of New York used the Carnegie murder case as a forum to express his views on tougher penalties for repeat offenders of violent crimes. Concern about crime and effective measures to control criminal behavior has caused those who administer justice in the United States to learn more about the criminal and make criminology an academic discipline. www.bengalsonlineofficialshop.com/bengals-marvin-jones-jersey-c-5_40.html

Excellent article! I like the way you presented the facts of the case. When I lived in New York/ New Jersey, everyone knew there was a lot of crime. The media covered it in such a way that you only heard about the worst of it. When I later lived in Houston Texas, in 1981, you would have thought that there was more crime there because the media covered everything. When I went into the downtown area I kept a knife under my car seat. Never did I anywhere else do that, not even when going into Manhattan or Washington, DC.

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Jason Garrett wants Cowboys to extend Tony Romo's deal

Quarterback Andy Dalton Womens Jersey Tony Romo has thrown for 59 touchdowns over the past two seasons, but the Cowboys finished 8 8 and out of the playoffs in both seasons.(Photo: Matthew Emmons, USA TODAY Sports)

Story HighlightsCowboys coach Jason Garrett says he wants to extend Tony Romo contractRomo might be among the Cowboys who have to rework their contracts to get the team under the capGarrett said Romo has shown no signs of slowing downINDIANAPOLIS Dallas Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said this week the team wants to give quarterback Tony Romo a contract extension.

Cowboys coach Jason Garrett realizes it's Orange Andy Dalton Jersey not as simple as writing a fat check.

"There's math involved in the deal and everybody's got to get under the cap and a number of teams are making these kinds of decisions," Garrett told news reporters Friday at the NFL scouting combine. "We do have an opportunity to restructure Tony's contract. We believe really strongly in Tony Romo as our quarterback. We want to make sure we get that business done to help our football team be as good as it can be.

"I do believe we have to address some things with personnel and freeing up some of that money to allow us to do that."

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The Cowboys were $21.3 million over the salary cap earlier this week, according to figures obtained by USA TODAY Sports.

Cornerback Brandon Carr, wide receiver Miles Austin and offensive tackle Doug Free have big contracts that could be restructured to make room for an extension for Romo, who is scheduled to be a free agent after the 2013 season. Romo is slated to earn a base salary of $11.5 million this year.

Jones wants Romo to be the Cowboys' quarterback "for the next four to five years." Garrett, a quarterback in the NFL to the age of 34, believes that's doable.

"I think Tony's a young player," Garrett said. "He's 32 now, but if you remember, he didn't play his first three or four years at all. He's been a starter for six years and he has a lot of football in front of him. If you watch him play, you see a young player, a guy who can move, a guy who the ball really jumps out of his hand, he's very spontaneous as a player. You see no signs of him getting old as a player so you feel good about him for a long time to come."

With a grin, Garrett added, "But the way we work around here is we focus on today, this year, so we're much more short term thinking in what our attention is."

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Right before that, Garrett was asked if it's time for the team to start working on developing a quarterback for the long term as Romo's eventual replacement. He didn't say no and he didn't say yes.

"That's always important, but you only have so many resources and you want to make sure you use them wisely," he said. "We believe in the quarterback position. We think it's really, really important. I think our track record suggests that. At the same time, we have other issues on our football team. So at every turn, we'll try to take the best player, the players that can help us now but also help us in the future.