Morelli OnLion: Why Two Quarterbacks Won't Work

With finals officially over at University Park, the wait begins. Only three-and-a-half more months until football season. In the coming months, there won't be much news to report regarding the Nittany Lions, but we'll keep football front and center for the next 110 days or so. In the coming...

Morelli OnLion: Naming of the Captains

With the Blue-White Game in the books, things are starting to slow down in Happy Valley. It's finals week, so all the athletes are in lock-down mode before departing for the summer months. In this week's edition of Morelli OnLion, we'll take a look at PSU's captains, put Stefen Wisniewski in the...

Morelli OnLion: Two For the Show

For a pair of Penn State football players, the dream came true this weekend. Two Nittany Lions were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, which was held over the weekend at New York City's Radio City Music Hall. In today's edition of Morelli OnLion, we'll take a closer look at the Lions who were...

Morelli OnLion: QB Competition

With baseball in full swing, it's hard to think football, but that's what many of you did over the weekend as 73,000 fans poured into Beaver Stadium for the annual Blue-White Game. For the second consecutive year, the weather was perfect and fans turned out in droves to watch the scrimmage,...

Morelli OnLion: Busy Spring

I will say this for covering Penn State football — there's never a dull moment. In the last week alone, we had a player thrown off the team for pulling a knife on another teammate, a season-ending knee injury to one of the squad's best players and even more chatter from Old Main about Joe...

Morelli OnLion: Lions Lose Stokes

Another week, another disaster for Penn State recruiting. Over the weekend, Penn State lost out on wideout Je'Ron Stokes, who gave a verbal committment to the University of Tennessee. In this week's edition of Morelli OnLion, we'll take a closer look at the recruiting disaster, put linebacker Sean...

Morelli OnLion: Open for Business

Penn State practice was open to the media on Saturday. No, we're not kidding. No, it's not an April Fool's Day joke. Seriously, practice was open. Coach Joe Paterno opened up almost the entire practice for photographers, videographers, sports writers and broadcasters alike. But aside from yours...

Morelli OnLion: Finally, A Good Weekend

Finally, a good weekend for Penn State athletics. With the Big Ten Basketball Tournaments done and over with, there is no basketball to talk about, which is good. My NCAA brackets have been busted by the likes of Georgetown and Pittsburgh, so let's leave that discussion for another day. The...

Morelli OnLion: Terrelle Stops Here

You've gotta hand it to Terrelle Pryor — the kid sure knows how to work the media. Pryor was at University Park over the weekend for the PIAA Basketball Championships and although the Penn State coaching staff wasn't allowed to have contact with the Boy Wonder, you can bet that PSU rolled...

Morelli OnLion: Ah, March

Ah, March. It's that time of the year. Spring is just around the corner, winter sports are wrapping up and football fans ready for the annual spring football games, which are held on campuses nationwide. But before we get knee-deep into football, the Penn State women's basketball team just...

Morelli OnLion: Contract?

There's a battle brewing at Penn State. Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has not been given a contract extension and it's not certain that he's going to get one. That makes for interesting ink during a time when there's little to talk about, at least football-wise. In today's edition of...

Morelli OnLion: Gridiron Bash

With the Penn State men's and women's basketball teams struggling mightily, we need a diversion. So this week in Morelli OnLion, we'll take a closer look at "Gridiron Bash," an event coming to Penn State this spring. We'll also check in on another Penn State commit and try to analyze the Lady...

Morelli OnLion: The Pryor Report

Another week goes by, and there is nothing new to report on Terrelle Pryor. I cannot tell you how many people are asking about Pryor, either through e-mails or phone calls. In my 17 years as a sportswriter, I've never seen anything quite like it. In this week's edition of Morelli OnLion, we'll...

Morelli OnLion: Signing Day

It may be the middle of winter, but there's plenty going on around the University Park campus to keep sports fans busy. For football fans, Signing Day came and went without much ado. In today's edition of Morelli OnLion, we'll look at the Nittany Lions' recruiting class and begin to look at each...

Morelli OnLion: Alford Comes Up Big

For college football fans, it's the most wonderful time of the year. National Letter of Intent Day comes tomorrow, and the nation's most prized recruit — Jeannette's Terrelle Pryor — is still on the board. In today's edition of Morelli OnLion, we'll take a look back at one former Penn...