Just in case you didn't already despise CBS's blatant SEC homer-ism, here's one more thing to chew on. As if he has any justification, obligation or warrant to inject the 2008 United States Presidential Election into his job--college sports writer--Dennis Dodd has lowered himself to depths only reached by the likes of Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly. Frankly I'm surprised he hasn't left CBS Sports for Fox Sports.

Joe Paterno has been hospitalized for dehydration.

Darrell Givens, a highly-rated defensive back from Maryland, has backed out of his commitment to Ohio State. Where's his new home to be? Why, Penn State of course. But Givens wasn't the only one to commit Saturday to the Nittany Lions.

"I'll tell you why Penn State can't win more games, we can't land four and five-star recruits anymore."

I love that reasoning, not because it's a good argument, but rather because it's just so ridiculous to blame what's been going on at Penn State on recruiting. I want to take some time today and run down two big holes in the "we can't recruit anymore" argument. One, star ratings mean NOTHING after signing day. Two, Penn State's had plenty of dynamite recruits, and one class in particular, which fell flat on their individual and collective faces.

Spring, not the "football spring" but the real season when allergies run rampant, temperatures rise and college football previews start rolling off the fingertips. Not much real action is going on, so we're all faced with the ever daunting task of filling the next three months with fluff, fluff that's so entertaining, it's almost as good as the season itself. I love preview magazines.

I am all for leadership on this team. The program needs guidance from within. I guess Joe Paterno had no problem then, when the players selected FIVE team captains for 2008. Ok, so Sean Lee is an 'honorary' captain. He's still a captain. Read the PSU Sports Info release below...

As part of ZN's 2008 NFL Draft analysis and projections, here's a quick rundown of where Penn State's four pro prospects could end up this weekend. Also included is the "official" ZN mock first round. Now I know nothing about how the NFL franchises pick their players in the draft, nor do I ever care to figure it out. I stick to college. But it's still fun, so here it goes.

As part of ZN's 2008 NFL Draft analysis and projections, here's a quick rundown of where Penn State's four pro prospects could end up this weekend. Also included is the "official" ZN mock first round. Now I know nothing about how the NFL franchises pick their players in the draft, nor do I ever care to figure it out. I stick to college. But it's still fun, so here it goes.

Sink your teeth into this little piece by Drew Edwards of GoVolsXtra. He's trying to make the argument--as so many other schools have for themselves in recent years--that Tennessee is more deserving of the "Linebacker U" reputation than Penn State. Maybe the Vol Nation is still sour that the Nittany Lions absolutely embarrassed them in the Outback Bowl two years ago.

Here's the second part looking at the conference's spring game circuit. Minnesota and Northwestern will hold their spring games April 25 and 26, respectively. I couldn't find any Indiana blogs that analyzed the spring game. Michigan sucks, and because of this suckage, were forced to hold their spring game at a high school, on April 12. So no soup for them. Enjoy...

What's the buzz around the conference these days? Why, Spring Games of course. Here's a quick look at what the people have to say about their teams. Minnesota and Northwestern will hold their spring games April 25 and 26, respectively. Michigan sucks, and because of this suckage, were forced to hold their spring game at a high school, on April 12. So no soup for them. Enjoy...

Stephon Green, Stephon Green, Stephon Green. Ok, so I'm not as excited as the rest of the Penn State fan base, but it was really nice to see someone break a long touchdown run for once. However, things weren't quite as crisp as I hoped it would be.

Reps. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) and Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) are introducing a resolution rejecting the oft-criticized bowl system as an illegal restriction on trade because only the largest universities compete in most of the major bowl games. The resolution would require Justice's antitrust division to investigate whether the system violates federal law.

The Big Ten Conference office released the game times and television plans for five home football contests today to appear during prime time on ABC, ESPN or ESPN2. A Big Ten contest will be featured during prime time in at least five of the nine weeks of intraconference play, including four appearances by Penn State, a pair of games for Ohio State and Wisconsin and one contest each for Illinois and Michigan.

All-American Sean Lee just destroyed his ACL in practice. Now he's gone bye-bye for 2008. Although he'll be back in 2009, this leaves a huge question mark hanging over Penn State's outside linebacker spot. Who will fill that void? Does Penn State even have a chance now this season?