Wednesday linkage: Powell, Wallace and Miami

Turns out Chaz Powell is fine, but that doesn't mean everything's hunky-dory. Apparently, AJ Wallace can't get away from the hamstring injury that's been nagging him for what seems like forever, and Joe Paterno is "concerned" about this team's cohesion. Nothing new, but because we haven't had football in four months, everything lately is magnified. Here's the mid-week linkfest.

• The Nittany Line broke out the PSU threat level chart, one of the most original ideas I've seen. You have to go and see it to truly appreciate it.

"The fact that no one else has stepped up enough for Joe to even mention means it's time to raise the Nittany Lion Panic level."

• The Collegian has the Wallace hamstring story. Not the kind of news any of us want to hear right now. But hey, at least it's still spring practice, and not summer workouts.

"I'm very concerned about it," Joe Paterno said of the secondary. "A.J. Wallace pulled a hamstring the other day, and I hoped he would be really one of the outstanding kids."

• Over at PittsburghLive.com, it appears that Paterno is worried about the same thing everyone else is worried about. I don't think we needed a teleconference to figure this one out.

"Paterno's concern — at least in one area — appears to be well-founded. He told reporters during a Big Ten Conference football coaches teleconference that his secondary is particularly troubling to him."

• In other news, Hawkeye Nation, part of the Scout.com network, talked about Iowa's upcoming night games in 2009. We all know about the Hawk's trip to Happy Valley, but the writer wanted to give a little background on Iowa's recent trips to Penn State. Notice the last few words... is it a real typo, or are the Hawkeyes just trying to torture us by making us think about what really happened in 2008?

"It just gets real, real loud in there, with over 100,000 fans packed into the stands. Iowa won there in 2002, 2004 and 2006 before losing in 2008."

• Will Penn State and Miami meet again? Possibly. I hope this works out. I'm also hoping Tim Curley realized that Penn State has gotten the short end of the stick recently with OOC scheduling. But of course, there's also the reports of really, really strong BCS teams from "south of the Mason-Dixon line," that are in talks with Penn State, according to BWI.

• And finally, your Wednesday video:



Have a great rest of your hump day!

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