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To: Nittany Lion who wrote (1543)	12/28/1999 11:03:00 PM
From: MythMan	Respond to of 11146

Good night, Gary! roflmao!

To: Nittany Lion who wrote (1543)	12/29/1999 8:00:00 AM
From: MythMan	Respond to of 11146

PSU's Arrington to go pro Mother says linebacker to make himself eligible for draft Wednesday, December 29, 1999 By Lori Shontz, Post-Gazette Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO -- Penn State junior outside linebacker LaVar Arrington will hold a news conference later this week at his high school alma mater, North Hills, to declare whether he will give up his final year of collegiate eligibility and enter the NFL draft. Arrington's mother, Carolyn, said her son will turn professional. Arrington, however, would make no such commitment. "I'm not making a pre-announcement," he said. "I'm waiting. I won't announce until I can give it to everybody at the same time. And I've got to have one last sit-down with my family before I really make my decision yet." Arrington said he will announce his decision at North Hills because "I love North Hills. That's my school." He also said he wants his family to be with him when he makes his announcement, and his parents did not travel to the Alamo Bowl. As of Monday afternoon, Arrington was waiting for Penn State officials to tell him if they were able to determine from NFL contacts how high he could be picked in the draft. "I don't want to sit there and say I'm coming out and then find out I'm sliding in the draft or that I'm a later pick than people are predicting me," he said. "I want to hear from the front offices what's going on. ... [Last year] Tim Couch knew what was going on; they had everything coordinated for him. I don't really know what I'm facing, so I don't know. "If I'm not in the top five, I'm not coming out." Such a scenario seems unlikely. In his three seasons at Penn State, Arrington earned first-team All-America honors twice, making him the 12th Penn State player to do so. This season, he won the Chuck Bednarik Trophy, awarded by the Maxwell Club to college football's best defensive player, and the Butkus Award, given by the Downtown Athletic Club of Orlando to college football's best linebacker. He made 72 tackles (20 for loss, including 9 sacks), recovered two fumbles (forcing one and returning it for a touchdown), intercepted a pass and blocked two kicks, both at crucial times for the Nittany Lions. Arrington missed all but one play of the season's final regular season game, against Michigan State, with a shoulder injury.