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To: LTK007 who wrote (178)	11/15/2002 9:41:20 PM
From: stormrider1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1082

Read a couple philly articles that feel McNabb is TIGHT/UNDER pressure because of the contract. Max, now that would make sense to me, and maybe explains some struggling by the team since he got the big contract. I would never suggest McNabb is loafing, and truly believe he has the heart of a competitor to the extreme. It is my belief that this team is on the verge of being a great team and they know that they are under the microscope this weekend. The next 2 games will give us a pretty good idea how far they go this season IMO. I believe they will pull it out and make a hard run to the playoffs. We shall see..:) Mike

To: LTK007 who wrote (178)	11/17/2002 12:40:35 AM
From: stormrider1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1082

Max, Penn State's Larry Johnson will break the bad record of the schools running backs in the NFL IMO. He is a Heisman candidate and deserving of it. In my 25+ years of watching Penn State football I have never seen a running back with such raw talent and speed. Check out the game stats: BLOOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- In a season of sensational performances, Larry Johnson topped himself again Saturday. Johnson ran for 327 yards, a career-high four touchdowns and shattered a 31-year-old school rushing record as he led the 16th-ranked Nittany Lions to a 58-25 victory at Indiana. He broke his own single-game school rushing record for the third time this season and broke Penn State's single-season record midway through the second quarter. Lydell Mitchell set the previous mark of 1,567 in 1971. Johnson finished the game with 1,736 yards. Not only that, Johnson set a Memorial Stadium record for yards rushing by an opponent, breaking a 17-year-old mark set by Michigan State's Lorenzo White. Zack Mills threw for 137 yards and two touchdown passes as Penn State (8-3, 4-3 Big Ten) won its third straight game. The combination was too potent for Indiana (3-8, 1-6), which lost its fifth straight. The Hoosiers' biggest obstacle was finding a way to stop Johnson, who scored on runs of 69, 43, 1 and 41 yards and personally outgained Indiana 327-275. Even when Johnson wasn't scoring, he still did damage. He broke free for runs of 25, 21 and 41 yards and finished with an average of 11.7 yards on 28 carries and single-handedly helped Penn State overcome a couple of early mistakes. Mills led Penn State on a 47-yard touchdown drive on its opening possession and had the Nittany Lions within striking distance again. But Indiana's Kris Dielman deflected a pass and Buster Larkins picked it off and raced 59 yards for a touchdown. John Kerr's interception on the next series set up a 6-yard TD pass from Tommy Jones to Courtney Roby, although a missed extra point and a failed conversion run gave Indiana only a 12-7 lead. Johnson changed that. On the next offensive play, he burst through the middle and sprinted past the Hoosiers' defense for a 69-yard touchdown that gave Penn State the lead. The next time Johnson touched the ball, he raced 43 yards for a score to make it 21-18. He broke Mitchell's record on the next series, on a 25-yard run. He also put the game away. Johnson opened the third quarter with a 1-yard TD run and added a 41-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter to make it 45-25. The Nittany Lions scored twice late to close out the scoring.