subject: Florida's Jeff Demps has bruised foot [print this page] "I'm hearing positive things about later in the week," Meyer said. "He actually had an X-ray and a scan on his foot. It's a sprained foot. It's not broken, there's not a stress fracture. I took a deep breath on the sideline when they said we're going to go take him to get a scan. But it came back negative. Now it's just we've got to get him healthy."
Demps leads the seventh-ranked Gators with 367 yards rushing and has scored twice. He also has 11 receptions for 61 yards.
"I think we are going to have Demps [against Alabama]," Meyer said.
But if Demps doesn't play or is limited against the Crimson Tide, backups Emmanuel Moody and Mike Gillislee would take on bigger roles.
But just when the running game got back on track with Royster gaining 187 yards on 26 carries, the Nittany Lions team doctor confirmed Sunday that right tackle Lou Eliades' senior season is over after he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the third quarter. The 6-foot-4 Eliades is scheduled to have surgery within two weeks.
His experience bolstered a line that has allowed just one sack of freshman quarterback Rob Bolden. They'll now have to do it without Eliades. Luckily, Royster is again churning out chunks of yardage after gaining just 110 yards on 31 carries his first three games.
Coach Joe Paterno's pep talk helped get the senior nfl jersey going.
"I think people got the idea that I thought he wasn't doing very well," Paterno said. "I talked to him earlier in the week and said, 'Forget about what everyone is talking about.' Just play your game and we'll see what happens."
It was Paterno's comments a month ago about Royster's weight that, in part, got the rumor mill churning. Royster bulked up in the offseason expecting to take a bigger workload and withstand the increased pounding that accompanies more carries, but JoePa had said he was worried Royster was a little too heavy, and the effect that might have on his endurance.
Linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden told Royster two weeks ago that he thought lacked a little burst of speed. It was then, Royster told mlb jerseys reporters Saturday, that he decided to take more weight off.
He got up to 228 in camp, and was listed at 218 by the time season started. Royster said Saturday he's now down to 212.
Whatever the reason, vintage Royster was back against Temple.
"Joe said I needed to get those extra yards," Royster said. "I came into the game thinking, 'You know, he's right. I should be getting those extra yards.' That's what I'm here for."
And it's what Royster has been doing since 2007, four seasons of consistency that have helped him get within 184 yards of the school career rushing record of 3,398 yards set by Curt Warner in 1982.
Thanks to Royster, Penn State moved the ball nfl jerseyat will against Temple -- until they got inside the 30. That's when the offense stalled and had to get bailed out by Collin Wagner, who tied a school record with five field goals.
