Dealing with injury on offensive line

Redshirt freshman Alex Nielsen has been playing right guard in practice while senior Pat McShane is recovering from injury.

Allen Moff reported in today's Record-Courier that the injury is not considered season ending, which is good news considering the holes that already need to be filled on the offensive line following the graduation of two key road graders from last season's twin 1,000-yard seasons of Dri Archer and Trayion Durham.

I just saw Rob Senderoff in the hallways. His men's basketball team is now just a few days away from taking off for the Bahamas. Jay Fiorello from the sports information office is going on the trip, so he'll have reports on every game, and several players will be posting on the Men's Basketball Blog.

On the PGA Tour, Ben Curtis is playing in this week's Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. He was in the 8 a.m. tee time in today's first round in a group that includes Rory Sabbatini and Mark Wilson. Look for Ben to keep a busy schedule on the Tour this fall as he tries to earn points towards next season in the new carry-over format.

In the M.A.C. Center, we've been enjoying scanning the internet today and seeing the national response to "The Archer" comic strip. Tom Withers' story in the Associated Press was a big hit, showing up on ESPN.com, and getting reprinted coast-to-coast, from the Washington Post and the Boston Globe in the east to the Atlanta Journal Constitution in the south, and even the Everett Herald in Washington. It also crossed the Canadian border in the Hamilton Spectator.

Here's a look at some of the other stories on the web in today's Newsstand:

• First, in case you missed it, here's a link to Tom Withers' Associated Press story as it appears on ESPN.com
• NFL.com's Mike Huguenin also weighs in on Dri Archer and the comic in his NFL Draft 365 column. 
• Allen Moff on the injury to Pat McShane in today's Record-Courier.
• The Record-Courier also has this brief about the annual Kent State Football Kickoff Luncheon being held by the Kent Area Chamber of Commerce at Dix Stadium on Aug. 21.
• The Victory Bell Rings website has a preview of Kent State in "know your Penn State opponents."
• Crain's Cleveland Business writes about the Dri4Heisman campaign.