2 0 1 8 S E A S O N P R E V I E W
TRACE
McSORLEY
Bill Anderson
Patrick
Mansell
CONTENTS
30 >> STAFF PREDICTIONS
Blue White Illustrated's editors and
writers size up the Nittany Lions
heading into the 2018 season.
35 >> POSITION-BY-POSITION
BWI takes an extended look at Penn
State's strengths and weaknesses,
complete with breakdowns of each
position group, interviews with coor-
dinators Ricky Rahne, Brent Pry and
Phil Galiano and profiles of some of
the team's key players.
40 >> TRACE'S MOMENT
Penn State boasts one of the nation's
top quarterbacks in senior Trace Mc-
Sorley. BWI recently sat down with
the third-year starter to talk about the
upcoming season and life as a Heis-
man Trophy hopeful.
85 >> OPPONENT PREVIEWS
The Lions will face the usual array of
Big Ten East Division powers, along
with frequent West Division champ
Wisconsin.
98 >> BRANDON SHORT
One of the more celebrated graduates
of Linebacker U, the former Nittany
Lion great has turned his goals into
reality – not just as an All-America
football player, but as a banker
and now as a newly elected mem-
ber of Penn State's board of
trustees.
