psu puts big ten on lockdown

alan zemaitis and donnie johnson were both honored this week by the big ten for their outstanding performances against michigan state on saturday which brought psu the big ten title, bcs berth and also gave paterno the fifth consecutive decade where he has had a team win ten or more games in a season.

az won the big ten pow award thanks to his career-high three interceptions. the senior cornerback equaled his season high with seven tackles while adding a pass break up and became the first nittany lion to pick off three passes in a game since the school joined the big ten in 1993.

dj, was named the big ten special teams pow. with the nits leading 3-0 midway through the second quarter, johnson blocked a sparty punt which was recovered by matt hahn for a touchdown and a 10-0 advantage. dj also ended the first half by picking off quarterback drew stanton in the endzone to halt a potential spartans' scoring drive. this is johnson's first weekly big ten laurel (and hopefully not his last).