A natural source of energy
Zorich wants his emotional style to rub off on listless Penn State teammates.
DEREK LEVARSE
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He made contact with the first defender at the line of scrimmage. Michael Zordich stumbled a bit, but kept his balance.
The fullback turned into the arms of another Temple player, slowing him up enough to allow two more to flow to the ball and try for the strip.
Zordich?s arms wouldn?t budge and his legs kept churning.
The pile around him grew, as at least five Owls and two Penn State teammates joined the fray. Somehow, Zordich emerged from the crowd falling forward for a few extra yards.
The sophomore popped up at the Temple 7-yard line and let out a roar, bouncing up and down as the adrenaline kept pumping.
Three plays later, Zordich got the ball again, lowered his head and burrowed through the line for a rare red zone touchdown for the Nittany Lions, locking up a come-from-behind win.
In what had been a listless game for Penn State, which settled for five field goals until that goal-line plunge, it was an unlikely character who delivered the spark.
Zordich, who has bounced between linebacker and fullback in his three years on campus, is one of the livelier players on an offense that has shown little emotion through six games.
