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Penn State Football: Solid Performances in a Tumultuous Year
This has been an emotional couple of weeks for any Penn State football fan.
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Penn State Football: Will Renewing Old Rivalries Be Worth It for Penn State?
Especially if the old rivalries do not include Pittsburgh?
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Penn State at Nebraska: A Rivalry Mired in Controversy Intensifies
There is no turning back the clock. Not to 1982, when #2 Nebraska played #8 Penn State and lost its chance to play for a national championship due to an errant call on the sidelines.
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Penn State Football at Purdue: A Damp Cold Day Didn't Dampen Penn State
Self, take note. Next time the weather calls for 30% chance of rain and mid-40's temperatures, pay attention. Assume it will feel like 25 degrees. Because at Ross-Ade stadium it did. In fact it rained quite hard that morning and on the way to the game. I was prepared...
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Penn State Football vs Ohio State: Adversity Reigned in Loss to Buckeyes
Earlier this week I was invited on the student-run radio show Motown Mornings to make a prediction for the Penn State-Ohio State clash at Beaver Stadium.
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Penn State Football: A MOST Satisfying Win at Iowa and a Call to Action
The gold "America Needs Farmers" campaign rally towels were on every seat, including the seats where the Penn State fans were congregated. Mixed in with Penn State fans were numerous Iowa fans. Evidently Penn State had returned some of its seat allotments, and we were unlucky enough...
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Twenty-Five Years of Marriage...and Penn State Football!
On October 10 my husband Terry and I celebrated our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. It was a somewhat subdued celebration. We exchanged sweet anniversary cards in the morning, went out to dinner that evening. That was about it. No big fanfare. As it has been since...
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Penn State Football: On The People You Meet at Away Games
The Penn State-Illinois game was the first B1G away game of the season for Penn State. Away games are a different animal from home games. At Beaver Stadium, there's a normal routine. You tailgate in the same spot with the same folks, you sit (usually) with the same season ticket ...
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Penn State vs. Illinois: Bursting Champaign's Bubble
This week’s Citizens Bank button declared “Burst Champaign’s Bubble”. It was a very clear message when often the buttons issued at Penn State are ambiguous and can be read either way.
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Penn State vs. Navy: A Perfect Day for an Historic Win
Yesterday’s Penn State vs. Navy game was sorely needed. On a perfect fall day at Beaver Stadium, the Navy Midshipmen were soundly defeated 34-7 in front of a crowd of 98,792. The Penn State team earned their first win under Bill O’Brien’s tenure. ...
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Penn State at Virginia: NCAA 1, Penn State 0
There is no way you could have predicted that Penn State would lose Saturday’s game against Virginia, not the way the defense played for most of the game. The defense forced four turnovers and held the Cavaliers to 32 yards net rushing. In addition, Virginia had ten penalties for a net loss...


