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Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Northwestern Wildcats
For the second time in two seasons, the Northwestern game appears to be a turning point for the Nittany Lions. Last year, the Lions, especially QB Mike Robinson, played a sloppy game, yet somehow overcame the Wildcats. After that, they rolled through the Big11Ten schedule (for the most part) [...]

I-99 plan approved – CDTThe environmental mitigation for the i-99 stretch near Skytop has been approved and will get underway immediately. Completion is expected in the middle of 2008, so next football season will be the last time drivers will have to use US-220 to get to State College.
Unless this gets screwed up again or [...]

Last night’s win clinched the season series with the Phillies for Washington, 10-9. In doing so, the Nationals won my “mayor’s bet” with the Ombudsman. In addition to the universial currency of bragging rights (and a concession speech!), I also get to enjoy a trip to Jim’s Steaks for a celebratory cheesesteak (with whiz and [...]

Another Bizarre Day for Nats Ends With Win – The PostAfter waiting until 11:32 p.m. to get the game started, the Nationals, led by a resurgent Mike O’Connor, took out the Phillies 3-1 on Ryan Zimmerman’s 22nd birthday. The loss puts the Fleas two back in the wild card race. An Inky columnist is very [...]

Several weeks ago, I was able to crash (pun intended) a Nationals season ticketholders meeting hosted by Stan Kasten. Belated thanks go to CrashRiley for the hookup. Some observations from the meeting:

Kasten reaffirmed the three tenets of his philosophy: player development, customer satisfaction, and community involvement. He explained very pragmatically why these pillars are so [...]

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Phillies Finally Put Away Pesky Nationals in 14th – The PostThe Nats lost a crazy game last night. Ryan Zimmerman got his 20th home run, breaking Brad Wilkerson’s franchise record for rookies. Starter Pistachio left with forearm stiffness (natonals.com).
The Inky also called the Nats “pesky” in their game story headline.
Tonight, the Nats and Fleas play [...]

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I don’t have a lot of time this morning (I’ll explain another time) so I’m just going to post the headlines.
Nationals Force Phillies to Wait A Little Bit Longer – The Post
More from The Wash. Times: Nationals edge Phillies
All the Nats need to do is win tonight or tomorrow night to clinch me my cheesesteak.
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dl004d sent me a link to this article from something called BlackandGoldInsider.com. It says a home-and-home between Penn State and Pitt will start in 2009. We’ll see.
I was not going to post this, because I don’t care much about Pitt, but if it had been someone like Rutgers I would have, so I guess I [...]