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Penn State football chat week 9
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Hey, Students! On Nov. 7 Attendance Is Mandatory…And I Will Be Taking Attendance – statecollege.comThe “best student section” in the nation is getting called out by Joe Battista Executive Director, Nittany Lion Club and former Icers coach. The students aren’t showing up for kickoff or even filling their section. Preach it JoeBa, preach it!

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Ask Boswell: Redskins, MLB, Nats, Caps and More – The Post“Washington Post sports columnist Thomas Boswell will be online Thursday, October 29, at 11:00 a.m. ET to take your questions about the MLB playoffs, the Redskins, the Nats, the NFL, the Caps and the latest sports news and his recent columns.”
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I have not been doing Beano Watch lately for a couple of reasons 1.) Carroll H. Cook (‘54 Pitt) has missed some chats 2.) He is not offering much about Penn State beyond “bad non conference schedule.” This week is a little better.
pete caroll (USC): Hey Beano, some idiot from pa on the maisel chat [...]

PennDOT: “Go Yankees” Sign Inappropriate for Interstate – WNEPA variable message sign along Interstate 81 near Pittson, Pa. (not far from the home of the AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees) said “GO YANKEES.” The sign, typically used for traffic information, is owned by a contractor, Barletta Construction. I wonder if they are at all connected to Hazleton [...]

Like most Nats bloggers, I got emailed about a Nationals fan reality show:
IMG Studios, a respected, established production company in Washington DC, is casting for a TV series about die-hard Nationals fans who have such an intense devotion to the lovable Nats that they have had trouble balancing their “real life” responsibilities with their devotion [...]

Baez to receive close to $75K – ESPNJose Baez, who was the Washington Nationals top instructor in the Dominican Republic prior to the Smiley Gonzales scandal won a wrongful termination suit against the team. He’ll get close to $75,000 in lost pay an severance. No comment from the Nats.
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Joe Paterno News Conference – Intercollegiate Athletics

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Up until yesterday’s Q&A with We Love DC, I was unaware of 1,001 Rules for My Unborn Son. Written by D.C. resident Walker Lamond, the blog presents rules for a male to grow up and live by with a late 1950s/early 1960s white collar urban sensibility of masculinity and style. There is a lot to [...]

JOE POSNANSKI – Joe Paterno Top Of The World, Pa! – Sports IllustratedI finally read this article on Paterno after my copy of SI arrived on Friday. It is a fantastic article, despite it being written as a letter to the late Angelo Paterno, father of Joe, who died in 1955. It contains new insights [...]