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This is the first Penn State game I am really eager to watch since the first three games were foregone conclusions. How sad that is the way the first 25% of the season went and how weird is it that Temple looks to be a fun, competitive game.

Devon from NittanyWhiteout.com has this week’s questions
We’re a quarter of the way into the season, and at this point we’re starting to see how Penn State stacks up this year. What’s the biggest positive and negative you’ve seen so far?
The biggest positive is Rob Bolden. He has more poise as a true freshman than several [...]

The Vienna Inn: Defining the Bar Food Genre – CityPaper
The Young and Hungry blog visits the Vienna Inn and paraphrases Potter Stewart in describing bar food:
I’ll just have to say I know it when I see it – and I’ve seen a lot of it served at the Vienna Inn.
What is funny about the [...]

Ivan Rodriguez’s homer highlights Washington’s seven-run rally in the eighth inning that propels Washington to an 8-4 win over the Houston Astros – The Post
An unlikely rally and a surprise move – Nats Insider
The Washington Nationals were on their way to another dispiriting loss last night. John Lannan had given up 3 runs to the [...]

The End Of The Road – The Springfield Connection
It took about 50 years, but the Fairfax County Parkway (secondary route 7100) is now completed. The final stretch between Rolling Road and Interstate 95 opened yesterday morning. There are still interchanges that need to be built for Fort Belvoir, but it is no possible to get [...]

BLUE EYED SOUL! John Oates and Daryl Hall went to Temple, Penn State’s Saturday opponent, so this week’s Music Tuesday gets this “amazing” video of “She’s Gone,” one of their early hits.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – There comes a time when a blogger has to concede that he probably won’t get to blog about Nats Blogger Day as much as he would like. I think that day is today.
Blogger Day, organized by Chad Kurz (who just went on his first Nats road trip and blogged about it), was [...]

Penn State, Temple agree to extend rivalry through 2016 – Examiner.com
Penn State and Temple have agreed to another 3 game series starting in 2014 at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions will travel to Philadelphia to play the Owls in 2015 (yes, another game on the I-95 corridor!) with the 2016 game back at Beaver Stadium. [...]

Penn State to Add Men’s and Women’s Varsity Ice Hockey – Intercollegiate Athletics
PRESS RELEASE – Pegulas Commit Historic Gift To Penn State For New Arena And Hockey Program – Intercollegiate Athletics
Press Conference Transcript – Intercollegiate Athletics
Friday was a great day for Penn State and hockey. Alumnus Terry Pegula (‘73 B.S. petroleum and natural gas engineering) [...]

Next week, the final Washington Nationals T-Shirt Tuesday giveaway features a Mr. Walkoff t-shirt. Being that I created the Mr. Walkoff nickname for Ryan Zimmerman back on Opening Night at Nationals Park in 2008, perhaps we should have a little talk. Clearly, this is a pretty good nickname as there have been others who thought [...]