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Penn State – Michigan preview video – Just Bob Flounders, so no awkward flirting

Cory Giger and Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror

Pete Bigelow and Mike Rothstein preview Saturday’s Michigan-Penn State game

Last week, I correctly predicted Penn State would score 33 points and was within 3 points of Minnesota’s total. Not bad (the Redskins vs. Bears pick was even better).
This week, the hated Michigan Wolverines come to Happy Valley as a terrible team that is bailed out by its all world quarterback Denard Robinson. Robins has [...]

Devon from NittanyWhiteOut.com has the questions this week:
1. Was Penn State’s win over Minnesota a step in the right direction, or are any feelings of goodwill overshadowed by the fact that, well, Minnesota is just really, really bad?
The only thing that matters in this world is number in the column with the W. ZUG! Put. [...]

After a hiatus, the guest prognosticator returns for this week’s Washington Redskins vs. Detroit Lions game. My old neighbor J.J. moved away to Michigan 25 years ago, but we’re still in touch. He explains how he got to be a Lions fan, the trauma of it and gives a prediction. I forgot to ask him [...]

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — In a year that the Washington D.C. area has seen Snowpocalypse and Snowmaggedon and what the Weather Channel called the worst summer of 2010, it somehow seems appropriate that this cherry tree is in full bloom just days before Halloween. I have seen early blossoms after a few unseasonable winter days, [...]

Tuesday was the 50th anniversary of the announcements that the original Washington Senators were moving to Minnesota and an expansion team would be taking their place. DC Sports Bog has a look at how The Post covered the situation. The original Senators, who left because Calvin Griffith was a racist, became the Twins and won [...]

More details have emerged about the new Washington Nationals uniforms that will be released on November 10. Some details from the press release:
The glitz and glamour of the fashion runway is coming to Nationals Park. On Wednesday, November 10, the Washington Nationals will unveil their new uniforms during an exclusive fashion show featuring players* Tyler [...]

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — As characters go, Brer Rabbit is just about persona non grata in the Disney empire. Song of the South, which included Brer Rabbit cartoons, has never been available on home media and was last released in the theaters in the 1980s. I have never seen it or read any of [...]

I think we all thought that Jim Riggleman’s return to the Washington Nationals dugout was already official, but apparently it was not until yesterday. A press release came out at 5:23 p.m. yesterday confirming the Rockville, Md. native would manage the Nats again.
Riggleman’s buyout for 2011 was a mere $100,000. He made $600,000 last season [...]