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Bob Flounders and David Jones of the Patriot-News and Detroit Free Press columnist Drew Sharp highlight Penn State’s 28-22 loss to Michigan State

Cory Giger and Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror

Getaways: Centralia, Pa., is one smokin’ hot town – We Love DC
Local blog welovedc.com is actually promoting a trip to Centralia, Pennsylvania as a getaway. The former village sits atop a coal mine fire that has been burning since the 1960s. It is suggested as a photography destination. Yeah, I’m going to be the loyal [...]

This morning, while running errands, I could see FedEx Field from I-395 and I realized that I had not yet posted my Minnesota Vikings at Washington Redskins prediction. When we last saw the Redskins, they were limping off the field in Nashville after an overtime win over the Tennessee Titans. They have many injured players [...]

Football season is over.
Penn State played pretty uninspired football for 3 quarters today, falling to the Michigan State Spartans. The Nittany Lions could not get much going offensively after their first drive, when Evan Royster ran roughshod over Sparty. MSU adjusted and built up a 14-3 half time lead. The Nittany Lions seemed to be [...]

After the Michigan game, their seemed to be a groundswell in the Penn State blogosphere that the Michigan State game was their for the taking. I include myself in that group and after Penn State beat Northwestern, I was almost certain of it. The next Saturday, at Ohio State changed that thinking. It was not [...]

TYSONS CORNER, Va. — About a month ago, I was surprised to see some cherry trees in pretty full bloom at Halloween. Maybe at this point, I shouldn’t be surprised that they are still blooming at Thanksgiving. The trees are not as lush with their blossoms as they are in spring, but they have been [...]

A Happy Thanksgiving to you wherever you may be. I’m at work and then headed over to my folks house where I will build a fire, have some Turkey before my turkey, greet my wife and son upon their arrival, watch some football, have a Thanksgiving dinner that couldn’t be beat and then go home.
And [...]

The Washington Nationals offered arbitration to Adam Dunn. Nationals Journal takes a look at possible outcomes. I expect Dunn to decline arbitration and sign elsewhere, netting the Nats some draft picks.
In other recent Nats news:

Stephen Strasburg told Mike Rizzo (Nationals Enquirer) he is doing well. Strasburg also did not receive a single vote in the [...]

LANDOVER, Md. — Since I retired from tailgating prior to my son being born, I started going to the 2thelion tailgates on my rare trips to Penn State games. For big games, they team up with Diesel Tailgate. These folks go all out.

Yup, that’s a pig. We had it post-game. I got talked into eating [...]

I had no fact-based reason to pick the Washington Redskins over the Tennessee Titans yesterday, just a hunch. This year, the Redskins really excel at winning games they shouldn’t (only securing victory on the last play or close to it) and losing ones they should. This game had that written all over it, even more [...]