‘PSU Football 2006’ Archive

Paterno press conference

Joe Paterno met this media to talk about his new look and the Outback Bowl.
Transcript and photo from pennlive.com. Audio from fightonstate.com
THIS JUST IN:Posluszny repeats as Bednarik Trophy winner – CDT
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Beano Watch

Since there is no Penn State pregame until late December, weekly commentary of Carroll H. Cook (‘54 Pitt) ESPN chat will run as a standalone feature.
Luke (Memphis): Beano, can Penn State score enough to hang with Tennessee?
SportsNation Beano Cook: (3:17 PM ET ) Oh i think so. It’s going to be tough. But if you [...]

Any Volunteers?

Nittany Lions, Vols to meet in Tampa – CDTThe Outback Bowl is set with the Nittany Lions facing Tennessee. Back in the 1990s, the Lions whipped the Vols twice hopefully that will continue. Like Penn State, Tennessee (9-3) had problems with ranked teams.
Paterno still plans to coach forever too (AP/ESPN).
More from Intercollegiate Athletics: Penn State-Tennessee [...]

Posluszny is smart

Let’s go Outback

It is official, Penn State will be playing in the 2007 Outback Bowl against a SEC team.
Press releases:
Penn State Selected To Play in Outback Bowl on January 1 – Intercollegiate AthleticsPenn State Headed to Tampa For Outback Bowl – Outback Bowl
I am pretty sure Penn State will be the home team, so they will probably [...]

Land Granted

Wow, what a stinky, stinky game from the Nittany Lions. How bad must the Spartans feel for losing that game?
Four turnovers in the first half! How many teams can overcome four turnovers in the first half?
Final score: 17-13
The bend but don’t break defense Penn State used had to make Jerry Sandusky smile. MSU would get [...]

2006 WWN PENN STATE PREGAME #12

Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Michigan State Spartans
Happy Senior Day! It’s the last chance to see Paul Posluszny, Tony Hunt, Tim Shaw, Levi Brown, Donnie Johnson, Jeremy Kaponis and others play at Beaver Stadium.
Penn State Gameday Central – Intercollegiate Athletics
LAST WEEK
Penn State ran through Temple like Charlie Weis through a buffet. It simply was not [...]

Paterno returning Saturday

SuePa: Paterno will coach Saturday – The CollegianScore one for The Collegian. The newspaper published independently by students at Penn State University interviewed Sue Paterno for today’s edition. She revealed that Joe Paterno will be coaching from the booth on Saturday and should return to practice today.
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Penultimate post-game

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. —
I knew Temple was bad, but not that bad. It was a bloodbath out there. I don’t think I have ever seen a football team play so badly. They were unlucky too.
What did we learn about Penn State yesterday? Nothing.
The downpour started at about 2:15 and did not let up for [...]

WWN PENN STATE FOOTBALL PREGAME #11

Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Temple Owls
On Saturday Penn State will play its first game without Joe Paterno on the sidelines since 1977. Many of the readers of this blog weren’t even born yet. Anyhow, I’ve covered his situation plenty, so I won’t dwell on it. This week’s opponent is a good one for a [...]

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