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Spring Football Drills to Culminate With Blue-White Game on April 25 – Intercollegiate AthleticsStart getting your ponchos ready now, the Blue White Game is tentatively scheduled for April 25 at 2 p.m.
Get ready for intrigue — can Blue keep it going or will the White Out lead to an upset? Who will win the Frank [...]

UNIVERSITY PARK, Penna. — Blue White Saturday went about how I expected. We drove up to State College, sat in traffic waiting to park. Despite being off my game, we tailgated a little and wound up missing most of the first quarter, so we missed Stephfon Green’s long TD run. We wound up sitting next [...]

After a one-year hiatus, I’m headed up to the Blue White Game. The weather looks promising for a change (actually last year was apparently beautiful, but I was moving) so I can’t miss out on exciting, intrasquad action. The things I will be looking for:

QB battle — who looks better, Daryll Clark or Pat [...]

Here go with a pre-Blue White Game Blue White Roundtable. The questions this week are from Nittany Whiteout.
1) The announcement Wednesday is that contract talks are on hold until the conclusion of this season, and that Joe might not even need a contract to coach, how do you see this saga ending? Is this the [...]

On the night before the Blue White Game, something called the Gridiron Bash is bringing Beaver Stadium its first concert ever. Since 1960, Beaver Stadium has been the home to the Nittany Lions, who have won two undisputed nationals championships, had five undefeated seasons, one Heisman Trophy winner and countless epic games. Given the stadium’s [...]

I didn’t go to the Blue White Game, but 71,000 people (smashing the previous record of 62,000) did and some of them blogged about it. My Google Reader widget has a number of links (for today at least) recapping the game.
Some things I do know:
White beat Blue, 30-6. I don’t ever remember White winning.
Lots of [...]

For the first time in ten years, I won’t be in Happy Valley for the Blue White Game; getting ready to move takes priority. I disappointed that I won’t be able to attend, especially since it won’t be 45° and rainy for a change.
Have fun if you are going.
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Blue-White scrimmage announced – The CollegianKickoff is 2 p.m. April 21. In other words: “Forecast for Saturday: rain, heavy at times, winds 10 to 15 MPH with a high around 50°.”
Press release from Intercollegiate Athletics: Penn State Spring Football Drills to Culminate With Blue-White Game on April 21
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This is labeled Anthony Morelli, but it has non-Morelli highlighs from last year as well.
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For those attending the Blue White Game you can find us tailgating from about 11 a.m. in one of the Park Ave. lots, 11-13. Contact either Erica or myself for tomorrow’s specifics. We will be going the burgers and beer dogs route along with tasty beverages.
“Kickoff” is at 2 p.m.
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