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First off, I want to congratulate Galen Hall and Jay Paterno for calling for a deep ball after Rob Bolden threw a pick-six. It was an excellent call that showed confidence in the freshman quarterback and since he hit Derek Moye for a touchdown, it worked out perfectly.
That is the only positive thing I can [...]

Hey, its Homecoming already. That came fast, I’m in favor of a mid- or late-October Homecoming, but that isn’t the way the schedule worked out.
For seemingly the 4th time since I started at Penn State, the homecoming opponent is the University of Illinois (Eel-lee-nois) Fighting Illini. Penn State has an 11-2 advantage in the series. [...]

Cory Giger (why he’s so ANGRY) and Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror

Penn State – Illinois preview video

I will have my Nittany Lions vs. Fighting Illini prediction tomorrow.

Galen from Linebacker-U has this week’s questions
Penn State has lost to the two teams they were supposed to, albeit badly, and had a close scare with Temple. On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being “OMG!! FIRE JOE NOW!!! and 1 being “no worries, things are going as we expected”) where are you [...]

Saturday saw the Nittany Lions return to the win column at Illinois. They played their most complete game of the season and shook off the cobwebs from their Iowa loss.

The first half was kind of bland, but the Lions really responded in the second half. It was just about an ideal bounce-back game.
Daryll Clark looked [...]

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Penn State football chat week 5
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College Football TV maps: Week 5 – ESPNPenn State will be broadcast on ESPN in my neck of the woods, the Washington D.C. television market and all of Virginia and Maryland. New England, the South and west of the Rockies get it on ESPN as well, while Pennsylvania and the Midwest get it over the [...]

Kevin from Penn State Clips has this week’s questions.
1) The BCS Championship Game dream is dead, but Penn State can still go to the Rose Bowl (at least in theory). What’s your best guess about our final record and bowl destination?
At the beginning of the season, I predicted 11-2 with a loss to Illinois, I [...]

We have a kickoff time announcement for Penn State’s first road game of the 2009 season. Actually, we just have some tweets (thanks PSUGirl!) and an updated schedule on the Intercollegiate Athletics site.
The Nittany Lions will face the University of Illinois Fighting Illini at 3:30 p.m on October 3. The game will be telecast by [...]