William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Redskins, Capitals, D.C. life, transportation, not so much Penn State anymore,

I’m sitting on my couch in my early 2000s Nittany Lions basketball jersey (#3, naturally) having just watched most of Penn State beating Minnesota, 66-63 to finish the season 9-9 in the Big Ten. They’ll get to pad their “last four out” resume at the Big Ten tournament later this week. I think they will [...]

Penn State-Minnesota postgame breakdown with Bob Flounders and David Jones of the Patriot-News
Cory Giger and Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror

Kevin McGuire over at Examiner.com has a compilation of game stories and more.
Oh and don’t forget this was a trophy game (Black Shoe Diaries)! The Governor’s Victory Bell returns to Happy Valley. MINNESOTA IS OUR [...]

The Penn State Nittany Lions made their first trip to the newest Big Ten venue, TCF Stadium and defeated the Minnesota Golden Gophers 33-21.
Rob Bolden, facing no presure, opened up sharp, completing his first nine passes. He threw a 21 yard TD to WR Brett Brackett for the game’s first score. He was looking [...]

Coming out of the bye week (which was favored by 4, Penn State eeked out the win) the Nittany Lions travel to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers in their 2 year old TCF Bank Stadium. This is an improvement from the Metrodome because it is outside, but Minnesota is yet another one of [...]

The tailgate hostess with the mostess,PSUGirl of 2thelion has this week’s questions:
Okay, when we last met Penn State had not been blown out by the fighting Zookers and there was a scintilla of hope that the team was “on track.” How ya doing? Okay? Are the anger management classes helping, or are you [...]

Between this and the spinning head, I’m pretty sure that Goldy Gopher is satanic.
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Penn State, Nittany Lions, college football, Minnesota Golden Gophers,
©MMX William F. Yurasko

Heavy precipitation cuts power, cancels events – CDTSnow shuts camp down – The CollegianHappy Valley gots its earliest recorded snowfall yesterday and according @jaypaterno’s twitpic, they got a fair amount.
Paternoville was closed down due to the snow, but the parade is still on. Rain and snow are forecast for the next days — as Brad [...]

College Football TV maps: Week 7 – ESPNHere in the Washinton, D.C. TV market, Saturday’s Penn State vs. Minnesota game will be televised on ESPN. That is also true of New England (except Connecticut) and areas west of the Mississippi River aside from Minnesota and parts of Iowa. Pennsylvania, New Jersey, most of New York [...]