William World News William F. Yurasko's blog v.14 – Nats, Penn State, Redskins, greater DC , travel, more

Just before the game began last night, my wife asked me who had the first possession and I said, “hopefully, us, Northwestern is kicking off.” So, naturally Chaz Powell fumbled away a good kickoff return and Dan Persa and Northwestern quickly converted to go up 7-0 before Penn State QB Matt McGloin could even get [...]

I found another Big Ten alum to talk a little football with this week. My colleague Mackenzie Warren answered some questions about Penn State’s opponent, Northwestern. Here we go:
WFY: Northwestern is a surprising 2-4, what in the name of Steve Schnur is going on this season? What happened to Persastrong?
MW: This is a good example [...]

This week’s questions from Adam Collyer at Black Shoe Diaries
BSD: The “Bend-But-Don’t-Break” defense is supposed to prevent the big play and force the opposition to put together a long, mistake-free drive if it wants to score. Last week against Purdue, the Nittany Lion defense did the opposite, giving up multiple plays of 20 yards [...]

Joe Paterno Press Conference Transcript – Intercollegiate Athletics

Mark Brennan Fight On State and Lou Prato of the Penn State All-Sports Museum

What, Joe Paterno is off his bourbon?! Oh my.
Cory Giger and Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror