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David Jones and Bob Flounders of the Patriot-News

That’s it, nobody else put one up.
Here is Joe Paterno’s post-game presser though:

PHILADELPHIA — Prior to kickoff yesterday, the Temple Owls played the theme from “Rocky” a movie about an underdog Philadelphia boxer who goes the distance against the heavyweight champion but loses.
Temple followed that script yesterday — they went the distance, but lost in the end.
Penn State traveled to the city of brotherly love for its [...]

Well, they really spun that one, didn’t they?

Another week, another series of questions from Adam Collyer of Black Shoe Diaries…
1. The game was out of reach, but Rob Bolden played through the final whistle. Was that drive his “coming of age moment?” Do you expect that to pay some dividends this week?
Rob Bolden impressed me on the final scoring drive [...]

Joe Paterno Press Conference Transcript – Intercollegiate Athletics
Cory Giger and Neil Rudel of The Altoona Mirror

Mark Brennan of Fight On State and Mike Poorman

No Bob Flounders this week for some reason.

Tickets to this Saturday’s Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Temple Owls at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia are still available. You can order them from Ticketmaster or if you don’t feel like paying an additional 10% or more in “convenience fees” or whatever euphemism they are using this month, you probably have a good shot [...]

The first Penn State Nittany Lions team to make the NCAA Tournament lost to the same program that ended their last trip ten years ago — the Temple Owls. This time around though, Penn State was in it the whole way and came one possession short of sending it to overtime. Temple’s Juan Fernandez hit [...]

UPDATE: Talor Battle was on the cover of today’s USA Today near the newspaper’s flag (not masthead). So was, was another Ta(y)lor — Miss Swift.
Penn State plays its first NCAA Tournament game in 10 years this afternoon. Four seniors Talor Battle, Jeff Brooks, David Jackson and Andrew Jones are starters and go into today’s [...]

Even after a 71-60 loss to Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game, the Penn State Nittany Lions are returning to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in ten years. Here is how the team reacted:

MARCH MADNESS IN HAPPY VALLEY: PSU to play Temple out west, in first NCAA Tournament bid in 10 [...]

As I said last week, I was really excited for Saturday’s Penn State vs. Temple game. That said a lot about the state of the two programs and the game confirmed it — this is not a great Penn State team and may not even be a good one; this is the best Temple team [...]