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After a post-scandal hiatus, I’m back. Adam Collyer of Black Shoe Diaries sent the questions:
BSD: The Penn State offense has struggled week in and week out throughout the course of the season. The implementation of the wildcat formation by interim Head Coach Tom Bradley appeared to signal a shift in offensive philosophy from the [...]

I have not blogged in the last two weeks since I wrote my tirade about Penn State’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. My reaction has gone to shock, anger, numbness to increasing ambivalence about my university and its football team. Sure, I have watched the Nittany Lions (the Nebraska game a day later) and [...]

That’s a basketball score folks, men’s basketball, even. G Talor Battle stunk up Conseco Fieldhouse for the second consecutive night, but he scored enough, including a late trey and a critical 1st foul shot in 1 and 1 to get Penn State to the insurmountable 36th point. In the process of scoring about 9 points [...]

People are starting to believe in Penn State men’s basketball.
Yesterday, over 14,000 people watched the Nittany Lions beat the Badgers, 56-52, for the frist time with Ed DeChellis as coach. It took 12 tries over 8 seasons.
Penn State is very tough to play against right now, beating 3 ranked opponents and coming close against [...]

Fans pack BJC Sunday – The CollegianFlat showing dooms Lions – The CollegianThe largest crowd at a Penn State men’s basketball game in eight years saw the Nittany Lions fall to Wisconsin, 54-44. That makes two losses in a row for the Cagers, seemingly ending their bid for a trip to the NCAA Tournament. [...]

Take that Grand Lakes University!
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Since 2005, Masdison, Wisc. native dl004d has been providing a preview of his beloved Badgers for WWN prior to playing my beloved Nittany Lions. He was kind enough to provide this preview::
We started the season strong. Our win at then-Top 25 Fresno State was seen as a big sign that the team was ready to [...]

Penn State heads into a very hostile environment tomorrow night (ESPN, 8 p.m.) at Wisconsin. The Badgers have lost two in a row to Michigan and Ohio State and will not be looking to lose a third. They also have their band back after an one-week suspension. That will certainly fire up the crowd. Oh [...]

1. What must Penn State do or not do to come out of Madison victorious?
Penn State needs to attack the Badgers with aggressive game plan and not fall into the typical road game trap that they set for themselves — play close to the vest on offense and hope the defense can win it. Attack, [...]

I will admit that I don’t care enough about Penn State basketball to make a bet on them. In lieu of a wager with dl004d like one we have for football, I’m just going to blindside him with some trash talk.
The Nittany Lions are going to make the Badgers pay in tonight’s game at Bryce [...]