• The Second Day

    The Second Day

    | Posted by Dawn Meyer

    Big yellow buses and a longer commute to work can only mean one thing: The kids are back in school. My husband and I are both teachers by profession, but I’m sure most people can still remember that back to...

  • Penn State Football Under the Lights

    Penn State Football Under the Lights

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    I’ve got to tell you, this week has been strange. I’ve been basking in the glow of Penn State making mashed potatoes ever since the lights went out in ‘the house that Joe built,’ but that pesky old nuisance 'perspective'...

  • Game Ball and Helmet Stickers: Smashed Potatoes

    Game Ball and Helmet Stickers: Smashed Potatoes

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    I totally admit to being pretty conservative with my final score prediction of 38-0, but don’t be fooled by the hesitation. I didn’t call my first Pregame Predictor of the season 'Smashed Potatoes’ for nothing. As mentioned if you read...

  • Four Things

    Four Things

    | Posted by Dawn Meyer

    My favorite part of the whole Penn State football experience are the moments during pregame when the drum major does his flips to the team running out. All the anticipation, all the excitement builds in that brief span of events...

  • Pregame Predictor: Smashed Potatoes

    Pregame Predictor: Smashed Potatoes

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Forgive the pun, but with all due respect to our opponent, I had to do it. There is not a thing related to a potato in 'Vandals,' their athletic nickname (which by the way is pretty darn cool) but come...

  • G.T. and the Penn State Wrecking Crew

    G.T. and the Penn State Wrecking Crew

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Before we get started, let’s take a quick look back at the past few days. On Friday, with one swift tweet, the QB competition of 2019 came to a quiet end as Sean Clifford was named Penn State’s starter. Not...

  • The Re-Invention of Linebacker-U

    The Re-Invention of Linebacker-U

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    To be clear, I have never been on the side that thinks Linebacker-U went away or even lost a little of its shine. Not even a bit. Do the names Mauti and Hodges ring a bell? Mike Hull, Nyeem Wartman...

  • A Penn State Wild Dog’s Mentality

    A Penn State Wild Dog’s Mentality

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    By now you likely know what a Wild Dog is but if you don’t, I’m here to tell you that you will know the definition by the time we shut the door on Idaho August 31, 2019. I mean, if...

  • Revamped and Ready to Roar

    Revamped and Ready to Roar

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Just the other day I got a daily Facebook memory of an article I wrote exactly three years ago, posted on August 5, 2016, on the Lions Pride Position Preview page. It was titled 'King 'Quon and the Four Headed...