• Expectations

    Expectations

    | Posted by Dawn Meyer

    “We strive to be No. 1. We work hard to achieve our goals and when Saturday comes and we walk on the grass in this stadium, we stand as a team. We tighten up our belts. We look across at...

  • Game Ball & Helmet Stickers: Michigan State

    Game Ball & Helmet Stickers: Michigan State

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Above all else, the image of our leader and warrior, Trace McSorley, down on one knee with his head bowed after this one is something that will sting all week. At that very moment, I could feel his anguish and...

  • Pregame Predictor: A Line in the Sand

    Pregame Predictor: A Line in the Sand

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Let me begin by saying that was the longest and most boring two-week stretch of my life. Hands down. I guess there’s nothing quite like the taste of being so darn close to elite and then having to wait an...

  • Joe & James, It’s All the Same

    Joe & James, It’s All the Same

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    On Friday night I was wallowing in my sorrow with a severe case of the bye week blues when lo and behold, much to my pleasant surprise, I open up a local, small-town Virginia fish wrap and see the shiny,...

  • Game Ball & Helmet Stickers: Bright Lights, White Nights

    Game Ball & Helmet Stickers: Bright Lights, White Nights

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    Déjà vu all over again, Nittany Nation. One point. We’ve bridged the gap, there's no question about it, but that one point may very well be the hardest obstacle to overcome. A dropped pass here, a missed tackle there. A...

  • Penn State Forever

    Penn State Forever

    | Posted by Dawn Meyer

    I thought of my Penn State people when the game got underway last Saturday. I thought of friends in Boston, New York, Denver, and Seattle, of local Penn Staters and extended family fans. I felt our collective positive energy directed...

  • Pregame Predictor: Bright Lights, White Nights

    Pregame Predictor: Bright Lights, White Nights

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    One point. One…stinkin'...point. In Columbus, in a sea of red no less. That point is all that separated us from a spot in the College Football Playoffs in 2017. Forgive me if I just dug the knife a little bit...

  • Weird

    Weird

    | Posted by Dawn Meyer

    Weird day. Weird start time. Weird mistakes. Weird turnaround. Weird game. Trying to describe it to my husband this morning, I couldn’t quite capture the essence. You look at the score and you think the game was a blowout. Part...

  • Game Ball & Helmet Stickers: Friday Night Lights

    Game Ball & Helmet Stickers: Friday Night Lights

    | Posted by Eric Herrold

    First of all, I'd like to offer an apology. You see, I could have had this all wrapped up on Saturday for your reading enjoyment but instead I spent the day in withdrawal watching all those other teams on TV....