Instead of a volcano, we got a roller coaster of an opener. We cheered. We jeered. We repeated the announcer’s asinine quip “they’ve only made one play” as a refrain after each big play. One of us had to take...
The next Mitchell Report is due to be released very soon. Last year at this time (September 6, 2013 to be exact), George Mitchell issued his (then) update on the successes/ways in which Penn State was complying with the mandated...
The inherent premise of Oliver Stone’s football drama Any Given Sunday was an aging, set-in-his-ways, my-way-or-the-highway coach whose persona clashed with the young upstart quarterback. During his pregame speech in the locker room before the final game, Al Pacino/Tony D’Amato...
Ladies and gentlemen, we are less than a week away! Our students have returned to campus. The Nittany Lion is practicing his pushups. We’re all dying to know if there have been any major uniform changes. So much excitement is...
Summer is winding down and football season is heating up, Nittany Nation. In just a few short weeks Penn State will be opening the 2014 season against UCF at the Croke Park Classic in Dublin, Ireland. Whether you’re crossing the...
Akin to the way natives of Toronto pronounce their home city as “Trah-Know” and Minnesotans put the emphasis on the end of their state’s name as if they are ordering a “soda” (oddly enough, however, they refer to soda as...
By Fran Fisher I’m not certain where the “chipmunk” label for the oval shape lion emblem (logo) came from. I think it came out of the alumni office when Bill Rothwell was the Executive Director. I do remember he was...
And just like that (as Kevin Spacey/Keyser Soze/Verbal Kent blows into his hand) – he’s gone. When Bill O’Brien up and left State College as 2013 turned into its successor, there was mass confusion throughout Nittany Nation regarding how and...
If you are half as excited for National Signing Day as I am, you probably started counting down the hours until February 5th the minute James Franklin arrived in Happy Valley. T-minus 24 hour and counting until I am sitting...
