• In Memoriam: Joseph Vincent Paterno

    In Memoriam: Joseph Vincent Paterno

    | Posted by David Pressman

    The gravity of this moment for anybody who truly understands it is immense. Not only for college football, but for people everywhere who learned under an honorable man. Joseph Vincent Paterno devoted his life to The Pennsylvania State University. He...

  • Big Weekend Begets Bigger One

    Big Weekend Begets Bigger One

    | Posted by David Pressman

    Last Saturday was the centerpiece of one of the most monumental weekends in decades for Penn State. The introduction of new head football coach Bill O’Brien and all that it represented was surreal for followers of the program. The day...

  • Winds of Change Storm Through Centre County

    Winds of Change Storm Through Centre County

    | Posted by David Pressman

    In a span of two months, Penn State has employed three head football coaches: Joe Paterno, Tom Bradley and now Bill O’Brien. You’d think there was something strange happening in State College, eh? Who exactly is O’Brien? And why was...

  • Penn State Endures More Off Field Issues

    Penn State Endures More Off Field Issues

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    As if the Penn State football program didn’t already have enough going on, more troubling news broke this weekend when Matt McGloin was sent to the hospital after a locker room altercation with wide receiver Curtis Drake. McGloin suffered a...

  • In Defense of the Master Defender

    In Defense of the Master Defender

    | Posted by David Pressman

    While the Nittany Nation waits with bated breath until The Announcement occurs (yes, it deserves to be a defined term), let’s take this opportunity to realistically churn out the best possible scenario. Now, mind you that when we do this,...

  • The Future of Penn State Football

    The Future of Penn State Football

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    With the football season coming to a close and a likely Insight Bowl appearance being all that remains for this Penn State squad, the Nittany Lion nation has already started to shift its focus from the 2011 season to the...

  • Welcome to Columbus - Nice to Beat You

    Welcome to Columbus - Nice to Beat You

    | Posted by David Pressman

    When John Cooper complained about his Buckeyes being forced to travel to State College two years in a row back in the 1990s, his words fell on deaf ears. Not only because the games and dates were already etched in...

  • Penn State Looks for a Rare Victory at the Horseshoe

    Penn State Looks for a Rare Victory at the Horseshoe

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    While the Nittany Lions put forth a valiant effort in the first game post Joe Paterno, Penn State’s Big Ten title hopes took a step back on Saturday as they fell to Nebraska 17-14. It won’t get any easier for...

  • The Sum of All Fears- Part 1 of 25,217

    The Sum of All Fears- Part 1 of 25,217

    | Posted by David Pressman

    As I stared at a blank computer screen for days wondering how to begin, there have been at least three different versions of the following, all of which have been erased. Tears have been shed. There is truly no way...