Penn State over LSU, easily?

Published on: 16th December, 2009

Wins and losses go only so far when trying to pick apart a bowl matchup. Penn State (10-2) has one more win than LSU (9-3), but far too many in the mainstream media have gone with the Tigers to beat the Lions. Why? Well, I think we know: ...

The Complete 2009-10 College Football Bowl Preview

Published on: 14th December, 2009

Let's begin our quick look into each bowl game this season. There are plenty of great matchups this season, but some real duds, too. I'll give the basics for each bowl game; who's in it, when, why I (and you) should take the time to watch, and which team gets the ...

Tom Bradley Finds Himself In a Familiar Place With Penn State Secondary

Published on: 4th August, 2009

Tom Bradley has been here before. The man is not only in charge of the team's defense, but the cornerbacks and secondary. As preseason camp inches closer (begins Aug. 10), Bradley knows all too well the challenge of having to completely rebuild a secondary that loses all four senior starters ...

Givens to Rutgers, maybe

Published on: 4th August, 2009

It looks like former Penn State commit Darrell Givens is headed to Piscataway. Although ESPN first reported the potential move, the Star-Ledger brings up a problem for Rutgers that was the same problem for Penn State: Givens' grades. "A person with knowledge of the team's thought process said that while the ...

Dennis Dodd Takes His Own Words Served Cold

Published on: 19th June, 2009

Everyone's favorite college football hack columnist at CBS Sports, Dennis Dodd, defended Florida against the recent media scrutiny of its legal issues. He argued that because the Gators and Urban Meyer are really good, they're being given unfair attention for their wrongdoings. I'm not sure where to start, so let's begin ...

First Look At The ’09 Syracuse Orange Football Team

Published on: 18th June, 2009

Following its traditional opening day bloodbath, Penn State will turn its claws of destruction to the visiting Syracuse Orange.  The old rivals—arguably the hottest eastern rivalry outside of PSU-Pitt—met last year for the first time since 1992. Although the series renewal was signed when Syracuse was coming off a 10-2 ...

Media Scrutiny of Florida Falls Short of Precedent

Published on: 17th June, 2009

Remember the outrage that swept across the college football universe when Penn State football players were getting into regular legal trouble? There were calls that Joe Paterno lost control of his team, that he was recruiting bad eggs just to win games, and Penn State had lost its image of ...