Penn State came to play and came to win and they showed the rest of the nation and all the fans in the snow covered stands that the Nittany Lions were not going down to an improved but unprepared Spartan team! Joe Paterno’s Lions played as if they had the whole season resting on this one game, and in fact it was. With the win this past Saturday the Nittany Lions won the Big-Ten title and will be going to Pasadena, CA to play in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day! It’s the first time since 1995 that the Lions will play in the rose bowl and only the second time since they’ve joined the big-ten conference.
Paterno’s seniors played very well and ran away with the game on so many occasions. With interceptions, incredible receptions for touchdowns and they didn’t’ get rattled when MSU got two interference calls in a row near the goal line-giving them 6 tries to get the ball in to the end zone, and that made a 21-0 score a 21-7 score. Momentum appeared to go back towards the Spartans, but it lasted all of 15 seconds as the Lions came back down the field on their next drive and scored a touchdown!
It was a joy to watch this game. Watching this game reminded me of games I had watched with my grandfather. I could hear him rooting for Penn State and talking about how Paterno has one of the highest graduation rates of any major college school that has a football program. As Paterno was seen on TV coaching from the upper box because of his injured hip, the announcers made reference to this fact-which my grandfather told me on several occasions. Paterno is completing his 59th year as a coach at Penn State-amazing to me!-and he plans on returning again next year and for several years after!
I can’t wait to see how the Nittany lions play on January 1st, and I look forward to seeing them play with Paterno on the sidelines next year too.
PSU 49 MSU 18
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=283270213
http://www.psu.edu/
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Penn State Defeats Michigan at State College, PA
Last Saturday-October 18th, 2008-The Wolverines from the University of Michigan came to State College, PA to play the undefeated Nittany Lions. The Wolverines are under new management-as they say-with a new coach and everyone had thought that any difficulties the Wolverines would have in adjusting to the new coaching staff and new plays and attitude would not take long. The tradition at Michigan is a winning one, and no one I knew could think of when Michigan last had a losing season, let alone were simply a bad team.
I grew up watching both Michigan and Penn State play. I had an uncle who loved watching Michigan play and my grandfather who I was close to when I was growing up loved Penn State-probably due to the fact that he grew up in the backyard of State College and went to PSU. I always heard from both sides-uncle and grandfather-that if they ever were to play each other, it would be like worlds colliding, titans battling! Neither side would admit that they could lose. Fortunate for them when I was growing up they played in different divisions-Michigan in the Big Ten and Penn State in the Independent division.
Some 15 years ago though Penn State joined the Big Ten division and Michigan and Penn State have played nearly every year and I’ve seen some very good ball games when they’ve played each other. This year Michigan is simply not playing well-and this is not said to take away anything from the Nittany Lions win last weekend. The Penn State Nittany Lions are playing top ball and are the ones to beat in the Big Ten conference. I believe the Big ten Title is the Nittany Lions to lose. In fact they play OSU this upcoming weekend in Columbus and it should be a very good game. ESPN is making the case that this game will decide who will win the Big ten championship. If Penn State wins then they control their destiny in reference to the Big-ten title. They have three games remaining after playing OSU and all of them are conference games. It’s in the Lions hands.
I’ve watched the Wolverines and the Lions play my entire life and have gotten used to seeing both of them in a bowl game and fighting for the Big ten title or for a National championship. This year though I may find I only have to look for the Nittany Lions playing over the New Year Holiday as Michigan-with a 2-5 record-doesn’t look like they know how to win, or want to win at times. Perhaps this really is a rebuilding year for the Michigan Wolverines. At least I’ll be able to feel confident and secure as long as Joe continues to coach the Lions at State College!
Penn State-espn page
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=213
Michigan-espn web page
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=130
Penn State 46 Michigan 17
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282920213
Thursday, October 23, 2008
I grew up watching both Michigan and Penn State play. I had an uncle who loved watching Michigan play and my grandfather who I was close to when I was growing up loved Penn State-probably due to the fact that he grew up in the backyard of State College and went to PSU. I always heard from both sides-uncle and grandfather-that if they ever were to play each other, it would be like worlds colliding, titans battling! Neither side would admit that they could lose. Fortunate for them when I was growing up they played in different divisions-Michigan in the Big Ten and Penn State in the Independent division.
Some 15 years ago though Penn State joined the Big Ten division and Michigan and Penn State have played nearly every year and I’ve seen some very good ball games when they’ve played each other. This year Michigan is simply not playing well-and this is not said to take away anything from the Nittany Lions win last weekend. The Penn State Nittany Lions are playing top ball and are the ones to beat in the Big Ten conference. I believe the Big ten Title is the Nittany Lions to lose. In fact they play OSU this upcoming weekend in Columbus and it should be a very good game. ESPN is making the case that this game will decide who will win the Big ten championship. If Penn State wins then they control their destiny in reference to the Big-ten title. They have three games remaining after playing OSU and all of them are conference games. It’s in the Lions hands.
I’ve watched the Wolverines and the Lions play my entire life and have gotten used to seeing both of them in a bowl game and fighting for the Big ten title or for a National championship. This year though I may find I only have to look for the Nittany Lions playing over the New Year Holiday as Michigan-with a 2-5 record-doesn’t look like they know how to win, or want to win at times. Perhaps this really is a rebuilding year for the Michigan Wolverines. At least I’ll be able to feel confident and secure as long as Joe continues to coach the Lions at State College!
Penn State-espn page
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=213
Michigan-espn web page
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=130
Penn State 46 Michigan 17
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=282920213
Thursday, October 23, 2008
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