Monthly Archives: October 2012

The Giants almost lost to the Redskins on Sunday

There’s no shame in losing to the Redskins nowadays. Washington has an explosive offense that’s led by a talented rookie quarterback who is wise beyond his years. They’re weak in the secondary but can still stop the run and put … Continue reading

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Belated Nittany Lion review versus Iowa

Penn State visited Iowa this weekend to play a football game against the Hawkeyes. The result was a 38-14 thwomping in which the Nittany Lions dominated every aspect of the game save for garbage time kick return touchdowns. Penn State … Continue reading

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Big Ten Football Tower of Power: The Bottom Rises

Last week’s Big Ten action featured a lot of class warfare, with the dregs of the conference doing battle with the upper echelon. Despite the cream of 2012’s Big Ten crop being decidedly less creamier than in previous seasons, a … Continue reading

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Big Ten Football Tower of Power: The Quest Continues

The search for Big Ten supremacy isn’t getting any easier. Since I last wrote about the conference, a team previously thought to be a doormat rose up to challenge a conference title contender, a trendy dark horse pick took a … Continue reading

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NFL Fantasy Podcast with Mista Dave Zita

I invited Dave Zita on the podcast program to talk about the NFL, and he did not disappoint. We talked about our terrible fantasy teams, made our picks for the week, and I got to rant about bad coaching decisions. … Continue reading

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Big Ten Football Tower of Power

Yeah, I didn’t feel like calling them the power rankings. I wanted to be special. I also wanted this post to make sense, and starting with the worst teams made more sense to me than starting with the best teams. … Continue reading

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Tynes misses 54-yard field goal, Giants fall to Eagles 19-17

The game that the New York Giants lost to the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night was certainly one you could get upset about. There the Giants were, on the Philadelphia 27-yard line on 2nd-and-9 with 25 seconds left in the … Continue reading

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Penn State crushes Illinois 35-7 in Big Ten opener

Woo. What a wild weekend. It seems like a long, long time since Penn State polished off a refreshingly comfortable win over Illinois on Saturday. I was having a good time with some PSU friends at Tonic East while simultaneously … Continue reading

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