Category Archives: Big Ten Football

I’m in football pain because Penn State couldn’t run out the clock against Indiana

I’m looking back at a weekend that featured one of the most exciting NFL games of the season, only of the most thrilling World Series games ever, and the first Big Ten win for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights since 2017, … Continue reading

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The Big Ten is back and so are the Mets

It’s happening! The Big Ten announced on Wednesday morning that it would resume playing football in late October with all 14 of its member programs. Last month the conference initially announced that it would not play football in 2020, but … Continue reading

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There will be no Big Ten football this autumn

We knew it was a possibility for months, but today the news was handed down by the evil administrators that want us to be miserable forever. The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all … Continue reading

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That Offensive Pass Interference Call in the Rose Bowl Makes a Lot of Sense

There was an offensive pass interference call in the Rose Bowl today that all but ended Wisconsin’s chances to win the game. With three minutes left, the Badgers were trailing 28-27 on their own 28-yard line and attempting to drive … Continue reading

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PSU Football: Ted Roof leaves for Georgia Tech

Yesterday, Penn State announced that secondary coach John Butler was being promoted to defensive coordinator. The move was necessary because current defensive coordinator Ted Roof had left the program to take the same job at his alma mater Georgia Tech! … 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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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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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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