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Rivals.com College Football - Penn State assumes undeserved role as contender
October 25, 2008 Penn State assumes undeserved role as contender Tom Dienhart Rivals.com College Football Senior Writer COLUMBUS, Ohio – Back and forth they went. Ohio State pushed. Penn State pulled. And so it went, for more than three grueling hours. This was a roll-up-your sleeves, ...
The Alphabetical: College Football, Week 9
The Alphabetical: College Football, Week 9
sportingnews.com — Each Sunday during college football season, Spencer Hall offers a letter-by-letter analysis of Saturday’s college football games.... A is for Aporetic . The Greek word for “tending to doubt,” and exactly what some college ... (more) The Alphabetical: College Football, Week 9
A Fair Question…
A Fair Question…
waitingfornextyear.com — The Buckeyes have 2 losses on the season. As much as it pains us to say it,... both were to superior teams. Penn State did exactly what the Buckeyes couldn’t earlier in the season- go into a hostile environment and play mistake-free football. There is a question that needs to be asked. It is (more) A Fair Question…
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Sunday Link Dump - Ohio State
Black Shoe Diaries — ... Press Fight On State Ohio State Perspective Centre Daily Times Pittsburgh Post Gazette Philly.com PSU Blogs Read Between the Lions Happy Hour Valley Zombie Nation There Is No Name On My Jersey OSU Blogs Eleven Warriors Our Honor Defend Men of the Scarlet and Gray What Others are Saying Penn State Assumes Undeserved Role as Contender ESPN Blog Pryor Faces ...

About the Nittany Lions
The Victoria Times — ... Yesterday, the Penn State Nittany Lions nosed past the Ohio State Buckeyes. It was the Lions last real test for the remainder of the season, and with an undefeated record have a good chance at playing in the national title game should the Texas Longhorns or Alabama Crimson Tide stumble along the way. This has provided much angst for the critics of the Big Ten. ...

Dienhart: Penn State is not worthy
Fanblogs.com — ... While undefeated Penn State is staking its claim to a BCS National Championship berth, Rivals.com's Tom Dienhart cautions football fans and voters to steer clear of the Nittany Lions. ...

Important Things To Remember About These, The Latest BCS Standings
Black Shoe Diaries — ... Ohio State (#5), who was somehow ahead of USC (#10). This week Penn State moves up to #3 in the computers, USC is at #6. Penn State is #3 in both human polls as well as all but one computer ranking. Richard Billingsley is the exception, putting PSU at #2, however because the highest and lowest ranking are thrown out in the average, the computers align perfectly with both human polls in spots 1-3. There is an awful lot of noise about the merit of Penn State's MNC hopes; Rivals and the LA Times released stories in less than 24 hours. It ...

Next time you might want to put the security cameras on sturdier structures
Doubt About It — ... it took my Penn State homerism to come back from "retirement". I'm sure this post doesn't make up for it.) While this video is probably the best of the youtubes put up of the riots in State College after the 13-6 Nittany Lion victory on Saturday night, none quite do the justice that the mace-filled video does at the Collegian website (second video down in the list.) Reaction to the game has been mixed, as there are already those out there (1 2) decrying the weak Big Ten schedule and assuming that Penn State will just follow in line with OSU's ...

BlogpLOL Week Nine: Where BlogpLOL Channels its Inner FJM
Black Heart Gold Pants — ... I can deal with Tom Dienhart's unhinged ramblings.  Tom Dienhart has proven himself too stupid to live on multiple occasions; I can just read ...

BSD Staff Predictions Against The Iowa Hawkeyes
Black Shoe Diaries — ... . We won a tough-fought game against Ohio State and came home from Columbus feeling pretty good about ourselves. Then we had the bye week to take in some of the national scene, and it wasn't pretty. People are telling us we are undeserving as a contender. We have ...

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