Beaver Stadium

A Time-Trip with the Lions

October 21, 2009 Penn State Football

This Turkey, a foul old fowl, occasionally takes a nostalgia trip back to his own Penn State days. Perhaps some of the others in my vast audience who are getting a little grey around the temples (or who have lost their feathers entirely) will be able to relate to some of the ancient history I present here.

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Fathead to Produce Beaver Stadium Wall Hangies

July 15, 2009 Penn State Football

Fathead released its fall catalog, which will include three college football stadiums, including Beaver Stadium. The others are Notre Dame Stadium and Ohio Stadium (“The Horseshoe”). So, if you miss the big Beave, you can have it right there on your wall.

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The Way We Were, 1964

September 29, 2008 General

Last year I published some photos I took of Beaver Stadium back in 1964, when I was a student at Penn State. At that time, Beaver Stadium had been in its present location for only about five years since it was moved piece-by piece from its prior location north of Rec Hall, where it was called “New Beaver Field.” I’ll republish the photos here this year just in case anyone missed them.

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Yeah, but what does it prove?

September 22, 2008 Penn State Football

For one thing, the Temple game proves that Penn State is not a finely tuned, completely focused offensive juggernaut. Looking at the scoring lines from the Nittany Lions’ 45-3 win over Temple Saturday, you see goose eggs in the first quarter. The “finely tuned, completely focused offensive juggernaut” took that long to get over its Friday night hangover and start playing. It was a mess.

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