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Shitt on Pitt

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Heinz Field Clash with Pitt First in 16 Years

Penn State renews an old, bitter rivalry on Saturday, as our Nittany Lions (1-0), travel to Pittsburgh to play the Pitt Panthers (1-0) on their adopted home turf at Heinz Field. Kickoff time is noon. Oy vey.

The last time the two teams played each other was back in 2000, when Pitt was playing at the late, Pittnon-lamented Three Rivers Stadium where they shut out the Lions 12-0. The first game they played was in 1893 and they’ve done this dance 95 more times since that year. [Read more…]

More Flash Than Dash, and That’s No Trash

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Flash: Penn State 33, Kent State 13

The bated anticipation of a new offense and a revamped defense had us on pins and needles awaiting this anticlimactic effort, but we learned a few things from it. The Nittany Lions (1-0) beat the Golden Flashes (0-1) in a sloppy effort that gave us a flash of Joe Moorhead’s offense for the first time in a real game situation for Penn State.

I typically write sooner after the game, but this one left me rather uninspired. It was more flash than dash and that’s no trash.

Our closest prediction this week emanated from Artificially Sweetened, whose 35-10 prognostication edged out Big Al’s 30-10. The Golden Flashes covered the spread by the slimmest of margins, as Al said they would, but the total of 46 points made the “over” the winning bet by one measly point. [Read more…]