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79 Yards Later – Saquon Barkley

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Read an excellent piece about Saquon Barkley

This turkey has placed Hallie Grossman’s story in the September 4 College Football Preview edition of ESPN The Magazine, entitled “79 Yards Later” on the mandatory reading list for feelgood preparation for the 2017 season and for Saquon Barkley fans anytime.

Grossman captures Barkley’s unselfish and deferential personality, while painting him as a fierce competitor who continually strives to improve his game in an anything but quixotic quest to transform it from his A-game to his A+ game. She establishes his 79-yard touchdown run in this year’s Rose Bowl as a line of demarcation between Sasquatch Who? and Saquon Barkley, the guy on everyone’s Heisman list, while tacitly posing the musical question, Will Success Spoil Saquon Barkley? [Read more…]

PSU Not Dissed in AP Pre-Season Poll

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Pre-Season Poll Ranks Nits #6

Pre-season polls are generally not worth the paper they’re written on. (Or the electrons, or magnetized particles, or whatever the hell…). The AP Poll, conducted among sportswriters, is no exception. However, in Penn State’s case, although they’re typically wrong, being ranked highly in the pre-season tends to portend a disappointing season. [Read more…]

Penn State Football 2017 Prediction

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Time for Penn State Football Again!

Hello, my six devoted readers! It’s time to kick off yet another Penn State football season, the fourteenth since the inception of this blog. With this turkey’s sparkling prediction track record in mind, I’m certain that you are all awaiting this season’s prognostications with bated breath (or baited, as the case may be, for those of you with fishy breath). [Read more…]