No sooner do I finish my article about the Michigan State game, in which I said that the best we could do was maybe possibly perhaps finish #3, than #3 Miami goes and loses to Georgia Tech, 14–10. What’s more, Fresno State is beating #1 USC 21–13 at halftime. ????? ?????? While it’s still too early to tell about the latter game, the winds of fate might be making a liar out of me yet again. Who the hell knows? After tonight, the Nittany Lions might have a shot at the damn Rose Bowl! ????? ??????

Ahhh, the wonderful world of college football in November. Ya gotta love it!

I’m off to Baltimore to see the Steelers game tomorrow on my birthday and once again, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. arabic casino

EAST LANSING, November 19—The Nittany Lions of Penn State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten) sloppily knocked off the Michigan State Spartans (5-6, 2-6) to win half of the Big Ten championship. The final score was 31–22 in this war of attrition, in which neither team played very sharp. Drops, turnovers, a missed field goal, and penalties by the Spartans lost the game for them, rather than Penn State winning. Nevertheless, the Nittany Lions prevailed, and the t-shirts with “Big Ten Champions” on them came out before the end of the game. Michigan State fans, who had been hoping for a victory that would have rendered the Spartans bowl eligible (albeit the Motor City Bowl, not exactly an exotic holiday destination for fans from East Lansing), will have to wait for next year.
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I’ve been griping that I couldn’t find a decent picture of the Land Grant Trophy. I’ve now located a much better photo of the actual trophy, such as it is, thanks to reader Ricci Manner, who pointed me to today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. In his article, Chico Harlan describes the trophy as, “…an eyesore award that basically looks like an oversized Rubik’s Cube after five minutes in the mouth of a rottweiler.”
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