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PSU to Face Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl

VRBO Citrus Bowl

The College Football Playoff Committee has done its job, elating some and pissing off others. Along with final rankings, they get to decide the big-ass, important bowl games’ combatants. The four who will compete for the SSMNC are #1 Alabama, #2 Clemson, #3 Notre Dame, and #4 Oklahoma. Also-rans who expressed various and sundry claims for inclusion were #5 Georgia, #6 Ohio State, and #8 UCF. (#7 Michigan knows better).

Rounding out the Top Ten are #9 Washington and #10 Florida. Bunched together at #10, #11, and #12 are the three highest ranked three-loss teams: Florida, LSU, and Penn State.

Penn State (9-3, 5-3 Big Ten) was a longshot to score a big-ass bowl, the Peachy Paterno Bowl in Atlanta being the best bet. Alas, that bowl went to Florida and Michigan. Elsewhere in big Big Ten games, everything will be coming up Roses for tOSU, who will play Washington in “The Grandaddy of Them All”. The next best bowl with a Big Ten tie-in is what is now called the VRBO Citrus Bowl, where PSU will play the #14 Kentucky Wildcats (9-3, 5-3 SEC)  on January 1, 2019.

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#12 Penn State 38, Maryland 3

As predicted, it was a crappy day at half-full St. Joe Memorial Stadium at Beaver Alley, but the Nittany Lions exceeded most predictions in scoring and defending, putting an appropriate period at the end of their 2018 campaign. Now, they lurk in the shadows while watching Top Ten teams do their best to eliminate each other from CFP contention so PSU can back into a better bowl than the season’s performance deserves. More on some of those epic quasi-elimination games and more bowl speculation later.

The #12 Penn State Nittany Lions (9-3, 6-3) defeated the Maryland Terrapins (5-7, 3-6) by the lopsided score of 38-3 to close the 2018 regular season. It wasn’t as close as the score would indicate. ????   The Penn State defense has improved measurably, and the offense made a decent showing against a shaky Terp defense.

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In Like a Lion; Out Like a Pussy(cat)

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#12 Nittany Lions Host Maryland Terps

University of Maryland Terrapins

The Maryland Terrapins (5-6, 3-5) invade St. Joe Memorial Stadium at Beaver Field to put an end to the regular season for the #12 Penn State Nittany Lions (8-3, 5-3).

How the hell did the Playoff Committee ever decide to make them #12 after watching that crappy Rutgers game? The only answer to that question is they didn’t watch the Rutgers game. I think they’re giving way too much credit to Big Ten strength of schedule.

Anyhow, Maryland is playing for bowl eligibility, while Penn State is playing for the makers of Red Bull — bull eligibility (and you can take that any way you want).

Recapping the Penn State Season

The last game of a season that came in like a Lion and appears to be going out like a pussy is upon us — “Mercifully!” some of us might say. Alas, it has been a year of changing fortunes and hefty mood swings. Before the Appalachian State game,  some of us thought this team could run the table. Based on what? Just homey-ass spirit, it seems. The team had lost its best players on offense to the NFL and graduated its best defenders. The homeys (aka The Sanguinarians) just thought those gaps would be filled automagically, in what was characterized as either a “rebuilding” or “reloading” year — and I declared bullshit.

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