The Nittany Turkey

Primarily about Penn State football, this is a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

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Don’t Get Wolvereamed

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Michigan vs. Penn State: Senior Day

University of MichiganBeaver Stadium will be “whited out” for Saturday’s Senior Day clash between the #14 Michigan Wolverines (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) and our mighty Penn State Nittany Lions (7-3, 4-2 Big Ten). A sellout is expected to provide the monochromatic coloration within the stadium, although some spectral maize and blue may be evident in the north end zone seating area, as it were.

Penn State is coming off a bye week following a disheartening loss to the Northwestern Pussycats, while Michigan battled with Indiana to a two-overtime, 48-41 victory at Memorial Stadium last weekend. [Read more…]

It gets interesting…

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We’re on the cusp of a couple of rivalry weekends, which should either separate the pretenders from the for-realers or muddy the waters even further. This weekend typically sets up next weekend, the real rivalry weekend, with so-called border wars and such. I find this year’s scheduling particularly interesting. The next two weekends should provide endless hours of entertainment, and piss off a few football widows as well. [Read more…]

What Might Have Been

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John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, “It might have been.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier

One of those bearded guys in the book of the 100 best poems we all had as a kid, John Greenleaf Whittier, wrote that. As it turned out, John was a negativist. So is this turkey. But hark! Read on!

Fortunately for you readers, I am here not to assail you as per usual with my negativistic drivel. Quite the contrary. An article I read this morning inspired me to think about “what might have been” if Penn State Football had not possessed the strength and determination to persevere through the past four years.  Now, having done so, I’m less jaded and more optimistic. My glass is now half full. Perhaps, if Whittier had been around to witness the epic, stalwart determination of the men of Penn State football and the women who loved them over the past four years, his poetry would have exhibited a less melancholy tone. [Read more…]