Archives for October 2006

UNIVERSITY PARK, October 14 — The Nittany Turkey traveled to State College for the big game of the year, thanks to good friends Joe and Judy, who managed to score some extra club seats. It was a privilege to be a part of the second largest crowd in Beaver Stadium history—110,007 loud, crazy partisans (minus a smattering of maize and blue clad Michiganders). The student section was whited-out, and the usual front-row shirtless idiots, oblivious to the 35-degree weather (no doubt due to having ingested large quantities of anti-freeze) displayed their bare, painted chests to the TV cameras.

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I guess I wasn’t the only one who honestly felt that the pass interference call that went our way in the Minnesota game’s overtime period was bogus. The Big Ten has apparently apologized to Minnesota. Mike of Black Shoes Diaries has the story. Hey, no one apologized to us for giving Carr two seconds last year, or for any blown call that I can remember. For once, one of those goes our way and they’ve got to spoil it by apologizing? Sheesh!

Everybody except possibly head coach Joe Paterno wants revenge for last year’s last second loss to Michigan. Joe just wants to win. Or so he says, anyhow. Today, we’ll look at the possibilities of that happening this Saturday at Beaver Stadium.

Of one thing you can be assured: Beaver Stadium will be rocking. A “white-out” declaration ensures that the student section will be a sea of white and a Friday night pep rally at Rec Hall will work them to a preliminary frenzy, which will be augmented by the bars of State College. A “Paternoville” tent city will appear outside the gates of the stadium, although the administration recently ruled that tents would not be pitched until Thursday morning. (I guess the party atmosphere that prevailed at last year’s Paternoville was too much for them.) When game time arrives, Beaver Stadium will be loud, proud, and ready.

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