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Maize — What You Call Corn

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#14 Penn State vs. #5 Michigan, in the Big House

University of MichiganOver 40 years ago, the Mazola Margarine people produced a commercial that would be regarded as offensive on many levels today, both culturally and nutritionally. We call it maize, you call it corn. Why should we care? Well, the Maize and Blue host the No-Name jerseys in Ann Arbor, in the largest stadium this side of North Korea, Michigan Stadium, also known as the Big House. Call it what you will, maize or corn, it is a tough place to play. [Read more…]

Turning a Lemon into Lemonade

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Penn State 30, Iowa 24

The sun didn’t shine much on St. Joe Memorial-Penndot/Altoona Federal Stadium at Beaver Field on Saturday, but when it finally did, it was in the form of a game saving interception by Nick Scott with 3:18 left. #17 Penn State (6-2, 3-2) hung on to defeat the #18 Iowa Hawkeyes (6-2, 3-2), 30-24 on a rainy, cold day at the Big Beave.

Once again, Trace McSorley produced a significant share of the offense, even after he had been hurt. He wound up 11-25 passing for 167 yards, with one touchdown and one interception. He added 12 carries for 63 yards, including a touchdown while hobbling on a 51-yard post-injury scamper, enabled by a mighty fine block by DeAndre Thompkins. [Read more…]

Iowa: Spare Ribs and Corn

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#18 Iowa vs #17 Penn State

Iowa HawkeyesKirk Ferentz is a helluva good coach, but he needs to be on his game if he expects to leave St. Joe Memorial-Penndot Stadium at Beaver Field with a win on Saturday. The #18 Iowa Hawkeyes (6-1, 3-1) will try to show the #17 Nittany Lions (5-2, 2-2) some of their signature defense and improving offense on what promises to be a crappy, chilly, sloppy day.

At our local game celebration in The Cave, which has been renamed “The Pigpen” for this game, we’ll be serving spare ribs and corn-on-the-cob to honor our opponents, who represent a state famous for pigs, corn, floods, and good defense. Whether we serve up lemonade or moldy lemons depends on how Penn State can attack that vaunted defense. [Read more…]