Archives for 2019

(So don’t get Buffaloed!)

We’re into full cupcake mode in Week Two of the fledgling NCAA football season — at least for the Penn State Nittany Lions (1-0, 0-0 B10), who are coming off a 79-7 dismantling of mega-cupcake Idaho. This week, PSU hosts the mighty Buffalo Bulls (1-0, 0-0 MAC), who fared well against the vaunted FCS Robert Morris Colonials, trouncing them 38-10.

I would include the Kitties’ mythical ranking in the above paragraph, but we won’t see the AP poll until tomorrow because the #9 Leprechauns must play Lousyville in primetime tonight. But tomorrow, I’ll be busy on Dorian watch, so I thought I might as well write this today.

While I might understand the Irish vs. the Cardinals being a primetime game, I sure as hell cannot figure out why the scheduling powers wanted Buffalo and Penn State to play under the lights at Beaver Stadium. Yea, verily, we’re looking at another lopsided cupcake eating contest, which might well be played before a significantly smaller crowd than that of the opening game.

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Penn State Nittany Lions 79, Idaho Vandals 7

Well, it was better than watching continuing hurricane projections that keep us on edge. I stayed awake through most of the game, but I can draw almost no conclusions from what I saw. Oh, yeah, maybe one: the first game of the year can almost fill Beaver Stadium even though it’s a foregone conclusion what all those fans are going to see. That’s encouraging spirit! And as expected, Penn State got the “W”, which inspired the huge, ugly drop-cap to the left. (Plus, I like to play with blog formatting when I’m bored and don’t have much to write about).

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Idaho Vandals (4-7, 3-5 Big Sky) vs. #15 Penn State (9-4, 6-3 Big Ten)

This will be a lame post for a few reasons. Primarily, I have much more going on in my life than I know how to handle. On top of that, Category 4 Hurricane Dorian is targeting this area on Monday. Therefore, writing is a temporary therapeutic distraction for me, but I do not expect this piece to win a Pulitzer Prize.

Besides, the outcome of this game is hardly in doubt.

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