Michigan losing to Appalachian State? Who’da thunk it? The boys from Boone came to the Big House with winning in mind. They weren’t going to roll over and play dead in the face of the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeg crowd at the Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeg House facing Meeeeeeeeechigan. A tricky quick quarterback and a can-do attitude did the job. Kudos to Appalachian State!

So, Meeeeeeeeeeeechigan will fall out of the top ten. That doesn’t make them any less dangerous for Penn State. After all, we don’t have a tricky quick quarterback. Furthermore, we have to concentrate on merely beating people. Who cares how they’re ranked?

To those of you who are unhappy that Notre Dame was blown out by Georgia Tech today, kiss my ass. I told you that Notre Dame would suck this year and you didn’t listen. Now, you’re disappointed that Penn State won’t be facing an opponent that will enable them to vault into the top ten next week? You imbeciles, who cares what the hell the pollsters do at this early juncture? Let me say it now. Notre Dame will not be an easy victory.

More later, when I sober up.

Popular and eclectic Nittany Lion Blogger Run Up The Score has added a new regular feature called Reading Is Fundamental, which provides a quick set of links to relevant articles around the Web. Check it out.

Also, the Turkey belatedly welcomes a new (relatively) Penn State blog, aptly named Happy Hour Valley. Check it out.

And, wonder of wonders, the Altoona Mirror now has a web site that approaches that which you would expect from a real newspaper. The Mirror has been around a long time—I remember Grandma reading it 100 years ago—but they’re usually about that far behind the times. They have a couple of reporters on the Penn State beat and they sometimes get interesting scoops. Check it out.