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Pinstripe Bowl: Boston College vs. Penn State

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I’ll Take Manhattan… (but the Nittany Lions get da Bronx!)

Boston College EaglesAs we count down to kickoff for the 2014 Pinstripe Bowl, I thought it would be good to get the game preview and prediction out of the way early in the week, as everybody will be pretty busy from Wednesday on forward. So, here we go with my take on the first bowl game for Penn State since the NCAA levied its draconian sanctions of 2012, as Penn State (6-6, 2-6 Big Ten) squares off against Boston College (7-5, 4-4 ACC) in Yankee Stadium on Saturday.

The Nittany Lions, as you know, finished the season on a down note, losing to Illinois and #10 Moo U. On the other hand, Boston College’s final two games of the season were a three-point loss to #3 Florida State and a blowout 28-7 win over Syracuse. [Read more…]

The Coaching Merry-Go-Round Keeps On Turnin’

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The Coaching Merry Go Round Proceeds ApaceChryst to Wisconsin the Latest Move

So, the carousel of coaches stopped long enough to drop off Pitt’s head coach Paul Chryst in Badgerland, replacing short-time coach Gary Andersen who himself hopped off his horse in Corvallis to become head football coach of Oregon State. Chryst, a former Wisconsin offensive coordinator, was 19-19 in his three seasons at Pitt. [Read more…]

Sudden Impact: Wisconsin Bail-Out and Barrett Battery

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College Football Tidbits

Go ahead, make my day.

Welcome to an extra edition (extradition) of Sudden Impact, the sporadic, tidbit-bearing piece of journalistic trash that finds the best in derivative Penn State football and related college football kind of news. We’ll take a step aside from “breaking down” (I hate that shitty phrase) Boston College to break down some news and speculation from the wonderful world of college football. [Read more…]