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TNL says goodbye
All good things must come to an end and today is the end of TNL. 3 years and over 284,000 visits ago I started The Nittany Line with the express intention of discussing all things Penn State with a few thousand friends. It's been a good run and I've had a lot of fun but it's time to move on. Fear not though, I won't be going away, I've been invited to write...
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January 07, 2010
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Matchup Comparison Rating: the special edition
Ok, we've got ya covered all the way to New Year's Day, from that point on it's all about vegetating on the couch and taking in as much football as possible (and recovering from your New Year's Eve hangover). Frankly after working on these for a week straight my eyes are ready to roll back in my head and I'm making atrocious grammar and spelling mistakes (more...
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December 30, 2009
Matchup Comparison Rating: the New Year’s Eve edition
We're getting ever so close to the real meat and potatoes of the schedule, the day that teams play for (or at least they used to): New Year's Day. But first there's the day before and before you venture off to consume large quantities of alcohol just so you have an excuse to kiss that semi-attractive and slightly overweight chick at the end of the bar at midnight, there...
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December 30, 2009
Matchup Comparison Rating: the segue edition
Segue, not Segway!Moving on to the games that cover the work week between Christmas and New Year's, these are the "Segue games." If you're one of the poor souls that have to work the couple days before New Year's eve, these games get you through until the big ones on New Year's day.ADVOCARE V100 INDEPENDENCE BOWLTexas A&M (6-6) vs. Georgia (7-5)Dec...
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December 28, 2009
Matchup Comparison Rating: the Christmas hangover edition
Ok, so other than the surprisingly entertaining 2 overtime New Mexico bowl, the games have sucked. Not to worry, we've adjusted the MCR and we won't let you down. I hope.LITTLE CAESARS BOWLMarshall (6-6) vs. Ohio (9-4)Dec. 26, 1:00 PM - ESPNA word from our sponsor: Of course this bowl should be called the "Pizza, Pizza" bowl because of the title sponsor but this...
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December 25, 2009
Matchup Comparison Rating: the Deck the Halls edition
While you're putting up the Christmas tree and wrapping the gifts* you'll have the opportunity to catch some college football. How good will the games be? The MCR has you covered.MAACO LAS VEGAS BOWLOregon St (8-4) vs. BYU (10-2)Dec. 22, 8:00 PM - ESPNA word from our sponsor: According to their website www.maaco.com, No one does more auto body repair and auto paint jobs...
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December 22, 2009
Matchup Comparison Rating makes its triumphant 2009 debut
It's that wonderful time of year when life is much simpler, friends come together, and there's good will toward men. Of course I'm talking about Bowl season, and it starts this weekend. Just like the Holidays we've established a grand tradition here at TNL; over the past three bowl seasons we always bring out the Matchup Comparison Rating or MCR to rate the bowls...
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December 17, 2009
Blue & White Roundtable bids farewell to 2009
It's the final B&W Roundtable of 2009 and your honored host is 2theLion. As always my incoherent ramblings follow. Onward ho!1. Penn State finished off this season with 10 wins, but lost the only two games that were really in question. What will your lasting memory of the 2009 season be?You know I had to pause for a second and think about this question, and I don't...
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December 11, 2009
End of Regular Season Blogpoll
Games Watched: Oregon State/Oregon, Ohio/Central Michigan, Cincinnati/Pitt, Fresno State/Illinois, Florida/Alabama, Arizona/USC, Texas/Nebraska, Georgia Tech/Clemson and Wisconsin/Hawaii.RankTeamDelta 1 Alabama 3 2 TCU 3 Texas 4 Cincinnati 1 5 Boise State 1 6 Florida 5 7 Oregon 8 Ohio State 9 Iowa 10 Penn State 11 Georgia...
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December 07, 2009
Longevity of worthless reporters something to marvel
It's been a while since I've dished on Ron Cook, actually where's the guy been I haven't read one of his patently horrible articles in a while. Oh, ok that's better. So typical Bobby Bowden – Joe Paterno comparison piece where the author tries to transpose the ending of Bowden's story on Paterno. That's all fine, albeit a bit obvious since it almost...
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December 04, 2009
So long Bobby, don’t let the door hit you in the ass Chuck
So the coaching carousel started with a whirl with the not so surprising firing of Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis and the "retirement" of Florida State coach and Paterno win-record nemesis Bobby Bowden.As I stated last week, Chuck Weis will be missed because watching Notre Dame flounder in mediocrity has been delicious schadenfreude. He was the gift that kept on given,...
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December 02, 2009
Blogpoll: Week 13
One more regular season week to go and onto the bowls, it goes by so fast. Questions, corrections, suggestions and objections are always welcome.Games Watched: Ball State/Western Michigan, Texas/Texas A&M, Alabama/Auburn, Pittsburgh/West Virginia, Nevada/Boise State, Oklahoma State/Oklahoma, Florida State/Florida, Arkansas/LSU, Missouri/Kansas, Georgia/Georgia Tech, Notre Dame...
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November 30, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving from TNL
Before we run off and enjoy the busiest drinking night of the year* and then stumble out of bed around the crack of noon to gorge ourselves on Meleagris gallopavo and Pumpkin Pie**, we would like to wish everyone a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving.With that in mind I would like to give you my list of things I'm thankful for in 2009 (not in any coherent order):FootballOf course this...
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November 25, 2009
All-Conference teams announced
Penn State lands 6 first team All-Conference players according to the Coaches and four according to the media. The coaches named Jared Odrick defensive lineman of the year and defensive player of the year; the media had Odrick on their second team so go figure. Oh, and no sign of preseason offensive player of the year Terrelle Pryor. Someone must have made a mistake there. At...
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November 24, 2009
Blogpoll: Week 12
Damn, that's it? Now we just have 3 weeks to wait until finding out what bowl Penn State ends up in. Thanks to the Big Ten for wrapping up so early that I can forget who is even on the team anymore before they play again. It's not like I was planning on watching any football this weekend anyway, but whatever, it's fixed next year. Here's what I've got, questions...
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November 23, 2009
PSU Review: Michigan State
TNL Said: 21-17 (Sparty)Actual Score: 42-14 (PSU)Wow, this is one time I am happy to be completely wrong. For a half it looked like the offense was left back in Happy Valley but then WR Curtis Drake took an end around pitch and lobbed a 14 yard touchdown pass to TE Andrew Quarless and Penn State blew up. Graham Zug and Quarless each had two touchdowns as Daryll Clark had a career...
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November 23, 2009
Sparty sucks! The return of Farkin’ Friday
It's been a very, very long time since I've flexed my Photoshop muscles and I was board the other night, and hey… it's rivalry week! Ok, it may be a manufactured rivalry but if it walks like a steroid freak, talks like a steroid freak, and gets angry for seemingly random reasons, it's probably a steroid enhanced freak of a mascot, and guess what, he can't dance...
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November 20, 2009
Wrestling Wreport: Cael gets win #1
I wanted to post this earlier in the week but… you know the whole "rivalry" week just takes precedence.Anyway, last weekend Cael Sanderson and his Nittany Lions opened up the dual meet season traveling to take on old time rival Lehigh and back home to take on Bloomsburg in Sanderson's PSU home debut. The results were mixed, Penn State lost 23 – 14 at Lehigh but...
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November 19, 2009
An obligatory look at Michigan State (The Rivalry edition)
About the UniversityMichigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act….February 12, 1855 Michigan Governor Kinsley S. Bingham signed a bill establishing the United States' first agriculture...
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November 18, 2009
Former Foes: week 11
Time to take a weekly look back at Penn State's past competition. So how bad is Michigan anyway?Akron (2-8)Got destroyed by Temple (56-17)Akron was the latest victim of the "get Al Golden a hefty raise" tour as Temple beat the Zips for their 8th straight victory. Akron actually had an early 17-7 first quarter lead but the Owls ripped off 49 unanswered points on the...
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November 17, 2009
PSU Review: Indiana
TNL Said: 27-10Actual Score: 31-20 Take away the garbage TD for Indiana at the end of the game and I pretty much nailed that score, but more importantly I said this last week in my preview:Expect Penn State to have a hangover and play poorly, particularly early in the contest, but the defense will keep the Lions in it until the offense decides to wake up. I expect Indiana to move...
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November 16, 2009
Wrestling Wreport: the inaugural 2009 edition
We interrupt our normally intense football coverage (ha!) to bring you a quick look at wrestling. The 2009-10 dual meet season starts tonight when the good guys from PSU travel to take on long time wrestling wrival Lehigh. For the record here is Penn State's "official" lineup: #14 PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS Wt. Name125 #8 Brad Pataky133 Tyler Saltsman OR Bryan...
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November 13, 2009
An obligatory look at Indiana
About the University Indiana's state government in Corydon founded Indiana University in 1820 as the State Seminary." It was originally located at what is now called Seminary Square Park near the intersection of Second Street and College Avenue….The hiring of Andrew Wylie, its first president, in 1829 signified the school's growing professionalism. The General Assembly...
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November 12, 2009
Blogpoll Draft: A Whole Lot Of Meh Going On
Another ugly week of upsets makes for another ugly poll. No one is separating themselves from the pack, which leaves us with a huddled mass of blah. I painted myself into a corner with Oregon, USC, Ohio State and Penn State so it was settled with the transitive property. I know, I see Utah there, but they'll stick around another week and we'll see how that TCU game shakes...
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November 09, 2009
PSU Review: Ohio State
Allow me to start this rant off by stating for the record that Ohio State deserves all the credit in the world. They outplayed Penn State in every aspect of the game and I don't want to take anything away from that. Having said that, I'm officially done rooting for this team as long as all or part of this coaching staff is still in place. I'm tired of the same conservative...
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November 09, 2009
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