Monthly Archives: September 2008

What it means

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 28, 2008 | Comments closed
STATE COLLEGE – Penn State showed a lot in the second half of its 38-24 victory over Illinois on Saturday. The Nittany Lions were lucky to be up 21-14 at halftime and they played the second half like they knew it. Penn State’s defense was outstanding against the Fighting Illini’s read option. With the exception of [...]
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Biggest test

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 27, 2008 | Comments closed
STATE COLLEGE – That’s what No. 12 Penn State faces tonight when it takes on No. 22 Illinois in both team’s Big Ten opener The Nittany Lions, who won their first four games by a combined score of 211-40, can’t afford to overlook the Fighting Illini the way USC did with Oregon State on Thursday and [...]
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Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 20, 2008 | Comments closed
That’s exactly what Penn State’s 45-3 victory over Temple was Saturday. Fumbles, poor tackling, bad kickoff coverage were just some of the things the Nittany Lions didn’t do well against the Owls. I’m in the office today with SE Tom DeSchriver out of town and Mike Kuhns at ESU covering its game with Shippensburg, but [...]
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Watching from a far

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 13, 2008 | Comments closed
After being in State College the past two weekends, I’m in the office working on a story about former East Stroudsburg South quarterback Zach Friedrich. I plan on being done with it in time to watch what should be another blowout by Penn State, this time against dreadful Syracuse. A one-time regular Bowl game visitor, [...]
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Muggy muggy

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 6, 2008 | Comments closed
STATE COLLEGE – I just arrived at Beaver Stadium for Penn State’s game with Oregon State. This won’t be another snoozefest like last week’s shellacking of Coastal Carolina, but the Nittany Lions should still win by two touchdowns because if the Beavers couldn’t stop Stanford how will they stop Penn State? Thanks to Tropical Storm Hanna, it’s [...]
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What next?

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 5, 2008 | Comments closed
A once proud and squeaky-clean program is no more. Joe Paterno announced on his weekly radio show Thursday that juniors Maurice Evans and Andrew Quarless and sophomore Abe Koroma will not play against Oregon State on Saturday and that sophomore defensive back Willie Harriot has been kicked off the team. Evans, Koroma and Quarless were suspended [...]
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More troubles at PSU

By Joe Miegoc | Published: September 3, 2008 | Comments closed
As unbelievable as it may seem, more Penn State football players found themselves making headlines for all the wrong reasons this morning. According to the Daily Collegian, police were called to Nittany Apartments, an on-campus facility where many Penn State athletes live, at about 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Upon arrival police could smell marijuana coming [...]
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