Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 30, 2009, 4:09 pm
Now that the majority of the Big11Ten has gone into its customary six-week slumber before bowl games (and we've taken a solid week to do nothing but eat turkey and drink egg nog), it seems like a ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 23, 2009, 3:29 pm
First half: holy crap, this is boring. Second half: holy crap, what just happened?! Early on, it looked like this could be one of those games where ealy missed opportunies could cost the Lions l...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 20, 2009, 5:41 pm
  Gametime: 3:30 pm Records: Michigan State 6-5 (4-3); Penn State: 9-2 (5-2) Series Record: Penn State leads, 13-12-1 TV: ABC Audio: Here Weather: A little sun, a little cloud. 50-some...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 19, 2009, 9:30 pm
The guys both bounced back from a terrible Week 10 to post respectable showings in Week 11. Will went 5-3 and Greg went 4-4, and Will is now seven games back in the standings. Is it likely that he&#...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 18, 2009, 11:09 am
Despite the fact that there is indeed a game coming up this weekend, the Penn State news universe has been dominated by talk of the proposed changes in the season ticketing system for 2011.  If you m...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 16, 2009, 11:26 am
Even though Penn State was up 31-13 at one point in this game, don't be fooled; this was a pretty terrible performance.  If not for Indiana's lack of defense, this game could've been disa...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 13, 2009, 11:32 am
Gametime: 12:00 pm Records: Indiana: 4-6 (1-5); Penn State: 8-2 (4-2) Series Record: Penn State leads, 12-0 TV: Big11Ten Network Audio: Here Weather: Cloudy, High of 57 Last home game. ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 12, 2009, 11:08 am
Not unlike their beloved Nittany Lions, the streak of good fortune in picks may be over for Greg and Will.  Both guys posted a terrible 2-5 mark last week.  For Greg, he drops back to four games und...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 9, 2009, 6:15 pm
We were trying to think of ways to sum up this disaster, and then we stumbled upon this in the official recap at GoPSUSports: "Senior punter Jeremy Boone had a career-high 10 punts for a 45.8 averag...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 6, 2009, 12:00 pm
Gametime: 3:30 pm Records: Ohio State: 7-2 (4-1); Penn State: 8-1 (4-1) Series Record: Tied, 12-12 TV: ABC, ESPN (regional) Audio: Here Weather: High of 55, 10% chance of rain. If we had t...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 4, 2009, 4:20 pm
Since Jim Tressel display such a range of emotions on the sidelines and in public, we thought we'd take this opportunity to demonstrate Mr. Sweater Vest's vast array of feelings through some w...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 3, 2009, 6:00 pm
We're scrapping the healines this week in anticipation of the showdown against our most-hated rival, Ohio State. We're here to get you set for the biggest game of the season. Here's a li...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 2, 2009, 4:22 pm
This one looked like a game until the fourth quarter, when Penn State decided to blow Northwestern right out of the water. Why they waited until the fourth is anyone's guess, but we'll take a...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Nov 2, 2009, 4:22 pm
This one looked like a game until the fourth quarter, when Penn State decided to blow Northwestern right out of the water. Why they waited until the fourth is anyone's guess, but we'll take a...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 30, 2009, 3:44 pm
Gametime: 4:30 pm Records: Northwestern: 5-3 (2-2); Penn State: 7-1 (3-1) (just noticed we never changed it from Minnesota two weeks ago. whoops) Series Record: PSU leads 9-3 TV: ESPN Audi...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 30, 2009, 7:00 am
A big milestone was reached in Week 8, as Greg went 5-3 to pull to an even .500 on the season.  If he goes one game over .500 from here on out, we're pretty sure he'll consider his picks seas...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 28, 2009, 2:48 pm
The flu has taken over our blog, but we're still truckin -- just a day behind our usual schedule. This past weekend was another fun one for the NCAA. There was more controversy over the offical...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 24, 2009, 9:36 pm
Maybe next year we won't have to hear about any stupid streaks.  Onto the recap...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 24, 2009, 9:25 pm
Iowa breaks our hearts yet again, as they stormed down the field in 1:37 and scored on a slant on the last play of the game to knock off Michigan State 15-13. The Iowa drive came on the heels of an...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 24, 2009, 8:46 pm
Penn State went into Ann Arbor today and put up a huge win, smoking the Wolverines, 35-10.  Michigan scored on their first drive of the game to take an early lead, but it was all Penn State from ther...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Oct 2, 2009, 7:00 am
Penn State wasn't the only team to have a rough weekend in Week 4.  The tag team duo of Greg and Will sucked almost as much with their Week 4 picks.  Will picked up a game going 3-5 to Greg'...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 30, 2009, 10:00 pm
Blue and White Roundtabe: Week 5 This week the questions come from Kevin at Penn State Clips Other possible participants: W. F. Yurasko Happy Hour Valley The Nittany Line ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 30, 2009, 12:00 pm
This is admittedly a little late, as our hangover from the Iowa loss continues.  But just because Penn State lost, it doesn't mean there aren't some fine stories out there in the world of col...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 28, 2009, 10:55 am
After a day of really crappy weather, Penn State fans were treated to an even crappier game.  You usually don't win if you turn the ball over four times, give up a safety and have a punt blocked ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 25, 2009, 11:30 am
Gametime: 8:00 pm Records: Iowa: 3-0; Penn State: 3-0 Series Record: Penn State leads, 11-10 TV: ABC Audio: Here Weather: High of 59, 70% chance of rain. 100% chance.... OF PAIN. You waite...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 25, 2009, 7:00 am
Last week was an interesting one for the Pick 'Em, as Greg shot into the lead with a solid 7-4 mark, as his faith in Temple, Iowa, Cal and Texas Tech paid off.  Will, on the other hand, stumbled ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 24, 2009, 9:00 am
Devon from Nittany Whiteout provides the questions this week.  Other participants: W. F. Yurasko Happy Hour Valley The Nittany Line Zombie Nation Penn State Clips Nittany Lounge also, making...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 23, 2009, 5:00 pm
Hey, we think Iowa is a cool place.  Not only was one of the great baseball movies filmed there, but...well, that's about all we can think of.  But despite being home to the field of dreams, Iow...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 21, 2009, 8:30 pm
We have plenty of stuff planned for later in the week to get everyone pumped for the huge matchup against Iowa this coming Saturday.  But for now, let's take our weekly trip around college footba...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 21, 2009, 4:00 pm
For those of you who are easily freaked out, you might not want to read this.  The Pittsburgh Trib is reporting that Sean Lee is doubtful for this weekend's big game against Iowa.  Lee was havin...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 12, 2009, 1:51 pm
Another W for the Lion's today as they defeated Syracuse 28-7.  It was another rough day for Royster and Green, rushing for 41 and 26 yards, respectively. Royster did take a long quick slant for ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 10, 2009, 8:00 pm
Well, we both got off to a horrible start in Week 1's picks, so we're looking for redemption this time around.  Whether or not we find it is another story. As usual, we're using Danny ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 10, 2009, 11:45 am
Gametime: 12:00 pm Records: Syracuse: 0-1; Penn State: 1-0 Series Record: Penn State leads, 41-23-5 TV: Big Ten Network Audio: Here Weather: 50% chance of rain, high of 65. We all enjoy th...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 10, 2009, 8:00 am
This week's questions come from Jeff at Nittany Lounge.  Here's the list of other participants: W. F. Yurasko Happy Hour Valley The Nittany Line Zombie Nation Nittany Whiteout Penn Sta...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 8, 2009, 4:00 pm
As you surely know by now, we love Penn State.  But we also love college football in general.  So let's take a spin around the nation, check out some headlines (that we made up) and see what hap...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 7, 2009, 10:00 am
Nice to see this again. Well, this was a typical season opener for Penn State: they did somde things well, they did some other things poorly and they won by a big margin.  Watching the offense was ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 5, 2009, 10:00 pm
Well, the Lions got it done today, knocking off the mighty Akron Zips 31-7 behind a big day from Daryll Clark and his new group of receivers.  Derek Moye, Chaz Powell and Graham Zug all found the end...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 4, 2009, 5:50 pm
Gametime: 3:30 pm Series Record: Penn State leads, 3-0 TV: Big Ten Network Audio: Here Weather: Partly cloudy, high of 80. Before we start the preview, we wanted to pass along a link. Lost Le...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 4, 2009, 8:00 am
We're going to start a new feature on the blog now that the season is about to begin.  This one might appeal to some of our gambling readers (not that we condone that sort of thing.... wink wink)...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 3, 2009, 8:30 pm
Penn State 2009: Last Minute Defensive Preview For the vast majority of the season, the Penn State defense was outstanding in 2008.  They were the best defense in the conference (finishing firs...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 3, 2009, 12:00 am
Penn State 2009: Last Minute Offensive Preview It's finally September and that means we waited until the last possible second to bring the PSU previews. We did it on purpose -- seriously.  ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Sep 2, 2009, 11:00 am
*Just a quick disclaimer: we wrote this before we heard the news on Brandon Ware's foot.  We hope he makes a speedy recovery.  Or as speedy as possible for a 340-lb dude. The 2009 football se...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 31, 2009, 10:00 pm
With the colllege football season rapidly approaching, everyone is making predictions about things will play out.  So we decided we'd throw some early predictions for the 2009 Big11Ten season.  ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 29, 2009, 9:45 am
We've been spending all of our time the last couple weeks on bringing you some semi-coherent previews of each of the teams in the Big11Ten.  Today, we're taking a little time out from the pre...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 27, 2009, 4:30 pm
Team: Ohio State Buckeyes Head Coach: Jim Tressel 2008 Record: 10-3 (7-1), lost to Texas in the Fiesta Bowl We couldn't even work a Tressel joke into the preview.  We just want to ment...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 25, 2009, 3:37 pm
  Team: Illinois Fighting Illini Head Coach: Ron Zook 2008 Record: 5-7 (3-5) Last year, Illinois was a team that may challenge for a Big11Ten crown.  Things didn't go as planned and ...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 20, 2009, 7:30 pm
Team: Michigan State Spartans Head Coach: Mark Dantonio 2008 Record: 9-4 (6-2), lost to Georgia in the Capital One Bowl Behind running back Javon Ringer, last season's Michigan State Spar...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 20, 2009, 2:30 pm
Team: Wisconsin Badgers Head Coach: Bret Bielema 2008 Record: 7-6 (3-5), crushed by Florida State in the Champs Sports Bowl What happened to Wisconsin last year?  They were a team everyone i...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 18, 2009, 3:36 pm
Team: Minnesota Gophers Head Coach: Tim Brewster 2008 Record: 7-6 (3-5); Lost to Kansas in the Insight Bowl. Last year we, along with just about everyone else, picked Minnesota to have a drea...
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Greg S. posted an article on We Want The Lion - Aug 18, 2009, 6:34 am
Sophomore linebacker Michael Mauti will miss the 2009 season after suffering a torn ACL during a scrimmage on Friday.  Mauti made some standout plays on special teams and in limited action on defense...
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