Columns
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The Time Penn State OC Andy Kotelnicki’s Offense Scored 55 Points at West Virginia
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With Penn State’s 2024 season-opener on the road at West Virginia less than two weeks away, it’s time to look at how new offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki’s Nittany Lion offense might fare against the Mountaineers. And to do that, let’s look at what Coach K’s offense has already done in a hostile road contest in…
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Hublersburg Inn: A Calm, Cozy and Reassuring Respite
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So… how does everyone feel about living in a battleground state? According to most news media, there are seven “swing” states that will decide the presidential election in less than three months:: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin and, you guessed it, good ole Pennsylvania. A Wall Street Journal article published last Thursday reported,…
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Overcoming Growing Pains, Sports Radio 98.7 The Fox Celebrates First Birthday
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Centre County’s sports radio station, 98.7 The Fox, will mark its first birthday on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Just like a typical one-year old human, this broadcasting infant is growing fast with increasing ad revenues and upgraded content. Unfortunately, The Fox is still in diapers with respect to its broadcasting technology. Given that I had interviewed Jeff…
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The Bittersweet End of Summer
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We’ve hit the midway mark of August; summer is drawing to a close. The end of summer is part of the natural order, and with it begins the annual migration of kids returning to college. When your kids have grown up and they’re off to college or they’re living elsewhere, those nights when you go…
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Penn State Football: Say Goodbye to the Emotional Post-Game Drew Allar
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You certainly remember Penn State’s disheartening 20-12 loss to Ohio State in The Horseshoe last year. So does Nittany Lion QB1 Drew Allar, who was 18 of 42 for 191 yards and had seven carries for minus 23 yards. Not pretty. Neither was Allar’s post-game interview where he shed some tears and less than a…
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A Dog’s Tale
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It’s been a while since Big Daddy JoeBa (BDJ) let me write a guest column (see my previous work here) when I was living in Happy Valley and hanging out with Penny, Tucker and Bentley and frequenting Tudek Dog Park. A lot has happened since then as we are now living in the LowCountry of…
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The Many Special Sides of Penn State Football’s Dom DeLuca: He’s Anything but a Zero
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Dom DeLuca is a special guy. In a good way. And a special teams guy. In a great way. His jersey may be No. 0 — which is special, in its own right — but in so many ways Dom is a one-of-a-kind player. And person. How so? Cue the Penn State Fight Song, call…
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Penn State Football New Helmet Communications: What’s It Like Hearing Tom Allen’s Raspy Voice?
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Thanks to a new NCAA rule adopted in the spring and being put into practice during preseason drills, Penn State quarterback Drew Allar and linebacker Kobe King will be literally hearing their coordinators’ voices inside their head while on the playing field this year. According to the rule, which is effective for the 2024 major…
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A Refugee Builds a New Life in State College, but Misses Her Old Life in Ukraine
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What does it mean to have a normal life? To Oleksandra Pyrozhok, it means that she and her husband Stanislav are together, have jobs and have their own apartment. To appreciate what’s extranormal about the Pyrozhoks’ “normal life,” let’s go back to February 2022. The Pyrozhoks were living in Chernivtsi, a lovely city in southwestern…
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Penn State Board’s Change to Alumni Trustee Elections Odd, to Say the Least
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Did you ever feel as if there was a nameless, faceless group of people somewhere making odd rules just to see if we will all go along with them? Or, sometimes we even know the names and faces of the people making the odd rules, which at least allows us to personalize the irony of…