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Sunday Sports MailBag

PSU has haunting experience

November 15, 2009

In a surprising “week after Halloween” prank, those two fun loving head coaches, Joe Paterno and Jim Tressel, pulled a fast one on college football fans by having their teams swap uniforms for the Ohio State vs. Penn State game. As expected, the powerful Penn State defense, led by Jared Odrick (wearing Cameron Heyward’s No. 97) wreaked havoc on the Ohio State offense. Terrelle Pryor, wearing Daryll Clark’s No. 17, looked like the proverbial “deer in the headlights.” Unable to run, and with little time to throw, his passes were off-target and ineffective. The running game was no better. The Nittany Lion D clearly didn’t mind wearing red and gray as they spent most of the afternoon in the Ohio State backfield dropping runners for losses. On the other hand, the Ohio State defense was not helped by wearing the storied uniforms of Navarro Bowman and Sean Lee. They spent the afternoon on their heels chasing down runners from behind after long gains.

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Raiders among NFL’s all-time worst

November 1, 2009

The 2009 Oakland Raiders should be ranked with some of the worst NFL teams ever.

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PSU deserves flag for parking plan

October 25, 2009

Like more than a few Penn State fanatics, I pay what probably most sane people would consider way too much money — hundreds of dollars per game — for reserved parking in close proximity to Beaver Stadium on football Saturdays.

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Treat Bowden with more dignity

October 18, 2009

This is in response to Cory Giger’s column about Florida State coach Bobby Bowden.

We live in Florida and have a son who is a senior at Florida State. We feel that Bobby Bowden needs defended from a very shallow reporter.

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Sunday Sports Mailbag Oct. 11

October 10, 2009

Why are the Steelers losing and struggling?

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

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Quit linking Ferentz to other jobs

October 4, 2009

For the last seven years, ESPN and every other media outlet in the country has been trying to tell everyone that Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz should be the next head coach for the (insert the name of the crummiest NFL teams here) next fall.

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Sunday Sports MailBag Poll

Who will have the better season, the Pitt men's basketball team or the PSU men's team?
Pitt Panthers Penn State

 
 
 
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