I mentioned in an earlier post how the Nittany Lions may have to share the spotlight in Pennsylvania college football this year with the Owls of local Temple University.  The Owls have indeed performed as a top level team.   The loss to the Lions in week two may have helped propel them to new heights as they have followed that loss with 7 straight wins.

Whereas last year the Owls were en route to a sub .500 season, this year [...]

Everyone agrees the Nittany Lions have an easy schedule this year.  So far they lost their one true challenge to the team that owns them recently, the dreaded Iowa Hawkeyes.

But after getting beaten for the 7th time in their last 8 meetings, Penn State is looking only one direction, and it isn’t backward.  They proved this as the defense and Daryll Clark combined to steamroll over the hapless Eastern Illinois Panthers of the FCS by a final score of 52-3.

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The Nittany Lions continued to dominate all opponents with a 31-6 victory over Temple today. Detractors mention the Lions have an easy schedule this year, but there is nothing Penn State can do except go out there each week and win.  I said before Paterno is not the type to run it up as many college coaches do.  Frankly he has little to prove, and little to protect as he recently signed a 3 year contract extension to stay in [...]

Daryll Clark had another solid start and ran his quarterback rating to a gaudy 166.4 with a win against Syracuse.  The rebuilding  Orangemen really never stood a chance.

The Lions allowed a lone touchdown, just as they did in week 1 against Akron.  This game was a lot more lopsided than this final score represents given that Penn State had a 17 play 95 yard 9 minute drive that resulted in no points, and Syracuse’s lone score came at the end [...]

The Nittany Lions first game yesterday was reminiscent of many of their games in recent years.  They came out with a dominating offense, passed the ball to set up the run, and ran the ball to set the pass back up, and got a huge lead by halftime.  Then they called in the rest of the game.  I am the number one admirer of Joe Paterno, and I think he is one of the classiest coaches in the game.  However, [...]