Billy Paultz Reconsidered

The injuries are of course an issue, but Iowa is if anything more banged-up than Penn State (there’s a rumor, denied by Kirk Ferentz, that all-Big Ten tackle Bryan Bulaga has been sidelined by an infected tattoo).
Ferentz has been weird this week. He keeps categorizing his team as a work-in-progress, almost as if it can’t really be […]

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Update from Lancaster Catholic: This game is being broadcast, via Blue Ridge Cable, statewide of Pennsylvania Cable Network. Except that the word now is Governor Rendell is planning to announce a state budget deal tonight, pre-empting most if not all of the game. The broadcast crew is not pleased. The magic just isn’t happening on […]

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Coming to you live from Lancaster Catholic, where the mood is ruined, and that may be an understatement, by an ankle injury to Crusaders’ stud QB Kyle Smith. The expected epic battle with Manheim Central (both teams are ranked #2 in the state in their classes by Pa. Football News) probably can’t materialize without him.
So […]

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Release from the Eagles:
 
“The Philadelphia Eagles today announced they have placed T/G Shawn Andrews on the Injured Reserve list with a back injury. Andrews did not play in any of the four preseason games or the season opener at Carolina last Sunday due to the injury. With the addition of QB Jeff Garcia […]

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The Orange spent a lot of energy and emotion last week in a winnable game at home. And didn’t win. Hard to imagine them coming up, just a week later, with the kind of effort it would take to compete with this opponent at this venue.
Cuse can play defense a little, though. Minnesota didn’t get […]

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Wanted to break down what we’re doing with Penn State this year. In the Sunday News game days, I’ll have a game story, column, highs and lows (a quasi-notebook) and grades.
In the daily paper: A post mortem Monday, something off Joe’s weekly press conference Wednesday, and a player-profile/game preview Friday.
I’ll also put excerpts (at least) […]

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