Billy Paultz Reconsidered

Penn State is apparently going to be sanctioned by the Rose Bowl for failing to meet contracual agreements regarding media obligations.
From a statement issued by the bowl:
There were two non-compliance matters.  One involved the failure to conduct a pre-game interview with the Game Broadcaster, as required by contract.  The other involved the failure to open […]

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One more Rose Bowl anecdote before blowing out of La-La early tomorrow morning: The Kodak Theatre here employs people dressed as familar stars or characters (Wonder Woman, the Joker, and the like) to hang around in front of the theatre, pose for photos, etc.
So Elmo, of Tickle Me fame, is standing there, and a small […]

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Now USC goes 80 yards and scores on a QB draw. Mark Sanchez, the Trojans’ QB, started a little slow but is rolling now.

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It’s a beautiful day in a beautiful place. Hard to imagine a better setting for a football game. I’m about even with the 10-yard line on the end of the field with Penn State written in the end zone (for reference when you’re watching on TV later), and it almost feels like you can reach […]

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Greetings from the land of the perpetual traffic jam, where everything that should be written about the Rose Bowl already has been. But, to paraphrase Fitzgerald, still we beat on, laptops against the current, borne ceaselessly to the media hospitality center….
Observations:
I have a lengthy piece in tomorrow’s Intell about the remarkable experience of attending a USC practice, but […]

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