The FIFOs Are Coming

Yinzers,

So last night I am sitting on my couch watching "The Dark Knight" on HBO, when Capitan comes through the door with the proposition of "Do you guys want to go to 'the Den' in like 45 minutes?" We look past the fact that he is from Eastern PA on the grounds that he believes the city of Philadelphia is deplorable and the fact that he has yet to catch on to the terms "ynz" and "ahr." So why not? We head down to the Den around 9:30 pm and sit down next to these classy gents that have a case of Rolling Rock ponies. They catch us eye-ing up the ponies, and go ahead and buy a case for us. Three cases later, we find out it was two Anheuser-Busch reps and the owner of the Den. A good time was had by all.


Now it's time to get down to the real thing. This weekend, Nittany Nation hosts the best football team the illustrious state of Ohio has to offer (sarcasm? you be the judge). Ohio State will ride into Beaver Stadium carrying a 7-2 (4-1) record. I tried to find some articles comparing the two teams, but I was not surprised to find every "head-to-head" article to be mostly praising Jim Tressel and the Buckeyes. Yes, they are a very good program and the Big 10 loves them, but number 1, they are from Ohio, and number 2, they have done the same thing the entire Big 10 has done in years past: nothing. It will be interesting to see how the Buckeye defense matches up on the outside with the hot-handed Derek Moye, Chaz Powell and Graham Zug. The keys to the Buckeyes for not having a repeat of last year's defeat: 1. pressure Daryll Clark 2. take care of the football and 3. keep Penn State's defense on the field


As for your Nittany Lions. Once again the deciding factor will be the ability to continue playing their brand of football. As long as the now gelled offensive line can give Daryll Clark time to find the open man, the offense will march right down the field. On the defensive side, Sean Lee, Josh Hull and Navarro Bowman are healthy and thirsty for some Buckeye blood. The biggest key for the Nittany Lions this weekend will actually be keeping Terrelle Pryor inside the pocket. Pryor is fast enough off the edge that when the pocket breaks down, he can scramble better than most quarterbacks in the nation, extending the play and allowing his receivers time to get open. The Nittany Lions' front 7 have to keep him contained inside the pocket, get in his face, and force him to make the costly mistakes he is prone to making.


The Blue Band is making their 3rd attempt to march the Chicago/Earth, Wind, & Fire halftime show. They were scheduled to perform this very show versus Iowa and at Michigan, but both times were unable to do so either due to weather (in State College) or chodes (in Michigan). So I am looking forward to finally seeing this shindig. As for news in State College, there was a Miley Cyrus concert at the Bryce Jordan Center last night. I apologize to any Hannah Montana fans out there, but if you are 16 and already a multi-millionaire, you don't know what this "hard life" and "hard work" your songs talk about really is. Stop letting daddy write your songs and let the people see if you actually do have any talent.


Game time is 3:30 pm on ABC.

For the Glory,
B Brog