1.) And so ends a season. Well, a regular season. Rumor has it that our bowl game might be of the cotton kind, but we shall see. Also -- thanks Saquon for confirming you WILL play in wherever we end up after all!
2.) For the last time this season, curse you Comcast/Xfinity, for moving the BTN channel out of my cable package after letting me have it for the past prior three seasons since the big move down here to the SoFlo.
3.) AND for the last time this season, thanks to modern technology and the iHeart Radio app which led me to the Learfield broadcast of the game on an Allentown based AM radio station 790 WAEB (first on the list).
4.) By the way, thanks to me for learning that a cell phone placed on a surface that is hollow underneath is basically a poor man's speaker, 'cause science!
5.) Despite me cursing out Comcast/Xfinity these last few weeks, I actually don't believe much in curses (except maybe that old Creole woman who might have put a spell on us at the other house when we wouldn't let her steal our mangoes), but that MD QB position sure seems like it might be a little cursed.
6.) On to the celebration -- 19 wins out of the last 22 played! Back to back 10 win seasons for the third time in the Big 10 era! Woo hoo!
7.) Hey radio announcerpeople -- I thought the ad from the PA Pork Producers was saying "put some pork on your pork" instead of "pork on your fork" until I went looking on the interwebs and saw otherwise. I think my slogan is better. Just sayin'!
8.) Hey radio announcerpeople -- ten "scintillating" seconds for station identification? That's setting the bar a little high, no, for a rather mundane task?
9.) I don't care what anyone else says. *My* player of the week is going to *have* to be Tommy STEVENS. I mean sure, he's going to eventually have to learn how to throw the ball to others instead of keeping it for himself time after time, but with multiple TDs doing things his way, I'm not complaining -- yet.
In closing, thanks to everyone who played a part in making this season so special -- it's the 17th one to which I've paid attention (it started back in 2001 after the move to Chicago from PA as a way of feeling more connected to the home we left for bigger and better things) ... and here's to whatever bowl game we get, to that blue and white game coming up sooner than you think on Apr 21 of 2018, and to playing Appalachian State (wait, what -- who?) *next* Labor day weekend.
BOWL GAME PREDICTION AND SAQUON IS PLAYING!:
http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/index.ssf/2017/11/updated_penn_state_bowl_projec_10.html
THOSE POOR MD QBs!:
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2017/9/26/16368342/max-bortenschlager-maryland-qb-kasim-hill-injury-2017
ONE SEASON ENDS ... ANOTHER ONE BEGINS SOON ENOUGH ('CAUSE TIME FLIES)!:
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-18/2018-penn-state-nittany-lions-football-schedule.php
