I am embarrassed to say that I will be missing part of the game though. I know, what kind of fan am I? Weeks ago, before kickoff time was official, Patti Archer put together an evening in Philly: Dinner and then the "Terror Behind the Walls" Halloween tour of the Eastern State Penitentiary. It looks really cool so we jumped on board - check it out: http://www.easternstate.org/.
Hopefully we'll get out of the tour and back into the bar to catch the end of the game and celebrate a PSU victory. But then again, with #14 behind center and JayPa calling the plays from the booth, I'm not as confident as I was in '05. Those of you that follow PSU football know know #14 can be brilliant on one play and then be a complete idiot the next (watch a replay of the Michigan game for proof). We've had some injuries to our D-line (Jarred Odrick) and fullback Matt Hahn. On the plus side:
- Austin Scott is finally gone, thanks to that sexual assault charge a few weeks ago & his life has been a complete shambles since then: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3075159. In the immortal words of Livia Soprano - OH POOR YOU! (FYI, this guy has been nothing but a complete bust for PSU save for a few TDs in the 2006 Orange Bowl).
- Anthony Scirotto & Chris Baker have not yet been to trial for their role in that off campus fight in April.
- Nothing has come of the fight at the HUB involving a few of our more stellar scholar athletes either.
Things are looking up for the Nittany Nation, I tell you!!!
I'm don't like making any predictions, but I do have some money riding on this, so I guess I'll go with PSU 14 OSU 10. I'm sure that will get some of my OSU friends talking.
More about Bon Jovi and the Pru Center later.....Cheers!
PS - OSU QB Todd Boeckman should be very afraid (ask Jimmy Clausen). Here comes Dan Connor:
