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Nittany Lion of the Week

NJ lion — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:52:33 -0000

[Duly bumped. Congratulations, Alyse, and we could use you at free safety. - RUTS]

Alyse Schroeder, a Penn State junior majoring in science from Hayward, Wis., is the 2009 Stihl Timbersports Series national women's boom running champion. Boom running is a sport in which the competitor must run across a string of logs attached end to end in the water. The object is to run across the log boom, around an obstacle and back faster than your opponents.

(photo via espn.com)

Schroeder will compete in the 50th annual Lumberjack World Championships July 24-26 in her hometown. Also, check out this video of Alyse in action.

Gradulations, Alyse, on your national championship and for being "too country".

Great news!!

NJ lion — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:47:35 -0000

Bacon is good for you! According to a new study, "45 percent of the fat in bacon is monounsaturated, the good-for-you fat that can help lower bad cholesterol levels. Better still, bacon's monounsaturated fat turns out to be oleic acid, the same fat found in olive oil. So that means that some could argue that bacon is about half as good for you as olive oil and about 100 times more delicious." Here's the link (http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/10-surprising-health-foods-you-should-be-eating-474102/) which includes 9 other suddenly good for you foods. Surprisingly, chicken cosmos didn't make the cut.

So fry up some bacon for breakfast, lunch, and dinner - you'll be doing your body a favor!!

Maybe it's finally time for him to be NLotW

NJ lion — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:11:11 -0000

Maybe it's finally time for him to be NLotW

Casey Sandy was honored as the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Nissen-Emery Award, in recognition of outstanding athletic achievement, academic excellence, and sportsmanship. It is the highest honor presented in collegiate gymnastics.

A "Truth or Rumor" on why Devlin left

NJ lion — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:49:54 -0000

A "Truth or Rumor" on why Devlin left

Devlin supposedly left PSU because he was upset Williams played QB during the Iowa game instead of him

Laura Nitis will give you a concussion

NJ lion — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:51:00 -0000

I just read on SI (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/11/05/pennst.clark.ap/index.html) that everyone's favorite OSU LB has now been credited with giving Clark his concussion. Is there anything that this guy CN'T do? If he doesn't win a bunch of post-season awards, there is no justice.

Also, the article states that Clark was pretty messed up (didn't remember several minutes of the game, acted irrational, etc), so Devlin best be ready. But thank God we won't be playing Ms. Nitis again this season.

T8 4CA update

NJ lion — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:56:25 -0000

I read this morning that T8 has narrowed his list to 6 schools: Penn State, Michigan, Oregon, Florida, Washington State, New Mexico. Several Cali schools that have already received verbals from another QB have been removed from his list. Apparently T8 wants to be the top (or only) QB in the signing class. Since we're still in need of a QB in this class, it's good news that PSU continues to make the cut.

Any thoughts or predictions??

Schedule dilemma

NJ lion — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:08:15 -0000

A guy I know has season tickets and said I can buy tickets for the games he can't attend. Those games are Temple and Indiana. My dilemma: if I can't do both, which game to choose? I'm taking my 11 year old son and 8 year old daughter and want to show them the whole Penn State experience - tailgating, creamery ice cream, the shrine, etc. Both teams are cupcakes and the games will probably start at noon. The only difference I can see is the weather: mid-September in Happy Valley is (usually) much nicer than mid-November.

So I ask you, the wise and all-knowing readers of BSD, which game to choose?