As disappointing as yesterday's #10 Penn State Nittany Lions vs. #16 Ohio State Buckeyes Big Ten conference game was there were a couple of upsides. I cannot remember seeing any erectile dysfunction or prostate medication commercials during the ABC telecast.Those are like Summer's Eve ads for men. Without the soft focus.

So, there was that for those of us watching at home or local Penn State Alumni Association viewing party. Those of you at the game at least got to tailgate.

I compiled a list of Penn State beat writer predictions for the season. Most predicted a 13-game season though one notable columnist skipped including a bowl game in his prediction.

I didn't get one long-time publisher's prediction though, but I'm sure he's going with no less than 12 wins. If anybody has anymore from the beat, please let me know. Also, you are welcome to add your predictions to my post.

Happy Penn State Football Eve Eve!

Excellent news! Penn State is playing near D.C. next year. Indiana sold their home game to FedEx Field in Landover (nee Raljon) Md. just inside the Beltway. At last, a Penn State home game that is Metro accessible! We're going to take over, let's sell it out.

The Crimson Quarry's take:

Indiana sells 2009 home game against Penn State, will play at Redskins stadium in Landover, Maryland.

Four more damn words

I'm a Penn State grad and native Washingtonian who just got wind that Indiana will shift its 2010 game with the Nittany Lions to D.C. Since I am not a subscriber to the Herald-Times, I can't see anything other than the headline "Indiana to make $3 million by moving Penn State game to DC" . I am very eager to find out the details, so if anyone could pass this along, this blogger and Black Shoe Diaries reader would be most grateful.

I may have mentioned in previous comments (and certainly on my blog) the my group of Penn State friends and I have a victory tradition -- post-game bourbon. Since October 27, 2001, every Nittany Lions victory has been celebrated with some of the "brownest of the brown liquors."  I started the tradition it because of this quote by Joe Patenro after the 2001 Northwestern game:

This is the kind of game you love. I'm going to go home and get in trouble with a good stiff bourbon. Then I'm going to take a nap and get out some Ohio State tapes.

Over the years, the tradition has remained in place, but there have been reports of JoePa preferring Jack Daniel's, something a few of my friends, who preferred filtered Tenneessee sipping whiskey, have tried to use as defense for changing the tradition. Rather than go into another season with this uncertainty, I decided to go to the source or as close as I could get to settle the matter once and for all:

http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/2009/08/joe-paterno-debate-whiskey.html

Just like last Saturday, a service that I am paying extra for is not working. Comcast says it is ESPN's fault, ESPN does not have anybody available. Is this happening on other providers as well? It is happening to Comcast in Alexandria, Va.

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

DOWN WITH ESPN

As I mentioned on <a href="http://www.yurasko.net/wfy/">my blog</a>, the BigTenNetwork overflow channel 801 is not showing a picture. In, none of the BTN overflow channels are working. Is this a problem outside of Northern Virginia?

Why they show the Ohio State game here on the regular BTN does not make a lot of sense to me. Penn State is much closer (so is Temple for that matter) than Ohio State and we have a lot of alumni around here.