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Mel teaches the art of cooking sausage without drying them out, and serves them with her version of peppers and onions in this crowd-pleasing classic. Speaking of classic, the fifth and last of...

Stanley Kubrick entertained us with General Jack D. Ripper drinking rainwater and starting World War Three in order to preserve our precious bodily fluids.  (For you youngsters, that was a satire...

  Finally, a poll I can warm up to!   PSU has vaulted to number 15 in the Sagarin Ratings, and improves to a favorite position in all games except Wisconsin. Who knows, maybe McGloin will...

Melanie continues to re-publish menus from the National-Championship-100th-Year-of-Penn State-Football Tailgates of 1986.  Sometimes, the game was simply an excuse to gather round, share some food...

The Internets Computers at Sagarin downgraded PSU slightly this week.  But Nebraska and Illinois also took hits, and Iowa lost points with a week off, so, the point spread against Iowa actually...

I am a Penn State fan who is delighted that Nebraska has joined the Big Ten.  But......there is an ulterior motive to my joy.  After Penn State joined the Big Ten, PSU was burned so badly, and...

 Here's a few beer-friendly foods to go with your steins and lederhosen for your in-home tailgates this Saturday. I have personally sampled each of these this week, and recommend you get someone...

  COMPUTER LOVE FLOURISHES IN BOALSBURG! Love your computer, internuts, especially those lovely Sagarin computer calculations, especially the PREDICTOR number which assigns a power number to...

God, I love computers, the internets, the internuts, and Sagarin computer calculations, especially the PREDICTOR number which assigns a power number to each team, and is the preferred method of...

PSU fans do not have a monopoly on the Jackwagon Union. Jackwagons abound in the B1G Blogosphere this week. Which group of Internut Namby Pambys have the most Pitchfork and Torch parades this...

PSU was overmatched against Alabama, but the B1G does not look that scary at this point in the season. There is no other team of the Tide's caliber on our remaining schedule, and some of the...

 Part Two of a five-part series remembering PSU's National Championship, 100th Aniversary Season by re-publishing the Tailgate Menu of a well-organized group of Nits.

So here is why I like this time of year.

This September 17 game, and the broadcast of it, will undoubtedly produce a new low in NCAA history. The game itself will draw the ugliest of fans, and the journalism before and during this...

The SEC oversigns on recruiting day, counting on losing a considerable percentage of their players during the course of the next few years. They are receiving considerable criticism for this...

The Joe From Boalsburg Basketball Ratings are out. This list only counts games against the top 50 in the Sagarin Ratings, min 5 games. PSU is Number 25. Take That Sagarin! 1 Ohio State 5 0 2 BYU ...

Pat Forde of ESPN.com had some interesting comments about Iowa Hospitalization Issues. Thank goodness PSU does not have this type of callous behavior. Read on. "You won't find many coaches with a...

Penn State has a reputation for longevity of coaching tenures,starting with football, but actually extending to most teams at PSU. I thought I would compare the PSU staff versus the rest of the...

This year's PSU Men's Basketball Team may be one of the best that Coach Ed DeChellis can or ever will develop.Talor Battle is the leagues' leading scorer, and the team is senior-heavy.  Yet, there...

Penn State has played against many talented Quarterbacks.  From memory, the cream of the crop reads as follows, in no particular order, with W/L record vs. PSU and my brief recollection of...

PSU football fanatics are wont to heap mucho praise on Larry Johnson Sr. as being a major asset to the program because of his ability to recruit and develop Defensive Linemen. Larry's recruiting...

Final conference rankings for bowl winning percentages, listed in order below! FESTIVUS Mountain West, 4-1 Big East, 4-2 Sun Belt, 2-1 Independents, 2-1 THE REST OF US SEC, 5-5 PAC 10, 2-2 ...

When the alleged serial rapist was suspended from the Stillers, he was not allowed to attend practice. What is the situation with the Fab 5 from OSU? Are they limited in practice time in the...

Penn State Football has a lot of problem areas to worry about. The QB is not one of them. Has anyone else noticed that QB is, and generally has been, the strongest position for PSU for quite a...

I'm not saying that Pitt should not have let Wanstadt go, but the general thought process is to replace the Stache with someone better. But NOOOOOOO. ESPN is reporting, at the time of this post,...

Read em and weep! http://bigtennetwork.stats.com/cbk/standings.asp?conf=003&clientdir= Ed DeChellis, Tim Curley, Graham Spanier, The PSU Board of Trustees know MENS BASKETBALL. Penn State is...

After 10 games, here's how PSU stands relative to other teams in the state. This is Sagarin stuff: Ranking, Record, Power Rating 13, Pitt, 11-1, 87.55 22, Temple, 8-2, 85.96 27, Villanova, 9-1,...

At one point during this season while watching PSU football, my 85 year-old mom asked me what the Red-Zone was. I chuckled, and explained it to her. But I wondered what it must be like to follow a...

At one point during this season while watching PSU football, my 85 year-old mom asked me what the Red-Zone was. I chuckled, and explained it to her. But I wondered what it must be like to follow a...

This is a complilation of other folks' suggestions for Big10 Division names at various places on the INTERNETS. Fake Cheese and Tomatoes....Kudos to Velveeta/Rotel for B10Network funding Dumb and...