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Better Know An Opponent: Michigan State (aka “The Final Countdown”)

LAST TIME OUT: November 17, 2007 – Michigan State struck first to go up 7-0 but PSU responded swiftly by putting up 24 unanswered points, including a TD run by Kevin Kelly off of a fake field goal at the start of the third quarter.  At the time, such a play seemed to be a [...]

Better Know An Opponent: William and Mary

No, that is not a typo:  I’m not bothering with a football preview this week.  It’s Indiana, for crying out loud.  If we don’t come out pissed off and beat them by at least 3 TD’s then I might as well just go ahead and predict a loss against Sparty next weekend. You can hit [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Iowa

I apologize for the lack of postings this week, I’ve been extremely busy with real world stuff.  Not to mention the fact that I’m scrambling to get Part One of my basketball preview finished.  Look for that to be up Sunday afternoon, right around when the Fighting DeChellises tip off in their lone exhibition against [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Ohio State

And now, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: After an incessant amount of hype and ESPN talking heads offering their two cents on who’s going to emerge victorious, Penn State and Ohio State will finally take the field tomorrow night at 8 PM in the Horseshoe in what should be an epic battle [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Wisconsin

Alright, this is gonna be super-short compared to previous “Better Know An Opponent” segments but I still have a few things to get off my chest.
Last Time Out: Oct 13, 2007 – Homecoming weekend in Happy Valley, PSU capitalized off an early fumble by Wisconsin deep in the Badger’s own territory, scoring a TD and [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Purdue

Last Time Out: Nov 3, 2007 – Coming off a humiliating blowout loss in a nationally televised night game at home to Ohio State, the Nittany Lions came into senior day at Beaver Stadium hung over like the day after an office Christmas party.  Purdue immediately drew first blood by returning the opening kickoff for [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Illinois

I originally meant to do this earlier in the week, but like always, the procrastinator in me took over.
Previous Meeting: Sept. 29, 2007 – A Penn State team reeling from an inexplicable loss at Michigan the week before came into Champaign thinking that the Illini were just what the doctor ordered to get them back [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Syracuse

Well, I finally got around to another blog post after being bogged down with class and job responsibilities.  Unfortunately, I’ve decided to scrap the whole Stephen Colbert-like approach to this segment and just go with straight-up analysis and interview.
It also turns out that just about every other PSU blogger has put up their own [...]

Better Know An Opponent: Coastal Carolina

That’s right, HHV is proud to debut a segment dedicated to attempting to gain knowledge about our opponents the same way an overprotective father gains knowledge on a guy arriving at his doorstep to take his teenage daughter to the prom: Better Know An Opponent.

And who’s our first lucky contestant(s) to face the wrath of [...]