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College Football Preview Coverage: Summed Up in 10 Questions

College football is shifting into overdrive, preparing for the long haul until January. Every day, you can't spend five minutes on the internet or TV and not find something new previewing the 2009 college football season...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 3 months ago 52 reads 3 comments
Tom Bradley Finds Himself In a Familiar Place With Penn State Secondary

Tom Bradley has been here before. The man is not only in charge of the team's defense, but the cornerbacks and secondary. As preseason camp inches closer (begins Aug...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 4 months ago 898 reads 0 comments
Givens to Rutgers, maybe

It looks like former Penn State commit Darrell Givens is headed to Piscataway. Although ESPN first reported the potential move, the Star-Ledger brings up a problem for Rutgers that was the same problem for Penn State: Givens' grades...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 4 months ago 303 reads 0 comments
Red Meat Monday: Meeechigan Edition

Today we've got a hearty plate full of juicy red meat from the Great Lakes State. Pretty much the entire Big Ten, if not the nation, was smirking at Michigan's 2008 football season...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 4 months ago 358 reads 5 comments
2010 recruiting smörgåsbord, pt. 2: Booyah!

And to think, we're not even halfway through July. Today, St. Mary's quarterback Robert Bolden (☆☆☆☆ Scout; ☆☆☆☆ Rivals) gave his verbal commitment to play for Penn State in 2010; he had 19 scholarship offers from across the nation...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 4 months ago 68 reads 0 comments
An Early Look at the Temple Owls

Temple will be better this season. And that's saying a lot after a 5-7 campaign in 2008, which included THREE gut-wrenching losses on the last play of the game. That's like three Michigan 2005's in one season...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 5 months ago 151 reads 0 comments
Dennis Dodd Takes His Own Words Served Cold

Everyone's favorite college football hack columnist at CBS Sports, Dennis Dodd, defended Florida against the recent media scrutiny of its legal issues...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 5 months ago 523 reads 1 comments
First Look At The '09 Syracuse Orange Football Team

Following its traditional opening day bloodbath, Penn State will turn its claws of destruction to the visiting Syracuse Orange...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 5 months ago 572 reads 4 comments
Media Scrutiny of Florida Falls Short of Precedent

Remember the outrage that swept across the college football universe when Penn State football players were getting into regular legal trouble? There were calls that Joe Paterno lost control of ...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 5 months ago 316 reads 5 comments
Akron Zips: First Look

Penn State kicks off 2009 with a familiar opening day foe, the Akron Zips. The Lions have hosted the Zips three times since 1999, winning by an average score of 51-17. But what do we know about the 2009 Akron Zips? Let's find out in today's First Look...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 5 months ago 349 reads 0 comments
Phil Steele's take on Penn State in 2009

I just finished reading cover-to-cover Phil Steele's 2009 College Football Preview. While I'm going to leave it up to all of you to go out and buy your own copy, we can take a quick look into how Penn State fits into this year's edition...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 5 months ago 146 reads 0 comments
Penn State Tightens Grip on Keystone State Recruiting, While Pitt Slips

Penn State got two great football commitments this week. The first was longtime Pitt fan Miles Dieffenbach (☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Scout; ☆ ☆ ☆ Rivals), who contacted PSU on Tuesday...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 6 months ago 2,482 reads 7 comments
Penn State Football Link Dump

Here's a quick rundown of what went down this weekend in Penn State football. I don't really like doing link dumps on Mondays, but then again, this is the absolute worst part of the offseason...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 6 months ago 449 reads 0 comments
Alabama Enters the Stadium Wars...via Penn State

By now Penn State is used to the annual, if not fully year-round, battle over which school has the best stadium in college football. While the Nittany Lions usually win the battles, war never ends...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 1,626 reads 4 comments
Penn State 2010 Recruiting Smörgåsbord

Lots of stuff going on with Penn State recruiting over the past week. I figured a good old catch-up session would be in order, particularly with yesterday's news that Penn State offered another quarterback for next year's class...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 720 reads 1 comments
Penn State Recruiting Recap: Offensive Firepower

It was a big last few days for Penn State football recruitment, as the Nittany Lions secured not one, but two highly-sought after recruits from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 407 reads 2 comments
Penn State Blue White Roundtable wrap: Spring edition

A few months ago, I pitched a Blue White Roundtable to the guys, but there wasn't a whole lot of interest until we all actually had something to talk about...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 300 reads 0 comments
Quick Thoughts on Penn State's Blue White Game

Penn State will now move into the long abyss after the Blue White Game and before the summer practice sessions begin. But first, let me point out a few things about the game...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 629 reads 1 comments
Penn State Blue White Game Preview: Defensive Backs

Three years ago, the Penn State football team lost all four senior starting defensive backs. Everyone was freaking out about how the program could sustain losing that kind of veteran talent, and continue to win...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 291 reads 0 comments
Penn State Blue White Game preview: Linebackers

Linebackers and Penn State. "Linebacker U." LaVar Arrington, Jack Ham, Greg Buttle, Shane Conlan, Paul Posluszny, Dan Connor; the list goes on. If there is any greater relationship between a school and a position, you'd be hard pressed to prove it...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 320 reads 0 comments
Penn State Blue White Game preview: Defensive Line

Penn State usually doesn't lose players early to the NFL Draft, which made it all the more shocking when All-Big Ten defensive ends Aaron Maybin and Maurice Evans decided to go pro following the Rose Bowl...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 108 reads 0 comments
Penn State Blue White Game Preview of the Offensive Line

Penn State lost three first-team All-Big Ten offensive linemen after this past season. Today, we continue our position by position breakdown, leading up to this weekend's Blue White Game...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 191 reads 1 comments
Penn State Blue-White Game Preview: Receivers, Tight Ends

After losing three of the most prolific receivers in school history, how will Penn State reload at that position, and which players are looking to step up in this weekend's Blue White Game? There ...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 727 reads 3 comments
Penn State's Blue White Game Preview: Offensive Backfield

Happy Valley will roar once again this weekend with the gathering of 70,000-plus Nittany Lion fans to watch the annual Blue White Game...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 762 reads 0 comments
Quick Hits from Penn State Football's Open Scrimmage

Penn State put on a full scrimmage this past weekend, and reports coming out of it aren't evoking images of last year's offensive juggernaut...

Written by Mike Pettigano about 7 months ago 284 reads 0 comments

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Mike Pettigano Article Archive

College Football Preview Coverage: Summed Up in 10 Questions

Tom Bradley Finds Himself In a Familiar Place With Penn State Secondary

Givens to Rutgers, maybe

Red Meat Monday: Meeechigan Edition

2010 recruiting smörgåsbord, pt. 2: Booyah!

An Early Look at the Temple Owls

Dennis Dodd Takes His Own Words Served Cold

First Look At The '09 Syracuse Orange Football Team

Media Scrutiny of Florida Falls Short of Precedent

Akron Zips: First Look

Phil Steele's take on Penn State in 2009

Penn State Tightens Grip on Keystone State Recruiting, While Pitt Slips

Penn State Football Link Dump

Alabama Enters the Stadium Wars...via Penn State

Penn State 2010 Recruiting Smörgåsbord

Penn State Recruiting Recap: Offensive Firepower

Penn State Blue White Roundtable wrap: Spring edition

Quick Thoughts on Penn State's Blue White Game

Penn State Blue White Game Preview: Defensive Backs

Penn State Blue White Game preview: Linebackers

Penn State Blue White Game preview: Defensive Line

Penn State Blue White Game Preview of the Offensive Line

Penn State Blue-White Game Preview: Receivers, Tight Ends

Penn State's Blue White Game Preview: Offensive Backfield

Quick Hits from Penn State Football's Open Scrimmage

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