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November 20 Philadelphia Inquirer: LANDOVER, Md. – It has been a constant demand of Joe Paterno throughout Penn State’s up-and-down 2010 football season, the need to get game-changing plays from the special teams and defense. Late in the third quarter Saturday, with the sputtering Nittany Lions locked in a tie with Big Ten cellar-dweller Indiana [More...]
November 20 Philadelphia Inquirer: NEWARK, Del. – After Villanova’s recent two-game skid, the popular belief was the Delaware Blue Hens would defeat their archrival Wildcats. That led to the belief that Villanova, the defending Football Championship Subdivision champion, wouldn’t advance to this season’s playoffs. Oh, really? The 15th-ranked Wildcats destroyed a few beliefs here in [More...]
November 14 Philadelphia Inquirer: Villanova could go from being last season’s national champion to not even making the playoffs this year. After Saturday’s 31-24 loss to No. 17 New Hampshire at Villanova Stadium, the ninth-ranked Wildcats will be fighting for survival. That’s what is at stake for the defending Football Championship Subdivision champion in next [More...]
November 14 Philadelphia Inquirer: COLUMBUS, Ohio – For one half Saturday, Matt McGloin was living up to his newfound fame, dissecting the opponent’s secondary and giving Penn State an unlikely 11-point lead at a stunned Ohio Stadium. Then reality reared its head. Ohio State played like the nation’s No. 8 team in the second half [More...]
November 14 bluehens.com: AMHERST, Mass. — The University of Delaware offense played the starring role Saturday as the Blue Hens piled up 510 yards of total offense and quarterback Pat Devlin threw touchdown passes to four different receivers in a 45-27 football victory over Massachusetts on a perfect autumn day at McGuirk Stadium. And not [More...]
November 6 philly.com: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) That’s 400 and counting for Joe Paterno. JoePa became the first major college coach with 400 victories when Penn State rallied from a three-touchdown deficit Saturday night to defeat Northwestern 35-21. Backup quarterback Matt McGloin threw for four touchdowns and the Nittany Lions (6-3, 3-2 Big Ten) shut [More...]
November 6 philly.com: KENT, Ohio (AP) Mike Gerardi passed for 368 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as Temple handed Kent State its first home loss of the season, 28-10. Gerardi also rushed for a score, and Bernard Pierce rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown for the Owls (8-2, 5-1 Mid-American Conference). Temple had 465 [More...]
November 6 Philadelphia Inquirer: KINGSTON, R.I. – As far as Villanova coach Andy Talley was concerned, the Wildcats brought a perfect formula with them for yesterday’s Colonial Athletic Conference game at Rhode Island. A perfect formula for disaster. Rhode Island capitalized on three turnovers plus a blocked punt and shocked third-ranked Villanova, 17-14. “We were [More...]
November 6 bluehens.com: NEWARK, Del. — The University of Delaware could do little wrong on both sides of the ball Saturday afternoon as the No. 5 ranked Blue Hens piled up 589 yards of total offense and held Towson to just eight first downs on the way to a 48-0 Colonial Athletic Association rout before [More...]
October 31 Philadelphia Inquirer: STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – While Michigan’s Denard Robinson burned the Beaver Stadium grass at his feet with his dashing and darting, Penn State’s Matt McGloin was cool, composed, and more than competent. McGloin, the former walk-on making his first career start, passed for one touchdown, ran for another, and engineered one [More...]