Day: October 2, 2005

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There’s a buzz about our girls too

This afternoon the #7 ranked womens field hockey team beat Michigan 3-2 to run their consecutive win streak to 12, tieing the second longest winning streak in school history. Michigan was 13th ranked going into the game. The women remain atop the Big Ten play along with Ohio State and Indiana who are also undefeated in the conference.

Go here for the full story on the field hockey win.

Saturday night the #4 ranked womens volleyball team defeated Indiana 3-0 in front of 3178 fans, including UncleLar, improving their record to 13-2 fans. The ladies are 4-0 in conference play and are tied with Wisconsin for the league lead.

Go here for the full story on the volleyball win.

Also this afternoon, the 2nd ranked womens soccer team remained undefeated with a 2-1 overtime victory at Wisconsin for their 12th consecutive win. All-American Tiffany Wiemer scored in her 12th consecutive game and is 3 short of Brandi Chastain’s NCAA record of 15 straight. The women are the defending Big Ten champions and are atop the Big Ten along with Indiana.

Go here for the full story on the soccer win.

These girls are good.

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More signs of the buzz

Today, PSU made its an appearance in the AP and USA Today top twenty for the first time in 3 years.

Look for ESPN to announce, either later today or sometime tomorrow, that Gameday will be headed to Happy Valley.
(Monday morning editors note: While the SID has yet to confirm the student paper has announced that ESPNs GameDay will be here Saturday. Plus ESPN’s TV schedule lists State College as the locale for the broadcast.)

On Tuesday, Sports Illustrated will name Penn State as the #1 tailgating locale in college football.

Happy days are here again.

Monday noon addition:

Students have already started getting in line to be the first in the stadium Saturday.

Paternoville

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The buzz is back in Happy Valley

ESPN.com – COLUMNIST/FORDE – Forde: Something to shout about:
“STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — With the sun setting on a perfect football Saturday and the home team up 30 big ones, a familiar chant shook Beaver Stadium.

‘We are!’ bellowed one side of the stadium.

‘Penn State!’ roared the other side.

Back and forth it went. With feeling. And with good reason.

For the first time in years, being Penn State is something to shout about.

Being Penn State means being a player on the national scene once again. It means a 5-0 record for the first time since 1999, the end of an 11-game losing streak against ranked opponents, an impending national ranking, a ton of hype for Ohio State’s arrival next Saturday and happy chants echoing through Happy Valley. It means the Nittany Lions stand alongside Alabama, Nebraska and Notre Dame in the Resurgent Old Money Program department.”

Go to the complete article

The town was really jumping following our big win yesterday. One point the author failed to note was that Penn State now has the third longest winning streak in the country trailing only USC and Texas. We have quietly been lurking on the national scene this season and this win will alert many to us BUT the real test will be this Saturday when Ohio State comes to Happy Valley for a 7:45PM kickoff and an ESPN national audience. A win there will prove that we are really back.

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Thanksgiving

Lisman’s Mom has asked us to invite Shannon, Mar and Steve to NY for Thanksgiving. She remembers fondly a Thanksgiving with Shan and has been wanting to do it again ever since. Were you here, too, Mar?

Larry, do you have T-Day plans? I don’t remember any pix of you in a Pilgrim or turkey costume, so I suspect you don’t have any annual events scheduled around T-Day.