We recently spent an afternoon with Lake the Posts, discussing the Northwestern game.  After all, it's only 139 days away.  The offseason is slowly killing us.

Nittany White Out has been ranking the toughest venues of the Big Ten.  Kinnick enters the poll at #5 (NWO has a little trouble with math).  It's placed behind Camp Randall, the Shoe, the Big House, and Happy Valley.  I can deal with that.

That whole Ferentz-to-Penn-State thing?  There Is No Name on My Jersey gets to the bottom of these shenanigans.

Paging Jim Shikenjanski examines Patrick Reusse, blogging, and the future of news.

Our friends at Troy Nunes Is an Absolute Magician bring back the Octonian, the best recurring icon-and-dialogue blog posts not involving Joe Paterno or Jim Thome.

"Who pissed off Cris Carter?" is our generation's "Who shot J.R.?"

Finally, if anyone wants Chris Palmer's 1991 Holiday Bowl ring, it's on eBay.  (No, I'm not the high bidder...OK, yes I am.)