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John Cappelletti's Heisman Acceptance Speech as Memorable as His Final Season
By Jon Weinbach - AOL NewsIt was, to put it mildly, a more simple time in college sports. There were no pay-for-play scandals exposed on Twitter, no superstar agents, no talk of conferences crafting media strategies. It was 1973, and the Heisman Trophy wasn't even awarded on live television. That year, college football's most famous statue went to Penn State's John Cappelletti, a hard-charging tailback who had led the Nittany Lions to an undefeated regular season while rushing for over 1,500 yards and 17 touchdowns. "Cappy," as he was known to teammates, and Penn State went on to complete their perfect season in the ...
Influential Climate Change Skeptic Accused of Plagiarism
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Nov. 23) -- In 2005, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who at the time headed the House energy committee, turned to George Mason University statistician Edward Wegman to refute the work of Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann. Wegman's report criticized two earlier Mann reports that calculated global temperatures of the past thousand years and presented the 20th century as the warmest one in hundreds of years, a finding that was backed by subsequent scientific papers. But Wegman's report has now been undercut by the revelation that much of it was plagiarized from other sources like ...
Penn State vs. Alabama Preview, Score and More
By FanHouse Staff - AOL NewsPenn State faces Alabama tonight in a showdown between two of college football's top programs. Unfortunately for defending national champion Alabama, its biggest offensive threat will likely remain on the sidelines. Already without suspended star defensive end Marcell Dareus, Alabama coach Nick Saban said it's unlikely that last season's ailing Heisman Trophy winner Mark Ingram will play against the Nittany Lions. The Nittany Lions and the Crimson Tide are meeting for first time since 1990, but there's quite a history between the two schools. Alabama beat Penn State in the 1979 Sugar Bowl to ...
The Culture Wars Caught on Video
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyThree very instructive videos are making the rounds online today, and in sum they are illustrative of where the discourse in America finds itself in Obama's "post-partisan" age.The first and, arguably, most offensive video comes from the halls of academia (try to withstand the shock). As Mark Hyman at The American Spectator puts it, "move over Janet Napolitano":Pennsylvania State University has joined the Napolitano school of thought in warning against the dangers presented by military veterans. The university's Division of Student Affairs produced a series of vignettes under the category of ...
USC, Pac-10 No. 1? No and No
By Ray Holloman - AOL NewsWelcome back, USC's national title hopes. Enjoy the pretzels. Try the dip. But don't get too comfortable.Yes, as the Trojans paraded Penn State's corpse from end to end of the Rose Bowl Thursday night, Pete Carroll's team again entered the national title picture. Not in the BCS system, which will award its title to either Oklahoma or Florida even if the Sooners let Charles Barkley drive the bus to the game and the Gators put Matt Millen in charge of their personnel.But AP voters are free to vote for any team and with the kind of no apologies beating the Beijing police for might be proud of, ...
Penn State 'Won Ugly'? You Missed Something
By Mark Hasty - AOL NewsWith all due respect to my esteemed colleague here at FanHouse, I have to point out that Ray Holloman missed something in his post on the Penn State victory over Ohio State Saturday night. Not to worry, though, Ray; so far, it appears that a lot of other people have missed it too.I know, based on seven of the Nittany Lions' first eight games, you all were expecting JoePa's harriers to drop 45 points and 500 yards of offense on the Buckeyes. Since I predicted a 34-31 Penn State victory, I was a little shocked too at how low the score was. (I hedged my bets in the middle of the afternoon, of ...
Big Ten Market Letter #3
By Mark Hasty - AOL NewsThey got their bachelor's degree from Florida and their master's from LSU, but Saturday night Southern California handed Ohio State a brand-new degree: the Doctor of Failosophy. Yeesh. What a curbstomping. If you really need me to tell you what to do with the Buckeyes now, I'll be happy to do so, as long as you tell me something first: Who turned the computer on for you? Don't just sell, pards; eject. There are at least two teams in the Big Ten playing better football than the Buckeyes right now.I saw a distant early warning last Saturday, and it's wasn't the Ohio-OSU game. It was the fact ...
I'll Take "Most Caucasian Rap Contest" For $200, Alex
By Brian Cook - AOL NewsA chagrined Black Shoe Diaries reports on what's possibly the second worst idea in the recent history of the Penn State football program*: The Blue-White Rapper Show is a contest for Penn State Students to showcase their rap talents as well as their love of Penn State football. The winning original rap song will be performed at halftime of the first home football game on September 1, 2007. The original rap song must be done by a solo artist (no groups) and be under one minute in length. The central theme for the rap should be Penn State Football.Folks, I was just in Happy Valley this fall, and ...
It's Been A Tough Decade For Penn State Fans
By Brian Cook - AOL NewsThis video is kind of long and watching a drunk guy fail to remember what Jordan Norwood's name is even though he is apparently both the world's biggest Penn State/Notre Dame fan (amazing he didn't commit suicide somewhere around '01) is not particularly enthralling. But for God's sake, trust me: you want to get about halfway through, when Guy Who Can't Remember Norwood's Name Guy watches Mario Manningham's last second touchdown to win the '05 Penn State-Michigan game (warning: this guy swears a lot. A lot a lot. Definitely NSFW): Alcohol + seven straight losses (at the time) == crazy ...
College Football Fan Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds
By Brian Grummell - AOL NewsLet's try a little exercise for a moment here. Close your eyes and think of a 'crooked' college football program. What comes to mind? USC? Florida State? Ohio State? Alright now close your eyes and think of a 'clean' college football program. Now what comes to mind? Penn State probably tops that list what with Joe Paterno and all the talk of doing things the right way, right?But is there really a significant ethical difference between many of these schools?Let's take a closer look at Penn State for a moment. They've spent the greater part of four decades cultivating an image as college ...
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