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Nittany Nation is the place to go for the latest news and rumblings about the Penn State football program. Our team of contributors, led by longtime Nittany Lion beat reporter Frank Bodani, will offer perspectives and insight on PSU from the present and past, along with coverage of York County's unique connections to Penn State football.
Category Archives: Life on the road
Life on the Road Part II: Culinary steps into unchartered territory
Even in times of scandal and intrigue, Penn State is playing big games on the road. Which means that we must follow and write and report about it all – and, of course, eat. So with a crazy-early flight into … Continue reading
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Life on the Road: Bumping into Penn State’s Matt Millen
You never know who you’re going to see while hanging around a big airport, waiting to get on a plane in a faraway city. Like on one of those tiny planes that you really can’t stand up in and used … Continue reading
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Tagged Joe Paterno, Matt Millen, Penn State
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Pickup basketball with Penn State reporters, staffers
Kickoff for Penn State’s game against Northwestern on Saturday isn’t until 7 p.m., but the Penn State entourage — players, coaches, reporters, photographers, staff members — arrived in the Chicago area by Friday night. So how do they fill the … Continue reading
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A Mexican culinary gem hidden at Chicago’s O’Hare airport
We have a couple of themes to honor during our Penn State football “Life on the Road” series. The first is rather simple: Since you must eat, you might as well eat well. The second only applies to this season … Continue reading
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Freezing football at Penn State … in the middle of spring
Maybe never before have Penn State fans and players dealt with weather like this during the football carnival known as the Blue-White Game. How many mid-April days of any kind, for that matter, can you remember quite like this? We’re … Continue reading
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A frosty Florida beginning
I felt sorry for the palm trees. This is Florida, central Florida even. Gulf Coast Florida. Maybe even a bit of southern Florida, if you consider how the University of South Florida is in town. And yet … It was … Continue reading
Life on the Road
When you’re on the road covering Penn State football, there are a lot of opportunities to grab a meal at some steak house or Midwest chain-of-the-day, like a Steak’n Shake. Some of us attempt, very strongly, to do the opposite. … Continue reading
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Some weirdly-warm weather for Lions
For sure, tomorrow’s Penn State game in Columbus will be easy on the fans. The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with temperatures around 67 degrees at kickoff with a 7 mph wind from the south. Even when the fourth … Continue reading
Some football fun … Halloween style
A night game in Beaver Stadium means a “white out” of some sort. That means the student section (more than 20,000-strong) or even the entire stadium is encouraged to wear white. And, actually, it’s a pretty stunning sight at night, … Continue reading
Life on the road
It’s been an odd scene here in the Cedar Rapids Marriott leading up to the big Penn State-Iowa Big Ten opener. The hotel is overtaken by two groups: There’s the week-long convention of middle-aged and senior-citizen women wearing black skirts, … Continue reading
