Any of us could die in a car crash. That’s why we don’t romanticize it. But there’s only one Joe Dado.
And the sooner we all stop to acknowledge that, to understand just what it tells us about ourselves, the better.
Patriot News columnist David Jones described this game as "a beautiful day for a ritual sacrifice." A more apt phrase has never been written. UMass is bad -- one of the worst teams in the FBS -- and it was, indeed, a beautiful day in Happy Valley, with temperatures in the low 70s and the ambiance downtown at its perfect peak.
A Penn State Young Americans for Freedom video has been making waves in libertarian circles this week after being posted to the conservative website Breitbart.
Penn State couldn't quite crack the top-25 in the AP or USA Today Coach's polls after beating Rutgers this weekend, but at least Sports Illustrated is giving the Nittany Lions some respect.
"When you put on a Penn State helmet, you cannot be beaten. It's your suit of armor, baby. There's no way you can be beaten."