My quasi-vacation from sports continued this week as I didn't really watch either Penn State on Saturday (although it wasn't an option on DC networks) and only half-watched the Eagles on Sunday while alternately napping and reading the Sunday NYT.
Penn State beat Indiana, 34-7. Woot. Now that we're definitely not in the running for the National Championship, the team has lost a little sparkle. I still love the Nittany Lions, no doubt, but a lot of the urgency of the season has noticably dissipated over the last week. It was reported that a lot of students were selling their tickets (much to the dismay of die-hard fans and alumni who pay mucho dinero each year for their tix). Even my siblings have looked at next weekend's final regular season game as a throw-away, allowing them to come home early for Thanksgiving. We're still predicted to be in the Rose Bowl, which is still something to be proud of. But that Iowa game will haunt this team for a while. In other PSU football news, JoePa says he has no plans to retire...buuut he will probably need hip replacement surgery in the off season.
So the Eagles tied? I pose this as an interrogative because it's just bizzarre. The tie yesterday between the Eagles and Cincinnati--13-13--was the first since 2002. Like, this isn't fubol, it's football, since when do we tie? The end of the game after one overtime was a strange scene with no one celebrating, no one upset, and everyone just kind of looking confused. Even McNabb (who threw 3 pics and looked pretty terrible all game) said: "I didn't know that [there could be a tie]...I've never been part of a tie. I never even knew it was in the rule book. I was looking forward to getting the opportunity to get out there and try to drive to win the game. But unfortunately with the rules, we settled with a tie." Even though it's not technically a loss, it still feels like one to the Eagles who really needed a win this week. Yeah, sorry guys: the Eagles' season is over and quite possibly (probably, hopefully) maybe so are the careers of certain players and coaches.
Hey, did you know the Phillies won the World Series?
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