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November - 2009

REMAIN CALM. ALL IS WELL.
Special Teams Upgraded
BSD Staff Previews: Michigan State
North Carolina Defeats Valiant Penn State, 80-69.
Basketball Open Thread: PSU v. UNC-Something
Malicious Internet Interrogation, Part Two: The Only Colors
Malicious Internet Interrogation: The Only Colors
No, Sparty, No!
Lose It Or Move It
Hey, It's A Basketball Open Thread!
Brandon Beachum (Officially) Tears ACL
Monday Questions, or "Let's Rationalize A Possible BCS Bid"
Penn State #14 In BCS; Iowa #13
Tip Of The Hate
Special Teams Coach: Located And Free
Late Games Second Half Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Afternoon Games Second Half Thread
Afternoon Games Open Thread
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread
Pregame Open Thread
BSD Staff Predictions: Indiana
Senior Day Haiku
Friday, Friday, Friday!
Penn State Basketball Preview - Part IV
Nitt Picks Doesn't Need A Name
Penn State Basketball Preview - Part III
Icers take on the "easy" weekends
Royster And Bowman To Bolt?
2,710 Calories Of Mediocrity May Have To Wait
So Long Casual Penn State Fan
Making Big Plays?
The Familiar Fallout: Poll Drops, BCS Position, Next Week's Lines
And Here Come The Pretzels
Here We Come, Baby!
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread
Early Games Second Half Thread
Early Games Open Thread
So Much On The Line
When You've Lost The Redneck Rocker
BSD Staff Predictions: Ohio State
GRRHATEKILL.
Poisonous! Nuts!
Nitt Picks Is Asking "What Streak?"
Ohio State Preview By The Numbers
Grading the Penn State Offense Against Northwestern
It Finished Second To The Joe Paterno Pumpkin That Was Powered By Puppy Blood
A Student Section In The Country
Wrap-Up: STANZIBALL STANZIBALL STANZIBALL
Grading The Penn State Defense Against Northwestern
Penn State Polls And Vegas Lines
It Was A Slow Turning Engine: Penn State 34, Northwestern 13

October - 2009

Late Games Second Half Open Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread
Early Games Second Half Open Thread
Early Games Open Thread
Pregame Open Thread
BSD Staff Predictions: Northwestern Wildcats
Daryll Clark Posts 395.57 Passer Rating In Practice
Freshman Bill Edwards Tears MCL
Malicious Internet Interrogation With Lake The Posts
Penn State Basketball Preview - Part II
Nitts Picks Is Peaking At The Wrong Time
Icers Start Up the ESCHL Schedule
Northwestern Preview By The Numbers
Joe Paterno Press Conference Notes
Penn State Basketball Preview - Part I
Grading the Penn State Defense Against Michigan
Grading the Penn State Offense Against Michigan
Wrap-Up: And Then There Were Three
Penn State 10 In Coaches' Poll, Lower In Computers
Penn State 35, Michigan 10: Kneel Before Zug
Late Games Second Half Open Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread
Early Games Second Half Open Thread
Early Games Open Thread
Pregame Open Thread
BSD Staff Predictions: Michigan Wolverines
Malicious Internet Interrogation With Maize-n-Brew
Nitt Picks Shouldn't Have Brought That Noise
Max Headroom Called, He Wants His Royalty Check
Come To Penn SHTAAAAATE - Point Guard Trey Burke
Michigan Preview By The Numbers
The Righteous Path
Joe Paterno Press Conference Notes
Fear This: Tate Forcier
Nitt Picks Vaguely Remembers Some Other Sport They Play On Campus In The Winter
Grading The Penn State Offense Against Minnesota
Of Caution, Curley, And Comeuppance
Come To Penn STAAAAATE: Khamrone Kolb
Grading The Penn State Defense Against Minnesota
Pay No Attention: Penn State 13th In First BCS Standings
Penn State Freezes Minnesota 20-0
Late Games Second Half Open Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter TEAM FIGHT! Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread
Early Games Second Half Thread
Early Games Open Thread
Pregame Open Thread
This Should Be Fun: No Parking In Grass Lots
Minnesota Will Be Totally Unprepared
Minnesota Preview - BSD Staff Predictions
Malicious Internet Interrogation with Daily Gopher
This Aggression Will Not Stand
Minnesota Preview By The Numbers
Nitt Picks Is Wondering About Iowa
Grading the Penn State Defense Against Eastern Illinois
Wrap-Up: Maybe We Can Dismiss This As Parity
What Lies Ahead
Grading the Penn State Offense Against Eastern Illinois
Penn State 52, Eastern Illinois 3: We Finally Get The Beatdown We Were Promised
Late Games Second Half Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Afternoon Games Second Half Thread
Afternoon Games Open Thread
Second Half Open Thread
Pregame Open Thread
There Will Be No Preview Today - Blame Curley
The Still Life Takes Its Happy Pills
Nitt Picks Is Tired Of Eating Dessert First
Joe Paterno Press Conference Notes
It's Up To You
Grading the Penn State Offense Against Illinois
OH NOES -- Wait, This Actually Isn't So Terrible After All
Khairi Fortt Picks Penn State
Is The Record War Drawing To A Close?
Grading the Penn State Defense Against Illinois
Polls Get Jumpy: Penn State 14th in AP, 12th in Coaches
Ah Yes, Equilibrium: Penn State 35, Illinois 17
Late Games Second Half Open Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread
Early Games Second Half Thread
Early Games Open Thread
Illinois Preview - BSD Staff Predictions
The Story: Zook Gets Desperate
The Still Life Dies In The Trenches
Malicious Internet Interrogation With Hail To The Orange
Between The Ears

September - 2009

Maybe We Should Have Seen This Coming
Illinois Fighting Illini Preview By The Numbers
Penn State Unveils New Offensive Line
Joe Paterno Press Conference Recap
Wrap-Up: It's Like A Nightmare
Grading the Penn State Defense Against the Iowa Hawkeyes
Grading The Offense: Nittany Lions Put The Turd In Saturday
The Fallout: Penn State 13th In Coaches' Poll
The Morning After - Penn State Falls To Iowa 21-10
Post Game Thread
Fourth Quarter Open Thread
Third Quarter Open Thread
Second Quarter Open Thread - Penn State vs. Iowa
Afternoon Games Second Half Thread
Afternoon Games Open Thread
Noon Games Open Thread
Game Day Open Thread - Pregame Threads
Staff Predictions: Iowa at Penn State
Iowa: What's The Story?
White House: You'll See The Rain
Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Penn State By The Numbers
The Still Life: Blow up the Outside
You Can't See Nitt Picks Because Of All The Smoke
Joe Paterno Press Conference Recap
Wrap-Up: Don't Look Now But The Big Ten Isn't That Awesome
Depth Chartin': Last Clan Standing
Grading The Offense: Tighten Up
Just Another Panic Monday
Grading the Penn State Defense Against Temple
Pre-venge
Come To Penn Staaaaaate! - Dominique Easley
College GameDay Is Comin’ To Your Cit-ay!
Sunday Link Dump
Late Games Second Half Thread
Late Games Open Thread
Afternoon Games Second Half Thread
Afternoon Games Open Thread
Penn State Handles The Owls 31-6
Penn State vs. Temple Second Half Open Thread
Pregame Open Thread
Penn State vs. Temple Previews - Please Make This Be Over
Come To Penn Staaaaaate!: C.J. Olaniyan
The Still Life: Man Piles and the Goalline
Malicious Internet Interrogation With Temple Football Forever
The Daryll Clark Heisman Watch
George Steinbrenner Hates Joe Paterno
Sympathy For The Devil
Joe Paterno Press Conference Recap
Grading The Penn State Defense Against Syracuse
Rounding Up, Week Two: All In!
Zach Zwinak Commits to Penn State
The King Is Dead - Make Room For A New One
Grading the Penn State Offense Against Syracuse
Penn State Moves Up To 5th In The AP Poll
Sunday Link Dump
Ohio State - USC Second Half Open Thread
Open Thread: Game Of The Century Of The Week!
Penn State Downs The Orange 28-7
Second Half Open Thread
TNIAAM/BSD: The Conversations II
Staff Predictions: Penn State vs. Syracuse
Stop The Punt Returner Madness
Vegas Knows Best Can't Tell Akron and Syracuse Apart
Nitt Picks Is Somewhat Articulate But Does Not Kill
Joe Paterno Press Conference Highlights
Grading The Penn State Offense Against Akron
Rounding Up: The Cupcakes Stare Back Without Fear
Grading the Penn State Defense Against Akron
Daryll Clark Named Co-Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week
Sunday Morning Link Dump
Penn State Throttles The Zips 31-7
Third Quarter Open Thread - Akron
Second Quarter Open Thread - Akron
Welcome Back Casual Penn State Fan
Mike Zordich Jr. Charged With DUI
Penn State vs. Akron BSD Preview
Kenny Chesney Was A Bad Choice
New Penn State Tradition
Meet The New Walk Ons
The Time Is Approaching
Akron Blogger Q&A
College Pick 'Em Reminder
Nitt Picks Can Taste It
Brandon Ware Breaks Foot; Out One Month
Fear This: Chris Jacquemain

August - 2009

Of Watering Holes And Satellite Bliss
Potential Penn State Problem #1: Extra Crispy
Penn State's No. 1 Reason For Hope - Daryll Clark
Appropriate Punishment For Michigan?
We Have A Winner
Potential Penn State Problems: Also Receiving Votes
BSD On The Radio
Penn State's Reason For Hope #2 - We're Linebacker U
Potential Penn State Problem #2: Musical Chairs For Dancing Bears
Everybody Has A Price
Prognostication By Candlelight
Nitt Picks Only Appears Overconfident
Fear This: Eric Decker
BSD College Pick 'Em on ESPN
Glass Bottles Banned From PSU Tailgates; Smokers Shut Out
Penn State Mens Basketball Schedule - Challenging But Doable
Penn State #9 In AP Poll
Inside, Outside Will Not Run That Kickoff Gimmick
Fear This: Arrelious Benn
Potential Penn State Problem #3: The Cracked Eggshell
Penn State's Reason For Hope #3 - Evan Royster
Potential Penn State Problem #4: Catching On
Penn State's Reason For Hope #4 - Larry Johnson Sr.
Potential Penn State Problem #5: Can I Kick It?
BSD on the Radio
Five Reasons For Hope For Penn State In 2009
Nitt Picks Has Changed, But Things Look The Same
Mauti Suffers Knee Injury
I'm The Luckiest Man Here. My Hearing Aid Doesn't Work.
Profiles In Pageview Whoring
Nitt Picks Humbly Accepts Its Underdog Status
Like The Horse And Buggy Going To The Moon
Nitt Picks Is Hip To Your Jive, Son
BSD On The Radio
Nitt Picks is Slow Out of the Gate This Morning
The Joe Paterno Bowl?
Only Rocky Washington Until Football
Nitt Picks Forgives And Kind Of Forgets
All Of Your Airwaves Are Belong To Us
Cappy Commotion
Nitt Picks Is Sliding Sometimes

July - 2009

Come To Penn Staaaaate!: Dakota Royer Jumps Into PSU Recruiting Class
Nitt Picks Is Actually Kind Of Scared
Nitt Picks Is Defiling Your Tablecloth
What Desperation Smells Like
That's What He Said
Come On Down: Kevin Haplea Choo-Choo-Chooses Penn State
Good Morning, You're About To Call In Dead!
Inside-Outside is Sick of The Tebow
Lessons In Accidental Hilarity
Nitt Picks Is Not Too Bulky To Pick Nitts
You Are Stupid And Irrelevant And Nobody Likes You
Penn State Receiver Charged With DUI
Who Cares About The Heisman?
The Revival Tent Smells Like Bacon
Inside-Outside: Dreams and Nightmares
Nitt Picks Has Its PR All Backwards
Nitt Picks Puts Honey Mustard on His Sandwich
Lucky 13: WR Alex Kenney Picks PSU
The Big East: 25 Years Too Late
Summing Up The Parts Of The Offensive Line
And They Say WE'RE The Delusional Ones
Nitt Picks Is Ignoring His Honey Do List
Penn State Lift For Life Recap
Come On Down: Quarterback Robert Bolden Selects Penn State
Nitt Picks Saw The Police And They Rolled Right Past Me
Good Question
Vegas Knows Best Doesn't See The Glass
Robert Bolden Deciding; Paul Jones Not Hopelessly Crippled
World, Meet Talor Battle
Nitt Picks Has Learned Its Lesson
And The Football Angels Rejoiced
Nitt Picks Has Your Alarm Clock Right Here, Buddy
You Didn't Need Those Fingers Anyway
Inside, Outside: Playing Thin and Bullies In High Places
Nitt Picks Will Not Take Those Odds
Commit #11: Levi Norwood
Now Contains Football-Like Substance!

June - 2009

Nitt Picks Is Sold Out
Nitt Picks Brings You Back From The Dead
Half The Battle
Perfect Ten: Come On Down, DaQuan Jones
Commit #9: DT Evan Hailes
Nitt Picks Waxes On, Waxes Off
Inside, Outside: Road Trips and Cheeseburger Charlie
Nitt Picks is Stalling
Nitt Picks Has No Theme
Oh No! Pitt Sucks Again!
Nitt Picks Is The Youngest Evah
Penn State Freshmen Update
Nitt Picks is Asterisk Free
Almost Heaven?
Remain Calm! All Is Well!
State College High's Basketball Team Just Got Better
Joe Paterno On ESPN
Nitt Picks Has Plenty of Bulletin Board Material
Blogfightin' The Rock
Kyle Baublitz Commits to Penn State
Penn State Recruiting Update - Defense
Nitt Picks is Ready for the Weekend
Why Does Ohio State Get A Pass?
Oh PR, You Fill Our Hearts With False Hope
Penn State Lunchtime links
Offense Recruiting Update
Nitt Picks Has a Little Everything Today
Nitt Picks Isn't Quite Awake Yet
Announcing: "We Are Penn State" Preseason Magazine
BSD Meet-n-Greet Part II?
All Your WPIAL Linemen Are Belong To Us
Nitt Picks Does It Because You Do It Too
Gimme Pitt-iful Tears and a Siren
Throwing Carolina Blue Mud

May - 2009

BSD Meet and Greet 2 PM Monday
Prepare Yourself For Potential Lameness
Only Brandon Ware Until Penn State Football
Gregg Doyel, Villainous Incompetent Turd
There's A Star Man Waiting In The Sky
Splish Splash, Dakota Royer Is No Fan Of Gravity
Okay, Okay, Back To Work.
The Revival Tent: Kerry Collins Rejected My Demo Tape
Nitt Picks Says "That All U Got?"
Penn State Names 2009 Team Captains
Nitt Picks Is On Toast, Spread Thin
Nitt Picks Is All About The Benjamins
Terrelle Pryor: Great Quarterback Or The *Greatest* Quarterback?
Sending Subliminal Signals In Our Nation's Capital
Bobby Bowden Is Pathetic
Capital None
Penn State Volleyball Open Thread
Yeah, You Told Us
Basketball Recruiting: Welcome, Bill Edwards.
Nitt Picks Is Polite, But Snickering
Nitt Picks is Smokin' and Streakin'
Luke Graham Commits to Penn State
Here We Go Again
Silas Redd Commits to Penn State
The Revival Tent: Party Of Eleven, Table For Twelve

April - 2009

Warm Up The Siren: Adrian Coxson Picks Penn State
Nitt Picks Is Arbitrarily Enforcing The Rules
You Couldn't Even Let Us Enjoy The Land Grant?
We're All Growns Up, And Making Bryce Paup References
Spring Game Wrap-Up Mothership
Blue White Game Recap
Weekend Open Thread
Your BSD Blue-White Game Preview
Paterno Discusses Sean Lee and LB Situation
Nitt Picks Knows You Are Watching
Penn State Basketball Schedule Details Released
Judge Wags Finger, Extends Bowman's Probation
Cael Sanderson And The Post-Paterno Era
Because I Got High.  Again.
What The Hell Is Happening In Ann Arbor?
Nitt Picks Can't Escape The Lists
All The Questions You Wanted, All The Answers You Expected
Sometimes Life Gives You Cupcakes
Jay Paterno And The Development Of Penn State Quarterbacks
Happy Supreme Overlord Of The Universe Day!
Pitt Plays Spring Game, Local Paper Gives Not One Crap
BSD Tournament Challenge Winner
This Is What You've Won: Tim Frazier Soars and Scores
So Which One Was 'The Fumble'?
Gradulations, You Made The Front Page!
Can I Get a Caption Contest?
Talkin' Bad Idea Blues
Looking Ahead To 2009-2010
Nitt Picks Is Running Like Hell
Why It Mattered
Penn State Wins the NIT Championship
Penn State Wins NIT; Cornley Smashes
Final Threadageddon Part Two
The Best Form Of Flattery
The Song Remains The Same
Penn State Downs Notre Dame - Advances to NIT Finals
Daryll Clark Ruptures Achilles Tendon

March - 2009

Son Of Threadageddon: Cornley's Revenge
Threadageddon: Penn State vs. Notre Dame At The Garden
Phil Taylor Cares Not For Your Rules
Did You Feel That?
Nitt Picks is Not Wearing Pads Yet
Penn State Kicks Off Spring Practice
Notre Dame Is In The Computer
Nittany Lion(s) of the Week - Anastasia Ferdman and Doris Willette
Bring On The Irish
Penn State Advances to NIT Final Four
Nitt Picks Emerges From The Cocoon With A Football
Penn State National Champions
Round Two Day Two Open Thread
Round Two - Day One Open Thread
NCAA Tournament Day Two Open Thread
Penn State Advances to NIT Third Round
The Late Late Thread
March Madness Open Threadageddon -- Thursday Afternoon Edition
Worth A Shot
Nittany Lion of the Week - Talor Battle
Do As We Do, Not As We Say
Nittany Lions Left in the Cold
I BLAME IOWA
Sunday Bubbly Sunday
Last In, First Out.
Wishes And Ponies And Stuff
Penn State Falls to Purdue
Second Half Open Thread
Big Ten Tournament Open Thread
Penn State Advances - Purdue Awaits
Threadageddon Second Half Forecast: Mostly Gloating
Big Ten Tournament Open Thread
Nitt Picks is Preparing for the Game of Its Life
Vegas Knows Best Roars Back For The Big Ten Tournament
Nittany Lion of the Week - Ed DeChellis
Luck! Huh! Good God Y'all. What Is It Good For?
Shiny Little Trophies For Everyone
Monday Pepper Likes The Other End Of The Spectrum
Penn State Falls in Iowa
To Rush or Not To Rush
Penn State Defeats Illinois - Moves One Step Closer to the NCAA Tournament
It's Gonna Fall In! [Penn State 64, Illinois 63]
Second Half Open Thread
The Kids Are Alright: Part Five
Fuzzy Math Presents: Bottom Lines In The Big Ten
Nittany Lion of the Week - Brandi Personett
The Hoosier Report Dies, Is Reborn
Monday Pepper Is Swept, No Hitted, Making Up Words
Penn State Defeats Indiana...Barely

February - 2009

Second Half Open Thread
Hold On To Your Hats: Baseball Team Takes On Texas
2010 Recruiting - Wide Receivers
Post-Gazette Bursts Its Own Credibility
Ohio State Game Wrap-Up: The Roller Coaster Swings Back Down
Nittany Lion(s) of the Week - THON
Second Half Thread: Penn State at Ohio State
Nitt Picks Has No Comeback
Monday Pepper - BIG EAST-Big Ten Challenge
Deon Butler Melts NFL Combine Stopwatches
2010 Recruiting - Running Backs
Ed Hightower To Referee PSU at Ohio State?  Seriously?
Black Shoe Shirts & Pants: Your Basketball T-Shirts
A Celebration Of Masonry: Lions Win 38-33.
The Struggle Train Pulls Away From Champaign With An Unlikely Victory
The Possibility Of A Big Ten Hockey Conference
Nittany Lion of the Week - Max Holt
A Look at 2010 Penn State Recruiting - Quarterbacks
The Kids Are Alright: Part Four
You're Killing Me Smalls
Back on the Bubble
A Good Week For The People On The Inside
Stuck in a Tailspin
Basketball Recruiting: Hi, I Am Sasa!
Nitt Picks Plays Better With A Nickname
Nittany Lion of the Week - Gayle Hunter
The Kids Are Alright: Part Three
That Was Fun. Let's Do It Again
Decommit U
Wisconsin Wins Most Boring Game Ever
No One Said The Bandwagon Was Comfortable
Penn State Gets Pwned
As The Blogdome Turns: Big Ten Recruiting Review
Nittany Lion of the Week - Talor Battle
Final Thoughts on Signing Day
Signing Day Open Thread Continued
Letter of Intent Day Open Thread
Nitt Picks Shoots Free Throws Like Rick Barry
Attention All BSD Addicts!
So You Think You Can Dance?
Lions Upset Spartans on the Road
Super Bowl XLIIIZQMPSHAMA-LAMA-DING-DONG Open Thread
Lions Limp To Finish Line; Win First Game (Yes, Ever) At Michigan State

January - 2009

Nitt Picks Is Officially Lame
Hate Penn State Week Continues
What Has Derrick Williams Done For You?  Nothing. Absolutely Nothing.
Jordan Norwood, Lydell Sargeant, and Rich Ohrnberger Scouting Reports
Nittany Lion of the Week - Jamelle Cornley
Entirely One-Sided Internet Questionsing With Black Heart Gold Pants
Wlat Knows Best: How Joe Paterno Retroactively (And Hypothetically) Screwed Larry Fitzgerald
Videofication: Derrick Williams In The Senior Bowl
Cornley Keeps Big Dance Dreams Alive
Penn State Efficient, Says Football Outsiders
Nitt Picks Throws a Lot At You
The Kids Are Alright: Part Two
Nitt Picks Is Making Its Own News
Mike Wallace Commits to Nittany Lions
Penn State Dominates Michigan
The Kids Are Alright: Part One
Iceberg? What Iceberg?
Nittany Lion of the Week - Jamelle Cornley
Economists Like Taking The Fun Out Of It
AFC Championship Game Open Thread
NFC Championship Game Open Thread
Penn State's Monster Recruiting Weekend
Larry Johnson Sr. To Stay At Penn State, World Will Not End
Penn State "Trips Up" Against Michigan State
Icers Get Back To It
Nitt Picks is Cold and Afraid
Recruiting Skills, Play Calling Skills, Bow Hunting Skills
Nittany Lion of the Week - Max Holt
Nitt Picks Can't Make Up Its Mind
Penn State Demoralized by Minnesota
Project Maybe?
College Pick 'Em Final Standings
Project Mayhem Going Pro
Final 2008 Blogpoll Ballot
BCS Championship 2nd Half Thread
BCS Championship Open Thread
Your Percentage Of Heart Attack, Computed
Nittany Lion of the Week
Ron Zook Pursuing Larry Johnson
Penn State Knocks Off #14 Purdue
Pocketful Of Clang
Fearing Not That I'd Become My Enemy
Joe Paterno Has No Time For Your Feeble Threats, Lisa Salters
Jordan Hill Commits to Penn State
Nitt Picks Would Probably Rank Seventh Or Lower In Big Twelve Blog News Roundups
The Morning After
It Is What It Is
New Years Day Open Thread

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