Black Shoe Diaries, a Penn State Nittany Lions community

I met JoePa on a warm summer day. Well, I didn’t actually meet him; it was more of a fly-by. We were walking the beach in Avalon, New Jersey. Paterno was chugging north--shirtless, shoeless,...

  In the falls of my childhood, I had something of a routine.On Fridays, I would get up and go to school excited. Not because it was Friday, but because it meant that I was going to a Penn State...

When the Grand Jury's presentment was released last Saturday, ironically a bye-week for the Penn State Nittany Lions Football Team, Joe Paterno's coaching days officially ended. It would take...

(Note: this is written from a Christian perspective. I understand if you do not agree; I hope that you are not offended. I am indebted to the work of Rene Girard, the French linguist,...

If what the Attorney General says is proven to be true, then Jerry Sandusky, Tim Curley, and Gary Schultz have failed Penn State University, every student-athlete, and every fan of the program in...

When Joe Paterno spoke about "returning favors" at the Rally in the Valley this year, it pumped up the crowd in Rec Hall and the viewers across the Interwebs. For about nineteen hours. Then...

I am seeing a trend developing here based on Penn State's performance in games and the fan/media reaction to it.  I believe we need to add a new item to the traditional W/L columns for Penn...

I just got this press release from the Big Ten Network. Thought you all might be interseted. Network to Air ‘JoePa vs. The Bear’ Tuesday Night 30-minute original special examines connections...

Fugimaster rips up an idiot Pitt writer.

Florida State could possibly be forced to forfeit the entire 2007 season sealing the all time Division I wins record for Joe Paterno.