Morelli OnLion: A Memorial for Joe
February 2, 2012 at 5:34 AM by Chris Morelli · Leave a Comment
Tweet What a surreal three months it has been in Happy Valley. Following the firing of Joe Paterno on November 9 to his death a little over a week ago, it has been a time unlike any other on the campus of Penn State University. In today’s edition of Morelli OnLion, we’re not going to debate the lasting legacy of Paterno. Instead, we’ll take...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: Changing of the guard
January 12, 2012 at 5:45 AM by Chris Morelli · 1 Comment
Tweet It took nearly two months, but Penn State finally has its man. On Saturday at the Nittany Lion Inn, 42-year-old Bill O’Brien was introduced as the new football coach at Penn State. On Nov. 9, the Penn State Board of Trustees fired former coach Joe Paterno in the midst of a child sex abuse scandal involving former Penn State defensive...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: TicketCity Preview
December 31, 2011 at 12:37 PM by Chris Morelli · Leave a Comment
Tweet It’s almost here. The Penn State football team is in Dallas preparing for the TicketCity Bowl, which takes place on Monday. The Nittany Lions are underdogs to Houston in the contest, which doesn’t have a whole lot of history. In today’s edition of Morelli OnLion, we’ll preview the big game and take a closer look at the coaching...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: That’s the Ticket
December 16, 2011 at 6:22 AM by Chris Morelli · 2 Comments
Tweet Just when it appears that things can’t possibly get any more bizarre surrounding the Penn State sex scandal, they do. This week’s bizarre turn came on Tuesday, when former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky waived his preliminary hearing at the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte. In the meantime, the Penn State football...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: Don’t blame the media
December 1, 2011 at 5:35 AM by Chris Morelli · 6 Comments
Tweet The past several weeks have been interesting, to say the least. In the wake of one of the worst scandals in the history of collegiate athletics, emotions have been all over the map. We’ve seen students so upset that they rioted in the streets of Happy Valley. Some alumni have pledged never to attend another Penn State football game....
Read More...Morelli OnLion: An American Tragedy
November 18, 2011 at 11:13 AM by Chris Morelli · 3 Comments
Tweet It’s been a couple of surreal weeks in weeks in Happy Valley. As the child sex abuse scandal continues to unfold, we can only sit back and shake our heads in disbelief. How did something like this take place at Penn State under iconic coach Joe Paterno? It’s hard to imagine a scandal of any type taking place at University Park,...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: The Sound of Silence
November 9, 2011 at 12:43 PM by Chris Morelli · Leave a Comment
Tweet What a mess we have here at Penn State. As news of Jerry Sandusky’s arrest broke, members of the news media waited for a news conference. We’re still waiting. In the days and hours since the biggest scandal in the history of college athletics broke, we kept hoping that someone at the university would hold a news conference to...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: Bye Has Arrived
November 4, 2011 at 9:47 AM by Chris Morelli · Leave a Comment
Tweet As the Penn State football team heads into the bye week, it is an astounding 8-1. It’s astounding because no one expected the Nittany Lions to be 8-1 at this point in the season. Many, myself included, expected the Lions to stub their toe somewhere along the line. We predicted that it would happen first against Iowa (a 13-3 victory), then...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: Ah, finally!
October 28, 2011 at 11:58 AM by Chris Morelli · 2 Comments
Tweet Ah, finally. It only took eight weeks, but Penn State coach Joe Paterno finally got it right. Last week, the iconic coach gave the starting nod to former walk-on Matt McGloin. He played from start to finish and was a big reason why the Nittany Lions were able to walk out of Evanston, Ill., with a 34-24 victory over the Wildcats. In today’s...
Read More...Morelli OnLion: 6-1 … How did this happen?
October 19, 2011 at 11:16 AM by Chris Morelli · 2 Comments
Tweet The Penn State football team is 6-1. Don’t ask us how the Nittany Lions are 6-1, no one really knows. After a Week Two thumping at the hands of Alabama, the Lions have reeled off five consecutive wins. They haven’t been pretty wins, for sure. The Lions had to rally past Temple and hang on for dear life against Indiana. This week was no...
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