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To: Nittany Lion who wrote (4362)9/17/2001 4:42:35 PM
From: MythMan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11146
 
Penn State vs Wisconsin to be aired by ABC

By: Sports Information
Date: September 17, 2001

Penn State's Big Ten opener with Wisconsin on Saturday, September 22, will now be televised by ABC Sports to a split national audience.

The contest will kick off at 12:10 p.m. EDT in Beaver Stadium.The game was originally scheduled to air on ESPN.

In addition, Penn State's first road game of the season, at Iowa on Saturday, September 29, will be televised by ESPN. The contest will kick off at 11:10 a.m. CT/12:10 p.m. ET in Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

The telecasts are the second and third announced TV appearances of the season for the Nittany Lions, who have appeared on television 81 times in their last 82 games, including the last 47 contests.

Penn State (0-1) and Wisconsin (1-2) will be meeting for the first time since 1998 and the Badgers will be playing in Happy Valley for the first time in four years. The Badgers lead the series, 4-2, with the teams splitting their four meetings since the Nittany Lions joined the Big Ten in 1993. Each team has one home and one road victory in the series since '93.

Penn State is returning to action for the first time since playing No. 1 Miami on Sept. 1. In the wake of last week's national tragedy, the Nittany Lions' game at Virginia was postponed from Sept. 13 to Dec. 1.

Penn State leads the series with Iowa, 10-5, but the Hawkeyes won, 26-23, in double overtime in Beaver Stadium last year. The visiting team has won 11 of the 15 meetings, with the Nittany Lions posting a 7-1 mark in Kinnick Stadium. Iowa is 2-0 and idle on Sept. 22.

Other Penn State contests may be selected by the networks under the six and 12-day provisions of their contracts with the Big Ten.



To: Nittany Lion who wrote (4362)9/17/2001 6:57:51 PM
From: E'Lane  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 11146
 
For those who haven't already seen this...

Every U down in Uville liked U.S. a lot,
But the Binch, who lived Far East of Uville, did not.
The Binch hated U.S! the whole U.S. way!
Now don't ask me why, for nobody can say,
It could be his turban was screwed on too tight.
Or the sun from the desert had beaten too bright
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.

But, Whatever the reason, his heart or his turban,
He stood facing Uville, the part that was urban.
"They're doing their business," he snarled from his perch.
"They're raising their families! They're going to church!
They're leading the world, and their empire is thriving,
I MUST keep the S's and U's from surviving!"

Tomorrow, he knew, all the U's and the S's,
Would put on their pants and their shirts and their dresses,
They'd go to their offices, playgrounds and schools,
And abide by their U and S values and rules,

And then they'd do something he liked least of all,
Every U down in U-ville, the tall and the small,
Would stand all united, each U and each S,
And they'd sing Uville's anthem, "God bless us! God bless!"
All around their Twin Towers of Uville, they'd stand,
and their voices would drown every sound in the land.

"I must stop that singing," Binch said with a smirk,
And he had an idea--an idea that might work!
The Binch stole some U airplanes in U morning hours,
And crashed them right into the Uville Twin Towers.
"They'll wake to disaster!" he snickered, so sour,
"And how can they sing when they can't find a tower?"

The Binch cocked his ear as they woke from their sleeping,
All set to enjoy their U-wailing and weeping,
Instead he heard something that started quite low,
And it built up quite slow, but it started to grow--
And the Binch heard the most unpredictable thing...
And he couldn't believe it--they started to sing!

He stared down at U-ville, not trusting his eyes,
What he saw was a shocking, disgusting surprise!
Every U down in U-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any towers at all!
He HADN'T stopped U-Ville from singing! It sung!
For down deep in the hearts of the old and the young,
Those Twin Towers were standing, called Hope and called
Pride,
And you can't smash the towers we hold deep inside.

So we circle the sites where our heroes did fall,
With a hand in each hand of the tall and the small,
And we mourn for our losses while knowing we'll cope,
For we still have inside that U-Pride and U-Hope.

For America means a bit more than tall towers,
It means more than wealth or political powers,
It's more than our enemies ever could guess,
So may God bless America! Bless us! God bless!

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