{"id":14463,"date":"2011-09-02T09:15:35","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=14463"},"modified":"2011-09-02T09:15:35","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T13:15:35","slug":"2011-penn-state-football-beat-writers-bloggers-and-their-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/09\/2011-penn-state-football-beat-writers-bloggers-and-their-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"2011 Penn State football beat writers, bloggers and their predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wfyurasko\/1509642916\/\" title=\"Penn State Beaver Stadium Press Box by wfyurasko, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/237\/1509642916_d7e5a00552.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Penn State Beaver Stadium Press Box\"><\/a><br \/>\nThis year, rather than just list the beat writers predictions like I did in past years, I figured I&#8217;d take it a step farther. I have compiled all the reporters on the Penn State Nittany Lions football beat and linked to their outlet, their blog (if applicable) and their twitter account. I have also included some bloggers who are in the press box as well. Generally speaking, I organized this list on the location of the media property in alphabetical order. Some of them, I know better than others. Oh and many\/most of the predictions come from <em>The Altoona Mirror<\/em> story <a href=\"http:\/\/altoonamirror.com\/page\/content.detail\/id\/552899\/Most-media-looking-at-7-or-8-wins-this-year.html?nav=5017\">Most media looking at 7 or 8 wins this year<\/a>. Other predictions come from <em>Town &#038; Gown&#8217;s Penn State Football Annual<\/em> which FINALLY arrived on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/sports\/college\/psu\/\"><em>The Morning Call<\/em><\/a> (Allentown)<br \/>\nMark Wogenrich <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@MarkWogenrich\">@MarkWogenrich<\/a> has been cover the Nittany Lions for quite a while. <strong>Bill Kline<\/strong>, sports editor, runs a blog called <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.mcall.com\/nittany_lines\/\">Nittany Lines<\/a>  which Wogenrich also contributes too.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR\/TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTIONS: Wogenrich 8-4<br \/>\nMORNING CALL PREDICTION: Kline 8-4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.altoonamirror.com\/page\/category.detail\/nav\/746\/PSU.html\"><em>The Altoona Mirror<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nA &#8220;mouth from the South&#8221; <strong>Cory Giger<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@cgiger\">@cgiger<\/a> has earned his critics for being abrasive. His own description: &#8220;About me: I&#8217;m a 37-year-old Arkansas native who has lived in Altoona for 11 years, and I&#8217;ve been in the newspaper business for 18 years. I&#8217;m the Mirror&#8217;s Penn State and Altoona Curve beat writer and columnist, as well as a longtime movie and pop culture columnist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I think <strong>Neil Rudel<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@NeilRudel\">@NeilRudel<\/a> has been on the beat since the 1970s. Some people aren&#8217;t crazy about him, but I&#8217;ve never had an issue. Rudel and Giger (and sometimes sports editor Phillip Cmor) do videos after pressers and games.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTIONS: Giger 7-5, Cmor 9-3<br \/>\nTOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL: Giger 7-5 Rudel 8-4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/pennstatefootball\/\"><em>The Patriot-News<\/em>\/pennlive.com<\/a> (Harrisburg)<br \/>\n<strong>Bob Flounders<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@sportswriter7\">@sportswriter7<\/a> enters his 10th season as the lead beat-writer and is one of the better ones, though he certainly has his critics who think he is always negative about Penn State. David Jones <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@djoneshoop\">@djoneshoop<\/a>, who leans contrarian, covers the opponent during the week and writes columns. Remember everyone, Jones, the Ohio State grad hated Jim Tressel, but not Penn State &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/pennstatefootball\/\">he hates The Maryland Bureau Chief Emeritus, Sam though<\/a>. Jones gets credit for calling out bad Big Ten officials <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.pennlive.com\/tag\/Dave%20Witvoet\/index.html\">Dave Witvoet<\/a>  and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2006\/02\/get-to-know-dick-honig.html\">Dick Honig<\/a>. <strong>Dustin Hockensmith<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@PN_Dustin\">@PN_Dustin<\/a> Generally an editor, but also a Tuesday panelist on the P-N videos with Flounders. He never wrote a column in The Collegian about yearning to throw water bottles in the student section like his brother did either. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@psufootball\">@psufootball<\/a> account run by pennlive.com. The three of them take turns doing videos, one after the presser on Tuesday with Flounders and Hockensmith and a post-game one with Flounders and Jones which are just yuckfests. I&#8217;m guessing they are hysterical on Friday nights at whatever Appleby&#8217;s they happen to be at before Lions road games.  Flounders also does chats on Tuesdays, Jones does sometimes too.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTIONS: Flounders 7-5 Jones 7-5<br \/>\nTOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL: Flounders 6-6 <\/p>\n<p>Flounders makes a habit of giving different predictions to different publications.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lancasteronline.com\/section\/local-ap\/sectiontag_2_1_Nittany%20Lions-Nittany_Lions.html\">Lancaster Intelligencer Journal\/Lancaster New Era <\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Mike Gross<\/strong> appears to write a few Penn State stories during the week, but AP seems to be used a lot too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/sports\/colleges\/penn_state\/\">The Inky\/Philly Daily News<\/a> (Philadelphia)<br \/>\n&#8220;Joe Juliano This coming fall will be Joe&#8217;s fourth season on the paper&#8217;s Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.&#8221; Intern Jake Kaplan <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@JakeMKaplan\">@JakeMKaplan<\/a> contributes as well, including over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/blogs\/inq-pennstate\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NO KNOWN PREDICTIONS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/sports\/psu\/\"><em>Post-Gazette<\/em><\/a> (Pittsburgh)<br \/>\n<strong>Ron Musselman<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@rmusselmanppg\">@rmusselmaensburg<\/a> is an alum, but the <em>Post-Gazette<\/em> has a tendency to frame too much of its coverage around the dormant Penn State-Pitt rivalry. The columnists tend to pile on when the Lions are going through a tough spot, but jump on the bandwagon when Penn State is good. I gave up on reading them years ago, so maybe it&#8217;s better.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: 8-4<\/p>\n<p><a hre=\"http:\/\/www.pittsburghlive.com\/x\/pittsburghtrib\/sports\/college\/pennstate\/\">The Tribune-Review<\/a> (Pittsburgh\/Greensburg)<br \/>\nStudent Audrey Snider <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@audsnyder4\">@audsnyder4<\/a> files a number of the stories for this section but has protected tweets which is kind of stupid for a journalist. Columnist John Harris <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@jharris_trib\">@jharris_trib<\/a> also contributes some but is not much of a presence on twitter.<\/p>\n<p>NO KNOWN PREDICTIONS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/readingeagle.com\/staff.aspx?id=31\"><em>The Reading Eagle<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Rich Scarsella<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@nittanyrich\">@nittanyrich<\/a> is the dean of the beat and an alumnus. He annually gets a Q&#038;A with Joe Paterno for Town &#038; Gown Football Annual. Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/readingeagle.com\/blog.aspx?bid=118\">Penn State Update<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR\/TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTIONS: Scarsella 9-3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/pennstatefootball\/#navlink=subnav\">Centre Daily Times<\/a> (State College)<br \/>\nJeff Rice has been on the beat for over 5 years, but I don&#8217;t think I can find a twitter account for him. He has a blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/689\">Asides of Rice<\/a> Unlike most beat writers, he also writes columns regularly. Sports editor Walt Moody also contributes to the coverage.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: Rice 8-4 Moody 8-4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pennstate.scout.com\/\">Fight On State<\/a> (Scout.com)<br \/>\nMark Brennan <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@MarkXBrennan\">@MarkXBrennan<\/a> (Hazleton native, I think) joined Fight On State when it started up as part of scout.com after many years at Blue White Illustrated. He does radio and television as well.  FOS has lots of recruiting news which I don&#8217;t follow and premium content for subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: Brennan 9-3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bwi.rivals.com\/\">Blue White Illustrated<\/a> (Rivals.com)<br \/>\n<strong>Phil Grosz<\/strong>&#8216;s Blue White Illustrated <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@BWIonRivals\">@BWIonRivals<\/a> affiliated itself with Rivals a while back. Lots of recruiting news which I don&#8217;t follow and premium content for subscribers. Nate Bauer <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/natebauerbwi\">natebauerbwi<\/a> is the regular beat writer. The <a href=\"http:\/\/web.bluewhiteonline.com\/\">season preview issue is free<\/a> and of course, recruiting-centric. Matt Herb is another one of the writers over there.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTIONS: Grosz 10-2 (only 10-2?!) Herb 8-4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pennstate.247sports.com\/\">Lions247.com<\/a><br \/>\nAnother premium site, though Sean Fitz <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@seanfitz247\">@seanfitz247<\/a> did break <a href=\"http:\/\/pennstate.247sports.com\/Article\/Sources-Bolden-to-get-the-nod-37968\">the Rob Bolden starting game 1 story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 8-4<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/sections\/sports\/football\/\">The Collegian<\/a><\/em><br \/>\nJoe McIntyre <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@JoeMcIntyre5\">@JoeMcIntyre5<\/a> is the year&#8217;s lead Collegian football writer. There is also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegian.psu.edu\/blogs\/footblog\/\">Footblog<\/a>. Ryan Loy <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@ryan_loy\">ryan_loy<\/a> and Mike Still are also on the football staff.<\/p>\n<p>COLLEGIAN PREDICTIONS: McIntyre 8-5 Loy 10-3 Still 8-5 &#8212; good for them in including a bowl game in their predictions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thetimes-tribune.com\/sports\/penn-state\"><em>The Times Tribune<\/em><\/a> Scranton<br \/>\nJust a hunch, but if you want coverage of Matt McGloin, <strong>Donnie Collins <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@psubst\">@psubst<\/a> will probably have the most of any newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 7-5<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesleader.com\/sports\/sportsblogs\/dereklevarse\"><em>Times-Leader<\/em><\/a> Wilkes-Barre<br \/>\nIf memory serves, Derek Levarse <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@TLdlevarse\">@TLdlevarse<\/a> was a Collegian beat writer before moving to the Times-Leader.<br \/>\nTOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 9-3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ydr.com\/psu\"><em>York Daily Record<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Frank Bodani<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@YDRPennState\">@YDRPennState<\/a> has been on the beat a loooong time. I probably haven&#8217;t been reading him enough. There is also a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkblog.com\/psu\/\">a blog<\/a> where he hosts a chat on Monday nights.<\/p>\n<p>TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 9-3<\/p>\n<p><strong>AP<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Genaro Armas<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@GArmasAP\">@GArmasAP<\/a> is the AP bureau in State College. You can find his content all over the web.<\/p>\n<p>ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: 9-3<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/college-football-in-national\/kevin-mcguire\"><em>Examiner.com<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Kevin McGuire<\/strong> is the national college football writer and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/penn-state-nittany-lions-football-in-philadelphia\/kevin-mcguire\">Penn State writer for Examiner.com<\/a> and posts at a baker&#8217;s dozen of other blogs, mostly about Penn State and Philadelphia sports. He has about 26 twitter handles, but go with <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@PSUExaminer\">@PSUExaminer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PREDICTION: 8-4<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackshoediaries.com\/\"><em>Black Shoe Diaries<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nThe &#8220;Voltron of Penn State blogs&#8221; BSD is under new management and has two accredited bloggers for the season. <strong>Ben Jones<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@Ben_Jones88\">@Ben_Jones88<\/a> will be in the press box and <strong>Mike Pettigano<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@MikePettigano\">@Mike Pettigano<\/a> will be shooting photos on the field. Other BSD bloggers on twitter:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@BSDtweet\">@BSDtweet<\/a><br \/>\nChris Grovich <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@scrappled\">@scrappled<\/a><br \/>\nKevin Powers <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@thefolkist\">@thefolkist<\/a><br \/>\nAdamCollyer <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@AdamCollyer\">@AdamCollyer<\/a><br \/>\nJeff Junstrom <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@EpicTripod\">@EpicTripod<\/a><br \/>\nTim Aydin <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@HappyHourValley\">@HappyHourValley<\/a><br \/>\nEric Gibson <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@BSD_Eric\">@BSD_Eric<\/a><br \/>\nPeter Gray <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@RunTheDive\">@RunTheDive<\/a><br \/>\nKyle Martin <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@KMart93\">@KMart93<\/a><br \/>\nNick Blonde <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@1600doctorb\">@1600doctorb<\/a><br \/>\nGalen Sawyers <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/@TheNittanyLine\">@TheNittanyLine<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER PROGNOSTICATORS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Byers TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 9-3<br \/>\nTodd Irwin (Altoona Mirror-Record) ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: 8-4<br \/>\nBill Albright (ESPN Williamsport) ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: 8-4<br \/>\nTodd Brown (QWIK Rock  105.9\/106.9) ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: 10-2<br \/>\nScott Henry TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 8-4<br \/>\nDavid Pencek TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 9-3<br \/>\nRob Schmidt TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 8-4<br \/>\nJon Christoff (The Clearfield Progress-Register) ALTOONA MIRROR PREDICTION: 8-4<br \/>\nEarl Whitmore (Lebanon Daily News-Record) TOWN &#038; GOWN FOOTBALL ANNUAL PREDICTION: 9-3<\/p>\n<p>My prediction:<\/p>\n<p><strong>9-4 <\/strong>&#8211; They only have a 10% chance against Alabama and I have to expect them to lose to Iowa until proven otherwise. I think they drop two in November during the Nebraska, Ohio State, Wisconsin stretch. They&#8217;ll win the bowl game.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS SEASONS: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/02\/revisiting-2009-penn-state-football-predictions.html\">2009<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/01\/revisiting-2008-psu-football-predictions.html\">2008<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/01\/revisiting-2007-psu-football-predictions.html\">2007<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2007\/01\/revisiting-2006-psu-football-predictions.html\">2006<\/a> &#8211; I think I skipped 2010 for some reason<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, rather than just list the beat writers predictions like I did in past years, I figured I&#8217;d take it a step farther. I have compiled all the reporters on the Penn State Nittany Lions football beat and linked to their outlet, their blog (if applicable) and their twitter account. 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