{"id":4516,"date":"2009-09-03T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/09\/2009-penn-state-football-predictions.html"},"modified":"2009-09-03T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T15:45:00","slug":"2009-penn-state-football-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/09\/2009-penn-state-football-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Penn State football predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Penn State football season is upon us and it is time to see what predictions are being made by the media that covers the Nittany Lions. The predictions come via the <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Altoona Mirror<\/span> and <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Town &#038; Gown&#8217;s Football Annual<\/span>.<\/p>\n<h2>12-1<\/h2>\n<p>Brian Cox, <i>Lewistown Sentinel<\/i><br \/>Sean Fitz, <i>Blue White Illustrated<\/i><br \/>Frank Bodani, <i>YDR<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>11-2<\/h2>\n<p>Philip Cmor, <i>Altoona Mirror<\/i><br \/>Cory Giger, <i>Altoona Mirror<\/i><br \/>Neil Rudel, <i>Altoona Mirror<\/i><br \/>Mark Brennan, <i>FightOnState.com<\/i><br \/>Ben Brigandi, <i>Williamsport Sun-Gazette<\/i><br \/>Todd Brown, WPHB-AM 1260<br \/>Neil Corbett, <i>Wilkes-Barre Citizen&#8217;s Voice<\/i><br \/>Kim Moerschbacher, <i>Lock Haven Express<\/i><br \/>Walt Moody, <i>CDT<\/i><br \/>Rich Murawski, <i>The (Clearfield) Progress<\/i><br \/>Mark Wogenrich, <i>Allentown Morning Call<\/i><br \/>Andy Elder, <i>Blue White Illustrated<\/i><br \/>Neil Geoghegan, <i>Journal Register News Service<\/i><br \/>David Pencek, <i>Football Annual<\/i><br \/>Rob Schmidt, <i>Football Annual<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>10-3<\/h2>\n<p>Todd Irwin, <i>Altoona Mirror<\/i><br \/>Jon Christoff, <i>The (Clearfield) Progress<\/i><br \/>Tom Elling, <i>Pennsylvania Football News<\/i><br \/>Chris Morelli, <i>Blue White Illustrated<\/i><br \/>Ron Musselman, <i>Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/i><br \/>Mark Brennan, <i>FightOnState.com<\/i><br \/>Bob Flounders, <i>Patriot-News<\/i><br \/>Matt Herb, <i>Football Annual<\/i><br \/>Derek Levarse, <i>The Times Leader<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Not including a bowl game<\/p>\n<h2>10-2<\/h2>\n<p>Rich Scarcella, <i>Reading Eagle<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>9-3<\/h2>\n<p>David Jones, <i>Patriot-News<\/i><\/p>\n<p>My prediction<\/p>\n<h1>11-2<\/h1>\n<p>I just don&#8217;t see them getting through the Big Ten unscathed this season. The only games I&#8217;m fairly positive Penn State will win in the conference schedule are Iowa, Indiana and Minnesota. Illinois, Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern and Michigan State all have a shot at the Lions with the Illini being the biggest trap of the season, followed by Northwestern. Penn State can beat any team on the schedule, but doing it week after week is probably too hard. Plus, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2009\/08\/beano-watch-on-red-alert.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Beano Cook jinxed us<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What is your prediction? Post it here and I&#8217;ll add it to the list.<br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\"><br \/>Don&#8217;t forget, Penn State football chat tomorrow at noon!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\" \/>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PennState\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NittanyLions\" rel=\"tag\">Nittany Lions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/collegefootball\" rel=\"tag\">college football<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/predictions\" rel=\"tag\">predictions<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Penn State football season is upon us and it is time to see what predictions are being made by the media that covers the Nittany Lions. 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