{"id":4973,"date":"2010-04-20T16:03:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T16:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/04\/penn-state-an-aric-heffelfinger-update.html"},"modified":"2010-04-20T16:03:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T16:03:00","slug":"penn-state-an-aric-heffelfinger-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2010\/04\/penn-state-an-aric-heffelfinger-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State: An Aric Heffelfinger update!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.statecollege.com\/news\/local-news\/penn-state-spring-football-whatever-happened-to-aric-heffelfinger-392666\/\"><b>Penn State Spring Football: Whatever Happened to Aric Heffelfinger?<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>StateCollege.com<\/i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Aric Heffelfinger<\/span> is perhaps the biggest Blue White Game folk hero of our time. He starred at running back in the 2002 game but was never heard from again. His stats that day 5 carries, 92 yards. The walk-on could never break through and only had a couple of carries the rest of his career. Now, eight years later we learn he&#8217;s an architectural engineer living in Northern Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t help but cheer for a guy whose name sounds like a James Bond villain. If I ever meet Shirley Bassey, I&#8217;m asking her to sing out &#8220;Heffel-FINGAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn State Spring Football: Whatever Happened to Aric Heffelfinger? &#8211; StateCollege.comAric Heffelfinger is perhaps the biggest Blue White Game folk hero of our time. He starred at running back in the 2002 game but was never heard from again. His stats that day 5 carries, 92 yards. 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