Let It Snow

Did you see the Penn State football game Saturday? Snow, snow, snow. I became a Penn State fan when my son went there to university. When I can, which is most of the time, I watch the football games with the Gulf Coast Penn State Club. A lot of the faithful viewers are Pennsylvania natives, who have retired to Florida.

When the game came on, it was snowing quite a bit. The temperature was 24 at game time. Laughter erupted from the group as they looked at all the fans bundled up...of course, there were the students who were there with no shirts on and their blue body paint.

During the game, as the camera panned the crowd, there was a sign that said, "As long as we've got Joe, let it snow, let it snow, let it snow."

The room was full of loud chatter when all of a sudden, it became very quiet. I looked up at the TV, and there was Jo*Pa, speaking in an interview. Everyone had stopped in mid-sentence to see what he had to say. He has been doing his coaching from the booth for a few games since he injured his hip at a pep rally early in the season. I just read online that he had hip replacement surgery today because he wants to be back to work by December 1 to help get the team ready for the Rose Bowl.

A national championship is what the team was after, but after the 1 point loss to Iowa, they dropped in the standings. The thought is that even if they had gone undefeated, they would have been overlooked in the BCS standings. It has happened before.

Anyway, they beat up on Michigan State and earned the Big Ten title, so it's off to the Rose Bowl.
Let's go, State!