Sponsor: Are you a fan of convenience, crushing small businesses, employees not getting bathroom breaks, and excessive, environmentally-unfriendly packaging? GREAT! Visit our AMAZON AFFILIATE STORE and buy some stuff!
Raise a toast, or pour one out, for the end of an era.
This Friday’s climate-controlled tussle for “A giant, rectangular piece of wood with some stuff on it,” marks the 23rd time – and potentially final time — that the manufactured Penn State-Michigan State rivalry will punctuate the regular season for both programs.
While this series has arguably been the most unpredictable, unsettling, and downright wacky of any since the Nittany Lions pushed the Big Ten to 11 in 1993, this season’s Spartans appear to be a soft, checked-out opponent to finish strong against and bank some last-minute style points…style points that should lock down a NY6 invitation to hang with the Chick-fil-A cows in Atlanta or the dancing VRBO Excessive Cleaning Fees (just a bunch of guys wearing wine-stained carpet mascot outfits) in Glendale, Arizona.