A visit from the Bowling Green Falcons may not inspire excitement, but the team that showed up in Morgantown has the look of one we’ll have plenty of reason to cheer.
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When facing an opponent the caliber of Bowling Green, distraction is one of the greatest perils facing an ultra-talented team like Penn State, dreaming ambitious dreams and coming off the sort of exhilarating win that suggests they might just come true. With such promise on the horizon, you risk losing focus on the little details that make your immediate present a path to that imagined future.
While I don’t believe our Nittany Lions, relentlessly bombarded with – and seemingly bought into – Coach Franklin’s “1-0 this week” mantra, are at any risk of falling prey to this phenomenon, I’m sorry to report that I cannot say the same for myself. So here is my confession: This week’s column received the same treatment I routinely gave my homework, delayed and deferred until the 11th hour and 59th minute.
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