Domination?! You want domination? Try this for a change. Penn State women’s volleyball squad, the very same squad that won the national title last season, is currently undefeated at 25-0 this year and about to steamroll their way into the NCAA tournament this December.

But wait, that’s not even the best part. In their 25-0 campaign this season, they have dropped 0 matches. Now read that again. “0″. To put this in perspective, women’s volleyball is won in a best out of 5 matches series in each game. Now, in 25 games, this Penn State women’s volleyball squad has lost a total of 0 matches amassing a match record of whatever 25 times 3 is. Thats right, 75 straight matches won (and that doesn’t even count their win streak from last season’s national championship run).

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HEY HEY HEYYYYYY…. GOOOOODDBYE!!!!!!!!!

The era of fear is over! Good riddence. I’ve watched college students stand in line for over an hour today just to make sure their voice was heard. Hey Republican Party, you have been put on notice. There is a new movement in America and either you listen or you can be left behind.

…so can you. I already cast my absentee ballot earlier last week, but went to the polls today to make sure my friends voted as well. There was a line out the door at this polling station, but the one in downtown State College (behind Hooters where alot of college kids live), there was a line around the entire block. This has to be the first time college kids lined up for anything other than free food or beer isn’t it? This is it though, I feel a shift in the country. Change is coming and I AM READY…

The scene at the polling station this morning

Keep your head up, you've got a bright future ahead of you

In a game like this, there aren’t too many glamorous plays. No 70 yard bombs for touchdowns, no 50 yard halfback runs for touchdowns, and no wide outs running roughshod over defenses. This is the Big 10, where fans actually know the names of the defensive players, and points aren’t always guaranteed on every drive. What do we look like? The Big 12? Hell, if we wanted to watch that sort of football, we don’t even have to travel all the way down South, we’ve already got an eastern version of it in the Big East.

But never have I been treated as nicely as a visitor than at Ohio Stadium. And yes that includes you Michigan fans. My worst away experience was actually to Michigan Stadium where a bottle was thrown at me by a middle aged man old enough to be my dad for merely cheering on defense on third down. At Ohio State, the fans greeted us with friendly banter back and forth about our teams, our bands, everyone had a grin on when arguing about our teams, and even the ushers were extremely friendly. This was my first ever trip to Columbus and I will definitely want to go back again, but with no “open containers” this time, but I realized on my way back with my friends from our trip that all the bad rap that Buckeye fans get are mostly from the mouth of Michigan fans.

We were actually at the second floor bar in the Hyatt on Sunday morning talking to an extremely nice bartender who was a Buckeye fan and after this trip, I can honestly say the Buckeyes absolutely do not deserve any criticism for their fan base. Sure there are always bad apples, but I did not encounter one once. I was in Michigan for only 5 hours prior to the game and didn’t even stay the night and I was harassed by young and old fans alike. Not the friendly type either. In addition to the man who threw the bottle at me, there was a middle aged woman who cursed at me when everyone was trying to shuffle out of the stadium after the game. And this was after they won, I can’t imagine Michigan fans when they lose.

So for all those of you who have never made the trip away to Columbus, I would really highly recommend it, it was one of the best experiences of my life, even had we lost, I had so much fun at the tailgate (other than being swarmed by undercover “agents” and cited for open containers), it was honestly the best college football experience of my career including the ones at home in Happy Valley.

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What a defensive battle. Traditional Big Ten football at its finest. No turnovers until late in the fourth, 0 penalties on Penn State, grind-it-out, smashmouth football. Call me a traditionalist, but I love games like the one that played out this past saturday. Add that to the 05′ Penn State-Ohio State battle and this is growing into something of a rivalry if I dare say so.

Decided by field position, both defenses absolutely took over the game. Unfortunately, many in the national media have used that as an indication that this game is less spectacular than the basketball on grass version of college football being played in the Big 12. Somehow 2 years ago when West Virginia and Louisville put over 1000 yards of offense on each other scoring near the 100s combined, it was seen as an absolutely disgusting display of defense being ignored completely. No one once showered Louisville quarterback Brohm and Pat White with the praises Colt McCoy is getting.

But now that the almost identical version of college football is being played in the Big 12, somehow things are different. That it is how college football should be played. Defense battles are now seen as the inability to compete with high scoring offenses.

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