Oct 15, 05

The Sign has proved itself to be real after the win over (formerly #6) Ohio State; and now the Nittany Lions are ranked No. 8. It has taken on the appearance of a totem pole with the losing opponents frozen on this gold treasure. If the sign is real, the Little Lion theorizes that the Nittany Lions must be real; and if that is true ... well then .... WE ARE BACK! The two lions rejoice in this major revealation. Our poor little lion has been wanting to believe in Penn State football for a while (take a peek back at the 2003 Ohio State cartoon), and now that it's back he's a believer again (and I don't think that he's alone)!

The Little Lion then tries to apply a little logic to the other events of that week for Big Ten team. Northwestern and Minnesota may have certainly been better than originally thought and our Lions may have been more well matched at Northwestern than we thought. Northwestern beat undefeated Wisconsin; and Minnesota beat Michigan at Ann Arbor - both results were a little unexpected. So our Lions just may be a little better than we gave them credit for early on. So the Little Lion does a little event mapping and determines logically we should easily beat Michigan and Wisconsin. Ah if it were only that easy! JoePa of course doesn't believe in logic imposed on a non-logical situation ... or signs either.

The Little Lion reveals his theory to the Wolverine, who of course has one of this own. We haven't beaten Michigan in the last six tries, so victory is monumental in this case as well. Michigan is always a tough game, especially when it's at their stadium; and I'm sure this one will be as well - but the Lions have all the abilities to make things happen. JoePa had a neat quote in his Tuesday press conference about opportunities and adjusting to new situations in regard to the noise of the "Big House", so I used that as a basis for his viewpoint. Also he said this is a method to get better, which is certainly true ... and maybe, just maybe, his "good" team will become a "great" team. So let's go Lions, we owe Michigan some losses - so let's start payment today!

Posted by: Lions Tale Artist on Oct 15, 05 | 11:27 am

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