Lots of good stuff today...
It's Thursday, so start with Mike Kern's weekend preview column in the Daily News. Of note, two of Penn State's opponents this month are in the Fraud Five, but that might not be too surprising. There's also the always-useful Couch Potato Guide.
Kern also previews Temple's first ever MAC game and writes the Villanova and Temple info boxes for the weekend. The Wildcats are at Lehigh, which is about as close as we come to an all-local game outside of Villanova-Penn (or maybe Delaware).
On to Penn State-Notre Dame, and you get coverage of both sides of the ball in today's papers. The Daily News' Bernard Fernandez writes about a greater Nits emphasis on the passing game, while the Inquirer's Jeff McLane profiles Sean Lee, perhaps the next in line at Linebacker U.
The Inquirer's Shannon Ryan reports that Charlie Weis thinks this weekend's game is "us against the world." That might be less one-sided than Weis wants to think...
Joe Juliano was at the weekly local football coaches' luncheon and reports on the small-college scene.
On the basketball side, Juliano reports on the release of Villanova's Big East schedule. Thus far, there are six games on ESPN, one on ESPN2 and one on CBS. I see a chance to pile up a lot of wins in late February and March, and that could serve the Wildcats very, very well come Selection Sunday. As always, your thoughts are welcome.
Finally, Dick Jerardi gathers memories of Jameer Nelson's late father, Floyd "Pete" Nelson, who will be buried in Chester tomorrow.
