I've done an awful lot of the college thing, but despite being from the state of Pennsylvania, I never attended Penn State. I've been to State College once, and was once shown around one of the local campuses. That's really about it. But, well, my alma abortive Syracuse doesn't look like it's going to be a bowl contender again anytime soon and Pratt doesn't field a team at all, so I've got to look elsewhere for my college football fix. Penn State's convenient, and good old Joe Paterno's just this big softy, so I root for them.

It was so nice to watch them finally get around to winning tonight.

Recap: The Nittany Lions opened up in the first quarter with an absolutely explosive running game and some good passing. The rest came as a blur — lots of penalties to go around (mostly on FSU), plenty of short halting drives, a heartbreaking turnover, and a kicker who's going to be working a desk job for the rest of his life. Oh, and triple overtime. That's a lot of overtime.

Oh, and a safety. I've loved safeties ever since I was about ten and I was watching some game, turned to my dad and had to ask, "What the blazing bag of crap was that?"

Non-football highlights of the viewing:

The new Dodge Charger looks like sex on wheels. If all American cars looked this good, I'd surely buy more. Well, I wouldn't buy less.

Scrubs really is one of the funniest shows on television, even when just viewed during commercials. I've got to watch more of it. Witness:

Man: Do you know what having a baby would be like?
Woman: Dr. Soandso said it's like having a dog that slowly learns to talk.
...
Man: That's AWESOME.

Sony's done a lot of fucked up things in its time. Sony's marketing company has done some fucked up things in its time. But the PSP cheese commercial is great, if only because it's a vehicle for a brilliant tagline.