Penn State Scandal

Pennsylvania State University (more commonly known as Penn State) is located in State College, Pennsylvania. State College is basically your typical “Anytown USA”, known for it’s family friendly surroundings, laid back environment, community orientated citizens, with a reputation as a safe haven for people to raise their children. It’s a happy place.

So happy, in fact, it’s known as the original “Happy Valley”.

So safe, in fact, that in 2010, the “CQ Press” deemed it the third-safest metropolitan area in …Read More

Take The Power Back

What would you do if you were a business owner, and one of your most valuable employees was under contract for the next three years but decided he didn’t want to work for you anymore and threatened to retire unless you sent him to a competitor?

This is the awkward situation Cincinnati Bengals owner Mike Brown recently found himself in when, during the preseason, his star QB, Carson Palmer decided retirement sounded like a better option than continuing to get …Read More

Redefined Expectations

Over the last few years, the margin of error for the University of Utah football team was rather large. When your conference schedule is littered with the likes of Wyoming, New Mexico, UNLV and (insert mediocre MTN West Football Team here) you have the ability to make some mistakes here and there, overcome them, and possibly win. The talent gap between the Utes and the majority of their MTN West counterparts was sizable and noticeable, allowing them the ability to …Read More

Collateral Damage

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re living in the midst of severe uncertainty in The United States right now. For the first time in my generation’s existence, we have suffered a full decade of economic decline, leaving millions of American’s out of work and/or living below the poverty line.

According to www.tradingeconomics.com, the unemployment rate is currently at 9.1 percent, with 14.1 million Americans currently looking for work. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 15.1 percent of the country …Read More

There’s Something Happening Here

It’s not debatable that the Rivalry Game featuring Utah and BYU football going head to head is the single biggest and most important annual sporting event in the state.

Sure, there are the rare exceptions. The Winter Olympic Games in 2002 and The Utah Jazz NBA Finals years in ’97 and ’98 are somewhat recent examples. But year in and year out, nothing touches Utah/BYU football.

But is that changing?

Where were you two Saturdays ago when the biggest annual …Read More