I went to the Rose Bowl with SbB Girl Wendy Thursday and here’s some more fun photos from the game:

(Penn State fans only thing that kept me entertained throughout the day)

Not many locals (besides Cardinal and Gold Kool-Aid drinkers) whom I spoke to had any interest in attending. And after the stinkbomb dropped by Joe Paterno’s charges, Angelenos were certainly justified in their disdain for the game.

(SbB Girl Wendy right before the Jack Daniels-breath contact buzz set in)

Penn State fans saved the day with their enthusiasm, so all wasn’t lost. But safe to say the atmosphere around the game would’ve been heightened considerably if we had a college football playoff. (But the BCS booger eaters will have none of that!)

(Apparently he’s a Booty fan)

More photos after the jump. Read more…

I’ve heard a lot of people complain that we shouldn’t cover sports the way gossip mags and sites cover entertainment. That we’re trolling the bottom of the barrel, appealing to the lowest common denominator. Thankfully though, we still have bastions to journalistic integrity to look up to. So today, I present you with a hard-hitting piece of investigative pseudo-sports journalism brought to you by the ASSOCIATED PRESS.

(Nah, his luck wasn’t that bad)

The AP blares that the Penn State student who plays the Nittany Lion mascot at PSU football games officially lost the lottery on Nov. 22. In other words, poor kid was busted for DUI. The report also notes that the Rose Bowl status for the regrettably named James Sheep “is in doubt.”

Well now that the news is coast to coast on the wire, I’d say Sheep’s chance of deplaning in Pasadena are officially zero. And the news will likey only get worse for Sheep. Read more…