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	<title>Football 101 Women, Learn Football from Women, Women Who Love Football, Chicago Bears Female Fans, The 411 about Football for Women, Ladies Love Football &#187; College Football</title>
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		<title>Part 3: &#8220;I do&#8221; to 100+ Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It became a routine to organize our lives and annual commitments around the Penn State football schedule.

Why do we continue to do it?  Simply put, it's much more engaging to watch a game in person than it is to watch it on TV.  It gets back to the experience of being there.  And the fact that you miss a lot of action on the field when you rely on the TV monitors and sports-casters to tell you what's happening.

Plus, there are the bragging rights of having been there, both for frustrating losses and for incredible turn-around wins.  During freak October snowstorms or torrential New Year's day rain.

Last year, as I was approaching my 100th game in a row, I decided that perhaps it was time to write a blog about the fan experience of following Penn State football.

Follow me this fall by visiting my blog at www.viewfromstands.blogspot.com.

Or look for occasional guest columns on Football101Women as we prepare for and enjoy the coming football season.

I will enjoy getting to know you and learning about your passion for football.

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		<title>Part 2: &#8220;I do&#8221; to 100+ Football Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first ten years of our marriage, we lived in Easton, PA.  I worked as a marketing director for a high-technology firm in central New Jersey.

That’s where I learned the value of following sports and being knowledgeable about sports. It helped me professionally in terms of being considered “one of the guys” as a female in a male-dominated high-tech workplace.  As we all know, in the workplace, easy-going informal relationships can lead to formal work opportunities.  And they did.

Every Monday morning, there would be a string of co-workers in my office, mostly male, to talk about Saturday’s college football games.  There were a number of co-workers who loved Penn State, including some alumni.  But there were also Michigan, Ohio State, Northwestern, Rutgers, USC, and Notre Dame fans.

Our common bond was football.  The banter was constant about who would win each week.  It was a great deal of fun to be in the center of all this discussion.

My co-workers were clearly admiring of the fact that I actually attended Penn State games. They were quite envious of me as I traveled to watch Penn State play.

While others watched games on TV, I had the bragging rights of having been in the stands.]]></description>
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		<title>College Football 101: The Bowl Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The 101 Women</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it has for the last 120 years, the Rose Bowl will start off with The Tournament of Roses. Originally run by Pasadena's Valley Hunt Club to showcase their new home's mild weather and blooming flowers, the parade has evolved into a sell-out attraction with floats, equestrians and marching bands.

In 1916 (after a failed attempt in 1902, when the football game was replaced with Roman-style chariot races!), the Tournament of Roses added to the day’s festivities a football game – the first post season college football game ever held. Nowadays, the parade features high-tech computerized animation and exotic natural materials from around the world. And floats can take up to a year to construct. Now, THAT's a football game in my book!]]></description>
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		<title>College Football: The Heisman Heroes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, college football fans across the globe witnessed the annual presentation of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, the most prestigious recognition in college football.

Mark Ingram of the University of Alabama is the 75th winner of the award, voted Most Outstanding College Football Player in the United States for 2009. His victory marks the first time a player from the Alabama Crimson Tide has won the Heisman Trophy.]]></description>
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		<title>Susan&#8217;s Journey: &#8216;Cause God Blessed Texas!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a cold December Saturday evening in Chicago. I dressed excitedly as I got ready for my “Girls’ Night” with friends from book club #2. Sangria and Cuban food at old Chicago favorite, Café 28, some Foleys, some fun. I had no idea that a football frenzy lay ahead of me…..

After dinner and a (what, $4??) vodka soda at karaoke spot Foley’s, the eight of us rushed over to Brownstone on Lincoln for our next stop. We were welcomed not with red and green as many would expect at this time of year, but Burnt Orange, and I mean everywhere. We stood amongst Texas Longhorn fans as they battled out the last few minutes of the game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (love that name!).  You could feel the anticipation, the tension, loud and testosterone-filled. After all, they WERE losing....]]></description>
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