Season "Finale" at the Fox and Hound
What a fantastic ending to the regular season finale for the resurgent Nittany Lions! Led by Heisman contender Larry Johnson's record-setting performance, our beloved Lions totally decimated Michigan State by a score of 61 to 7. Mr. Johnson completed his late-season surge by becoming only the ninth player NCAA Division I-A history to rush for at least 2,000 yards, racking up 279 yards and four touchdowns in the first half of the game.
As per usual, chapter members helped celebrate the point accumulation by watching selected individuals perform (cumulative) pushups after each score. Scroll down and check out pictures of Prez Vic and Mark Dowd cheerfully accomplishing this ritual. But we would be remiss if we didn't mention all the good folks who did their share of pushups throughout the season. Thanks and hearty Lion Roars go to Nate Clemmer, Andy Valeri, Beth Overmeyer, Lauren Reese, and John Glaser — in addition to Vic Folwarczny and Mark Dowd.
Note that the word "Finale" above is in parentheses. The Fox and Hound management says we may have our room for Penn State's bowl game. What a grand affair that'll be, and we expect to pack the house! Hmmm, which bowl game will the Lions play in? As of the this writing nothing is absolutely firm, but the word on the street is the Capitalone Bowl in Orlando, Florida, on New Year's Day is the most likely choice. Click here for one slant on where Penn State will play.
OK, you've read the words now look at the pictures of the happy group at the Fox and Hound on Saturday . . .
Rae Siders, John Glaser, and Ron Siders settle in for an enjoyable afternoon. Little did they know how lopsided the game would turn out to be.
Here's Edie Kreider, being aided by Mark Dowd, inventorying the items available for our halftime raffle. Although not shown in this picture, portable grills from the Fox and Hound and Penn State paraphernalia were among the items raffled off.
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Here's the first of several group pictures showing some of the 46 Penn Staters on-hand for the Michigan State game. Prez Vic Folwarczny is addressing the assemblage on a matter of great import.
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Here's another shot showing many of our attendees. Notice how our crowd is laid-back at this point; obviously this picture was taken during a commercial break.
Here's another angle of the crowd during the same commercial break.
Another touchdown for Penn State!! And Vic "Superhuman" Folwarczny responds with multiple pushups to celebrate additional points on the scoreboard.
Here's Deej flying our exalted Penn State banner after a touchdown! Obviously Deej is in great shape because she sprinted around the F&H countless times showing the flag and then leading us in the "We are . . . Penn State!" cheer.
The plentitude of Penn State scoring soon exhausted Prez Vic. But rising to the call was none other than Mark Dowd. Here we see him pulling himself off the table after successfully concluding a series of pushups.
Jane Lux not only got to enjoy the game with friends, but was also a winner of a portable grill furnished by The Fox and Hound.
And we have another winner! Here's Steve Woodall accepting a Sunbeam portable grill as a result of holding a lucky ticket. Go ahead, Steve, and pick the next ticket!
And look what Beth Overmeyer won! Here we see her holding her very own Nittany Lion doll.
Lynn Weed also won a prize in the raffle; and flashes the big "thumbs up."
Abby and Chelsea Dowd were also on hand to help cheer the Lions to victory and participate in the raffle. Chelsea got lucky and came away with a Penn State cap that lights up using optic fibers.
