NoPa for HC

7:30 PM

At last. After 6 weeks of inaction, the primary season has finally resumed. Pennsylvania gets to make a rare appearance as possible partial decision-maker in this year's ever-exciting race to the White House. And, as could well be expected, there have been plenty of football connections that have popped up along the way.

Hillary of course tried to tout her Penn State relations, but JoePa would have none of it. Not surprising, since Joe is a legendary Republican. What is surprising, however, is his son's support for Obama. The 39 year-old has openly embraced the Illinois Senator after openly embracing the President for re-election in 2004. Hmm...maybe there's more to winning elections than experience and records. Same as winning in college football. See Larry Coker's, Urban Meyer's, and Bob Stoops' first couple seasons, to name a few.

So there she is, left holding the ball in the rain like so many Michigans or Auburns who thought their divine right alone would enable them to win the nation over. Sorry, but as Bob Dylan once said, the times, they are a-changin'.

What follows will be my best attempt at spinning the PA Primary results in the fashion most suitable to Footpolitics. Enjoy!

8:06 PM

Polls "too close to call"

First results show a meager 53-47 lead for Clinton. Were there any Bosnian restaurants in Philadelphia that she could have visited without inducing sniper fire? I know that she pretty much left Pittsburgh alone.

8:23 PM

Hmmm...after looking at the Pennsylvania SOS's website, it seems that CNN's call was a bit premature.

Look: even if she does win by 10 points, she will still be behind in delegates. And we all know that Obama will pull off the "W" in North Carolina (ACC country) and Indiana (The Midwest...which he has done very well in. Penn State is not a Midwestern school, despite the fact that they are in the Big10.)

So come now, Hillary. Do you have any sort of speech ready, or shall we wait for John Edwards to endorse Obama next week?