Soft Pretzel Logic
Soft Pretzel Logic is a sports blog on Philly.com that covers college basketball, college football, soccer, the Penn Relays (track and field), and other sports when I feel like it.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Soft Pretzel Logic

How Temple made the AP football poll
I spent a few minutes chatting on the phone with Cedar Rapids Gazette writer Mike Hlas, the AP college football poll voter who put Temple at No. 25 on his ballot.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Andy Talley takes it personally
"I think it's one of the more important games in my stay at Villanova," Wildcats coach Andy Talley said of Saturday's game at Richmond.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Crunchy Numbers Week 9: Pryor restraint
Penn State hosts Ohio State and Villanova goes to FCS No. 1-ranked Richmond. Which game is bigger?
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Temple gets a vote in AP, coaches polls
I'll be totally honest with you: I have no idea when this last happened. But it happened today for the first time I can remember.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Live blog: Penn at Brown football
Chatting live amid the fall foliage in New England.
October 31 at 1:35pm · Share it · Tweet it · Follow blog
Mike Raber
Mike Raber
meh, too bad I missed the chat monologue.
October 31 at 2:02pm
Jonathan
Jonathan
Despite the score, it wasn't a bad game. Tight to the end and Penn won in OT for the first time in three years.
October 31 at 4:28pm
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College football quackery
USC at Oregon is the weekend's biggest college football game.
October 30 at 1:35pm · Share it · Tweet it · Follow blog
Charles Burton
Charles Burton
No way. It's Lehigh at Colgate, which is another Pennsylvania/New York-angled series to go with those "other two" this weekend. :)
October 30 at 1:52pm
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Anyone have a spare field?
After everyone played in the monsoons on Saturday, Delaware Valley and Ursinus both found themselves flooded out of their practice fields this week.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Crunchy Numbers Week 8
Temple is a win away from bowl eligibility, while Penn seeks its first win over Brown in five years.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

More Big East hoops analysis
Last week at Big East men's basketball media day, I took my video camera around and interviewed a bunch of reporters to get their predictions on how the season will play out.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

One-on-one with Chuck Bednarik
A video interview with the former Penn and Eagles legend
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Slinging in the rain
Chatting live from the Yale-Penn football game at Franklin Field.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Live from Big East Media Day
Villanova has been picked No. 1 in the Big East men's basketball preseason poll.
October 21 at 9:36am · Share it · Tweet it · Follow blog
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Carli Lloyd back in New Jersey
The Delran native and U.S. women's national team star has signed for New Jersey-based Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Wake up the echoes
Chatting live from the Penn-Columbia football game.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Corn fields and corn dogs
USC-Notre Dame and Texas-Oklahoma are the weekend's biggest college football games.
October 16 at 9:34am · Share it · Tweet it · Follow blog
John Quinn
John Quinn
read it and weep ... http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/notre_dame/
October 16 at 9:42pm
Jonathan
Jonathan
I would say that I'll be covering the half of Division I that crowns an actual national champion, but the teams I'm covering aren't eligible for the title.

Which game will get the bigger rating: Notre Dame or the Yankees (if they play)?
October 16 at 9:49pm
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Live blog: Costa Rica at U.S. soccer
For once, I get to work in a press box that isn't enclosed, which means the big mass of U.S. fans across the field from me is coming through loud and clear.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Andy Talley seeks divine intervention
Why has James Madison beaten Villanova in five of their last six meetings?
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Crunchy Numbers Week 6: Penn State falls again
Plus an update on U.S. soccer team star forward Charlie Davies, who was involved in a serious car accident this morning.
October 13 at 9:34pm · Share it · Tweet it · Follow blog
Mike Raber
Mike Raber
wish i could watch Penn State games in TN. Are most of them on ESPN?
October 14 at 5:54am
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Live updates: U.S. soccer at Honduras
If you can't watch the U.S.-Honduras game tonight, this is the next-best thing.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Penn 21, Bucknell 3
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Fields of dreams
Both of this weekend's biggest college football games kick off at the same time.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

'I blame Villanova for this whole damn thing'
I have to thank Penn coach Al Bagnoli for making a declaration that was certainly said in jest but is not taken out of context.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Upcoming schedule and Crunchy Numbers
The next few weeks are going to be a bit busy here on the blog.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Casey Stengel and Joe Paterno
A raft of one-loss teams are in the national college football spotlight this weekend.
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'Temple is as good as Virginia'
Villanova coach Andy Talley paid the Owls quite a compliment at yesterday's football coaches luncheon.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Crunchy Numbers Week 4: Déja vu at Penn?
The Quakers may have taken another page from Villanova's playbook.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Spectacle of the Week and Top 10 Chart
Cal at Oregon and Iowa at Penn State headline this weekend's big games.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Miles away from a sleepless night
I said I’d be back with my thoughts on today’s Philadelphia Union news, and here I am.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Football and futbol
A mix of good news and bad news from across our sporting spectrum.
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Crunchy Numbers Week 3: Iowa favored at Penn State?
That's what Sagarin's ratings say.
September 22 at 9:34pm · Share it · Tweet it · Follow blog
Ron Kessler
Ron Kessler
Computer ratings are utterly meaningless after just 3 games, not enough sample size. Iowa did beat PSU last year though...
September 23 at 6:21am
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Soft Pretzel Logic

Independence draft five more players
Construction in all its forms continues for the region's soccer teams.