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Please use this thread to discuss the early games. A new open thread for the Penn State game will be started one hour before kickoff today.

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My ultimate happiness...

rests on whether or not we win this game.

I was out in the trenches, which enables me to paint such a powerful picture, like Apocalypse Now.-Cormega

by OMEGAMAN on Oct 25, 2008 8:09 AM EDT   0 recs

It is the greatest Saturday in 2008

Good Morning Penn State fans today is the first day of the rest of ouir season. I ask you all to be confident just as we want the team to be confident. This game is ours and the Buckeyes will not take it from us. We Are!!!!

by pslion on Oct 25, 2008 8:28 AM EDT   0 recs

Watching the Big Ten network this morning, Glenn Mason, Jerry Dinardo, etc....

and they were comparing PSU and OSU and picking who has the advantage in different areas of the game, and they actually said that OSU had the advantage at Quarterback, Running Back, Offensive Line, Linebackers, Secondary and said it was a toss up at head coach.

Advantage at Quarterback…..are you kidding me? Offensive Line….what?

The haters are up early this morning.

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 8:46 AM EDT   0 recs

I saw that last night...

Unbelievable! Giving them the QB edge is pretty bad, but O-Line?! What?! We may have the best O-line in the nation, let alone the Big Ten. It’s all good though… we’ll change all that hate tonight…

by Bstoner52 on Oct 25, 2008 9:43 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Todd McShay

has talked twice this week about our O-Line being a weakness. I’m starting to wonder if he’s seen any of Penn State’s games…or looked at a stat sheet and seen Royster’s ypc. How do guys like him work for the “WWL?”

by 4thand15 on Oct 25, 2008 9:47 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wait...

There are other games today?

by speedomike on Oct 25, 2008 9:01 AM EDT   0 recs

I can't think...

of another Quarterback I’d rather have leading the Lions in Columbus today. This will be a defining moment in Darryl Clark’s career at Penn State.

by 4thand15 on Oct 25, 2008 9:16 AM EDT   0 recs

this is the defining day of our boys' lives

We will be talking about this day for many years….

by PSUMJF on Oct 25, 2008 9:19 AM EDT   0 recs

Coach Tressel has called for a "Scarlet Out" and "Scarlet Fever"?

My advise to them is to be careful…..a bull charges when he sees RED!

And, better be careful asking for Scarlet Fever, because you might just end up with a bad case of Laurenitis instead, which is the cousin of Jock Itch!!!!

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 9:20 AM EDT   0 recs

It's also

a HUGE day for Derrick Williams. He has a real shot at achieving what he set out to do when he came to Penn State…He’s going to be up for this game. No doubt about it.

by 4thand15 on Oct 25, 2008 9:21 AM EDT   0 recs

Morning after headline predictions from Big Ten Network butt wipes....

Jerry Dinardo-Scarlet Fever
Glen Mason-30 Years and Counting
Howard Griffith-Goodbye Columbus, Hello Miami!

Howard is the only one picking PSU

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 9:25 AM EDT   0 recs

Yay!

We get to play the “No one believed in us!” card.

by ReadingRambler on Oct 25, 2008 9:33 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Sean Lee

Breaks my damn heart seeing him in that clip but not out on the field. What a great guy and a better player.

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 25, 2008 12:46 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That Scottish music

always gets me…

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 11:42 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

A little love...

from Robert Smith.

by 4thand15 on Oct 25, 2008 9:58 AM EDT   0 recs

Yo I just thought of something....

Pryor is getting sacked alot to start off his career. If evans, maybin and co. can keep that trend going there can definitely be “TPS Report” posted. Mostly for the comedy but it could also chronicle the impact that each Terrelle Pryor Sack had.

I hope this comes off, it will be classic!

by platnumkid on Oct 25, 2008 10:13 AM EDT   0 recs

Anyone else just see the Ode to JoePa on gameday?

Nice way to honor the best coach ever! I love JoePa!

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 25, 2008 10:32 AM EDT   0 recs

makes ya proud to be a penn stater, huh?

All I could think of while it was playing was that we are going to miss him when he is gone.

I feel privileged to have drunk called him at midnight during my junior year and had him call me a moron!!!!

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 10:36 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

That's awesome...

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 25, 2008 10:38 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In '74

I lived in East Halls and had an 8 am Saturday (ugh) golf phys.ed class at Rec Hall. At 7:45 on the way across campus I’d pass Joe every home Game Day (he walked to the Beav) and would say “Hello, Coach”, and he’d say “Hey, how ya doin’?”. It was a huge kick for me even then.

So yeah – Joe and I have had at least six 1-on-1 personal conversations. We are tight.

OT: I made every golf class that year, for 2 reasons:
              1) I was always done throwing up by then, and
              2) I was assigned to help classmate Jennifer Shenk, as I’d been playing since age 6.

She made it well worth my hangover-plagued trudge across Parking Lot 80. And back.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 12:52 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Jennifer Shenk

Sounds hot.

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 1:39 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Quite

Of course, if she Googles her name sometime soon, she’s going to wonder “WTF? Who IS this nitwit?”.

Keep her guessing. It’s good for the soul.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

uh...

she’ll probably realize it was the guy Pete, who helped her in her golf class in ’74 at Penn State.

by The JuggerNitt on Oct 27, 2008 2:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

The 20 year rule is in effect

so he officially forgave me last December!

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 10:38 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Herbstreet ROCKS!

“OSU fans, you will never make it back to the BCS championship game. Give it up. The pollsters will never let you in.”

Could not have said it any better, and it makes it even better he’s an OSU guy.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 25, 2008 10:44 AM EDT   0 recs

I hear Kirk Herbstreet

and he’s easy on the eyes. :)

by PSU Jen on Oct 25, 2008 10:45 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

He's CGI

The only OSU grad who can get it.

by kmblue on Oct 25, 2008 12:50 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

like.... hooking up....

keeping it PG for the BSD

by kmblue on Oct 25, 2008 2:13 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, I gotcha

nice work keepin it PG

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 2:14 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"PG"

that stands for “Pretty Good”, right?

"the secret to loving your job is having a hobby that you really despise"

by nitwit86 on Oct 25, 2008 7:01 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

In addition

When that “expert” Todd McShay said our O-line was overrated, you could hear Kirk saying “I like that line.”

Kirk luvs us.

by ReadingRambler on Oct 25, 2008 10:46 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

oh that should have read

I HEART Kirk Herbstreet

by PSU Jen on Oct 25, 2008 10:45 AM EDT   0 recs

Quick Chick break.....

Lets give a shout out to the #1 Penn State women’s volleyball team, who improved to 21-0 on the season. Not only are they HOT, but they haven’t lost a single set yet this season since coming off their national championship last season.

Go State!

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 11:12 AM EDT   0 recs

They are hot...and tall...

Pardon me while I drool….

John Madden told me 90% of the game was half-mental...

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Oct 25, 2008 11:19 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Those teeny tight shorts

don’t hurt either.

(Excuse me ladies – just my testosterone showing through. No piggishness intended.)

Not only are they skilled, they have an amazingly violent streak, which I love. Last weekend Christa Harmotto bounced a kill off a Michigan girl’s forehead that landed about 8 rows deep in the stands. Then she laughed.

Loved it.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 1:08 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yay!

It’s Pete the Streak, boys and girls! Pete the Streak!

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 1:09 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Wow!

Thanks for the intro.

Let’s have a beer!

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 1:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Done and done

Cheers!

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 1:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus

the longer we run this thread, the more we see that shot of those lovely vballers.

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 1:17 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

You can say that again.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 1:34 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Plus

the longer we run this thread, the more we see that shot of those lovely vballers

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 1:41 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

They gotta be hosted somewhere else, on the web

Then use the image button just above your text when you post—it’s the last one, looks like a tree. Then you paste the URL into the space that pops up.

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 11:47 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Amen, RUTS.

That lady could play. Easy on the eyes, too.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 3:20 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I was always more partial to Bonnie Bremner.

Great player (4 time All-American), very attractive and smart (Academic All-American). I’ve always had a thing for smart women.

by Elihu on Oct 25, 2008 3:26 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yup

Led PSU to their first NC. Her, Zemaitis, Cacciamani, et al, were a dynamite group.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Oct 25, 2008 3:54 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good call, Love

Good job getting those HAWT gals some love! Proud of em!

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 25, 2008 12:49 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Anybody else

wiping away tears after that Richt family story?

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 11:15 AM EDT   0 recs

Awww, you big softie!

But yes, I was a bit choked up as well. sniffle, sniffle.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 25, 2008 11:18 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I know, right?

Anyway, it’s good to mix up the emotions on a football saturday. Need a little softie-tears to go with my normal uber-testosterone pumped-upedness.

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 11:21 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I figure by the time 8pm rolls around

and the booze has been flowing, I will be an emotional mess. Hopefully tonight will be tears of joy, and not tears of pain, agony, and disappointment. Fingers crossed.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 25, 2008 11:24 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

First come

Tears of anticipation. I’ve had a few of those already this morning. Of course, a 4am bedtime after many beers at G.O.D.S. Night (Guys Out Doing Shit) sandpapers the synapses and keeps emotions close to the surface.

I hope I don’t see any telethon commercials, or I might end up with my own adopted baby from the Ukraine.

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 11:27 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Be cautious of any commercials

that have Sarah Mclachlan singing arms of an angel. Thats the one where they kill the puppies.

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 11:30 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I think this is funny....

Pitt game not on TV…..

by jbolt1971 on Oct 25, 2008 11:16 AM EDT   0 recs

Good Omen

Last night, ESPN Classic showed the 2001 OSU-PSU game when JoePa broke the all-time wins record.

Zack Mills and Co. came back from 27-9 and won 29-27. What a game! Let’s hope for the same outcome tonight.

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Oct 25, 2008 11:20 AM EDT   0 recs

324

Is a good number. That game was da biggity bomb.

pax et amor

by jtothep on Oct 25, 2008 11:22 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

My 30th birthday....

Was a late night at the Skeller for me….

by jbolt1971 on Oct 25, 2008 11:23 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Shanoff picked OSU

FWIW, that is.

John Madden told me 90% of the game was half-mental...

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Oct 25, 2008 11:31 AM EDT   0 recs

Anyone see the

JoePa clubs baby seals sign?

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 11:39 AM EDT   0 recs

that is classic.

Does anyone know why Mark May is such a PSU hater? Is he mad that Penn State doesn’t play Pitt?

Even when he tries to say something nice about the lions, it is always one of those backhanded compliments.

by Lovethosefreakinnittanylions on Oct 25, 2008 11:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

"Dr. Lou, I have a case of Lauranitith"

That was a good one

John Madden told me 90% of the game was half-mental...

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Oct 25, 2008 12:02 PM EDT to parent up   0 recs