Thanks, ESPN, for a fantastic game!

by Bleed Blue 'n White on Oct 25, 2008 11:24 PM EDT

Major kudos to ESPN for an incredibly well-produced game. I don't care if you're not a Penn State fan - that pictorial history of JoePa was just fantastic.

Also major kudos to the Buckeye alum in the booth. Great job. You never got the sense that he was partisan at all.

And my God, what a game. The Big 12, PAC-10, and hey, this week, even the SEC can keep all the high-scoring goofball shootouts filled with sloppy tackling, poor fundamentals, and dumb penalties. Give me a disciplined game filled with great football, and I'll eat it up. Zero accepted penalties for Penn State, and only one called.

I have to say, I'm a bit biased, as I lived in Columbus for a while, but I love the Penn State-Ohio State games. Hate on the Buckeyes all you want, but they're a disciplined, good team. Penn State-Ohio State 2005 and 2008 were just awesome thrill rides.

I'll be posting Silly Statistics about this game next week, along with another installment of In Defense of Statistics. What a season. What a team. What a coach.

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It was a good production

it’s always a far better production than the NFL games, where the networks are promoting their shows every 30 seconds.

by Joe 96alum on Oct 26, 2008 12:48 AM EDT reply actions

Can't wait to see it!

WE ARE!!!

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

by TheMightyErik on Oct 26, 2008 12:53 AM EDT reply actions

The only thing I didn't like

Was that JoePa history. Did anyone else get the sense it was an ‘In Memoriam’ sort of thing? I thought it was depressing as hell. Yeah it highlighted his whole career, but the music and the final picture of him smiling was something I would expect to see at a funeral. Otherwise, AWESOME GAME!!

by dawsonPSU10 on Oct 26, 2008 2:21 AM EDT reply actions

yes

that Joe pa thing was soooooooo depressing. If you had been out all day and just caught that beginning you would have though coach Paternon passed or something. It was very creepy, I didn’t like it at all.

by PSU4ever31 on Oct 26, 2008 2:32 AM EDT up reply actions

I don’t agree. There is nothing wrong about doing a look back through someone’s life while they’re still alive, and there’s nothing wrong about acknowledging the fact that Joe’s in the late twilight of his life. People die. It’s a fact. Joe could go on and coach another ten years, and there would still likely never be a year like this for him remaining. Right now, this is a defining moment in his legacy. There’s nothing wrong in acknowledging it.

I can see how it would seem depressing, but… it shouldn’t be. It really shouldn’t. Joe’s career will end. That’s life. There is no reason for us to wait until it does to show the world, and him what he’s done and what it means to us.

by Bleed Blue 'n White on Oct 26, 2008 3:51 AM EDT up reply actions