Wisconsin Preview: Badger Badger Badger
Who Shot Who In The What Now? Penn State (6-0, 2-0) at Wisconsin (3-2, 0-2). Kickoff at 8:00 p.m. Eastern at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.
Kicking Television: ESPN primetime, baby. There have been plenty of comments about the abysmal announcing last week by Dave Pasch and Andre Ware. We should be in better hands on Saturday night. Mike Patrick, Todd Blackledge, and Holly Rowe will guide us through the proceedings. If you're in the car, the game can be heard on any number of radio stations including XM 197.
A Fool And His Money: Penn State is favored by 5 1/2 points. The over/under sits at 47. Penn State is 0-5-1 against the spread in their last six conference games. Wisconsin is 2-8 against the spread in their last 10 conference games. So, yeah. Have fun with that.
Weather: Surprisingly great. Accuweather says it'll be 65 degrees and mostly cloudy at kickoff.
Dubious Statistical Achievements: Penn State has started conference play 3-0 once since 2000.
Ouch, Babe: Jordan Norwood (hamstring) and Mickey Shuler (ankle) are noted as "probable" in the official PSU Game Notes.
Highly Diverse?: Also in the PSU Game Notes, we learn that Penn State is the only team in the country averaging more than 250 yards rushing and 240 yards passing per game. Useless, yes, but true. They're also the only team ranked in the top 10 nationally in both total offense and total defense.
Lest We Forget: Last year, Penn State was battling numerous off-field issues, and we all wondered what kind of team would show up on Saturday. Quite simply, they dominated. While the Penn State Football Story is unbelievably good at polishing a turd, there was no need for it after last season's encounter with the Badgers:
In Scores From Other Games: CBS Sportsline has a quality five minute preview on YouTube. Pickin' On The Big Ten is calling for a road blowout for Penn State. The good kind of blowout.
Smoke Signals From Enemy Territory: Beware of a QB change for Wisconsin, as head coach Bret Bielema is openly suggesting that Allan Evridge might be on a short leash Saturday night.
“Allan is going to start on Saturday,” Bielema said. “But there comes a point in time where you have to make an assessment as to where we are as a football team. … The next guy would probably be Dustin Sherer.”
Still, Bielema recognizes there are aspects of Evridge’s game he must work on.
“The part that Allan has to improve on more than anything is his accuracy as a passer,” Bielema said of the left-handed quarterback. “The bottom line is that we have to expect the ball to be delivered with better accuracy. … He has to see a clearer picture of what we’re trying to get done.”
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The real question
Where and what will Todd Blackledge eat. Wherever and whatever it is I bet it involves cheese.
Did anyone else see the monstrosity he ate for breakfast last week? It looked like a pile of pancakes, home fries, fried eggs and bacon that could feed an army. I had a heart attack just looking at it.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Oct 9, 2008 10:52 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Norwood.
Predicting Penn State's Offensive Scripts since 2005!
by Kunza on Oct 9, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry for the double the internets was acting funny
The game notes were cut before Joe’s presser where he said Norwood would start against Wisky
Predicting Penn State's Offensive Scripts since 2005!
by Kunza on Oct 9, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
I thought you were suggesting Blackledge was going to eat Norwood.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Oct 9, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lean
At least he’d be lean and not too fatty. Could be worse.
by The Mess on Oct 9, 2008 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
True
Are we talking a deep fried Norwood or is this a grilled Norwood?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Oct 9, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lame but funny
whoever he was calling with at the time said something like “i think your doctor just had a heart attack watching you eat that”.
Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries
by Kevin HD on Oct 9, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jumped the Shark
Blackledge is big time now. They even gave him his own bus.
Last time he was in State College for Taste of the Town he called the Grilled Stickies “Grilled Stickey Buns”. Todd, come on man!
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Oct 9, 2008 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think he did that to explain what they were...
I bet he goes to baby’s and gets the minis….you heard it here first!
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
by carolinaeasy on Oct 9, 2008 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Can't beat a Baby's cheesburger basket!
If Blackledge snags one of those he’ll probably have the best day of his life. Maybe a chocolate shake to boot. Never had one I didn’t love.
by blogue20 on Oct 9, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Blacrilege!
Maybe that’s what they called them back in 1982?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Oct 9, 2008 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That would be
an extra large ‘No’, with a side order of ‘Way’.
They were grilled stickies when I started in ’74.
Blacrilege, indeed.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 9, 2008 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Jumped the Shark"
Holy cow! I’ve heard this phrase for years, and never fully understood it (I got the meaning from context, but never the etymological history and meaning of it). Can’t believe it originated from one of my favorite childhood shows, Happy Days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark
Thanks for being with me here as I continue to learn vitally important information….
pax et amor
by jtothep on Oct 9, 2008 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes Sir
That was a sad day in sitcom land.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 9, 2008 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Ted McGinley corallary is my favorite
Lives to this day, through his appearance on Dancing with the Stars.
by PSU Mudder on Oct 10, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
it looked delicious
I actually tried to recreate something like it myself the next morning, can’t talk now …. too much chest pain.
I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?
by psu on Oct 9, 2008 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Madison Eats
I’m transplanted here in Madison and actually work for UW – he ate at a place called Mickie’s Dairy Bar, which survives through tradition and location (it’s right across from the stadium). You’re right – it’s disgusting – food tastes like the grill has never been cleaned or the grease ever changed, and on my only trip there, my coffee came in a cup that still had lipstick on it from the last patron. Avoid this place at all costs.
I’d say that Todd visits State Street Brats, another classic hang-out, but will good food – they make their own brats.
by CheeseHeadLion on Oct 9, 2008 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lispstick on the cup?
That sounds hot!!!
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
by TheMightyErik on Oct 9, 2008 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
John Stocco had just used it.
Rather awkward moment.
by Cairo on Oct 9, 2008 2:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
or
Brooks Bollinger
or
Tyler Donovan
or
Jim Sorgi
you get the picture
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Oct 9, 2008 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Gak !!
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 9, 2008 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd be willing to bet
It’s something to do with some good ‘ol ’brats. I hear them make’em good in Wisky.
by GreatScawt on Oct 9, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a member of the weasel family I thought...
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
by carolinaeasy on Oct 9, 2008 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They may look
a lot like beavers but they sure don’t act like them:
by bucksumo on Oct 9, 2008 11:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully it'll look like one
At about 11:00 p.m. on Saturday night.
by Run Up The Score on Oct 9, 2008 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, my word!
I had no idea they were such badasses. I loved watching him (or her) effin up those snakes.
pax et amor
by jtothep on Oct 9, 2008 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still not as cool as PSU's mascot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7MuFDVEUro
Rock on, Lady Lion. Rock on.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 1:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's crazy
I can’t believe that grizzly backed down! Wouldn’t you think you could use your 800 pound advantage and swat the shite outta her and just pound her?
Keep this wild animal footage coming!
pax et amor
by jtothep on Oct 9, 2008 2:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope you don't like deer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGfxD5hcInw
“Holy shit, this is like… Wild Kingdom.”
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 2:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That Badger
from the above video could crush the bear/cougar/deer in less than 2 mins
by SweepTheLeg on Oct 9, 2008 6:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep
I’m going with the under
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 9, 2008 6:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Call me when you have video of a badger taking on a bear
I found video of a state cop taking on a bear.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 7:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's Texas Ranger, to you sir!
Pity that poor bear!
pax et amor
by jtothep on Oct 10, 2008 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rare footage
Of one of the most fascinating creatures on earth.
by blogue20 on Oct 10, 2008 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately
Manbearpig is now extinct, thanks to Al Gore.
by Screen Name 20 on Oct 10, 2008 9:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's basically just an angry over-sized squirrel
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everything you need to know
about Badgers is available here
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Oct 9, 2008 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG
They shut down What Badgers Eat dot com, what a rip off!
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Oct 9, 2008 11:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think
this is what we’re all waiting to see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMeLFEq58QU
Feel free to sing along.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 9, 2008 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh hell
Read the rest of the comments, Streak. Read the rest of the comments.
Sigh………..
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 9, 2008 6:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
RUTS,
Thanks for this post…I have had a gnawing feeling in my gut all week about this game…at least I feel a little better after reading all of this stuff
Success without honor is like an unseasoned dish, it will fill you up but it won't taste good. - Joe V. Paterno
by carolinaeasy on Oct 9, 2008 11:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Is the Band Banned?
Don’t forget… Wisconsin’s Marching Band might be suspended again this week… could play a role into the field direction and such
by AdamShell on Oct 9, 2008 11:23 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Our Band is allowed in...
but with no instruments…
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Oct 9, 2008 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But maybe pep band will play.
The latest yesterday was that the pep band can play in the stadium:
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2008/10/08/pep_band_uncertainty_settled.aspx
Although I wonder if this will change depending on whether the UW band plays. The news in Madison (where I live) is mixed on this. Official reports are saying it is undecided as the investigation is continuing. Word on the street is that the band has been practicing the show all week and folks don’t want the band absent for another prime time game against a ranked opponent.
Anyone else coming in for the game? Should be a great weekend all around.
Phil
by baronlion on Oct 9, 2008 12:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
They're lucky
Good thing the Wisconsin band doesn’t play in Happy Valley. Joe Paterno would have suspended them half a season and the DA would have brought up felony charges.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Oct 9, 2008 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Suspicious
I find it slightly suspicious that the Wisconsin band will not attend their 2 biggest home games on their schedule, especially since those empty seats are then filled with students. Isn’t that a little extra home field advantage? I’m not sure if the band typically yells along with the student section, maybe they do, but if not then they took out some tubas and inserted a sizeable noise increase.
by jimbo2psu on Oct 9, 2008 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I doubt
there is some kind of conspiracy going on here. That’s not fair to the kids in the band who want to see the game and perform. If they really wanted to squeeze more people into the stadium they could set up temporary bleachers on the sideline. I think things just got a little too wild on the road trip to Michigan.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Oct 9, 2008 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Wisconsin Band has a reputation around the Big Ten for being the crudest, worst-behaved, all around boorish band. As a former Blue Band member, Wisconsin was often a model of what not to be. By no means is any large group of college students going to be choir boys and girls, but they consistently took it to a whole new level. The general fact is they crossed a big line: sexual harrassment. In general, most college student behavior (getting drunk, trashing hotel rooms, being socially unacceptable) can get looked at as a boys will be boys mentality.
Finally, they get held accountable for their spree of actions over the past decades and miss out on at least one (if not more) great experiences. Good. Their fans will really miss them.
by shadowfax on Oct 9, 2008 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
one time at band camp
I stuck my flute in my p***y
I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?
by psu on Oct 9, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
wisc band
I was talking to a blue band member yesterday and he said that the wisconsin band is no longer invited back to Beaver Stadium. Apparently they did something bad when they came once during the Dark Years.
"Boy that student section now is up and really making a gigantic amount of noise. You see the sea of white, the white out. Well they are 2 minutes and 28 seconds away from the whiteout of the Buckeyes here tonight." - Ron Franklin
by rmcmillen50 on Oct 9, 2008 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A lot of bad things happened during the Dark Years...
If they didn’t coincide with my college years, I would’ve wiped them from my memory (b/c I have the ability to do that and all).
by Screen Name 20 on Oct 10, 2008 7:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sounds like an OTL Piece
Call up Shapp
by The IC Lion on Oct 10, 2008 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would argue the oppposite
even though the band can’t play when the line is set, they still lead a lot of the different cheers and celebrations, and I would imagine they cheer just as loudly as any other group of students.
by The JuggerNitt on Oct 9, 2008 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or
they would have to clean up the stadium after each home game.
"the secret to loving your job is having a hobby that you really despise"
by nitwit86 on Oct 9, 2008 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No band is a disadvantage
I think not having the band really dulls the crowd down a bit. I think it keeps momentum going and I hope our band will be there doing there thing, as well. One of the reasons I will always love CFB over the NFL. Adds to the whole crowd and game experience
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
by TheMightyErik on Oct 9, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I can't believe no one has heard the full story yet
Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries
by Kevin HD on Oct 9, 2008 1:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
No doubt
Or some youtube video as well! I can’t say I wouldn’t check in on some vids of the girls band line for the bathroom….
pax et amor
by jtothep on Oct 9, 2008 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Anxiously awaiting vids
Those band girls sounds HOT!
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
by TheMightyErik on Oct 9, 2008 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well
The do sound slutty.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Oct 9, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
But they’re from Wisconsin.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Look
We are not all going to marry super models. However, if you marry a girl who likes beer, brats and football, and has that certain “morally casual attitude” the the Wisconsin Band seems to favor, you might be hapier in the end.
You can’t live on sex, Beer and Brats will keep you going for quite some time.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Oct 9, 2008 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha
Just kidding, mate. You bring up some good points, though. What do most people think of when they think about Wisconsin?
1. Brett Favre
2. Beer
3. Food
In that order. Women are almost never on the list.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's really kind of an interesting trend
if you will, with the wildin Generation Y chicas, and lads, these days. And when I say interesting, I mean that totally neutrally. It’s way more positive than ‘interesting’ for the Gen Y lads who are orchestrating/requesting that the girls make out, and it’s far, far more negative than ‘interesting’ for the mamas & papas whose daughters are prevented from using the bathroom before they perform said requested make-outs. I understand this.
I also understand that BSD is trying to be a somewhat family blog, so I do try to utilize some restraint (sorry if you couldn’t tell—I will try harder if need be) and try to toe the line of risque with more subtle allusions—versus blatant & direct raunch. So, I’d like that known, before I tell the following quick story:
When my buddy and I were out in Lincoln for the 03 Nebraska game, we partied with the nicest of nice people—great folks who pounded beers with us before the game and who walked us all the way to our section just before kickoff. We got pretty loaded, and I learned that my buddy (who I knew from church youth group, btw) gets very, very potty-mouthed when things don’t go PSU’s way. And it didn’t that day, for those who remember. I was a bit embarrassed at his verbal onslaught, but hid it under more and more beer. So the game ends, and we’re catching a ride back to the hotel, in the back of one of his cornhusker mates’ SUV’s, with the windows down, beats bumpin and the party generally continuing rather strongly. And we roll up to an intersection (red light) where two beee utiful co-eds are giving each other what looked like a goodbye hug. I couldn’t resist, and shouted out the window: ‘Oh, go on; give her a kiss!’ She looked at the truckload of dudes, smiled wickedly at us and then at her friend (who returned an approving smile), and they dove in for a lengthy and deep liplock. We cheered far more than we had all game.
It was totally and utterly hot.
pax et amor
by jtothep on Oct 9, 2008 4:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's not like you had anything else to cheer about
The worst part was that fast little white guy Nebraska had. Drove me crazy.
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Morally casual attitudes are indeed welcome. Indeed!
by Tailgate Shogun on Oct 10, 2008 6:52 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Casually moral sounds hot, too.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Oct 10, 2008 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
agreed...
“Those casually moral co-eds sound hot”…. sure, I can work with that
If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.
by TheMightyErik on Oct 10, 2008 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=804251
The hazing allegations were detailed in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
by CheeseHeadLion on Oct 9, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Didn't PSU beat the spread last week?
I thought it was down to 12.5 at game time?
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
by pic15 on Oct 9, 2008 1:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It depends on when you take note of the spread
I’m in a pool where we use spreads as of Tuesday night (Penn State is 6-0 this year). I believe RUTS is looking at the spread as of Thursdays, which shows us at 0-2 in conference play this year.
by Aaron PSU on Oct 9, 2008 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm just using covers.com info
Obviously, last week could’ve gone either way depending on when you locked in.
by Run Up The Score on Oct 9, 2008 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What about the commercial?
If any of you have seen the University of Wisconsin halftime recruitment commercial it’s completely centered around the band. I wonder how many shots the chick who yells “Hit it!” at the end of the commercial had to drink before getting the job as drum major?
by Cairo on Oct 9, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I would love to see
Derrick Williams return 1-3 kickoffs for TDs (preferrably one of them being to start the game, and the other 2 coming after their only field goals, one of the returns to end the first half)) and say something like, “this is what happens when you legitimately kick off to us”.
I’m still annoyed at their blatant unsportsmanlike “interpretation” of the clock rules on kickoffs from 2006.
Also: they broke JoePa’s leg!
Grr that game angered me.
by The JuggerNitt on Oct 9, 2008 2:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Yes, but not as bad as 2004
Gameday goes to Madison to watch Zack Mills and MRob go down in the 1st quarter. What follows next is a horrific nightmare involving Chris Ganter and UW’s Matt Bernstein.
by Cairo on Oct 9, 2008 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, man
You had to bring that game up. Bad memories returning. Repeat after me: 2005 made the pain go away. 2005 made the pain go away,
by ReadingRambler on Oct 9, 2008 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I almost threw a pint glass across the bar during that fiasco
and I was with my parents. Let’s focus on 2007’s results instead.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
by showtime on Oct 10, 2008 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ugh, don't remind me of that
I couldn’t shake the image of the self-annointed, “Hebrew Hammer”, running right through the PSU defense time after time. It was so frustrating. And apparently, those without any rooting interests were scarred as well…
by Screen Name 20 on Oct 10, 2008 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When teams score 6 points
And there is no doubt they have scored enough points to win, your offense sucks.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Oct 10, 2008 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

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