At this point, I should apologize to those e-mailers from Penn State, who were outraged when I...

At this point, I should apologize to those e-mailers from Penn State, who were outraged when I included the Nittany Lions in a list of slow teams from the Midwest.

I was wrong. They're not really from the Midwest.

Oh snap, Plaschke!

This is shaping up to be the best on-paper matchup other than the yet to be determined MNC game. Two teams that play great defense and score points. A coach in the middle of one of the best runs ever and a coach at the end of the best career ever. You would think that, instead of writing stories that sound just like the thousands that have been written since the now two year old OSU-Florida game, journalists would jump at the chance to put out new material. But keep blaming the death of newspapers on the internet.

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They could be the best team in the country, yet for a third consecutive January, they won’t even be allowed to leave town to prove it.

If I’m not mistaken, for a third consecutive year they did leave town and proved where they belonged.
2006 @ OrSt – L – 33-31
2007 @ Oregon – L – 24-17 (and let’s not forget, Stanford @ home – L – 24-23)
2008 @ OrSt – L – 27 – 21

But obviously they should have won those games (let’s not point out that Penn State should have won @ Iowa) and all of a sudden USC is too good to play against PSU.

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 1, 2008 6:00 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Fire Joe Morgan:

Reading a Plaschke column is like being in one of those cartoons where a dog watches a tennis match and its head bobs back and forth as the ball caroms left and right. It’s exactly like that, except you get a lot more misinformation.

I will not click on the link.

JoePa for governor

by ReadingRambler on Dec 1, 2008 6:11 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

so sad that site is gone

by speedomike on Dec 1, 2008 9:10 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

in short...

Cry Me An F’ing River.

by Cairo on Dec 1, 2008 6:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

speed

stefon 4.2
dwill 4.3
butler 4.3
hmmm we are slow

by farrellpsu on Dec 1, 2008 6:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Yep

Don’t you know Urban Meyer himself runs a 3.9!

by hasuprotoss on Dec 1, 2008 6:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ah screw him

Any loudmouth douchenozzle that appears on Around the Horn, where you need to scream to be heard over the other douchenozzles, doesn’t deserve an angry email from me. I could pick that column apart but it really isn’t worth the effort.

As a guy I know once said, “I don’t need to tell that guy he’s a jagoff. He knows he’s a jagoff”.

Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.

by 06Lion on Dec 1, 2008 6:54 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Plaschke

And anybody who has ever seen a couple episodes of AtH knows he’s the dumbest guy on there, even worse than Woody. Personally, if Plaschke says we’re going to lose, I’m thinking PSU is going to win, BIG

by WPIALkid22 on Dec 1, 2008 8:48 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Woody

Paige is a godsend compared to freakin Mariotti and Plaschke.

by psuphiman80 on Dec 1, 2008 9:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Typical

This is why I hate USC. Their network of bandwagoneers could care less about results on the field. Leinert proclaimed USC the better team immediately AFTER losing to Texas. Carroll cried over the BCS AFTER losing to Oregon State.

What made USC great at the beginning of its run was the hunger of the players and coaches. Palmer, Bush, White, they all played to prove they deserved respect. Each successive iteration of players has felt increasingly entitled the the mantle of greatest college football team ever of the season.

There is no question that USC has more talent. The question is whether they are motivated enough. The downfall of all of these dynastic teams is that recruits show up for glory and an NFL paycheck. It happened with F$U and Miami. It’s only a question of when it happens to USC. If Carroll and his players don’t get their heads on right, less talented players like Shipley and Norwood who are playing for pride and just a shot at making an NFL roster will beat them.

by gcdyersb on Dec 1, 2008 7:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Shipley?

Less talented? He’ll be an NFL center for 10 years.

Just sayin’.

by The Mess on Dec 1, 2008 7:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I don't doubt that

But I have a feeling Shipley won’t grade out as first day draft pick at the combines. Scout.com basically doesn’t rate him. NFL Draft Scout puts him as a 7th round pick. He’s athletic, but not a freakish talent like the NFL drools over.

Shipley is the kind of lineman who will be drafted late, then earn himself a starting position. But he’s not one of those golden 5* guys that USC stockpiles and ends up being drafted on the first day despite underachieving.

by gcdyersb on Dec 1, 2008 7:53 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

wow... sucks for AQ

I really thought he would be at least a round 2-3 guy… That’s disappointing to see they don’t give him more credit

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Dec 2, 2008 11:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

well, he is coming from Penn State's "average" offensive line

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 2, 2008 1:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

USC

the University of Spoiled Children in a city already full of them. It will be difficult for Pete to motivate his team after the man-children listen to a month of Plaschke-esque bleating.

by dr kill on Dec 1, 2008 8:08 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

fast does not mean good

by Mr. Rosewater on Dec 1, 2008 8:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Bingo.

I’ll take a football player over a trackstar any day. Knowledge Timmons is still one of the fastest guys on our team….

by jimbo2psu on Dec 2, 2008 8:49 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Defensive Prognostication?

I read the article and on the second page one of the USC linebackers said that they knew ahead of time everything that ND wasgoing to throw at them offensively. They said the same thing after the tOSU blowout.

I hope and pray that we unleash the full completment of the Spread HD on these guys. I think they’re defense is good, but I don’t think they’ve been challenged.

by PaOhWi on Dec 1, 2008 8:29 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I think that guy is full of shit also

Count me among the group that doesn’t believe in the whole “we knew what was coming” stuff. I understand some offenses are more complex than others, so to some degree this has merit, but I just don’t believe a defense can know what’s coming at them before the snap. What could they have to go on? The formation? Some other, more subtle tell? I just think USC’s defense was way too fast and way too physical for Notre Dame, who despite the pre-game scuffle, didn’t really want to be there….

by jimbo2psu on Dec 2, 2008 9:10 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Ask

The Patriots how thats done

by blogue20 on Dec 2, 2008 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

touche

by jimbo2psu on Dec 2, 2008 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

How could you know

everything ND was going to throw at you? Fat Charlie is an offensive genius… just ask him!

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Dec 2, 2008 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

sounds like we have 'em right where we want 'em

“I know nobody wants to play in the Rose Bowl” protested linebacker Rey Maualuga

petey & co, please show up all glum, looking at your shoes, disappointed that you didn’t get to face one of the titans of the big 12 and sec. Because if you do, we will stone cold bitch-slap your ass all the way back across town where you came from.

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Dec 1, 2008 8:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

too bad it's a freakin' home game!

15 miles away!

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Los+Angeles+Coliseum&daddr=rose+bowl&hl=en&geocode=&mra=pe&mrcr=0&sll=34.087467,-118.227731&sspn=0.275803,0.617981&ie=UTF8&ll=34.085649,-118.224564&spn=0.275809,0.617981&z=11

let’s see Beaver stadium is…

2574 miles away

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Dec 1, 2008 8:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

huh...

looks like they still gotta go through happy valley to get to the Rose Bowl

For the glory

by lionalum05 on Dec 2, 2008 7:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

PSU's theme song for the Rose Bowl

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8inztO0Xx8

by speedomike on Dec 1, 2008 8:59 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Thank Big Baby Jesus!

I totally forgot that we’d have Bill Plaschke to bat around like a bearded Massengill piñata for the next few weeks.

This makes life worth living.

by Run Up The Score on Dec 1, 2008 10:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Steve

Bill Plaschke is a joke of a journalist

by EaglesPhan53 on Dec 2, 2008 7:13 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

you set it up

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 2, 2008 11:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

correction

At this point, I’d like to apologize to those of you who might have been outraged when I said that Bill Plaschke is a joke of a journalist. I was wrong, he’s not really a journalist.

by EaglesPhan53 on Dec 2, 2008 7:14 AM EST reply actions 1 recs

haha

boom

by jimbo2psu on Dec 2, 2008 9:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

nice.

Kevin @ Black Shoe Diaries

by Kevin HD on Dec 2, 2008 9:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

and you knocked it out

BOOM!!! (goes the dynamite….curiously that kid has more journalistic integrity and skills than Plaschke)

by The JuggerNitt on Dec 2, 2008 11:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I am so happy we have the new media.

The old media really sucked and I’m glad it’s dying. With the internet the average person can be heard. I can imagine how much that must piss off the propaganda machine, makes me feel all warm inside.

This blog is a great example of how much better off we are with the new media vs. the old.

by markpsu on Dec 2, 2008 7:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Pennsylvania is not in the Midwest, it’s in the Middle East.

by Pentimental on Dec 2, 2008 8:54 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

would have rather have been stationed in your 'Middle East' than the other

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member

by TheMightyErik on Dec 2, 2008 11:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Possibly the most arrogant move in the history of college football...

This is impossibly stupid and arrogant:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-uscfyi2-2008dec02,0,2546528.story

I hope & pray that UCLA wins just out of spite.

All your base are belong to JoePa.

by mushdamma on Dec 2, 2008 1:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

People are overplaying this

Nuehisel and Carroll discussed this on the Dave Dameshek show on ESPN radio in LA ealier this season. Dameshek really wanted it and they both didn’t have any problems. Rick will probably call a timout at the begining of each half to even it out.

by whiteoutonly on Dec 2, 2008 3:38 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Could UCLA decline the penalty?

If so, problem solved.

by Cairo on Dec 2, 2008 3:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought it was the utmost in arrogance

until I heard that UCLA plans to call a timeout at the start of each half. I mean, it pretty much IS a homegame for USC…

BTW, it’s bad enough that the rose bowl is 15 miles away from LA coliseum. BUT, the trojans actually play in the rose bowl this week! I cannot believe it. They have every advantage, they don’t want to play us, they think we’re below them. How does PSU wind up in these situations? It’s just so funny how you are what you are. WE ARE… downtrodden and disrespected. I love it.

"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."

by showtime on Dec 3, 2008 7:50 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs