D. Givens reaffirms his commitment...
by carolinaeasy on Jan 26, 2009 9:09 AM EST
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PrintI just saw this in today's copy of The State newspaper from Columbia, SC. . You can find the information towards the bottom of the page, but in summary it says Darrel Givens will skip his scheduled trip to the University of South Carolina, because he is staying with his commitment to Penn State. I know that there has been alot of concern over this in the past few weeks, so this article should come as a relief to many. I was never really concerned with him leaving, but then again Spurrier is a slickster so who knows what could have happened if he had actually went on that trip.
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Great
Hopefully he will help give us the strong secondary we so desperately need
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
you can have the best corners in the world
but if you play them 8 yards off the LOS, they are going to get burned by marginal talent every time.
World F#$king Champions
You Got That Right...
" ...the pool or the pond; the pond is good for you..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Jan 29, 2009 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
We have had very good secondaries as a unit in the past 10 years
It is one of those things that are overlooked when working well and glaringly obvious when not. An upgrade in skill level makes a huge difference, perhaps we could play a little man bump and run with the right guys.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
That's great news!
This kid is projected to see time in 2009 and probably start in 2010 so it would have been a tough loss if he went elsewhere! I know some were secure in his commitment but when a kid visits another campus you just never know what could happen.
I wonder how many recruits get confused by that
and think they just decided to go to sunny Southern California and then end up in South Carolina?
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
Oh yes
South Carolina, and their frigid temperatures…
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
South Carolina is a beautiful state
But it’s not SoCal, LaLaLand. Swimming pools and moviestars.
Pete Carroll’s playground.
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
True Story
I interviewed a Penn State kid one time for a job in my company. I asked him what made him decide to go into electrical engineering at Penn State and he told me it was a mistake. He wanted to go into pre-med and was researching schools online. He found out Penn had a good pre-med program so he looked for an online application to apply, but he ended up applying to Penn State instead. It wasn’t until he showed up for his first semester and met with his advisor that he realized Penn State’s pre-med program isn’t so great. So then he asked his advisor, “So what’s Penn State good at?” And that’s how he ended up graduating from Penn State with an electrical engineering degree.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
lol
I guess the thought never crossed his mind to transfer? Well of course once you get to Happy Valley you never want to leave (Pat Devlin never happened!)
How did the Michigan grad ever get hired?
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
and also:
thank god he never became a doctor.
“Well I was looking up your disease, and the treatment said to give 100 micrograms of medication, but I gave you 100 milligrams by mistake.”
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
That's even better...
than my personal best Penn/Penn State mixup:
I’m working housing for sports camps one summer, and the phone rings at the Johnston Commons Desk- it’s some guy who’s putting his kid on a plane the next day to come to camp. Long story short, I saved the kid from a week in Philly when he was really supposed to be halfway across the state.
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Jan 26, 2009 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
being Penn State alum
we really do get the bigger benefit of the mixups. Everyone knows our sports teams, and for some reason thinks that we are also “ivy league” as far as academics. I don’t usually correct them ;-) I mean it isn’t like we’re that far behind, anyway.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 26, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
Another mixup
As an elective I took the History of Jazz class. A lot of fun. Anyway, we had an assignment where at some point in the semester we had to go to a jazz concert and write a review on it. So I kept my eyes open and saw some famous jazz musician was going to do a show at a bar downtown one weekend. So my future wife and I, who was also in the class, decided to go to this show and do our report on it. We showed up pretty early so we could get a table and had a few drinks, but not too many b/c we were supposed to be paying attention to write a report and all. The band was late, but we didn’t think much of it. Most bands start late anyway. But half an hour turned into an hour which turned into an hour and a half. Pretty soon the bar manager came on stage and said the show was cancelled. The band just called and they were driving around Philadelphia looking for the place. They went to Penn instead of Penn State.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
My story
A while back I was playing as Penn State against Purdue on EA’s March Madness game, and Brad Nessler informed me that “Penn is one of the premier schools in the Ivy League.” Dickie V added that “The conference championship usually comes down to them and Princeton.”
Not as good as yours, though.
"They haven't played us yet."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 26, 2009 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
When I was at PSU I was roomates with a defensive back from texas
And his mom always was talking about how her son played for an Ivy league team, I can still hear him explaining it to her on the phone.
We just needed a couple players, a couple people to buy in to the fact and we were able to do it. --A.Q. Shipley
great story there, Mike
I think I took that Jazz appreciation class too…was Dan Yoder teaching it when you were there?
By the way, I’m also an EE grad, 2005.
by Artiefufkin10 on Jan 27, 2009 12:25 AM EST up reply actions
Sorry
I can’t remember the guy’s name. I remember he played sax in a band called Funkenstien.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
probably him.
He played sax when I took it. Circa 2003/2004 he looked like a guy in his mid 50’s. Said his mom always complained that he didn’t sound more like that “Kenny G” guy…..
by Artiefufkin10 on Jan 27, 2009 1:03 PM EST up reply actions
You Didn't..?!
" ...the pool or the pond; the pond is good for you..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Jan 26, 2009 5:00 PM EST up reply actions
You were interviewing him and he told you that?!?
Come on, man, you just gotta lie…you can’t tell an interviewer that.
by Screen Name 20 on Jan 26, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
I wonder how a dude bright enough
to graduate with an EE degree can be that stupid. Let’s get him into middle management pronto where he can do as little damage as possible.
pinkertonpark.com - you owe yerself a laugh.
Seriously
he’s just compounding the problems of that one mistake into others…
by Screen Name 20 on Jan 26, 2009 4:43 PM EST up reply actions
Well
He was an Asian kid that didn’t speak very good english. So he probably wasn’t very well versed in selling yourself in the American corporate world.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Alamo Bowl
I still don’t know if he was just being a jerk or was really confused (he claimed ingnorance), but the piano player at the bar in San Antonio kept playing the Penn fighg song
Well, considering that...
the University of South Carolina is 79 years older than the University of Southern California, I’d say the Gamecocks have more of a right to the abbreviation than do the Trojans.
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Jan 26, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
George Costanza.....
wanted to be called T-Bone and we know how that worked out.
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
MY EYES!!!!!
The goggles do nothing!
There is a tractor in the parking lot, West Virginia license EIEIO. Your lights are on.
by leeharvey418 on Jan 26, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
Well...
South Carolina maybe older, but the other USC is known for better academics AND football. But whatever.
I still think it’s hilarious that one USC is the Cocks, the other the Trojans. The stars aligned on that one.
by Mr. Rosewater on Jan 27, 2009 7:46 PM EST up reply actions
lol
I never looked at it that way.
Does it also say anything that they are about as far away from each other as possible?
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 28, 2009 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
Stars aligning
I still think it’s hilarious that one USC is the Cocks, the other the Trojans. The stars aligned on that one.
Kinda like the OSUs:
One OSU is a Beaver and the other OSU is a nut! College football just wouldn’t be the same if there wasn’t a cock, trojan, nut, and beaver!
Please forgive me but it was teed up too nicely!
The USC...(south carolina)
is a pretty darn good school…in no way is it a penn, or a yale, but it is a nice school, good law school…They are also awesome in Baseball, so i guess it is apples to oranges mr. Rosewater
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 Jan 28, 2009 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
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