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Senior Day Haiku

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This Saturday will mark the fourth senior day in the history of this fine blog. Tomorrow afternoon 18 seniors will run out of the tunnel for the last time wearing the Blue and White. Some of them will go on to try to earn a roster spot in the NFL. Others will go on to lead successful careers in business and life. Some are stars. Some are little known walk ons. They got up every day at 5 AM for four years to lift weights and run sprints so they could put on a show for us twelve Saturdays a year. They are heroes. They are legends. They are Penn State football.

If you're new to BSD this season, we have a tradition where we honor all of the senior players, from the All Americans to the third string long snapper, with a little ditty we call Senior Day Haiku. Feel free to add your own Haiku in the comments. We'll go in alphabetical order.

P - Jeremy Boone

He must hate the ball
Holy Cow did you see that?
He just hit the moon!

QB - Daryll Clark

Roll out and go deep
Never good enough for some
Just short of legend

Star-divide

TE - Brennan Coakley

You might have been good
Just too many injuries
We will never know

DE - Tom Golarz

Did you notice that
Golarz rhymes with solarz?
That is all I got

DE - Jerome Hayes

I still remember
You sacking Jimmy Clausen
Man, that was awesome

LB - Josh Hull

Went from suck to good
It must have been the mustache
Bow-chicka-bow-bow

OL - Dennis Landolt

Quiet performer
Right or left doesn't matter
I got your back, Clark

LB - Sean Lee

Your torn ACL
Brought you back another year
We're thankful for that

WR - Patrick Mauti

Sorry ‘bout the knee
Wait, you're not the linebacker?
Your brother is good

OL - Nerraw McCormack

You waited your turn
Got your chance but hurt yourself
Wasn't meant to be

CB - Shelton McCullough

Ran out the tunnel
I would kill to do that once
Gradulations, dude

DT - Jared Odrick

You know I own you
Double team? Doesn't matter
Running back is mine

LS - Andrew Pitz

The unheralded
Long snappers are people too
You did a good job

OL - Ako Poti

Please don't let Clark die
Nightmares of Heyward haunt me
Please, God, make it stop

TE - Andrew Quarless

Crossing the middle
Missed a block and dropped a pass
Joe's dog house must suck

TE - Mickey Shuler

Like father like son
All you did was play steady
Paterno likes that

CB - Knowledge Timmons

What was that blue streak?
Knowledge gunning the sideline
Look out return man

CB - A.J. Wallace

High expectations
Joe says too loosey goosey
Cover-3 just blows

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Darryl Clark

Linebacker U, but…
At quarterback? How about…
QB UFC?

by Pentimental on Nov 13, 2009 8:21 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

This

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:11 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Why is your Boone Haiku...

…about Pryor?

"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."

-Tony Hunt

by Cpiritual27 on Nov 13, 2009 8:36 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Haha.

BlockO is going to get you for that.

by Pentimental on Nov 13, 2009 8:49 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

true lions

say goodbye to them
seniors that played with pride are
true lions to us

by PSiriUs on Nov 13, 2009 8:47 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Crouching tiger hidden Hullstache
Doesn’t fit Haiuk template
But I always wanted to write that

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:13 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

best haiku i've ever heard

"He's a beast. But so am I. So let the beasting begin."

by PSUtopia on Nov 13, 2009 9:24 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I think we should get
Rambler a calculator
for Christmas this year

by BSD on Nov 13, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

BSD Mike can suck it
I love that damned dog

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 10:27 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

And...

Spellcheck.

by Pentimental on Nov 13, 2009 10:28 AM EST via mobile up reply actions   0 recs

For all the Seniors

You do it for team
You always give your best
You play with passion

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:20 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I can't count!

You do it for team
You always give it your best
You play with passion

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:25 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Darryl Clark

Touchdowns through the air
Running across the goal line
Man I respect you

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:24 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Ha!

Shelton’s was my favorite. Gradulations, Mike.

"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69

by jtothep on Nov 13, 2009 9:27 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Looks like cheap Bond villian
Evil laughter fills the air
Maybe I should grow one

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:30 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Looks like Old West dude
Age quo ages you say to me
I don’t know what that means

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:31 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Darryl Clark

Mike Rob your not
Big ten champ you are
Leader today and tomorrow

"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden

by QBsneak12 on Nov 13, 2009 9:31 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm...

Why is it so tough
To count up five-seven-five?
These are not haikus.

by PSUFlyers on Nov 13, 2009 10:02 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Let’s not be too harsh
QBSneak presents to us
The Polish Haiku

"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

by IcersGuy on Nov 13, 2009 10:26 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Josh Hull

First team from no where
You worked so hard to get there
Grand experiment!

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:32 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Linked on EDSBS last month
A crowning achievement I would say
That thing still creeps women out

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:33 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Josh Hull

Nice mustache mister
Ron Jeremy’s is bigger
I mean the mustache ;-)

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:34 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

No way

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:34 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Hullstache

Hullstache, bodies crash.
Tackle for loss, backfield boss.
Cougars get hot flash.

by Pentimental on Nov 13, 2009 10:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

Something surely drives you, dawg
An LB with such deceptive speed
Still bitter about Arian Foster?

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:35 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Tom Bradley

Give me Cover 3
I hate man to man
fifteen yards off

"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden

by QBsneak12 on Nov 13, 2009 9:36 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sean Lee

Holy crap you’re good!
I am sad to see you go.
You are a lion

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:37 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Quarless

Frosh year I was great
Joe’s dog house smells like Old Spice
What the eff happened?

by HValley on Nov 13, 2009 9:41 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

PSU Student Section

Showing Up on Time
Barely did that all year
Step up your game

"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden

by QBsneak12 on Nov 13, 2009 9:44 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

BSD flame war

Everyone choose a side now
Remember to call enemies “koolaid drinkers”
Bacon appeases everyone

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:46 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Still in dog house, eh
J Leman kicked you in the ass
Still make more money than me

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 9:45 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Jared Odrick

You are a true beast
Power to match the great ones
You make them eat turf

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:46 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Student section

When you are at the game
You are a great team asset
Wish you were all in

Peter

by psuboy on Nov 13, 2009 9:48 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Guido DElia

Thank You For 05’
We Say Stop the MUSIC
Greatest Promo is DONE.

"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden

by QBsneak12 on Nov 13, 2009 9:53 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Nerraw McCormack

Nerraw? Do you have…
A sister named Nosilla?
Born in a mirror?

by Pentimental on Nov 13, 2009 10:21 AM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

I’m in this picture
The Stache was great in person
And Clark’s hand was warm

"He's a beast. But so am I. So let the beasting begin."

by PSUtopia on Nov 13, 2009 11:02 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

This, here, is quickly
becoming my favorite
part of Senior Day

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Nov 13, 2009 11:06 AM EST via mobile reply actions   0 recs

From what I've been hearing from some "people" over the last couple of years...

Would not Senior Day “Country” Music Refrains be more appropriate?

"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway

by SubLime on Nov 13, 2009 11:16 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Almost Heaven
Josh Hull’s moustache
Slow as molasses
Still looks effing cool

Sam Lickliter. Never forgive. Never forget. Beat IU.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 13, 2009 11:49 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

FTW

How could Nixon know so little about Watergate and so much about football ?

by psupride on Nov 13, 2009 12:15 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I am humbly awed

"Never mistake motion for action." - Ernest Hemingway

by SubLime on Nov 13, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Send this to Kerry Collins and see if he'll record it

Awesome. Just awesome.

"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"

by NJ lion on Nov 13, 2009 1:56 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Clark

My fist pump strikes fear
In the hearts of defenders
Don’t try to stop me

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 13, 2009 12:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Boone

Could have been the best
Punter in the Big Ten Conf.
And then Pryor joined

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 13, 2009 12:22 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

JoePa

You are old
so says ABC and ESPN
repeatedly

by Mr. Rosewater on Nov 13, 2009 2:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I still crack up when I think of last year

when they compared him to different “old” things and saw which was older (I think it was the OrSt game).

“JoePa is older than sliced bread” was priceless.

by The JuggerNitt on Nov 13, 2009 3:04 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Clark

Thank you for the fun
Your two years have been a blast
A true Penn State great

by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 13, 2009 6:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

cant count and not that creative

clark

misunderstood
tradition upheld
for psu honor he stood

by psu in the w-b on Nov 13, 2009 7:01 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Evan Royster

Yes, not a senior
We love you very much – o
Please no draft for you

by cwarner28 on Nov 13, 2009 9:47 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Clark

Fist-pump of fury
Hands of play-action pass
Leather flight, blue sky

by Joe 96alum on Nov 13, 2009 9:59 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Hull

There once was a stache from Nantucket
Uhh…….. damn writers block!

"I wake up in the morning and I piss excellence." El Diablo

by UmustbLion on Nov 14, 2009 11:38 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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