Penn State #14 In BCS; Iowa #13
by Run Up The Score on Nov 15, 2009 8:36 PM EST
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Beat Sparty
The rest will sort itself out.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Nov 15, 2009 8:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
time to focus on the task at hand
we are at the magic number….now we just need to win to have a shot at the “at large”
by psu in the w-b on Nov 15, 2009 10:14 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Remember when we used to worry about the human voters love for USC?
The computers have them at 14. Wow.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 8:40 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Must be that big win over Notre Dame
"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 15, 2009 8:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Probably getting a free pass.
You know, since Carson Palmer and Matt Leinhart got hurt or graduated or something. I call it the Iowa/Oklahoma “We’d have won, if other people were playing” sympathy card.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 8:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The 'If other people were playing' game is a fun one
PSU players who in different circumstances could have lined up for us this year:
Project Mayhem
Maurice Evans
Chris Baker
Phil Taylor
Abe Koroma
Mike Mauti
Brandon Ware
Sadly, on offense, none of our would-be’s are really worth salivating over:
Stabby McShankerson
"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 16, 2009 9:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stabby McShankerson
Good news is we didn’t even need him this year, our WRs are good without him and his cell phone case.
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 16, 2009 11:09 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stabby's doing great at Norfolk State.
He’s a monster at that level. He had two TD’s on Saturday. Don’t know if he has stayed completely clean or not.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
by PaJoe on Nov 17, 2009 6:43 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Stabby's doing great at Norfolk State.
He’s a monster at that level. He had two TD’s on Saturday. Don’t know if he has stayed completely clean or not.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
by PaJoe on Nov 17, 2009 6:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
This season
is jacked up. For the love of God, Virginia Tech is right behind us and they have 3 losses. Granted, two were to top 10 programs and similar to our losses, but that third one to UNC at home…bleh.
The BCS doesn’t know how to handle this clusterscrew of datapoints.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Nov 15, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I'm done
moaning about our place in the polls for this year. With as flat as we continue to play for huge stretches of games, I can’t be confident we’d beat any ranked team in any environment.
As for everyone else, eh. Outside of ranking the top 2, and a team or two getting screwed out of a BCS at large, the polls don’t really matter.
by jimbo2psu on Nov 15, 2009 10:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Have I ever mentioned
how much I deeply despise the BCS system?
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 15, 2009 8:49 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
As much as you despise USC, that's the same way I feel about LSU this year (and Okie State)
(McCarverism?)
I almost wish Pitt could play them. Because I think they would beat up on them.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 11:21 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Oklahoma State
Why do the computers like them more than us?
I didn’t think they would be ahead of both Iowa and Penn State.
by jebatzel on Nov 15, 2009 9:22 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Lets take your question and increase the scope..
Why do the computers like anyone not named Utah, BYU, Clemson, or Houston more than us?
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Haha. Oops.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 9:37 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and the coaches rank us 9 spots ahead of Utah
go figure
by jebatzel on Nov 15, 2009 9:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think we deserve a BCS bid but…
Has another school been left out of the NCAA tourney AND lost out on a BCS bid in the same year due to horrific schedules? Just a thought.
by 16andCounting on Nov 15, 2009 9:46 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Now that's an interesting observation...
although I have to doubt if our football team would’ve been able to show up in a 3rd or 4th big game any better than we did in the 2 we did have. For example, if we played Cincinnati instead of Syracuse would we still be 9-2 right now?
by jimbo2psu on Nov 15, 2009 10:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but really, do most of the teams ranked ahead of us deserve to be in the BCS?
No…
The only teams I think deserve bids/have REALLY earned them are TCU and Bama. Had Iowa not fallen apart, they’d be the third.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
by psume06 on Nov 15, 2009 10:04 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I definitely think Cincy has earned a bid too.
"The only cohesive passing game in the whole damn conference was in Happy Valley." -Rivalry Esq.
by BSmith717 on Nov 16, 2009 8:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If we don't make it to the BCS, it won't have anything to do with our schedule
Or, to continue with today’s apparent trend, “Irrelevant”.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Well technically
We were left out of the NCAA tourney last academic year
How could Nixon know so little about Watergate and so much about football ?
by psupride on Nov 16, 2009 8:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We actually dropped in the computer rankings since last week.
If we continued to be hangin tough at .260 instead of .200, its the difference between .4127 and .4327. Yes, 5 teames ranked ahead of us lost, and we still lost ground in the computers.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 10:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
stupind con fangled technological contraptions
by psu in the w-b on Nov 15, 2009 10:37 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Agree
Us robots are just as dumb as you freaks.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 10:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
You’ve been masquerading as a droid all this time, but you finally let it slip. You ARE a robot. I just knew it! I’ll buy that prisons are getting more modern all the time (for streak’s sake, they’re choreographing youtube videos in phillipino ones), but droids are just too futuristic for any prison these days to get hold of.
"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 16, 2009 9:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I think we should start making American inmates choreograph mass dances
and then put it up on YouTube. I know I sure as hell wouldn’t want to go to jail only to be put up on youtube dancing to MJ, that’d be a hell of a deterrent.
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 16, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
????
Does this mean we can sentence the vols football players to 10 years hard time of doing the electric slide. If so awesome
by psu in the w-b on Nov 16, 2009 6:54 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Is anyone opposed?
I mean the Electric Slide has to be the most degrading dance of all time. You make inmates do that, they’ll be danced straight back to behaved society.
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 17, 2009 12:26 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Hey...
Don’t knock the Electric Slide! The Chicken Dance is fun, too. Now, the Hokie Pokie and YMCA are other stories.
I expect the prisoners already do their version of YMCA when they shower..
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
by PaJoe on Nov 17, 2009 6:47 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
i honestly have no problems with the rankings.
seems about close to right as you can get.
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
by amandakt on Nov 15, 2009 10:42 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
yeah, there's not much I'm completely outraged about this year
which feels unusual. As much as I disagree with some of the rankings, I can’t really think of how else I’d rank them
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 16, 2009 12:36 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We're a little high, to be honest
by Mr. Rosewater on Nov 16, 2009 4:18 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
We’re a little high, to be honest
Abe Koroma, to State College police
"Every player we have, someone—maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone—poured their life and soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world." - Joe Paterno
by Horse N Buggy on Nov 16, 2009 9:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I Blame Curley
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by fugimaster24 on Nov 15, 2009 10:50 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Note to people who like Oklahoma State:
Knock it off. The Big 12 is worse than the Big Ten.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 10:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Observation upon seeing Oklahoma State ahead of us, Iowa, etc.:
The Big 12 is worse than the Big Ten.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 10:51 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Irrelevant
The Big Ten is better than the Big 12.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 10:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Irrelevant
Colt McCoy and Jordan Shipley are special friends IYKWIMAITTYD.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 11:19 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Irrelevant
Is it wrong that I understood what IYKWIMAITTYD meant?
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 15, 2009 11:20 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Irrelevant
Not at all.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 11:22 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
If you know what I mean, and I think that you do
DUH!
"Every player we have, someone—maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone—poured their life and soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world." - Joe Paterno
by Horse N Buggy on Nov 16, 2009 9:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Irrelevant
Okie State is losing to Oklahoma.
by PSUisMyHeart on Nov 15, 2009 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yes
That will be the first time I actually hope OU blows someone out. Hawkins annoys me.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 15, 2009 11:31 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Do you mean Gundy?
OkSU does play Colorado next week, and their coach is Dan Hawkins.
P.S. Isn’t it great when nepotism bites you in the ass. The guy is a good coach, but plays his 2 foot tall son at QB. Reminds me of little league all star selections…..
by whiteoutonly on Nov 15, 2009 11:46 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
The anti-little league
Wasn’t he basically forced into benching his son though? That would never happen in Little League.
by LegalLion on Nov 15, 2009 11:49 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I meant Gundy
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 16, 2009 12:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Are you kidding me? Where are we at in society today?
Come after me! I’m a man! I’m 40! I’m not a kid! Write something about me! Or the coaches. Don’t write a kid that does everything right, that’s heart is broken, and then say the coaches say he was scared! That ain’t true! And then to say that we made that decision because Donovan Woods, because he threatened to transfer! That’s not true!
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 16, 2009 12:37 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Correct me if I'm wrong:
The version I heard said that he promised Woods more playing time (much more), Woods thought he was playing well enough to garner more playing time, Gundy acted like a douche, and then he went before the media to act like the media was at fault.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 16, 2009 12:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
And yes, I know your post wasn't serious
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Nov 16, 2009 12:44 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I hope you have sons.
Beautiful, handsome boys. Articulate, educated, and athletic. And I hope they have their legs taken from them, so you can know what this pain is like!
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 16, 2009 1:01 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Thats how I understood it
Douchetastic, Oklahoma style.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 16, 2009 12:52 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Definition of Woods thinking he was playing well enough to garner extra playing time =
losing to Troy.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 16, 2009 1:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
To make a longer story even longer
Then he shut down all practices to the media and refused to talk about any of it. In Oklahoma. So, when the reporter wrote an article trying to piece together what happened, Gundy became Douche Man™ and went off on her picking on a 22yr old scholarship player to blame the media to cover for his being shady and and an idiot. Lulzs ensue.
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 16, 2009 1:19 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Okie State might be on upset alert
this Thursday. Zac Robinson got nailed late in the game on Saturday, and his status is still uncertain for Thursday’s game against Colorado. It’s still a long-shot, but if Okie State is down their top two offensive playmakers, it could make for an interesting game.
"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 16, 2009 1:08 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
btw
in the end if we do get picked over Iowa for a BCS spot and you need some rationalization. Last season I believe NW and Iowa had the same record but NW had the head to head W. Iowa got picked over NW for the Outback.
It’s all about the $$$$$ folks
by whiteoutonly on Nov 15, 2009 11:43 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
is 6 undefeated teams at week 11 a record?
I know there’s 2-3 weeks left depending on the conference, but 6 undefeated teams in the top 6 seems awefully rare this late in the season. Maybe it’s b/c the mid-majors are getting more love then in the past.
It’s entirely possible we will have 5 undefeated teams come BCS selection, which should make for a great bowl year.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Nov 15, 2009 11:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
If by great bowl year, you mean complete and utter chaos
as the country is torn into multiple pieces defending or complaining how their team did/didn’t get to the MNC or BCS bowl, then, yes, it will be a great bowl year.
by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 16, 2009 12:15 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Irrelevant
Our schedule 5U}{0RZ!!!2
Deus nobiscum, quis contra?
by chocochuck02 on Nov 16, 2009 12:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
exactly
the key to ending the BCS is chaos. Eventually a team will get jobbed and their local senator will go to bat for them and shut down the BCS.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Nov 16, 2009 8:02 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It happened to Auburn in 2004...
it isn’t going to change for a long time.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
by Esteban d' Amur on Nov 16, 2009 8:27 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
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