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NOT THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 2:55 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

No

Droids don’t wear orange blazers

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face

by psupride on Nov 23, 2009 4:27 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, it's great, isn't it?

The 1st amendment is dead.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 4:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

somebody beat me to it

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 23, 2009 6:53 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Why didn't Ferentz bow?

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

If we've lost Ferentz to the touchy feelers, then we've lost them all

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

After reading your "unforgettable season" post, I think you need a hug

Or some beer. Or bacon.

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

by NJ lion on Nov 23, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

It's a pick your poison deal:

Our last three Presidents:

Obama bows to people or gives them a hug.
Bush held hands with Abdullah and have Merkel a backrub
Clinton….well, let’s not even talk about that. Good God.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 3:56 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

dont forget Bush kissing the prince of suadi

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 23, 2009 6:54 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I think holding hands is worse

Since the kiss thing is a custom. I don’t think holding hands is.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 7:00 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

So is bowing though

and I don’t mean Clinton intern “bowing”

by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 23, 2009 7:16 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Not in that case, it's not

There was a video posted on youtube, showing different leaders meeting the Japanese guy. None of them bowed.

I don’t know what it was all about. Doesn’t matter anyway.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 7:54 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

According to the article I just linked to, it may be a custom

Anyway, this was all sarcastic humor to begin with.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 8:00 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I know you were joking

I was just trying to point out that bowing is a Japanese custom. However, I did not realize that there was a “correct” bow at a slight angle. I thought the deeper the bow, the more “honor” you showed to another person, but then again I’m not a foreign policy major.

by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 23, 2009 9:28 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Here:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/11/on-president-obamas-bow-to-the-japanese-emperor-an-academic-friend-writes-that-both-the-left-and-the-right-are-wrong.html

I agree with the “academic friend”

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 7:56 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

You'll see that little post got 500+ comments

I hope that kind of thing never happens here

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 7:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Hugging, bowing or 500 comments?

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 23, 2009 8:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

All three

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 8:45 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

A quick scanning of those comments

It’s about 10% to do with Obama/Conservatives lack of Japanese culture knowledge, and about 90% arguing the use of the atomic bomb on Japan 60 years ago.

by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 23, 2009 9:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Ain't that a B

Nixon got the bow right, who would have thunk it?

by dawsonPSU10 on Nov 23, 2009 9:31 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 23, 2009 9:39 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Oh my

I won’t make that joke

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 10:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Please do.. Kinda oblivious

Nxon joke gone bad on my part

"No, Donny, these men are nihilists. There's nothing to be afraid of"

by psu in the w-b on Nov 23, 2009 10:12 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

No, no, I won't

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 10:37 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

A buddy of mine is the

head of the Democratic party in an undisclosed location in PA. They got the lowdown that Obama was going to attend thier church the Sunday he was in town stumpig for votes. Buddy, not really a church going guy, quickly assembled the kids and wife in their Sunday best and got them prime seats for the festivities.

After the service, Obama was hugging everyone and a reporter snaps a shot of the Presidential candidate shaking Buddy’s 10 yr old son’s hand. The reporter asks son about his impressive suit for a kid and asks if he dresses up every Sunday. Kid tells reporter that they don’t really go to church until today so he really doesn’t have to deal with suits often.

Buddy shakes head at blown operation.

One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's

by rahpsu92 on Nov 23, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

So

I guess this means Iowa has the Orange? Seems premature to me, but if so, this sucks for me as a PSU fan but is awesome for me as a critic of the BCS. The more teams with no TV following that get BCS bowls, the closer we are to destroying the system.

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

by 06Lion on Nov 23, 2009 4:02 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

It doesn't mean anything

And Iowa has TV following. They’re not TCU.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 4:08 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

But our TV following is larger, no?

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

by 06Lion on Nov 23, 2009 4:34 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes, but your argument is invalid

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 4:42 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Saying so doesn't necessarily make it so

Eyeballs mean $. BCS wants $. More eyeballs means more $. More eyeballs is thus good in the minds of the BCS animal. Penn State > Iowa in that case. Simply taking my statement of “no TV following” in it’s strictest form and implying I meant nobody watches Iowa on TV is a little absurd.

I don’t think we “earned” a BCS bowl this year, but I also don’t think Iowa “earned” one either. Whether we get it or Iowa does, I don’t really care. But I think there is a completely rational, reasonable argument for PSU getting the bid. Dismissing the possibility because Iowa beat us heads-up is again, a little absurd. Far more retarded things have happened in the BCS-era.

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

by 06Lion on Nov 23, 2009 5:57 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The more teams with no TV following that get BCS bowls, the closer we are to destroying the system.

I took this statement literally.

And really, the bowls care more about tickets than TV following anyway.

"I don't know. I don't know. [waves hand dismissively] First, you'd have to tell me what a 'BCS' is. I don't know."
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It doesn't matter if you "won't remember them" years from now because we'll probably all be dead years from now.

by ReadingRambler on Nov 23, 2009 7:01 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, this doesn't tell us anything

The Orange already said they love us too, and the orange bowl rep hugs everybody (see below). Also, Iowa getting to the BCS over us really wouldn’t change anything. Iowa is not a bad draw.

Also, if they’re going to change the system because they’re getting terrible ratings I’d fear for what concoction of crap they’d come up with. It’d most certainly be some devious scheme to increase ratings.

by PSUisMyHeart on Nov 23, 2009 4:30 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

HOLD ON HERE

I hugged the Orange Bowl rep at the PSU Pep Rally in East Lansing Saturday – does that count for NOTHING?!?

by IndianaLion on Nov 23, 2009 4:22 PM EST reply actions   1 recs

OMG, HE'S HUGGING AROUND

I’m sorry you had to find out this way

by PSUisMyHeart on Nov 23, 2009 4:23 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Other Angle

I really we wish we had a shot from the other angle to see the looks on the faces of what I am assuming are the Fiesta Bowl reps there in the matching green blazers with their backs to the camera.

by LegalLion on Nov 23, 2009 4:30 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Iowa isn't going to the Orange Bowl.

They’re either going to Fiesta or Cap One. We’re either going to the Orange or Cap One.

I’m 98% sure of this.

Twitter: @scrappled

"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee

by Run Up The Score on Nov 23, 2009 4:34 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed

NittanyWhiteOut.com. Arguably the second best Penn State blog I know of.

by PSUdevon on Nov 23, 2009 4:47 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah, but weren't you 100% sure

Penn State was going to LOSE to MSU?

Anyway. Plenty of football still to go. Let’s not get too worked up over bowl scenarios just yet.

by Tailgate Shogun on Nov 23, 2009 6:18 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

The Shogun is Wise

"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 23, 2009 8:18 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Shakespeare and the BCS - who woulda thunk it?

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

by NJ lion on Nov 23, 2009 9:38 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

+1 easy

Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.

"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."

by Roland86 on Nov 23, 2009 10:03 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Caption:

Orange guy: “Thank you so much for inventing hunting season, I am going to blast the hell out of some deer”

Ferentz: “I invented Stanziball, I am sorry but I had nothing to do with hunting”

Awkward silence.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

by psu on Nov 23, 2009 10:57 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

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