Bowman with a diploma

Don't know if anyone else saw this video off of GoPSF.com, but Navorro Bowman has a diploma. The reason I bring it up, when the debate began about whether or not he was going to leave after this season regardless of performance (general consensus was he was gone) the point came up that someone had heard he promised his Mom he'd graduate college, which was the one counter to the "He's leaving" argument. But he's definitely graduated and earned his degree, and even says in the video, "Making my mama proud". So as if we needed more evidence to lean towards "He's gone", this may be the final nail in the coffin along with a baby daughter, a struggling economy, and a good season despite not playing in every game. If he stays it would be a huge shock, but regardless I wish him well in the future, he's made LBU proud.

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Also according to Rittenburg

Royster is on the fence still, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he bolted too. Next year should be… interesting.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Dec 24, 2009 8:08 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Frankly, the more I think about it, I come to these conclusions:

(1) We’re not going to be great next year anyways, so we might as well start training the next generation instead of just keeping Bowman and Royster around for an 8 win year.

(2) The next generation will probably be very good, but they need experience. Let’s get that next year, when we GO to Iowa, OSU and Bama, and be set when they come to Happy Valley.

These thoughts include: Mauti as a 2nd year starter, plus whoever comes up (Fortt?) at LB, whoever steps up at DL, and at least Morris at db. On O, we’ll have a 2nd-year starter at QB (hopefully) and the RB stable is loaded. No sense blocking the LBs and RBs from experience for 2 players to pad their Penn State stats…

"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 Dec 24, 2009 8:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I get bowman

I don’t get Royster. Unless he’s just over it, that’s the only explanation I can think of. Which is fine, by the way, but without knowing the personal situation Royster jumping makes no sense to me.

I know about your diabolical plan.

by Kevin HD on Dec 24, 2009 12:52 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Why not?

He already has his degree. I doubt he’ll be a first or second round pick. Most teams use platoons at the running back position these days, so they don’t waste top draft picks on them unless they’re Adrian Peterson or Reggie Bush. Might as well take that third round money and get on with making cash in the league. Then you’re one year closer to contract renegotiations when you can make the real money.

Mike
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by BSD on Dec 24, 2009 12:55 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly. And third round money will be the same as 1st round next year

But without the risk of college injury.

-J.V.Pa.

by psume06 on Dec 24, 2009 2:26 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Next year...

Very interesting…no wonder Bowden wants that extra year, you think ?

by DerryPharmer on Dec 24, 2009 8:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

For him, he should go

If he really goes in the 1st round like some are projecting, he’ll get that sweet money. I’m not sure of the specifics, but I think the NFL is instituting a rookie cap after this next draft.

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by 06Lion on Dec 24, 2009 9:20 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

didn't they threaten with the cap last year?

I mean when does the threat become reality . . . or is the league just posturing while the NFLPA vetoes such rules at every turn? I’m not educated . . . just seeing a recurring theme.

Bowman should go. He deserves a paycheck . . . just too bad he has to go play with the big boys and not destroy Michigan “skill” players next year.

by NittanySeaLion on Dec 24, 2009 11:41 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I mean when does the threat become reality

It has to do with the renegotiation of the NFL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement between the owners and the NFLPA. There’s a deadline to get a new deal in place by March 2010 (or else the 2010 season will have no salary cap) and the owners threatening a lockout for 2011. The rookie cap has been a point of discussion for inclusion in the new CBA.

So that’s why you’ve heard about it but haven’t seen anything – the owners and media have brought it up as a discussion point for the new CBA. But nothing will come of it until they actually sit down and hash out the new agreement.

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This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

by IcersGuy on Dec 27, 2009 12:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

tight

luv ur work.

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by jtothep on Dec 28, 2009 11:00 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

good for him

Go make some money man.

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by psu on Dec 24, 2009 10:27 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

He has to go

Even if he didn’t get his degree. If IBM had come up to me when I was a junior and said, “We’ll pay you $1 million per year, but you have to start right now.” I would woul have totally taken it.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Dec 24, 2009 11:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

excellent analogy.

by NittanySeaLion on Dec 24, 2009 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

My friend's brother had something like that from Microsoft. Obviously not the total (I think it was $85k)

And that’s why I went to Penn State.

-J.V.Pa.

by psume06 on Dec 24, 2009 12:01 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Oh and he had to leave early - he finished his degree in Washington somewhere.

-J.V.Pa.

by psume06 on Dec 24, 2009 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I would have taken it too

totally! ;-)

Grottos and Valley Girl slang? Are you sure you didn’t go to USC?

by LionsandBear on Dec 24, 2009 1:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

He could probably use the extra year

But wouldn’t we all like an extra year in college?

It’s just not realistic. It’s time to move on, especially because there’s a kid involved.

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by fugimaster24 on Dec 24, 2009 12:34 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Graduation

Yep, a long time ago Bowman had mentioned that he had promised his mother that he would graduate from college. Now that it’s official and he’s got a baby to take care of, this is all the more evidence that he’s headed off to greener pastures.

Good luck, Mr. Bowman! Make us proud.

by smashtheguitar on Dec 25, 2009 1:55 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

To be accurate

He has a degree. He had the diploma when he first arrived on campus.

by stonewall435 on Dec 25, 2009 9:15 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Distinction Fail

While he may have had a High School diploma during first arrival on campus, he did not yet have his Penn State diploma until recently. The post author’s usage of diploma is not inaccurate, but your attempt at correction is.

di·plo·ma (dĭ-plō’mə) n.
1) A document issued by an educational institution, such as a university, testifying that the recipient has earned a degree or has successfully completed a particular course of study.
2)A certificate conferring a privilege or honor.

by jtothep on Dec 28, 2009 11:07 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs