Bowl Bound, The Movie
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Lobby for BCS bids much.
I say let's rock the Orange Bowl, because nobody will remember in five years anyway.
by jesse. on Dec 4, 2009 9:10 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
As a fan
I’m a little uncomfortable with being pimped so obviously for the BCS bid. We all realize that PSU brings eyeballs and ticket sales, but this seems a little heavy-handed and blatant.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Dec 4, 2009 9:23 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
Listen, friendo
Take that frown of yours and turn it upside down!
"Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time... Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength." - Stonewall
by ReadingRambler on Dec 4, 2009 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
It's a little embarassing
But I can’t blame them. It is what is. Straight cash homie.
by speedomike on Dec 4, 2009 11:17 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Those Rose Bowl attendance numbers are a little shady
I doubt we had the numbers USC did.
Let's Go State
by rmcmillen50 on Dec 4, 2009 10:29 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
yeah, it seemed more 60% them, 40% us
but it is hard to tell in the more mixed sections, since the red will stand out much more than the white.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 4, 2009 1:43 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
and I also bet they're just counting that we sold as much "allotment" as they did
but then there’s the tickets for Pasadena residents, etc., that all likely went to USC fans, plus any tickets scalped out there were more likely to USC fans as well.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 4, 2009 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know at least 9 Pasadena residents who got the tickets and went to the game wearing Penn State clothing
I was one of them, with quite a few around us
by Mr. Rosewater on Dec 5, 2009 3:34 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Honestly, I thought it was 60/40 too
but like you said, it’s hard to tell (I was actually kind of surprised we had as many as we did in the stands, but I guess I kind of underestimate the power of PSU), but one things for sure, we were louder than they were, which couldn’t have made me more proud especially in the face of how the game was going.
If you look at that overhead shot of the RB, we’ve got it pretty solid from the middle of the PSU endzone to 50 yard line, plus that little island of white for some reason stuck behind the USC sideline , then it looks to be about 60/40 from the 50 yard line to half of the USC endzone, and you can pick out spots of white in the sea of demonic red.
I don’t know what the hell possessed me to do math to figure this out, but say we were solid for 25% of the stadium, then had that 60/40 ratio for the other quarter of “our” side of the stadium, thats 25%+(60% of 25%=15%) = exactly 40%, but adding in the wayward PSU fan stuck in the middle of hell surrounded by USC fans, it could be closer to 45% PSU 55% USC fans, still a pretty respectable margin given it’s “essentially a home game for USC”.
by dawsonPSU10 on Dec 4, 2009 5:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent work, Mister Curley
"Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time... Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength." - Stonewall
by ReadingRambler on Dec 4, 2009 10:45 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I love the Orange Bowl stat
2007 Orange Bowl: Louisville (!) and Wake Forest (!)
2008 Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech and Kansas
2009 Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech and Cincy (!)
Those poor reps just can’t get a decent matchup
"Once you get them running, you stay right on top of them, and that way a small force can defeat a large one every time... Only thus can a weaker country cope with a stronger; it must make up in activity what it lacks in strength." - Stonewall
by ReadingRambler on Dec 4, 2009 10:48 AM EST reply actions 0 recs
I've had Orange Bowl tickets since 2005
and every year I lose so much money on them. Last year, I had 4 tickets (2 uppers and 2 lowers)…face value was somewhere around $600. I sold all 4 for $96 TOTAL. No one wants to see VT play Cincy. What a waste of a perfectly good bowl game.
"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 Dec 4, 2009 11:57 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Ouch!!
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Dec 4, 2009 4:40 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
that's what happens when you have an auto-bid with one of the worst 2 conferences
since all the bowls (but the Rose Bowl) are stuck 2/3 years with the last pick or the second to last pick, so they’re pretty much guaranteed at best a “meh” matchup, and 2/3 times a “you couldn’t pay me to watch” matchup. 2005 they got lucky with the storyline.
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 4, 2009 1:45 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
worst 2 conferences?
I’m pretty sure the ACC is a superconference, a combination of all the best teams from the east, and that they are awesome.
BSD
by Kevin HD on Dec 4, 2009 2:00 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Wow.
As a fan, I feel kind of used being pimped out like that. But hey, the man’s gotta do to bring home the cash money. Time for me to hit the street corner.
"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 Dec 4, 2009 12:20 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Wow indeed.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Dec 4, 2009 1:47 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
Double Wow.
BSDivas are cool.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Dec 4, 2009 4:42 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs
I know it's totally naive of me, but this is a video posted on our football team's website
thats filled with pump up videos, player video bios, and game recaps. Unless it was actually sent to the BCS reps, no one who doesn’t know about the website is going to see it. While this may very well be aimed at a BCS bowl rep, I think it’s mainly to pump up the fans for the bowl game. You guys are sooo cynical, you act like all the AD cares about is money, lol.
by dawsonPSU10 on Dec 4, 2009 5:45 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
Why not
make the money if it’s there…you really don’t think that WE ARE the only team/Program that doesn’t/shouldn’t go for it ? Let’s not act naive…IOWAY is way ahead of us and has the backing and promo of Big Cheese Delaney believe me…PSU promo is part of the public pitch and a few people know a lot about the behind the scenes push…hard to believe, but nice catch-up CurleyQ…it had to be done or NO BCS as arrogant as we may want to be…and I live and die for PSU for many more years than I want to admit.
by DerryPharmer on Dec 4, 2009 7:02 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
C.R.E.A.S.E.
Cash Rules Everything Around Spanier, Ese.
Time to make it rain on dem BCS ho’s.
by Tailgate Shogun on Dec 4, 2009 10:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs
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