Waaaaaaay too early bowl predictions

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 12:07 PM EDT Comment 54 comments

So, the website on the internet that is entitled college football news dot come clearly needs a story to write. The result? Some way too early BCS predictions. You may be asking yourself-where do our beloved Penn State Nittany Lions fall in this zany fortune-telling exercise? Well.....you might just need to use your mouse to move your cursor over the link I have provided in order to find out this "information".

Now that's how you get to 75 words. I am not normal!

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We ain't got the tradition to hold your nuts!

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 12:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Thank God for that

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No homo

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 1:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Mark it down

USC isn’t playing in the title game. Period. If I’m wrong… well, I won’t be wrong, so I won’t say anything else.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 12:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

they'll lose on October 31st.

"I was looking for four things. Honesty, loyalty, trustworthiness and a man of character. Joe Paterno has all of that." - Derrick Williams

by Stately NOVA Lion on May 4, 2009 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

For the sake of the Conference, hopefully in Columbus as well.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

so confused

Ok, so the Rose Bowl is only obligated to take the B10 Champion and PAC 10 champion? So like, if USC goes to the NC game, then the Rose Bowl can pick whoever? WTF happened with Illinois 2 years ago? Did the Rose Bowl pick them over a team from the B12 or SEC?

BTW I hate the Rose Bowl tie-in, I’d rather play VA Tech in the Fiesta than anyone in the Rose. Just my gut feeling.

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

by millzners on May 4, 2009 12:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I hate the tie-ins

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

Rose Bowl picked Illinois b/c they are so ZOMG about the Pac 10-Big 10 tradition. I also kind of remember that there weren’t really any other good options that year, but I could be wrong.

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Missouri that year

would have been a much better option than Illinois, except for the “tradition”

by The JuggerNitt on May 4, 2009 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I agree

but Missouri was ineligible because of that rule that only 2 teams from a single conference can get BCS bowls. I do think that Missouri definitely should have gotten a BCS bowl instead of that Kansas team that played in the Orange Bowl.

by Brett Brown on May 4, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

here's how good kansas was that year

I completely forgot that they were in yet another unmemorable Orange Bowl

by The JuggerNitt on May 4, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i remember that game well

b/c i was laughing hysterically at their ‘tweet tweet tweet’ sound fx and the ridiculous bird dancing the students were doing. And their coach is ridiculously huge.

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

by millzners on May 4, 2009 1:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

LOLZ

I literally only remember their coach… haha

"I never really felt like they wanted to tackle me" - Tony Hunt

by BSmith717 on May 5, 2009 10:24 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't they beat Va Tech though?

If so, and I don’t feel like looking it up, it says more about the ACC than anything.

by Screen Name 20 on May 4, 2009 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah they won

The ACC has by far the worst record in BCS games of all the big six conferences. They are only 2-9 in BCS bowls and one of their 2 wins was against VT before they became a member.

by Brett Brown on May 5, 2009 11:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They are allowed to pick any eligible team if the Big 10 or Pac 10 champ is playing in the NC

but they are so set in their traditions, that they’ll usually take a Big 10 or Pac 10 team if they are available, even if it means passing on a better team.

by Brett Brown on May 4, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

These will be dead wrong, but I'm bored

Rose Bowl: Penn State vs. USC

Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma vs. Boise State

Sugar Bowl: LSU vs. West Virginia

BCS Championship: Texas vs. Florida (Go Horns. God help us if the SEC wins again.)

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 12:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh I forgot

Orange Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Ohio State

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They predict we get 2 BCS teams again.

I hope not, that bumps every team up a notch and we end the season like last year, not good for the B10. I would like to play Vatech in the Orange bowl though.

They don’t have the tradition to hold our nuts

by psu on May 4, 2009 12:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Agree

But I think its inevitable with the amount of spots the BCS. The ACC, Pac 10, and Big East aren’t getting two teams. Having said that, the Big 10 needs to nut up and start winning some of these big games instead of hoping to only get one team in.

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Can't be done, got no SSSSSPPPPEEEEEDDDD

They don’t have the tradition to hold our nuts

by psu on May 4, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

Start beating good teams & stop hoping for an easier team.

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on May 4, 2009 1:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think Ohio State can beat VaTech though.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

They can probably beat Oklahoma too

As much as they like to pile on the Big 10 for losing BCS games, for some reason, the MSM has almost completely ignored the fact that Oklahoma’s BCS ineptness stretches back quite far.

by Brett Brown on May 4, 2009 1:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Selective Memory? Double Standards?

I’m shocked – shocked, I tell ya!

by Sevay on May 4, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

It would be great if...

VaTech makes it through their ~~joke of a conference~~ tough schedule nearly undefeated and in the top 5. Thats the prediction. Now, we know Texas, OU, UF and ND are the only teams that get more media bj’s than VT, so take the predictions as you may…

But really, I don’t think there has been more than 3 VT teams EVER (1999, 2004-05) that could have competed with the PSU team of that given year, and this year will be the same…

SOOOOO, what I’m saying is: I love that pick, I think, barring injury on our side, its a guaranteed BCS win.

by psume06 on May 4, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sorry, but I want SC

Besides, I don’t trust VaTech to make it through the ACC unscathed.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 5:22 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And

Not going to the Rose Bowl would mean that we didn’t win the Big Ten outright and lost to either Ohio State or, god forbid, Iowa.

I swear, I can’t take “THE Ohio State Buckeyes: 5 straight Big Ten championships!”

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The t-shirts alone

will now haunt my dreams

by dawsonPSU10 on May 4, 2009 5:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

you know OSU isn't losing to anyone other than us, though

so if we have a Big 10 loss, they’ll still be printing those shirts

by The JuggerNitt on May 5, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I bet ya 5 Hightower photoshops that they lose to Iowa.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 5, 2009 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

WTF

The Orange might give thought to West Virginia and its rabid fan base, but the game would get more overall attention by taking Penn State or Ohio State.

Since when has West Virginia had a better fan base than either PSU or OSU?

by The JuggerNitt on May 4, 2009 1:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 1:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

OOOOOOH

they’re talking about West Fuckin Virginia.

I thought they were talking about West Virginia (that school Penn State is 48-9-2 against).

Also, seriously, no one actually thinks they have a better fan base, right?

by The JuggerNitt on May 4, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Better fan base? No

But more rabid? Yes. It is my belief that there are more West Virginia fans with rabies than Penn State fans.

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

hahahaha

I go to school with a few W Fuckin VU alums, and I have to agree.

by psume06 on May 4, 2009 5:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

they burn their couches and stuff so that has to count for something.

They don’t have the tradition to hold our nuts

by psu on May 4, 2009 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Who hasn't burned a couch or two in their day?

It’s not like you can take it with you when you leave school for summer break.

by RNF18 on May 4, 2009 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

is that girl in the bottom right wearing chainmail?

wtf?

by The JuggerNitt on May 5, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Girls in chainmail

dare i say it?

Ben and Alex... first commits for 2024

by 3Yardout on May 5, 2009 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Say it!

Hey, this game is fun too and you can make it fun. --j. odrick
But I’m biased towards tailgating, as you may imagine. -ts
Ignore the accolades – just enjoy the games. -bb&w

by jtothep on May 6, 2009 10:45 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The way you have the quote above...

It says PSU and OSU would give the Orange Bowl more attention than WVU.

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

by rahpsu92 on May 4, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I took that to mean "national" attention, though

I could be wrong, I had just never heard anything about “West Virginia’s fan base travels really well” quite like I hear about Nebraska and Penn State’s fan bases

by The JuggerNitt on May 4, 2009 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Outback Bowl
Jan. 1 / 11 a.m. ET Tampa, Fla. ESPN
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 3 vs. SEC
Way Too Early Projection: Iowa vs. LSU
Top 5 Others Considered: 1) Ole Miss, 2) Georgia, 3) Penn State, 4) Michigan State, 5) Alabama

Capital One Bowl
Jan. 1 / 12 p.m. ET Orlando, Fla. ABC
Tie-Ins: Big Ten No. 2 vs. SEC No. 2
Way Too Early Projection: Michigan State vs. Georgia
Top 5 Others Considered: 1) Penn State, 2) Ohio State, 3) Wisconsin, 4) Iowa, 5) Florida

I think we could win these. Although I think Iowa will finish ahead of MSU.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 1:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

There were some other non-BCS matchups that I thought looked favorable for the Big Ten. But winning those won’t matter. In 2006 we beat Tennessee and Wisconsin beat Arkansas and all we heard about was how slow the Big Ten was b/c Ohio State and Michigan got worked over by Florida and USC.

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

True

But the media might not bash us as much if MSU and Iowa won, we beat the pretty boys, and jOSU won.

I mean, they would probably try to bash us, but it would sound dumber.

Have a "great HD day!" - Jay Paterno

by ReadingRambler on May 4, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

well right

hard to bash a conference when their top 4 teams beat top non-conference competition, but they would still definitely bash us if the entire conference won all our bowl games, except that PSU lost to USC, and tOSU lost to Texas. The BCS games are pretty much the only measuring stick the MSM uses.

by The JuggerNitt on May 4, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Your 75 Words

Are starting to look like a Phil Grosz column.

Gradulations!

Hey, this game is fun too and you can make it fun. --j. odrick
But I’m biased towards tailgating, as you may imagine. -ts
Ignore the accolades – just enjoy the games. -bb&w

by jtothep on May 4, 2009 1:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I just need

An awful wig and blind optimism and I’ll be set.

by speedomike on May 4, 2009 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And

You have to tell us how surprised we will all be to read the article, but it’s exactly what your sources were telling you all along.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on May 4, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha!

Have either of you guys met him? He must be a character. I think JoePa namedropped him in one presser this spring. Something like ‘I don’t have as many magazines to sell like Phil does..’

Hey, this game is fun too and you can make it fun. --j. odrick
But I’m biased towards tailgating, as you may imagine. -ts
Ignore the accolades – just enjoy the games. -bb&w

by jtothep on May 4, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

What is with his hair???

It’s like he was standing near a janitor’s closet when he was getting the picture taken and at the EXACT MOMENT the camera snapped, the door fell open and the mop landed on his head. Seriously.

"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza

by NJ lion on May 4, 2009 9:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs