Devlin discusses departure

"He said (equipment manager Spider Caldwell), 'Joe just called me and told me to clean out your locker,'" Devlin recalled. "So I grabbed a trash bag and threw everything in my locker and left. That's kind of how it ended."

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Here's a better link

It’s the McLane article, instead of the Rittenberg synopsis post.

I’m very infrequently crtical of Joe, but he jacked up the handling of Devlin in two important places:
1. The Iowa gameplan. Wildcat Dwheels plans were akin to scissoring Devlin’s nuts
2. Notifying about the Rose Bowl. Even if he changed his mind after the in-person meeting, he can’t call Pat or the parents?

I hope Devlin tears it up this year and next.

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by jtothep on May 7, 2009 4:05 PM EDT reply actions

I would have preferred he stay

But, I don’t think this is entirely Joe’s fault. From what I had read, Devlin was unsure about staying here and went to Joe about it. Joe made the decision for him. I wouldn’t have told the kid to just flat out clean out his locker, but Joe’s been quoted as saying he didn’t want Devlin to just hang on and possibly hurt his career.

by dawsonPSU10 on May 7, 2009 5:12 PM EDT up reply actions

blah blah blah, I hope he does well at Delaware and goes on the NFL, but this kid is a drama-queen and a whiner. I’m glad he isn’t our QB, and both parties involved are better off.

We ended up with the guy that bleeds blue and white, instead of the guy who only looked at this program as “what can you do for me?”

Someone give me a DC FIST PUMP!!!

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by millzners on May 7, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions

by psuguy on May 7, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions

BOOM

This was taken before the sonic boom created by the DC-17 fist pump knocked everyone around him on their asses.

by dawsonPSU10 on May 7, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

The guy to the right

knows its coming, and he’s getting ready to run away, but there’s no escape…

by dawsonPSU10 on May 7, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions

oh no!!! If Clark bleeds blue & white

then why is he wearing red? Did he transfer to OSU? OH NOES, THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!

by The JuggerNitt on May 8, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

It's not red, it's scarlet!

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by ReadingRambler on May 8, 2009 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

this one is pretty sweet too!

by psuguy on May 7, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions

I love you, Daryll

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by ReadingRambler on May 7, 2009 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

his neck looks like it is about to explode

hope he doesn’t get an aneurism

by The JuggerNitt on May 8, 2009 12:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Bicep band

Maybe he should put his bicep band around his neck, since the band obviously looks like it’s about to explode off of his ginormous biceps.

by dawsonPSU10 on May 9, 2009 5:34 PM EDT up reply actions

RE: Bicep Bands

according to one of the PSU magazines (I forget which one, I think the Penn Stater from a few months ago, maybe octoberish?), the bicep bands were a Penn State “invention” (and apparently have no real function other than aesthetics, cuz they’re too small to really absorb much).

It was in (I think) either the 1999 or 2000 Miami game where some of the players cut up wristbands into thinner bands, and wore them around their biceps. The Miami players were all jealous, and complained to their equipment manager that they weren’t offered bicep bands to use, and he in turn complained to Nike that Penn State was getting some sort of preferential treatment, and that they wanted bicep bands as well. Nike, not having made (or heard of) them before, was equally confused, but started to make them in response to the demand.

I find it quite amusing that a school known for its bland uniforms was the originator of such a trend.

by The JuggerNitt on May 11, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions

Spider Caldwell?

That’s a pretty good name right there.

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by 06Lion on May 7, 2009 8:08 PM EDT reply actions

If he doesn't have

a crazy amount of tattoos I’d be disappointed

by dawsonPSU10 on May 7, 2009 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions

What?

You don’t know who Spider is?

Link to his profile

Born with a severe case of scoliosis that left him without part of his left shoulder blade and a number of ribs, he acquired his nickname when then-Penn State defensive lineman Joe Hines noticed a hunched-over Caldwell before a team meeting.

“I was joking around, crawling across the locker room one day and I’m all arms and legs,” said Caldwell. “Hines said I looked like a spider and it stuck.”

by whiteoutonly on May 8, 2009 12:01 AM EDT up reply actions