Yinzrfy Me!
by fugimaster24 on Jun 16, 2009 1:51 AM EDT
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Yes, I did just create that word.
Anyway, a quick glance at your Post-Gazette this morning will lead you to this Ron Cook cheerleading piece.
Right...so lucky not to be Cleveland...or just about any other sports city in the country...but whatever yiznr reads this won't care about the rest of the country, as long as we're better than Cleveland, we've obviously done ourselves good.I probably don't have to tell you how fortunate you are to be living in Pittsburgh instead of Cleveland when it comes to sports. I just hope you realize how truly lucky you are, period. You're living through a sports year that very likely won't be matched the rest of your life.
The Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals to win the Super Bowl.
The Pitt men's basketball team came within one terrific, length-of-the-court drive by Villanova's Scottie Reynolds of going to the Final Four.
The Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings -- on the road in Game 7, no less -- to win the Stanley Cup.
Anyway, he goes out of his way to attack Cleveland, but leaves out...
Ya, ok, great work Ron. Considering the Browns didn't have a snowballs chance in hell, I'm pretty sure this is the only game that Clevelanders probably cared about that involved a local Pittsburgh team kicking their ass. And you left it out. Bang up job!
Then he capped a great column with this:
It's easy to think this core group of Steelers will win another Super Bowl or two or three. Big Ben Roethlisberger is signed through the 2015 season. Two championships in four years do not seem like nearly enough for him. Wouldn't it be something if he matched the four that Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw produced in the '70s? Or topped them?
It's just as easy to think the Penguins will hoist the Stanley Cup again soon. Star players Sidney Crosby, 21, Evgeni Malkin, 22, Marc-Andre Fleury, 24, and Jordan Staal, 20, still are mere babies in their sport. Can you believe Staal couldn't drink champagne out of the Cup in Detroit the other night? Not legally, anyway.
LOL!
LOL indeed.
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Real journalists shouldn't use LOL.
Sorry, but it’s retarded.
I iz in ur Post-Guzete, reeding your newz!
by Tailgate Shogun on Jun 16, 2009 7:23 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs
^THIS^
DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, DANNY?
"I hope after touchdowns this year all our players just point at Zug." - jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Jun 16, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG U R a D.O.P.E!
TS – I 100% agree with you. This isn’t a 14 year old girls text message you are supposed to be a journalist Cook (though it is the P-PG so eh).
Fugimaster – one quick note from those of us on the othe side of the commonwealth though – we do not, and never will, consider PSU a “local Pittsburgh team.” (no matter how many WPIAL players we recruit haha!)
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Jun 16, 2009 8:13 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I have to agree
I’ve never considered Penn State to be a Pittsburgh team. If he had lumped the Phillies into his article and said it’s great to live in PA and not included Penn State, then you would have a case.
But down with Ron Cook and all that.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Jun 16, 2009 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Unfortunately PSU isn't a local Philly team either
at least according to the Philly media
PSU is very unique in that it’s smack dab in the middle of two great sports towns and is at home in neither of them.
by RNF18 on Jun 16, 2009 8:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm Not So Sure...
PSU football is covered regularly in the Philadelphia Inquirer (even in off-season) and is covered regularly in-season in my local paper (Delco Daily Times). Ditto to the Philly news channels while in-season. While they don’t go as far as to say PSU is “Philly’s” team, I’d wager that if you checked the last year, PSU was covered more times than Temple, Drexel, Penn combined… (I would include Villanova normally but they had that great final 4 run this year)
by Domin8ing the Big Ten(11) on Jun 16, 2009 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree to an extent
but you will hardly ever find CSN Philly have any updates on PSU, even during the season.
by Screen Name 20 on Jun 16, 2009 10:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Donnie Collins in the Scranton Times does a decent job covering PSU year round.
"If you let the men in you've got to let the women in. I don't want a bunch of women walking around in my locker room when guys take showers". Joe Paterno
by letsgopsu on Jun 16, 2009 10:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PSU is considered a psuedo-Pittsburgh team
while it is 3 hours away, Penn State does get a not of interest and coverage in Pittsburgh (not nearly as much as Pitt, obviously). There are daily articles about Penn State in the newspapers, and the local news programs include Penn State scores and highlights. West Virginia also receives a lot of interest, probably more than PSU, but I think both schools are viewed this way because there are a lot of PSU and WVU alumni and students living in the area
by WPIALkid22 on Jun 16, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There are a lot of PSU alum living in D.C. too but its not a D.C. team although I’ve found better spots to watch a PSU game there than in most places outside of state college. I did not mean to imply that I thought PSU was a “Philly team” either. But for the sake of those of us who may have a less than favorable view of Pittsburgh (that wording was chosen carefully in an effort not start a fight about Pittsburgh) and would rather not have our proud Alma Mater associated with it. Penn State’s impact is felt far and wide with so many alum spread so far across the country there really isn’t one city that its a “local” team of.
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Jun 17, 2009 9:04 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Rhino Bar in DC
Is the best bar to watch Penn State games that I have encountered.
by dontcallmescooter on Jun 17, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
There used to be a place in Alexandria called Zigs
They used to be great for watching PSU games. I remember during the 2005 season, Tony Hunt’s dad was always there and would get real excited every time Tony had a big play (Yeah Tony! Yeah Tony!) Unfortunately, the shopping center they were in did some renovations and raised their rent so high they couldn’t afford to stay there. They talked about moving for a while, but it appears that Zigs is now dead.
by Brett Brown on Jun 18, 2009 11:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I watched a game there
great place. Only downfall is it attracts the poisonous nuts fans, too.
by Screen Name 20 on Jun 18, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Penn State is too country
to be from Philly or Pittsburgh
"The sea was angry that day, my friends." G. Costanza
by NJ lion on Jun 16, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Penn State is..
…a Pennsylvania team.
I grew up in Central PA and now live in Western PA. I don’t consider PSU to be a local Pittsburgh team, however the Pittsburgh Post Gazette (worst newspaper in history and surprised it is not bankrupt) does cover them, so I guess they are somewhat local.
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
by Nick7 on Jun 16, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I agree with this completely
Penn State belongs to no one, but is simply the state’s favorite University and College Football team, beloved by both halves of the state. And beloved our alumni who stretch far as the eye can see, to all corners of the country, and the Earth.
We are many.
We are proud.
We are loyal.
We are strong.
We are not normal.
We are legends.
We will tell our kids about us.
We are Penn State!
(At this point there would be some cheesy, yet dramatic or patriotic music to say over this, possibly with the PA State flag, American flag, and a Penn State flag waving proudly behind me with the wind machine someone would need to loan me as I said it. I’d also need Deon’s help, as I’m not much of a public speaker.)
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You get a +1
FTW
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
by kmblue on Jun 17, 2009 7:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wait...what?
We will tell our kids about us.
Won’t our kids already know about us? They are our kids after all, right?
I bleed Blue and White.
by Horse N Buggy on Jun 17, 2009 9:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NO
Those damn kids don’t listen!
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 10:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I drank beer out of the Stanley Cup
That is all.
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 16, 2009 12:12 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Your the second person I heard this from
my friend got in the players locker room after the game, if that’s where you were too, how the hell did you get down there/how did they allow fans down there?
by WPIALkid22 on Jun 16, 2009 1:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
that would have been much cooler
but no, I was at a bar a few years ago, and Drew Miller (former MSU player who had just been drafted by the Ducks, and was called up for the playoffs) had his turn with the cup, and brought it to Lansing, where it was on display for a bit, with long lines and such, and afterwards he brought it out to the bars here at MSU.
I almost wonder if it was the real cup, though, because it didn’t seem nearly as pretty as it does in pictures or on TV (it had a bunch of dings in it, and seemed kinda dull, but that might be because we were in a dark bar, plus it had just been travelling with players for a few months). I know they have an exact replica, but I’m pretty sure it’s only purpose is to sit in the hockey hall of fame when the real cup is travelling. It did have the “handler” guy with it, too, but he didn’t seem to bugged with all the people touching it and drinking from it (even though when it is on “display” they have friggen barricades around it and they handle it with white gloves) but I guess he probably sees a lot of that going on in private.
Either way, it was still pretty cool, and I have a picture of me with it (though not drinking from it) somewhere. Unfortunately (or not) this was the summer I decided to grow out a ridiculous beard, so I look pretty ridiculous in the photo.
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 16, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmm
I almost wonder if it was the real cup, though, because it didn’t seem nearly as pretty as it does in pictures or on TV
It might have been the Stanley Cup that Phil Bourque threw into Mario Lemieux’s swimming pool.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE, DANNY?
"I hope after touchdowns this year all our players just point at Zug." - jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Jun 16, 2009 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man does The Cup have history
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/Story?id=90991&page=4
Here now are some of the strangest Stanley Cup tales:
Stanley Cup Misadventures
Baptism — Talk about a great save: In 1996, Colorado Avalanche defenseman Sylvain Lefebvre had his daughter baptized in the cup.
Dog-Food Bowl — In 1980, New York Islander Clark Gillies allowed his dog to eat from it. Ranger Ed Olczyk did Stanley a little more honor when he let 1994 Kentucky Derby winner Go for Gin eat from it.
Out for a Swim — In 1991, Stanley was found at the bottom of Pittsburgh Penguin Mario Lemieux’s swimming pool, a feat later duplicated by Avalanche goalkeeper Patrick Roy.
Strip Club Runway — Gentleman that he is, Stanley has been spotted on several occasions at topless joints. When the Edmonton Oilers took the championship in 1987, the cup ended up on the runway with an exotic dancer at the Forum Inn, just across from the Northland Coliseum.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
by bconway6 on Jun 16, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other words: CONGRATS JNITT!
Now that you’ve drank from Sir Stanley’s cup here’s what you’ve won:
Probably nothing from the baby, though they can be quite dirty and smelly, so you better hope it was a clean baby.
Years of animal saliva caked onto the cup you drank out of, from an animal that eats it’s own poop quite often
Mario Lemieux’s pubes (because you know he definitely swam nakers in that pool)
And whatever secretions a lady with fifty one dollar bills (also probably some of which were found in the gutter of a street someone had either taken a dump in or pissed in) stuffed in her panties she’s been wearing all night long, and probably hadn’t washed since the last shift, humped and grinded into the Cup (and you better hope it was a “classy” strip club, otherwise, you may also have drank from a cup used for other nefarious purposes). So from that swig of the cup, you may have picked up crabs, chlamydia, syphilis, and/or herpes.
Not to mention whatever anyone else in the bar you were in that also drank from the cup back-washed into the cup for you to drink. So, once again, from all of us at BSD, CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 1:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In other words, you may as well have drank out of this cup
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Jun 17, 2009 2:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
(and you better hope it was a "classy" strip club, otherwise, you may also have drank from a cup used for other nefarious purposes).
2 girls + 1 cup?
by Screen Name 20 on Jun 17, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I was hoping someone would know what I was going for
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
same page
and that might not be a good thing.
by Screen Name 20 on Jun 17, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never actually seen the video
It’s one of the few times I’ve resisted watching or looking at something someone told me I shouldn’t watch.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, well you should definitely watch it then
whoever told you that you shouldn’t watch it was just trying to trick you, it is one of the interenet’s biggest secrets, all the awesome that video contains.
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 17, 2009 5:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey now
Just because you drank from the cup doesn’t mean we have to resort to dirty tricks to try to get me to watch a gross video. If I really wanted to watch it, I’d take you out to a bar, since you seem to have an affinity for dirty cups. How’s that listerine going, by the way? ;-)
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 5:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Then you at least owe it to yourself
…to watch some of the reaction videos. Especially the reaction of The Roots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HVlh0maJGw
"Never. We would never shoot nuclear weapons at Decepticons." -- Gen. Jack Jacobs
by Run Up The Score on Jun 18, 2009 1:27 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I have seen some of those rxn videos
The ones with Kermit the Frog are priceless. I hadn’t seen that Roots one, but that was hilarious.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 18, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
gonna go gargle a gallon of listerine now
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 17, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget to add some penicillin to that listerine, should clear up the syphillis
however, the herpes is there for good.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 17, 2009 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
for some reason
i don’t think listerine is going to take care of, well, you know what was in that cup….
by Screen Name 20 on Jun 17, 2009 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cup makes another appearance in Mario's pool
by WPIALkid22 on Jun 17, 2009 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It Appears the Cup is Buoyant
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by fugimaster24 on Jun 17, 2009 3:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"Pittsburgh" Team vs. "Philly" team
I don’t believe Penn State “belongs” to either city as much as it belongs to both.
After the NIT, FSN ran commercials congratulating the team. They routinely bring in Tom Bradley, or other Penn State people to talk about the team before big games. The highlights of football, and now basketball, are shown every night on all the local channels, and while the local media here isn’t fair to Penn State, they do cover them.
So, yea, I consider them a local team. That doesn’t mean they aren’t also a local team for Philly though
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by fugimaster24 on Jun 16, 2009 12:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
We're not a local team either place
Penn State gets coverage wherever they have a significant alumni base. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia being the two biggest areas. One of the main reasons that the Pittsburgh coverage sucks is because the PPG has to cover it, because their market demands it, but the reporters selected to cover it are generally Pitt people who would rather be covering the Steelers.
Penn State’s following is not based on geographic proximity, it’s based on school loyalty.
"I honestly think the "Spread HD" is going to work pretty well, and we’ll be just fine this year". - 8-27-2008
by jesse. on Jun 16, 2009 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fair Enough
But, once again, if you really want to stick it to Cleveland, and you know there is a dominant element of your audience that roots for Penn State, it seems childish to leave something as huge as the Big 10 championship out of a Cleveland hit piece, especially because the PSU-OSU game this year is probably the thing that stings Clevelanders the most.
But Ron Cook is a child so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.
God Created the World Out Of Nothing, Paterno Built A National Superpower On Cow Fields...
by fugimaster24 on Jun 16, 2009 3:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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