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Nitt Picks Waxes On, Waxes Off

We have a funky new application for creating links posts here at BSD, and this is my first attempt at using it.  As such, this post will self-destruct in ten seconds.

The big piece of news is that it's a big recruiting weekend for Penn State, as many folks are expecting a commit from QB Robert Bolden and many other top recruits will be in town, including WR Alex Kenney, DT Evan Hailes, and DT DaQuan Jones.  Mike is going to be on vacation for a little while and Kevin will be lost somewhere near Pittsburgh, so I'll be on siren duty.

Alex Kenney highlights:

In scores of other games...

The Bleacher Report previews Temple and calls them a bowl team. Would be quite an accomplishment for Al Golden.

Could high-speed rail ever come to Happy Valley? Probably not, but PSU is lobbying for it.

Penn State Baseball to Play in Second Big Ten/Big East Challenge

Adam Rittenberg has yourthree fresh faces for Penn State in 2009 Good times for Cablevision subscribers

Finally, the Penn State Karate Club takes 21 awards at world championships. Please, Hammer, don't hurt 'em.

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What's the difference in this new applicaiton?

Is it something we as the reader would see, or just something to make it easier for you to post?

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 26, 2009 2:22 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

You wouldn't really notice

When we build the posts, now we really only have to paste in the URL and can also save a bunch of links to a clipboard, so if we want to build up a collection of links over a few days, we can do that without losing any work.

SB Nation makes things pretty easy for us, I must say. They’re always improving.

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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.

by Run Up The Score on Jun 26, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

In fact...

…we’ve had this new thing for a week or two, it’s just my first time using it.

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Order your copy of "We Are Penn State", like, now. One team, 128 pages.

by Run Up The Score on Jun 26, 2009 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

State College High has fake grass.

Ugh.

It looks like they got rid of that weird rise in the corner of the endzone, though.

by Cairo on Jun 26, 2009 2:25 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

They've got a university a few blocks away

With an awesome turfgrass science department, and they couldn’t ask the University to help them out with a grass field?

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was grass in 2001.

I went there to watch a game. Sat behind Jerry Sandusky in the stands. Pretty cool.

by Cairo on Jun 29, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

High Speed Rail To SC

WANT

"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"

by psuphiman80 on Jun 26, 2009 4:04 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Won't happen

Not worth the money it would take to build and electrify the tracks, buy the engines, buy the cars, and whatever else I’m forgetting. Along with maintenance.

Then again, AMTRAK hasn’t made a dime…possibly ever, so why not?

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

What I would have liked to say was:

“There’s no way it make sense to build a high-speed line to State College. Any high-speed train is going to connect Philidelphia-Harrisburg and Pittsburgh-Harrisburg. While I’d like to see a local spur up from Harrisburg, I’d be satisfied with a direct bus route that didn’t stop on the way.

On the other hand…" and insert the snark here.

Apologies for the contentless post above. Consider the following as penance, perhaps:

Penn State Championship Fencing form.

by Aaron PSU on Jun 26, 2009 4:54 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

My epee is becoming a diamond-cutter.

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on Jun 26, 2009 6:27 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How anyone voted

other than center I do not understand. I know…I know the one on the right was spooning, but still.

Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD

by bconway6 on Jun 26, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Quite simply

Because this picture hadn’t been found yet. SHE WAS SPOONING.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

BTW

Anyone know where Mike’s going on vacation with all of his BSD fortune?

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Trust me

I’m not going on any vacation aside from arts fest this summer

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 7:37 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Since you asked

Mike is doing a tour of the Northeast to visit family. We’re spending a few days in Philly, then heading down to Bethanie Beach for a few days. Then we head up to Williamsport before returning to Philly to fly home.

by BSD on Jun 27, 2009 2:13 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Uh-oh

He’s talking in the third person now. Let’s hope his head still fits on an airplane.

When I say to a kid, ‘Hey, get ready to get knocked on your rear end,’ I also tell him, ‘Learn. Learn why you got knocked on your rear end. --Joseph Vincent Paterno

by jtothep on Jun 28, 2009 6:29 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

More importantly

Can his head still fit inside his grotto?

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bolden

Let’s not fit this guy for a uniform just yet. It is far more likely he’ going to a school where he will be the starter in a year. The PSU starting QB job has a lot of contenders and I would not expect this kid to be content to be a back-up.

Reg4

by Regulator4 on Jun 26, 2009 6:29 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Nice photo.

Reg4

by Regulator4 on Jun 26, 2009 6:30 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Quit slacking with the siren RUTS!

Evan Hailes is on board!! We want the siren…..we want the siren!!!

by RNF18 on Jun 27, 2009 8:37 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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