Rambler's Troubles

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 26, 2009 10:03 PM EDT

Rambler posts daily shots of former PSU players with numbers that correspond to the amount of days left to the opening of the PSU season against BCS juggernaut Akron (ZIPS!! HEEYYYYY YO!). Posting images of lineman, corresponding to days 60 to 79 are easy because who, except for the old heads (sorry old heads), remember most of these guys. Anyway, this got me thinking that Rambler is probably going to have to make some hard decisions in a few weeks. While the 70s, 60s, 50s, and most 40s will be relatively un-newsworthy, what will he do when the time comes to make a "31 Days to PSU game" decision? So, without adieu (or with it, I don't care), here are the problems Rambler is going to have in the next 70 days (feel free to add your own):

At 47: Josh Gaines or Gino Capone

At 34: Matt Hahn or Franco Harris

At 32: Ki-Jana Carter or Blair Thomas or Matt Suhey

At 31: Poz or Freddie Scott or Andre Collins or Shane Conlan

At 25: Stephon Green or Galen Hall

At 24: Jordan Norwood or OJ McDuffie (or Shawn Lee)

At 22: Evan Royster or John Capaletti or Chuck Burkhart

At 15: Paul Cianciolo or Co-Paul Cianciolo (he never had his own number)

At 14: If Rambler did that, could Mike, RUTS, or Kevin ban him?

At 12: a QB battle: MRob, Kerry Collins, Rashard Casey, or Tom "I Only Have One First Name" Bill

At 11: Tony Davis, Tony Johnson, or Lavar

At 10: Bobby Engram or Matt Bahr

At 5: Larry Johnson or the Supreme Overlord of Left-, Right-, and Middle-Earth

At 3: Deon Butler or Chip "Tailgate Shogun" Labarca

At 2: Derrick Williams or Mike Archie

Thoughts? Personally, I think Zug should be the jersey every day, but that's just a loyal Zug follower's talk.

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I like the more random/older ones

Sure – Deon Butler is easy for number three. But wouldn’t it show more dedication & appreciation of history to show Chip LaBarca instead?

We’ll see plenty of #22 rolling over defenses this fall. Why not give a shout to the ONLY Heisman winner ever to wear Blue & White?

Etc.
ps – if you don’t know who Chip LaBarca is, you’re not a complete fan. You’re 20, and just don’t know enough yet.

by Tailgate Shogun on Jun 26, 2009 10:19 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t know who Chip LaBarca is, but that’s one hell of a Penn State name.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions

Edited

Is 26 too old to know the early 90’s QB?

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT reply actions

*too young

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 26, 2009 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

You gotta be kidding me about #47

Gaines, hands down. Unless you’re a fan of linebackers who consistently makes tackles in the secondary…

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by Tim Aydin on Jun 26, 2009 10:33 PM EDT reply actions

Brent Musburger just got defensive…

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Just a quick addition

You forgot Supreme Overlord of Upper- and Lower- Earth as well. He rules over all directions.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 10:51 PM EDT reply actions

That's assuming

Zug rules on a three dimensional plane. For all we know he knows of/owns/created more dimensions. I went with the safe bet and hoped not to offend him.

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 26, 2009 11:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Even so...

You’ve got to consider the space-time structure as we understand it and give him past, present, and future. Hell, I’m sure that there are other dimensions outside the limits of human comprehension over which Zug is Lord, we just don’t have words for them.

It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?!?! You stupid monkey!

by leeharvey418 on Jun 29, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

We just don't have words for them

It’s true, we don’t. Best to just use ‘Zug’ to avoid any unintended ambiguities, insufficiencies or offensive omissions, for any of the following:

Who: Zug
What: Zug
Where: Zug
When: Zug
How: Zug
Why: Zug

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 29, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions

It's so simple

Zug, Supreme Overlord Emperor of Zugdom (i.e. ALL)

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 29, 2009 6:07 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ll be using that for something in a few weeks. Thanks.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 6:32 PM EDT up reply actions

Now you've gotten my curiousity peaked, and I don't know if I can wait a few weeks

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 29, 2009 10:12 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm guessing somewhere around Aug 31 ;-)

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 30, 2009 11:36 AM EDT up reply actions

lol, btw I read the title of this post and thought Rambler got arrested for something

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

I heard

Madiera caught Rambler in bed with his wife. He’s fu**ed for the rest of his Centre County career.

JK LOL – That would assume Madiera found a woman to agree to marry him, at least without funding her overseas trip.

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 26, 2009 11:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Seriously, I read this and thought “Really? This is the biggest of Rambler’s problems?”, haha

Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jun 26, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Your biggest problem is that you smell like a decroded piece of crap, Kip.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:57 PM EDT up reply actions

I feel like I should be insulted, but I don’t know what decroded crap is. To the dictionary!

Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jun 27, 2009 2:27 AM EDT up reply actions

If Rambler had been in trouble

Would we pool resources to save him from the Madiera anti-Constitution cell?

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 27, 2009 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions

Would he still be able to "photoshop" or CORNLEY SMASH from prison?

That might be the deciding factor.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 27, 2009 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe in prison, they call it CORNHOLE SMASH

I bleed Blue and White.

by Horse N Buggy on Jun 29, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Dude

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll buy the cigarettes and

soap on a rope.

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

by rahpsu92 on Jun 29, 2009 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm actually concerned with how many more stick figures I'm going to have to draw

Now, I’m not going to reveal all my selections, but I will address some issues.

First of all, I try not to select current players. I prefer to attempt to recognize former greats.

At 32: Ki-Jana. No question

At 25: You’ve never heard of Richard Gardner, Aaron Harris, the great Curt Warner, or the legendary Brendan Perreta???

At 15: Yaacov Yisrael, Frank Yeboah-Kodie (Holy shit, that’s a freaking awesome name), or maybe Doug Hostetler

At 14: Andy Kubic

At 11: Not LaVar Arrington. Maybe Sam Gash. Or maybe Kevin Baugh (RIP – if you’ve never heard of him, he’s one of the saddest stories of PSU football. He asked Joe for a job in the early 90s, but Joe couldn’t find an opening. Years later, at the beginning of the 2004 season, he was found murdered. Police suspected it was related to his long time addiction to crack cocaine) if I can find a picture of him.

At 10: Calvin Lowry

At 5: Craig Fayak

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:26 PM EDT reply actions

As for 15

I was going to post Frank Yeboah-Kodie for the same reason you just mentioned (I’m already in negotiations with the future-Mrs. to name the first born son that), but I thought the fact that Paul “Two Sport All Star” Cianciolo deserved some love because he never had his own number.

by Jeff Junstrom on Jun 26, 2009 11:29 PM EDT up reply actions

if he never had his own number

perhaps he can be the “0 days til Penn State football”

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 29, 2009 12:36 PM EDT up reply actions

You would DARE defy Zug by replacing him at #5?

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions

My plan

I will distract Zug by posting a really long fanpost that praises his glory, and then I will post the other guy’s pic.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions

Silly mortal

Zug sees through your deception, and he is not pleased.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 26, 2009 11:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I think he might be testing me.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

“He” not “he”

Forgive me, O Zugged one.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 26, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions

@ 43

The other Yeboah-Kodie , Phil or Brandon Short?

For more on the canadian cruncher
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1992/10/10-17-92cm/10-17-92cm-5.asp

Because it's a Bowl Game!!
-My wife when asked why she didn't tell me she was having contractions Jan. 1 2007

by Grainey on Jun 27, 2009 6:53 AM EDT up reply actions

ANDY KUBIC

Legendary. Him, me and a friend had an engineering class together where these three kids always answered the questions and like snort-giggled and gave each other high fives. So we decided to start answering questions incorrectly (or maybe we just didn’t know the right answers anyway, whatever), and our buddy answered a question with “33.8” (correct answer: cantilever) and we all got up and chest bumped and stuff… Good times in Thomas…

Then there was that time he goofed on a kickoff and they talked about him for like 20 minutes.

by psume06 on Jun 27, 2009 8:18 AM EDT up reply actions

god, I don't know if there's anything more annoying

than people in class who answer every question (especially if they then giggle about it). Perhaps the only thing more annoying are the people in class who ask a “tough” question to the professor that they already know the answer to, just so they can be like, “yeah, I know that but what I want more clarification on is this specific sub-question that has nothing to do with anything except so that I can show off how much I know” and what makes it even more irritating is that half the time the rest of the class knows it too, they just don’t feel the need to show off.

Oh, and one of “those people” I had in a class would also clip her nails during class. WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!

by The JuggerNitt on Jun 29, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions

LOUD NOISES

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Andy Kubic #14?

I think he played as #19 after being moved to a backup LB and special teams spot. Thats so funny to see his name on your list. He was my roommate at school. Can I request State College native Brandon Ream #49 backup punter? (my other roommate). It would be a nice engagement present for him and his new fiance Sam Tortorello (All-American Penn State Volleyball player, FYI…maybe TMI).

by MeetMeAtTheCorner on Jun 29, 2009 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions

and yes...

she does sound hot

by MeetMeAtTheCorner on Jun 29, 2009 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions

If you can find me a picture of Mr. Ream wearing his jersey I’ll be happy to oblige.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jun 29, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

i thought it had to be players that weren't currently playing?

of course, the zug is not affected by this rule.

by psuwxman on Jun 27, 2009 3:51 AM EDT reply actions

When the decision is just too difficult, can’t he photoshop together a lovely collage of all of them? I mean, how do you leave out LaVar, or Cappie?

Seriousley Rambler, thanks for doing this. I actually look forward to them.

"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 27, 2009 10:22 AM EDT reply actions