Nitt Picks Is Sold Out
by Kevin HD on Jun 30, 2009 9:30 AM EDT
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Tickets. With the shift from paper tickets to virtual ones, there was destined to be a bit of a drop off as the ebay crowd was gotten rid of. And while we've gone over the lackluster non-conference schedule here in detail, it's worth pointing out that the former scalper-types could have gotten more than their money back out of the Ohio State game alone. Throw in the Iowa revenge match-up and it's not a bad package.
Anyway, it was slower this year but corner seating is now unavailable. There was this interesting chest-puffing line from GoPSUSports:
The nation's largest full-season student section in college sports again will be filled to capacity in 2009.
It makes me curious what a "full-season student section" is, although I can guess. I suspect it's to differentiate from the Ohio State system, which is much more lame. Buying "Student Tickets" means tickets to every game as long as they are these five:
vs. Illinois
vs. Wisconsin
vs. Minnesota
vs. New Mexico State
vs. Iowa
A list that is clearly missing USC, although Trojan tickets still appear to be available in a much more limited number to students.
Over-rated Linebackers BEGONE. WWAHT details this year's version of the Ohio State linebacking corps, and you know Penn State's group is going to be special when even Buckeyes are saying things like:
Overall, there is nothing to suggest that this unit will be anything other than a solid Big Ten linebacking corps, perhaps even good enough to be the 2nd best in the conference behind Penn State's dynamite group.
So Woo Wooo LBU and all that. It's actually a great breakdown, although I couldn't help but snicker a bit at this:
So how do I expect the group to differ from last year's? Well, Laurinaitis and Freeman were legends, so a bit of a drop-off is inevitable.
Freeman was a good athlete but didn't go until the 5th round, but I still scratch my head at the glorification of James Laurinaitis. Plus gold like this only comes around once in a James Laurinaitis solo tackle, so I'm going to use this as another excuse to link it.
We'll talk about this more but, yeah, the PSU linebacking corps is going to be awesome this year.
(NIT) National Champions. The Banner in all of its glory:
In Scores Of Other Games....JayPa is talking offensive trash.
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Also from JayPa...
A couple of really great pictures:
And this is rather awesome:
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/29/joe-paterno-classics-leadership-paterno.html
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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 30, 2009 9:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Jay has been on his game the last couple of weeks.
Order your copy of "We Are Penn State" The offseason is long. So is this magazine.
by Kevin HD on Jun 30, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Almost makes me wish I Twittered.
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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 30, 2009 10:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The AP does not approve of your improper use of the ‘T’ word.
Order your copy of "We Are Penn State" The offseason is long. So is this magazine.
by Kevin HD on Jun 30, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
CFB Coaches and Cory's Twitter on FOS
make it really tempting to just get an account, but I have so far resisted.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Jun 30, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fifteen years from now
A Buckeye father is going to hell is son how great Laura was. Kid will then watch game tape and say, “Dad, you’re full of it. He got beat up by a lineman from Ohio U!”
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 10:20 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
"hell" = "tell"
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 10:20 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Somewhere in Buckeyeland a
father read your post and thinks he is going to hell.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Jun 30, 2009 12:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
JL had two good games in college
and both were verses Texas.
Other than that, he can’t shed blocks, can’t diagnose a play, and is marginal in coverage. his AA award denigrates every other player that actually had to work for it.
BONUS: childhood pic. of JL
I looked at Ohrnberger in the fourth quarter and he looked back at me. And we said, 'We're not losing this game"
by psudrozz on Jun 30, 2009 10:37 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He got sent to his room
for jumping on his brother after the above picture.
Champion of the sun, master of karate and friendship for everyone.
by psu on Jun 30, 2009 2:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
NIT Champions banner
Taran Buie will be inspired by this next year.
by Cairo on Jun 30, 2009 10:54 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hopefully he can also
help that NIT banner from being so lonely. I’ll start with a request for a sweet 16 and end with a final 4 during his tenure. Why not be optimistic.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Jun 30, 2009 11:02 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Why doesn't the banner say, "Penn State"?
Just askin’.
by Dinsdale on Jun 30, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Who else would it be for?
"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 30, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
But in all seriousness
It’s in our building, it’s obviously for Penn State, it says Nittany Lions to distinguish it from the Lady Lions, although last time I was at the BJC all the Lady Lion banners were white.
Better question, when can we ditch the “Lady Lion” thing? It’s lame as shit, and it’s overtly sexist. If we are all Penn State than we are all Nittany Lions, and any qualification of that status is degrading. Where is the outrage from all the broads on this?
"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 30, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
That's why Russ Rose won't let...
the women’s volleyball team be called the Lady Lions. It sounds diminutive, and there is nothing diminutive about those women or their accomplishment.
by PSUFlyers on Jun 30, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
JayPa trash is sweet
But JoePa on the Classics is pure gold:
If you could invite one classical figure to dinner, who would it be and why?
Alexander the Great. When he conquered a city he didn’t impose his culture and philosophy on the citizens. He even integrated some of the conquered leaders into the new government, which ensured stability and development. I would like to hear his thoughts on how his philosophy is still applicable today.
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 30, 2009 11:11 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Of course, the problem with Alexander’s strategy was that he eventually alienated the Macedonians and Greeks who were the core of his army. However, on the whole it was a good idea.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 11:14 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I gotta admit
I was bummed about JoePa choosing the Greeks over the Romans in that last question. I had a Latin professor once tell me, as we were walking across the Tiber, that the difference between the Greeks and the Romans was that the Greeks were ‘either, or’ and the Romans were ‘both, and’
Which is why I preferred studying the Romans.
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 30, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Romans >>> Greeks
Especially since the Romans took longer to fall to the kind of decadence that could be seen late in Athenian democracy.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I look at it this way
the Greeks were “originals” and the biggest step forward, but the Romans improved upon them.
So who is better, the originals, or the improvers?
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 30, 2009 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The Romans cause their language sounds cooler when uttered by Val Kilmer as Doc Holliday.
In Vino Veritas.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Age Quod Agis: somebody might threadjack this into Latin
Holliday: "Ah, you must be Ringo. Look darlin’. Johnny Ringo—the deadlist pistolier there is since Wild Bill, they say. What do you say darlin’? Should I hate him?"
Kate: "You don’t even know him."
Holliday: "No. That’s true, but I don’t know, there’s just something about him—something around the eyes. I don’t know. Reminds me of…me. No. I’m sure of it. I hate him."
Earp: "He’s drunk."
Holliday: "In vino veritas." (In wine there is truth.)
Ringo: "Age quod agis." (Watch what you say.)
Holliday: "Credat judaeus apella, non ego." (Tell it to someone who cares.)
Ringo: "Iuventus stultorum magister." (Youth is the teacher of fools.)
Holliday: "In pace requiescat." (Rest in peace.)
White: "Come on boys. We don’t want any trouble in here—not in any language."
Holliday: "That’s latin darlin’. Evidently, Mr. Ringo is an educated man. Now I really hate him.
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 30, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love that movie
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm... sounds commie.
The only good history is America beating the Commies. Greeks and Romans sound Commie to me. What war did we beat them in?
by Cairo on Jun 30, 2009 12:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
WW2
Suck it, Il Duce.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How is it we never use this picture of Laura and his dad?
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 30, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Because we don't promote getting awards for jumping on top of people.
We prefer this…
Eat shit Laura!
PSU Softball
by QBsneak12 on Jun 30, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, I'm all for photoshopping the trophy out of the picture
perhaps replacing it with a pile of leaves
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 30, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Caption
“A cult of personality DOES work!
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His dad
You know, his dad looks like he might be a wrestler or something.
Who knew?
by confirmy on Jun 30, 2009 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
A 48 year old with a mohawk.
Good times!
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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 30, 2009 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
ohio state student tickets
I believe their package is split up because they are not in school for the first several games. They are still on tri-mesters over there.
Let's Go State
by rmcmillen50 on Jun 30, 2009 12:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Lame
We were on tri-mesters at PSU too during my time.
Before electricity and indoor plumbing.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jun 30, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
It seems as if every friend I have who goes to a school in Ohio is still on Trimesters……..just goes to prove that Ohio is a fake state.
Let's Go State
by rmcmillen50 on Jun 30, 2009 11:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i still am pissed about the ticket thing
i still cannot believe i was able to get tickets for my friend who didnt know how to order them at 945 when the sale started at 8. what ever happened to the student tickets selling out in under a minute. and whoever made up the “if you weren’t a registered student by the 15th of may you cant get tickets” rule should burn in hell. and at the stake. and be shot. im not bitter though.
by Dmfsomething09 on Jun 30, 2009 1:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the pre registration is definitely necessary
It allows the ticket department to allocate appropriate ticket allotments for each class.
Let's Go State
by rmcmillen50 on Jun 30, 2009 2:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not the system
The past few years saw some unfortunate luck for people who really wanted tickets and deserved to be there. I think what this year taught us was that it wasn’t the Athletic Department’s way of selling tickets, it wasn’t the Commonwealth campus kids stealing away seats from UP-ers to blame. It was the sizable group of students who were able to purchase tickets for no reason other than to flip them for a huge gain.
It looks like the demand is still there to fill the section, but now if you sleep in or have to take a piss at the wrong time, you still have a shot at getting seats. Hopefully the people with tickets this time around will be the ones in the stands.
by ChrisHarrell's_stache05 on Jun 30, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
"unfortunate luck for people who really wanted tickets"
Hello, my name is DawsonPSU10.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jun 30, 2009 5:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Laurinitis...
I really, really don’t get Ohio State fans anointing Laurinaitis.
Especially since just 3 years prior they had an LB who was actually good. I mean, seriously – it’s insulting to Hawk to even compare Laurinaitis to him.
by Bleed Blue 'n White on Jun 30, 2009 3:57 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Total Joke...
I saw in “Lindy’s” preseason CFB mag, an “All Decade” O & D units; they had Laura…NOT POZ / or DC…both of whom are C L E A R L Y true LB’s with the stats ( and true video solo tackles to back it up)…
“Sickening”
"...goon-a-la-goun-ga...gung-ga-la-gun-ga...he said; there will be no money exchanged..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Jul 1, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm bored and this isn't worthy of a FanPost
Things to respond with when confronted by a troll of certain fandom:
West Virginia: “48-9-2. Bitch.”
Ohio State: “Terrelle Cryor. Bitch.”
England: “Yorktown. Bitch.”
Ireland: “No one wanted to live in your country. They all came here. Bitch.”
Germany: “Operation Overlord. Bitch.”
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 4:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
do you often encounter fans from England, Ireland, and Germany?
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 30, 2009 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I once witnessed an argument between an American and a German troll who angrily stated that soccer was much better than football, and that football was for drug addicts.
If I had been the American, I would have posted SCOREBOARD.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitt: 48-14. Beeyotch.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jun 30, 2009 8:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Miami: 14-10. Bitch
And, because it’s due:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=fiesta87
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jun 30, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Philadelphia: Stanley Cup AND Super Bowl. Bitch.
Still waiting on the Pirates to right the ship…that policy of trading your best players is going to pay off, you just wait and see!
by PSUJunny05 on Jun 30, 2009 10:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pitt: World Series AND .... ArenaBowl....god damn it
the league isn’t even gonna play the 2009 season
by The JuggerNitt on Jun 30, 2009 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It’s okay, because no one cares about baseball.
(And you may hold me to this: if the Pirates ever right the ship, I will NOT join the bandwagon.)
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jun 30, 2009 10:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bandwagon?
Even if the Pirates made a run (in which case I would play the lottery every day for a year), there would be no bandwagon. Even the people in Pittsburgh would say who cares.
by PSUJunny05 on Jun 30, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's just crazy
The same people that didn’t give a shit about the Penguins when they finished out of the playoffs four (yes, four) seasons ago, and complained that we couldn’t afford a new arena (probably right) are the part of the 250,000 people that showed up for the Stanley Cup parade.
If the Pirates even sniff a pennant race they’ll sell PNC Park out every night. There is absolutly no question about it.
"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 Jul 1, 2009 8:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pirates win the World Series
It would be interesting to watch Freddie Sanchez riding a unicorn down Liberty Avenue as pigs fly overhead.
by Cairo on Jul 1, 2009 10:38 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well, hey, swine flu, so you never know…
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Now THAT
is sweet.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Jul 3, 2009 5:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When they had Bonds and Bonilla...
and made the playoffs I walked up and bought tickets from the box office on my way into the stadium.
I think they also tried to tie in Pitt season tickets but I laughed and ran.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
by rahpsu92 on Jul 1, 2009 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trust me, I think you will
We all saw what happened with Penguins fans the last couple years…
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 1, 2009 7:33 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I do not care about baseball. Period.
Also, 5-3, bitches.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, yeah, yeah
probably didn’t care about hockey in 2005 either.
by Screen Name 20 on Jul 1, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, yes, I did
The Hershey Bears.
Besides, I’ve always liked hockey
Seriously, man, NOTHING will interest me in baseball short of Zug joining with someone as a shortstop.
5-3, bitches.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Colin......
is just RIPPING Penn State this morning about the non-con schedule. Is actually imploring those with votes to not even consider PSU for the title game if they run the table. Says its a disgrace and a complete rip off to their fans.
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
"If you hear Ric Flair is in town......WOOOOO........you KNOW things are takin' place".
Ric Flair
by ech2os on Jul 1, 2009 11:36 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
He's never been accused of being edgy
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
by psuphiman80 on Jul 1, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
man, that must suck for Texas too
since obviously he’s going with a fair and balanced look at OOC schedules
I thought this would be their year, too.
by The JuggerNitt on Jul 1, 2009 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
OMG BIG 12 OFFENSE!!!!1111!!
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man, and no repeat for Florida either
Charleston Southern
Troy
Florida International
Florida State (well, they may be ok)
Texas’ OOC:
Louisiana-Monroe
Wyoming
UTEP
Central Florida
Man, sucks to be PSU, UF, or UT this year. No love.
Oh…wait, nope, forgot all about those double standards. Just sucks to be PSU.
by The JuggerNitt on Jul 1, 2009 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Screw 'em
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its not a double standard........
we play in the Big 10. We can’t play OSU and that’s it and expect that everybody else is just going to think the world of Iowa and Mich State and Wisconsin etc. Those teams just don’t carry the same cachet as Georgia, LSU, UT, Alabama, UF. Maybe Auburn, but you get the picture. It it was it is until it isn’t.
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
"If you hear Ric Flair is in town......WOOOOO........you KNOW things are takin' place".
Ric Flair
by ech2os on Jul 1, 2009 1:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is a double standard
Texas’s OOC schedule is crappy but no one says a word about that. Meanwhile, no one will shut up about ours.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's only a double standard.....
if you believe the Big 12 is worse than the Big 10 right now. Nobody is talking about OOC scheduled of teams in the SEC because they play in the SEC. Same with the Big 12. Until the Big 10 PROVES to be a stronger conference than the Big 12, teams in the conference will be called out on their non-cons.
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
"If you hear Ric Flair is in town......WOOOOO........you KNOW things are takin' place".
Ric Flair
by ech2os on Jul 1, 2009 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That’s still a double standard.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 2:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
How is this not a double standard?
"To be fair, Texas tried to put together a decent non-conference schedule but didn’t get many breaks."
vs.
"The non-conference slate is a jaw-dropping embarrassment for a superpower playing Akron, Syracuse, Temple and Eastern Illinois."
Now if they actually went and said something like “Who cares about Texas’s OOC schedule? They play in the Big 12!”, I wouldn’t care. Whatever.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Its a double standard if......
when faced with the same set of circumstances you don’t treate both situations the same. So…….here is where the difference is……..the in conference schedule. The only reason people are talking about OOC schedules is because the ICS is so weak as well. It IS a double standard and I agree with you when just talking about non-cons in general, but every OOC schedule conversation I hear about is set against the backdrop of the ICS.
Eric Watters Atlanta, Ga.
"If you hear Ric Flair is in town......WOOOOO........you KNOW things are takin' place".
Ric Flair
by ech2os on Jul 1, 2009 4:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Right, thanks for clarifying
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 1, 2009 5:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: Laurinaitis and Freeman
I liked Freeman a whole lot more than the Pile Jumper himself, personally. Regardless, three-year starters at such a critical position will always be remembered fondly, hence the “legend” tag.
www.wewillalwayshavetempe.com
by Sam @ WWAHT on Jul 1, 2009 5:49 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
It helps that Laurinaitis and Freeman didn't go through periods of jaw-dropping suck
www.wewillalwayshavetempe.com
by Sam @ WWAHT on Jul 1, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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