Penn State Lift For Life Recap

by BSD on Jul 11, 2009 3:15 PM EDT in Football

Yesterday was the annual Lift for Life at Holuba Hall, and the Penn State players teamed up to set a new record for money raised for kidney cancer treatment and research.

The Seventh Annual Uplifting Athletes "Lift for Life" event held Friday at Holuba Hall was another unprecedented success with large crowds and a record total of more than $81,000 raised for the Kidney Cancer Association. The event has now raised nearly $400,000 in its seven years of existence.

Kudos to Brett Brackett who serves as the president of the Penn State Chapter of Uplifting Athletes for putting together this great event.

"In the past seven years, they've developed three new treatments for kidney cancer, in that time we've raised over $300,000," Brackett said. "We take pride and like to think we've played a little bit of a part in that happening.
"One of the cool things is that we look back and see who's donated in years past and the majority of the people that have donated in years past continue to donate. I think they just have such a great feel for what we do, they know the money's going toward a good thing, and with the economy the way it is, people aren't going to donate to something they're not confident in."

Team LBU consisting of Sean Lee, Navorro Bowman, Josh Hull, and Mickey Shuler won the competition. Behold as Lord Zug explains why Team LBU performed so well.

Still, some players are more cut out for the challenge than others.

"The linebackers," said 178-pound wide receiver Graham Zug, with little hesitation. "They’re big, strong and fast. Being big, strong and fast usually helps you out a lot. Being a receiver, not as much. It’s tough for smaller guys who can’t carry as much."

Zug's team finished third. Regretfully, his teammates were instantly vaporized. Chris Colasanti, James McDonald, and Kevin Newsome will be missed.

The other benefit of the Lift for Life is that it gives the media a chance to interview the players which gives us some good football-related reading material in the middle of July. Here are some of the more interesting articles I've come across.

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Newsome being vaporized

helps the QB logjam, at least.

by Jeff Junstrom on Jul 11, 2009 3:22 PM EDT reply actions

Meh

Never liked Newsome anyway.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 11, 2009 3:49 PM EDT up reply actions

Hey, Pryor.

good luck when this guy comes to pay you a visit in the backfield.

I’m scared, and I’m not even playing against him. Jesus….

by Tailgate Shogun on Jul 11, 2009 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

Over/Under

Crawford sacks if I set at 8.5.

I’m taking the over just based on the number of times QBs see him approaching and curl up in the fetal position.

by PSUinBOSSton on Jul 11, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions

I'll start another over/under

for sacks that vein that about to explode on the side of his head gets this season. I’ll start it at 4.5.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 12, 2009 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions

He reminds me of someone...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxrlCLWJqA4

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 12, 2009 9:09 AM EDT up reply actions

Crawford will rip Pryor's head off.

Then I imagine we’ll see something like this:

by PSUisMyHeart on Jul 11, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

if his head does not explode first!

"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 Jul 11, 2009 8:25 PM EDT up reply actions

Is my image gone or is it just me?

I r having image shack failures lately

by PSUisMyHeart on Jul 11, 2009 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions

It is there

but I did see it as a red x for a little bit, it is back (at least this time)

by The JuggerNitt on Jul 12, 2009 12:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Good lord

I don’t know how many people play video games, but I saw that pic and it reminds me of this:

That’s Nemesis from Resident Evil 3.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 12, 2009 2:07 AM EDT up reply actions

Other Pic Reactions

1- Good to see Stephon Green on the tire flip after surgery. Has to be in good shape to be cleared for an event like that.

2- Is it me or does Brandon Ware look fit?

3- HAHAHAHAHAHA 2 kickers in a tire.

by PSUinBOSSton on Jul 11, 2009 4:23 PM EDT reply actions

Brandon Ware

The guy looks like he lost an entire human. Although one of his BMs probably weighs more than me.

by Jeff Junstrom on Jul 11, 2009 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions

seriously about ware

he looks great, he’s going to blow up this year. i have very high expectations for him in the coming seasons.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Jul 11, 2009 9:57 PM EDT up reply actions

Ware

He looks incredible. If his footwork is half as good as the coaches thought it was when he was 380, he’s going to be a monster now that he’s more fit.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 12, 2009 2:15 AM EDT up reply actions

Not just the coaches either, they specifically called out Ware on the B10 Networks PSU preview and said if he’s fresh he’s unblockable and said his footwork is great.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Jul 12, 2009 10:34 AM EDT up reply actions

that was last year’s preview btw, I don’t think they will have this year’s until late August

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Jul 12, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions

I completely agree, Ware looks like he lost a metric ton…which could make him absolutely horrifying.

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 Jul 12, 2009 5:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I loved seeing this

“Penn State linebacker Sean Lee set the day’s high of 150 reps on the leg press…”

Consider his knee healed.

by dmoney350z on Jul 11, 2009 6:17 PM EDT reply actions

true, though knee rehab is practically all leg press

when I was rehabbing my knee, afterwards I could do ridiculous leg presses (I don’t remember the exact weight, but it was all of the plates on the machine at the rehab center).

by The JuggerNitt on Jul 11, 2009 7:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm huge

Think Brandon Ware BEFORE he lost the weight huge, except with more fat and less upper body strength. But that’s given me massive leg strength, and I can’t find a gym with a leg press that goes up to a heavy enough weight so I am forced to one leg it.

by PSUisMyHeart on Jul 11, 2009 9:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Sean Lee is a BEAST

enough said….

Proud member of the Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late Tailgate Crew since 1998!

by Row73Fan on Jul 12, 2009 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions

BSDiva's POV

BD Divas were at LFL in full force, along with some of the BS Diva offspring, spouses and special guest, Stacy Parks-Miller.

First, Brett Brackett is a great guy. Second, the Shirley Family is amazing. Third, all the players brought their A game, not only with the weightlifting, but with their interaction with all of the fans. +1,000,000 to a great event and the BS Divas were proud to be a part of it.

Thanks to all the BSD folks for their donations, and yes, Brett knows about the $$$$ push on Thursday from all of you. +1,000,000 for opening your wallets for a great cause.

More to come after the fog clears from the brain after a very busy LFL/Bachlorette Party/Arts Fest weekend.

Proud member of the Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late Tailgate Crew since 1998!

by Row73Fan on Jul 12, 2009 8:55 AM EDT reply actions

You had a conversation with Brett?

What did he say?

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Jul 12, 2009 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions

My son thinks that he is Brett's best friend

Apparently, they are going to hang out and play Nintendo DS this summer…or at least that is what the 5-1/2 year old told me.

Actually, psuesq and I got to meet Brett last year during LFL and he was really interested in what we thought of everything that was going on that day…consider it a type of customer feedback…didn’t think anything about it until my family was lucky enough to go on a tour of the Lasch Building through the THON auction and Brett was one of the players who helped with the tour. He made such an impression on my son, that now the only player he associates with Penn State is Brett. When we were done with the tour, I asked Brett about getting involved with LFL and he was really happy about people volunteering to help out. Six months later, I am at orientation for LFL with psuesq and Desire’n Lion. Brett made a point of asking about my son and if he was coming to LFL and when we got to LFL, Brett took the time to talk to my son, sign his football and talked to him about Nintendo.

Proud member of the Come Early, Be Loud, Stay Late Tailgate Crew since 1998!

by Row73Fan on Jul 12, 2009 8:22 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

man, that guy sounds like a lazy bum

and an idiot, too.

Kick him off the team.

by The JuggerNitt on Jul 13, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

He sounds like one of those kids we recruited with questionable backgrounds because we were so desperate. Man this program has really gone down the shitter with all these classless thugs Joe’s been coaching.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 13, 2009 8:00 PM EDT up reply actions

some converstaion with Brett

He was very cool and very interested in our feedback about the event and the layout – they changed it up a little this year. It was interesting to talk with him and get some perspective on the hardest part (this year the sled push) and how they feel when they get to the tire flip (so glad they are done they just push through it).

It was truly an honor to be involved.

+ 1,000,000 to the players for their dedication to the event and all they put into making it a success.

by desire'nlion on Jul 13, 2009 12:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Completed unrelated...

But why can I post this to Facebook and Retweet it, but I cannot do the same for the last BSD post (Bolden’s commitment). Is it because the news on Bolden is referenced from recruiting/news sites?

by GreatScawt on Jul 12, 2009 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

Not sure

I didn’t know this was a problem. If you could, please send an email to support@sbnation.com and explain your problem to our tech guys. Hopefully they can figure it out.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Jul 12, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions