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Who Cares About The Heisman?

 

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The Clarksman

The Failsman

Bumped from the Fanposts, because this is just too awesome. Thanks Horse N Buggy.

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is one of the most magnificent thing i’ve ever seen!

I also enjoy the failsman but I’d pay good money to have a real life clarksman trophy in my house (only because I know I could never do anything awesome enough to warrant being awarded one)

"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams

by HookMania on Jul 18, 2009 9:19 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I was playing beer pong at some random school

and when I made the game winning shot I gave them a fist pump.

by PizzaDelivery on Jul 18, 2009 9:35 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

beer pong

is an acceptable use of the fist pump. Very Penn State. I still remember owning the table from 6 am on the beach during the Blue Angels “home show” in Pensacola. I was the man that day. So much so that by the time the Blue Angels started their show I didn’t care, and by the time they finished it I was no longer coherent or completely conscious. Such are the perils of having a good beer pong run.

by NittanySeaLion on Jul 18, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

wow, beer pong on the beach

impressive having such a long run, as isn’t there usually wind at the beach?

by The JuggerNitt on Jul 20, 2009 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right, very good

Now just bump Fugi’s post. 15 recs, man!

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 18, 2009 9:58 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Pryor

The dirty little secret is that if Pryor and OSU win the Big Ten he might get a shot at it. The media likes the Buckeyes. It may not be fair but that’s the way it is.

My prediction …. Tim Tebow

Reg4

by Regulator4 on Jul 18, 2009 10:12 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think he has to do more than win the big ten.

Beating USC and tearing apart PSU are essentially requirements, then after that he’s going to need someone like Oklahoma State to win the Big XII and Tebow to also fall off the wagon somehow.

Not to mention that kind of BYU might also be a wildcard if they can knock off some of the BCS opponents on their schedule (of course I mean that in the longest of shots way).

Order your copy of "We Are Penn State" The offseason is long. So is this magazine.

by Kevin HD on Jul 19, 2009 8:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Really

It’s a statement of the lack of depth in the heisman discussion this upcoming season (at this point in the offseason, i mean). It has to be rare that 3 players who garnered so many votes the previous season come back.

In the discussion of heisman “sleepers” the media just plugs in a backwards looking formula. Perennial contender, hyped up players with lots of media exposure. That all leads to a perceived safe “sleeper” bet on Pryor. But there are no true safe sleeper bets, and the media doesn’t have the courage to pick someone who would truly surprise us.

If there were some way of predicting, they wouldn’t be sleepers, and we wouldn’t be talking about how half the players in NY in December are such surprises when compared with the previous summer.

by PSUinBOSSton on Jul 19, 2009 12:05 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

That second paragraph is right on, it’s pretty funny how unoriginal they get even in their non-binding “surprise” discussions. And through that lens it’s pretty easy to see plug Pryor in their like you’re saying.

I just think the top three guys are so locked in that it would take some type of incredible shake-up to allow anyone else in that bloc.

Order your copy of "We Are Penn State" The offseason is long. So is this magazine.

by Kevin HD on Jul 19, 2009 12:31 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Wouldn't it be neat if...

Pryor were to pull a “Reverse Archie Griffin” and wins a second straight Failsman?

http://www.happyhourvalley.com/

by Happy Hour Valley on Jul 19, 2009 12:53 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think I might do a reverse awards show while the actual awards are being released. Thanks for the idea.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 19, 2009 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I like that idea

A yearly Failsman awards. It doesn’t have to be limited to one player though. It would be awesome to laugh at who completely sucked in college football during the year.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 19, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

I meant

you could give out more than one, or personalize them category wise, not just nominate a few people for one award.

by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 20, 2009 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Oh

I’m certainly planning on having more than one award. Could have made that more clear earlier.

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 20, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

How about a new actual Heisman trophy:

Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.

by psu on Jul 19, 2009 9:11 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

+1

DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?

by ReadingRambler on Jul 19, 2009 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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