Whose Play Are You Most Looking Forward to Seeing on Sat?
by jtothep on Sep 2, 2009 4:55 AM EDT
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So, with only Zug days till football.... Zug days, we've still got a little work to do. Our fearless bloggers have done us proud with the Inside/Outside features( 2?), Reasons to Hope and Reasons to Quake, aka We're Going Undefeated / We're Never Winning Again segments and the wonderfully random Fear This columns. They've mercilessly absolved us from wadiing through another list of Unit , Player or Team Rankings, have dropped out from the bloggers ballot poll and even saved us from reading anything at all about our opponent this week ;) But we've had pretty decent coverage of our own team at least and by now we're all familiar with the abundance of new faces helmets we'll be cheering on this fall (even if we're not all that familiar yet with their numbers). So let's weigh in on those players we are each most interested in following on Saturday and provide some reasons why. To help with Roster Knowledge, please provide the players' numbers, and maybe pick one on D and one on O. My picks after the jump.
On offense, I'm going with (You're My Boy) Lou Eliades. First off, I love his name. Lou's a classic name. Sounds like a Guard. Second, in 2007, all I read about was how freakin nasty this cat was and how he's battlin and battlin and sure to be a studly force. Then, injuries laid him low and when he tried to come back, he was beaten out by the rising star that was Rich Ohrnberger. Here he is now anchoring the right side of the line between Young Wisniewski Will Be Fine and another rising star in Deontae Pannell. So, I'm very much looking forward to the play of #77, right guard.
On defense, I picked another unlucky sonofabitch. You're all familiar with him. He's your 'other number 5', Jeroooooooommee Hayes! Ask anybody who's been through the rehab of an ACL and they'll tell you it's the hardest thing they ever did. Now ask em quick if they've ever done it twice. Jerome has. Anybody else remember the Blue White game April 2006? Remember that young stud linebacker blazin all around the field making plays. My bros and I fell in love that day, and we all thought we'd see more of that same aggressive play in 2008. Til that go*(&(&##m beaver cheapshotted him on special teams (why was he even playing special teams again?) and it was deja vu all over again. Well, now he's back, and allegedly starting on Sat. at the hybrid PSU stand-up defensive end position. Here's hoping he goes wire to wire this year, crushing qb's at every stop!
I abstained from the poll (the twins have tweeted they'd like their father to be straight for some reason), so as not to bind you in with only my selections. The whole roster's your oyster: go buck wild! Pick one on Offense and one on Defense and try to include the jersey number. Looking forward to reading your posts.
Yours in Almighty Zug,
jp
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Devon Smith
You know, if you eyes can keep up and all that.
by smashtheguitar on Sep 1, 2009 2:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think anyone OTHER than Devon Smith is a ridiculous pick, but...
Do you guys really think Akron is the team we should unleash the kid who is so fast he changes the earth’s rotation to reposition himself where he desires to be?
For AKRON, I think the best to see will be Hayes, Lee and take your pick from the O line.
by psume06 on Sep 2, 2009 10:50 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If he's not going to be redshirted
I think it’s best to get him some real game experience even if it’s Akron. Maybe get a little creative with him in junk time, see what he can do.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok...
- Sean Lee…I just bought his white jersey and I pity the poor Akron running back getting that first handoff up the middle
- Andrew Quarless…IF he can put it all together and play like his talent indicates its dangerous for defenses with Mickey as the other option
I am so ready
by pmm156 on Sep 1, 2009 2:05 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Formatting! ahhh
That would be #45 and #10
Wheres my helmet Joe Pa?
by pmm156 on Sep 1, 2009 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
On defense
Do I really need to say it? Here’s a hint: his number is 45.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2009 2:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
On offense:
Tough one. I think I’ll go with Derek Moye.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Agree
I want to see if he can be a deep threat.
by speedomike on Sep 1, 2009 7:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
DC 17
I want to see if DC can get it down with a new crew of WRs.
Also want to see Devon Smith….
and want to see if our boy SOA…who is most likely redshirting….will smile on the sidelines at all this year…
"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden
by QBsneak12 on Sep 1, 2009 2:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
too bad b/c high up on that list was #99
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
by millzners on Sep 1, 2009 2:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I love the first game
because you find out which freshment will play and who really lies where on the depth chart (ignoring the BS one they issued a couple days ago). For example, at the WR spot, there is room for significant PT for someone. Also, who will run with the second team OL? I think if Shrive is second team for example, he would be a canidate to play significantly a few games into the season (just like Wiz did as a FR).
by cpm126 on Sep 1, 2009 2:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
so are you trying to say that
Patrick Mauti isn’t really the 6th best WR on the roster?!?!?! i’m shocked!
"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden
by QBsneak12 on Sep 1, 2009 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Kevin Newsome in 2nd half
Because it’ll mean the the 1st stringers on offense and defense will have done their job and the 2nd half will be about keeping starters healthy and getting experience throughout the depth chart.
by NittanyBadger on Sep 1, 2009 3:04 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Newsome...
not because it will mean that the starters did their job, but because I want to see if we’ll actually start getting the backup some quality time. I want him to have decent numbers considering he will more than likely be the starter this time next year.
I was out in the trenches, which enables me to paint such a powerful picture, like Apocalypse Now.-Cormega
by OMEGAMAN on Sep 1, 2009 3:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry, need to zoom that avatar
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 1, 2009 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wonder how many BSD users are currently both thanking jtot and cursing him/their bosses for this being posted while they’re sitting in a cubicle.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If I had to choose getting in trouble with the boss man for seeing a picture of Hannah Montana, or Stacy Dash, you know who I’d choose.
(Because I’d be embarrassed to be seen looking at pictures of Hannah Montana)
(Incidentally, Stacey Dash and Hannah Montana pics have both been posted by jtot, who needs to be stopped)
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2009 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you ever see Clueless?
A 1999 satire on Jane Austen’s Emma. Stacey Dash was 33 then playing a high school teenager. Which is probably far more defensible in posting her pic than Miley’s.
But I’ll try. The miley signing teenie autographs was the perfect retort to Mike’s ‘screaming throngs of women’ comment about coming to see a podcast.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 1, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
She's 43?
Wow.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2009 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Clueless
Came out before 1999. More like 1996.
by speedomike on Sep 1, 2009 7:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Stand corrected
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112697/
speedomike on the case….
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 1, 2009 8:30 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was a horny teenager during Alicia Silverstone's heyday
by speedomike on Sep 1, 2009 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
What -
you can’t be a horny adult when you look at that sweet a$$ now…jus sayn…
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 2, 2009 3:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
my thinspiration
One day, I’ll look like her (in a completely no-homo way)
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
by kmblue on Sep 1, 2009 6:55 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The secondary
I think that is where we have the most uncertainties and where Akron will try to test us. I would like to see these guys make some big plays and more importantly not give up any big plays to just build some confidence.
by noodlebucket on Sep 1, 2009 3:08 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
the offensive line and Chaz Powell
anxious to see how good of a DWill replacement he can be. . .
"We are not normal. We are legends. We are Penn State." - Deon Butler
by Stately NOVA Lion on Sep 1, 2009 3:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
JoePa
running out of the tunnel
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark
by letsgopsu on Sep 1, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions 8 recs
+1,000,000,000,000,000
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
by Nick7 on Sep 1, 2009 8:47 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
great call, letsgopsu... rec for that one!
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 1, 2009 9:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Picking "one"
on each side is tough – especially coming off the “off-season!”
On “D” – Gotta Go With Hayes #5 – he’s taking scalps this year! (second would be Devon Still; chat with him on FB every now & then, he’s vexed too! )
On “O” – I trust in Royster; he’s earned it; but I want to see Speedy Green #21 roll. ( second is Chaz Powell, he has the tools; he needs to begin game #1.)
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 1, 2009 5:23 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Takin Scalps
You’ve seen Inglourious Basterds?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 1, 2009 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don’t think anyone has seen Inglourious Basterds. You limey misspeller.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 1, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
He spelled it correctly, TYVM
… and it’s the best movie of the year, by far.
by dmoney350z on Sep 2, 2009 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I saw Eli Rothman (?)
on Chelsea Lately and he seemed pretty damn funny. In the movie, Brad Pitt was hilarious. Diane Kruger coulda been a bit sexier, but the other chic kinda made up for it. (I just never get why Tarantino is unabashed with gratuitous violence, but shies away from gratuitous nudity). And some of those new/foreign actors playing Nazis were just amazing!
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 2, 2009 5:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Pulling Jtot's man card
for watching Chelsea Lately. That better be JWIFEY’s doing.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
by bconway6 on Sep 2, 2009 9:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, seriously
What, next, jtot? Are you gonna watch Dawson’s Creek re-runs with dawsonpsu10? The View?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 2, 2009 11:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And also with you
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh, Dawson
Am I the only one getting the annoying comcast ads on both sides of the threads. I thought you would enjoy that.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 12:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, I see them too
but it’s cool though because I’m in State College, and we get the BTN here, and some other cool channels. It’s only a problem at home. And anyway, I’m going to the games this year, so I’ll only need to watch BTN when they replay old games and they’re away.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Really?
That’s unmanly? Their comedians are pretty funny. A good unwind show before bed. Never thought of it as endangering my man card.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
by jtothep on Sep 3, 2009 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
its just too entertainment tonight for me.
Plus to get most of their jokes you’ve got to watch or follow enough reality shows/celebrities that it makes me wonder.
To head off the inevitable "how did you know this?’ My roommate (a female) tivo’ed her show.
PS. I’d definitely not be late to see Chelsea person though. Shes smokin!
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
by bconway6 on Sep 3, 2009 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh
Whatever.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 2, 2009 6:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's funny
I’ve seen the TV trailers, even read one or two reviews, yet somehow the spelling never registered in my find. Robots don’t understand humans and their irony or whatever.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
mind, not find
Curse this language.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 3, 2009 12:23 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did someone forget
to turn on their robot spell checker after their upgrade last week?
"In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
by IcersGuy on Sep 3, 2009 12:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Legends of the Fall
/ man!
"...big hitter; the Llamma...long..."
by BlueWhiteLife on Sep 1, 2009 11:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
#28 - Drew Astorino
When in doubt, cheer for the barely recruited white safety not named Derek Fox.
by The Mess on Sep 1, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hmmm
Defense is easy: #45, Mr. Lee. I’ll be watching him because I know the smile that will be on his face when he gets his first hit, will be the same smile on my face. (Probably #2 is a tie between #81 Jack the Ripper, and #5 Jerome Hayes, I really want to know if Hayes has gotten his full confidence back after hurting both knees, my guess is leaning towards yes, as soon as he sets foot on that field)
Offense is a little tougher since there are so many choices to pick from. Zug is a given, but I’m going to have to go with DC17. I want to see if his dedication to working with his new wide receivers all summer long, even outside of practice, has payed off. I think the time he’s put into leading that group is going to show, and they’re going to show they’ve gelled as a passing offense.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 1, 2009 6:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
or PJ Mayerhoffer?
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark
by letsgopsu on Sep 1, 2009 6:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think she graduated
I am a “5th year senior” working on my fifth year and she has been there since my freshman year. She was actually 16 or 17 when she became the blue sapphire, so she might still be around.
by psdeuce on Sep 1, 2009 7:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did a little investigation into this
and found that there was an article in the Altoona Mirror answering this question.
She was gray shirted during her freshman year after coming out with only 2 stars on the rivals baton ranking scale. After a medical red shirt was granted due to an injury sustained during 2004, she was granted an extra year of eligibility.
by psdeuce on Sep 1, 2009 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Is the redhead still on the team?
Always an eyecatcher IMO.
by RNF18 on Sep 2, 2009 11:43 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Brandon Ware
Oh, never mind.
Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.
by psu on Sep 1, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Looking forward to seeing...
Defense: entire defense (I have them on my fantasy team), especially Sean Lee
Offense: Evan Rolls Royster…he is on my fantasy team.
Looking forward to win #1 of 13 this year.
WE ARE.......PENN STATE!
by Nick7 on Sep 1, 2009 8:51 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I want to see Astorino
he went to a rival high school. Gotta root for the hometown guy, and I hope he can be something of a sure thing in a secondary that’s sure to need one.
Offense: Chaz. I hope they can cause some matchup problems with this guy. I think he’ll go further than any other individual in determining our offensive success this season.
by jimbo2psu on Sep 1, 2009 9:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Derek Moye
I think that he’s going to be the most important cog in our WR group and passing game because he’ll be taking the role of Deon Butler. We’ll need Derek to become a deep threat and a WR that the other team’s secondary has to account for if Powell, Zug, and Bracket are going to find space to get open.
by RNF18 on Sep 2, 2009 11:39 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
honestly...
…i have a family friend who plays for akron. so i’ll be kind of watching for him, see how well he does. he plays OL. Go #64!!!
We Are...
by amandakt on Sep 2, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
TRAITOR!
No, not really, just kidding. That’s cool though.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 3, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
2009 & Beyond
For this year, the young guns on D … Stupar, Lynn & Sukay.
For the future, I’d like to see the development of Devon Still & Eric Latimore in these early games since our D-line depth is becoming questionable (in part because of the guy in my signature line).
"I want to eat some dessert." - Brandon Ware
by The Man with One Black Shoe on Sep 2, 2009 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
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