You Can't See Nitt Picks Because Of All The Smoke
by Kevin HD on Sep 23, 2009 9:00 AM EDT
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Program-S. Plural, we're not singling anyone out here.
Or are they just confused? Is was a morbid picture of the linebacking corp after Joe's presser, what with comments like this one:
While Bowman is more likely to play, Lee is doubtful.
"I really don't know whether Sean is gonna make it on Saturday," Penn State coach Joe Paterno said. "He's day by day. I really don't know.
"Navorro was out there and practiced for about a third of the practice (Monday). I'm anxious to see how he feels today. You don't want to stick him in there when he's really not 100 percent."
But then what's with this Josh Hull quote?
"If [Bowman's] health continues to be as it is today, I'd expect him to be starting Saturday," Penn State linebacker Josh Hull said.
And then this one printed this morning:
Hull said no one should assume at this point that Lee and Bowman will be sidelined or hindered by game time.
"If they chain him to the bench," Hull responded when asked if he thought Lee, who missed all of the 2008 season while recovering from a torn ACL, would be held out against the Hawkeyes. Of Bowman, Hull was somewhat more optimistic, saying, "It's going to be exciting to see him out there again. He brings some leadership to the huddle. He's a real explosive kid that can make a big play at any time."
It's all very confusing, but either way I'd be surprised if we don't see a lot of Bani Gbadyu and (even more of) Nate Stupar. Both are young, and so both are guys Paterno is "worried" about.
I know Iowa has some injuries of their own, but we're talking about a pretty important part of a defense that hasn't really been tested yet. Here's to hoping the secondary will show improvement this week because the linebackers aren't going to be cleaning up as many messes this Saturday as they did during the pre-season.
Vegas Sez. The line, which opened with Penn State as a 10-point favorite just about everywhere, is starting to drop down to 9.5 at some places. This is not a good sign when you consider Penn State is the one taking all of the action, but then again it's still 9.5 points.
The total is coming out around 40, which is staggeringly low. They haven't predicted a Penn State game this low scoring since the 2007 Ohio State contest.
Times set. Your Illinois game the week after this one will be the ABC 3:30 contest, broadcast on ESPN out of market.
The rest of the Big Ten schedule:
Noon - Arkansas State at Iowa, ESPN Classic (or ESPN2)
Noon - Michigan at Michigan State, Big Ten Network
Noon - Northwestern at Purdue, Big Ten Network
Noon - Wisconsin at Minnesota, ESPN or ESPN2
7 p.m. - Ohio State at Indiana, Big Ten Network
An interesting exercise in incentives. A minor league hockey team spent the season claiming an average attendance of 5,841. Then something funny happened: the league demanded a cut of all playoff tickets. The average attendance during the playoffs? 2,347, or about half.
Why do I bring this up? Mostly because it would be an interesting way to get actual attendance for football games in a world where the numbers have become glorified pissing contests between the biggest stadiums.
According to the NCAA, Michigan averaged about 108,500 fans for each of its home football games last season. Penn State ranked second with about 108,200 per contest.
TNL got mad about this last season:
It's no mystery, we don't need a team from CSI to painstakingly sift through the remains or Jack Bower's terrorist interrogation methods to find an answer when you schedule absolute [/grandkids] TEAMS for OOC home games people aren't going to come...
Point taken, and I've changed my opinion a bit after these last three sleepers, but we aren't talking about ticket sales here, or even a number under "capacity."
Beaver Stadium attendance figures include the press box, suites, bands, ushers and other stadium personnel.
This is standard language just about everywhere. So: what is the point of counting these guys? If one school claims higher attendance when in fact everyone averaged higher than capacity, aren't they really just saying they have more hot dog venders? So like, gradulations.
In scores of other games. Norwood was cut by the Browns but picked up by the Eagles...the College Football HOF is moving from South Bend to Atlanta, or so the AJ-C is reporting (H/T: SB).
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Ugh
That picture is my biggest fear. We are the poster child of crappy scheduling.
Everyone schedules cupcakes. Look at Penn State!
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 23, 2009 9:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I think we're in the clear in 2010 and 2011.
I don’t expect a Syracuse-style collapse of Alabama. Although it would be nice if the 2011 unscheduled non-con had a pulse.
by Cairo on Sep 23, 2009 9:35 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
We play Alabama in 2011, so that’s ok. But don’t we play Virginia in 2012? They better fire Groh and get a new coach in there quick so they’re at least respectable by then.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 23, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not enough time, I think
Groh will probably be gone after this year, but can they rebuild in three years?
We should set up something with UConn or Cincy ASAP.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 12:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think UConn has Michigan.
No way the Huskies schedule us both in the same year.
by Cairo on Sep 23, 2009 12:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I forgot about that
And I just checked Cincy’s OOC schedule in 2012: Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Miami (FLA).
So, no.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey
When you can’t get respect from winning in-conference games because you’re in the Big Least, you gotta go somewhere else to get notoriety.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Sep 23, 2009 12:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I hope they run the table...
as much of a thug academy as Cincy was (or may still be for all I know) I always pulled for them when I lived in that gawdawful state. I hope they roll em all up.
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 23, 2009 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree...
But Ohio State, VaTech and Miami all in the same year? That’s a bit over the top.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moving to Atlanta?
To make it less of a drive for Florida fans going to Tebow’s enshrinement this November?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 9:17 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Hitler just made a snowball
Pat Forde from tWWL is actually saying PSU is decent. Not only is it tWWL, but it’s PAT FORDE! The guy couldn’t find his nose with a map. Grain of salt, please.
“a night game in Happy Valley with 107,000 people wearing white? Homefield advantage should be enough to carry the day for Penn State.”
LINKED
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 9:18 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Guess I should have read the whole article, first
Just came across this gem…Forde at his finest
“Cowardly schedule sets up ridiculously well for the Nits. Iowa and Ohio State come to State College, no threats in the non-conference. Maybe they’re tested at Michigan and scant possibility at Illinois Oct. 3 or Michigan State to end the year. But I think the Nits have a solid chance of being 12-0 and relatively unimpressive.”
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Re: "Cowardly"
I hate out schedule, and maybe we should have picked up two BCS teams instead of one, but this thing isn’t any different than any other schedule except that we went with what we hoped was an 8-10 win Cuse instead of a 6-7 win Notre Dame.
I know we’ve all said it 1000 times but calling the schedule “cowardly” kinda pisses me off. Not a single person in the AD planned or wanted the 4 absolute suck-cakes we ended up with (huh, kinda like suck-cakes).
BSD
by Kevin HD on Sep 23, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
And how does Iowa and Ohio State coming to Happey Valley have anything to do with cowardly scheduling? Last I checked, we always alternate venues for Ohio State – same for Iowa when they haven’t rotated off the schedule.
I guess, since our OOC schedule stunk, we should have offered to play in Columbus and Iowa City again this year – ya know – to make it fair.
by Spats on Sep 23, 2009 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
you know if we played in SEC or OMGGZZ NINTENDO12
we’d totes get a pass on the “weak” OOC schedule.
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 23, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cowardly? AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!
That is my biggest gripe. I don’t mind people saying our schedule sucks. It does. But don’t call us “cowardly”. Syracuse was coming off a ten win season when we scheduled that game. How were we supposed to know they would suck this bad?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 23, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree
How can you possibly use that word to describe a schedule? A lion, maybe, but not a Nittany Lion schedule. We didn’t know Syracuse would EPIC SUCK since we scheduled the game. We didn’t shy away from a fight I hope, unless someone can show me evidence of us being cowardly towards someone seeking a matchup (an EVEN matchup, Pitt fans).
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 9:36 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The funny thing is
Syracuse may not be that bad when the season is complete.
by Cairo on Sep 23, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Doesn't matter
See State, Oregon argument circa 2008
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Mark May is only one voice in the crowd.
PSU could beat Florida, Cal, Oklahoma, and Eastern Illinois in a season and he’d spend his entire time invalidating PSU’s season because they played an FCS school.
by Cairo on Sep 23, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You know Greg Robinson was a REALLY crappy coach
when he hurts not only the image of his own school he’s coaching at, but the ones his school plays as well.
YOU JUST GOT GERG’D!!
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 6:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Screw you, Forde
"a night game in Happy Valley with 107,000 people wearing white? Homefield advantage should be enough to carry the day for Penn State."
I feel much better about our chances now that Pat Forde is on our side.
PANIC!
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 9:41 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'd rather have Forde than an Iowa homer masquerading as a PSU football junkie.
OH NO HE DI’INT!
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Shouldn’t you be, like, suing a baby or something?
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 9:56 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I only sue poor people.
I’m Tom Brady.
Actually, I don’t even sue. I doc review. I’ll let anyone else who has ever done that tell you how unbelievably awful it is. But I’ll be in Happy Valley in 3 days, so this week is better than most.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't want to mention this...
but that’s what you get for going to Pitt. You my friend, will never get that stink off of you :o)
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 11:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Where did you go to grad school hot shot?
Where’s the Beer and the Bar-b-Que?
by jesse. on Sep 23, 2009 11:12 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Boston University School of Law
But I was just giving him a hard time because it was Pitt. I know a number of Penn Staters that went to law school there and I give them an equal amount of crap for it. I know they have a good law school, but if you go there as a PSU grad, you have to expect to take a little crap for it ;). Honestly, it was all in good fun.
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
It could be worse.
You could have gone to Rutgers Law. Trust me, there is no starker contrast on earth than the differences between State College and Camden, NJ in terms of college atmosphere.
"Dr. Samuel Johnson's right about Olson Johnson being right."
by mushdamma on Sep 23, 2009 2:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never flagged a post.
Don’t make me start now.
I still put my quality time in a PSU. I just couldn’t get into harvard, so i went to Pitt.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 11:22 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Relax
Just be a member of the proud fraternity of Penn Staters that went to Pitt Law school. If Penn State’s law school wasn’t in one of the least interesting places in the world, and was a good as Pitt’s, maybe I’d have gone there. But reality being what it is; it was O fries and the Steelers for me.
Law school in Pittsburgh were some of the best three years of my life. I don’t apologize for it. I’m also pretty sure I never made a dime of my Administration of Justice degree from Penn State.
Anybody who wants to take a crack at my Penn State “street cred” because I went to law school at Pitt can bring it on.
But I think that NittanyAlum02 was just joking.
Where’s the Beer and the Bar-b-Que?
by jesse. on Sep 23, 2009 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I too was joking.
The problem with the internets is that you can’t convey sarcasm
But I agree about going to Pitt. Although Penn State will be passing Pitt soon, as Pitt has run their school into the crapper. When i enrolled at Pitt, we were a good 25 spots ahead of Penn State in USNews…now (or when I graduated in May), PSU was like 3 spots behind, or even closer. But that was more Pitt receding than Penn State getting better.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well PSU may also be moving up b/c
The newly constructed law building. Now UP has the Law program(I guess you can still go to the actual Dickinson school still though). I would guess having the program actually at the main campus will help it gain more attention.
And flashy new buildings can make a difference. You can attract more students, better faculty, etc etc. When the new Business building was finished 4-5 years ago, we jumped about 10-20 spots in the business school rankings.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Sep 23, 2009 11:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
new fancy buildings attracting students
that’s spaniers MO.
also…not showing them east halls unless they ask
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 23, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Speaking of dorms
Does anyone know what those snazzy new dorms (I’m assuming they’re dorms) are on College right across from Meridian? Are they new dorms, part of South Halls? They look high tech, ALMOST like I would have stayed in the dorms past freshman year.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
they are actually single student pseudo-apts
university owned. they were finish in 2005 i think?
when i say single student, it’s one per bedroom, but there are like 8-10 bedrooms around a single common room…thing. never been in it, and the waiting list was sorta long when i was a student.
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 23, 2009 11:55 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They're called Eastview Terrace
And everything thedrizzle said is true. They’re for people who want a nice place on campus but can’t get into Nittany Apartments and/or don’t have any friends. I’ve heard it’s a very lonely place.
by PSUMark2008 on Sep 23, 2009 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’ve heard it’s a very lonely place…
Kinda like Heinz field when Pitt is playing there…
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 23, 2009 12:33 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Bravo, Sir.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 23, 2009 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And they're expensive
Relatively speaking. I lived 5 minutes away from them and only shelled out about $300/month. Those things were somewhere in the 4 figures, if I’m not mistaken.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
by 06Lion on Sep 23, 2009 12:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Aren't regular rooms four figures at PSU?
If I remember correctly, Eastview Terrace is double the rate of a regular PSU dorm room.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 6:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree, in essence.
But that route takes time. I’m sure PSU will move up because of the buildings (which beget applications which beget better admissions policies which beget better faculty…), but Pitt’s decline is happening now. In my three law school years we went from teetering on the Tier One edge to be a solid Tier Two school. Of course none of that matters when even Columbia kids are being pushed back in start dates because of the economy.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 11:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wanted...
to respond specifically to you and not just jesse though the comments are the same. I was absolutely being sarcastic. We really do need that sarcasm font. It doesn’t matter right now where you graduate from being an attorney does not come with great job prospects in this market. Best of luck seriously. And good luck to your “other” team on Thursday!
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 1:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Man...
were having a tough time this week. Everyone is so touchy about insults this week. Are we all just a little nervous or what? I know I’m very anxious about the game (thanks Rambler…uugh).
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
by bconway6 on Sep 23, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I blame Iowa
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
If you think it’s bad now, wait until Michigan week.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I dont have much fondness...
for them. Not nearly as much as the BHGP people anyway. Plus we will actually know something about PUS then, so hopefully I will feel a bit better about that one.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
by bconway6 on Sep 23, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I, for one, can’t wait for a week-long pissing contest with them.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats my favorite part.
Especially when you live with one. Granted, the nights are tough when your fiance isn’t speaking to you, but the satisfaction of crushing DickRod into the ground is enough.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
HATE WEEK!!!!!!!!!
Lucky gun, fake fifth, 8XY bitch
Daryll Clark, The Penn State Football Story Is...
by letsgopsu on Sep 23, 2009 3:25 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
We're going to have some fun
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
when is hate week, is it coming up?
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
by showtime on Sep 23, 2009 4:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
10/24 is the game
so 10/24 minus 7 days
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
You underestimate the hatred and trolls, Junny
I’d say 14 days, minimum. However, war will begin and It will be open season whenever the first troll shows up, so just be prepared for innocuous front page posts that for some reason have 350 comments and aren’t open threads.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 6:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ha...
and now that I read this post – I will give you crap for your Pitt degree as well! (see post above)
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Careful
The folks at USNews don’t really recognize a tremendous difference between the academics of the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania State University.
Pitt and Penn State is a different story, if you catch my meaning.
It’s all in good fun. But, at least Pitt has a football team. Best you can hope for at BU is hockey. And ewwwwww, the Patriots.
Where’s the Beer and the Bar-b-Que?
by jesse. on Sep 23, 2009 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Have to admit...
going to a school without a football team was certainly an odd experience. I felt bad for the undergrads really. They wandered around on Saturdays in the fall as if it had no meaning. Thankfully Jillian’s (now called something else) had a decent crowd of PSU alum to watch the game with.
Though, BU did just bring home the hockey NC (no M needed thankfully), which was pretty cool. I went to plenty of Icers games during my days at PSU, and while a lot of fun, it wasn’t quite the Beanpot.
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 2:19 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PSU hockey games were the BEST
We could heckle the goalies SOO BAD in that little arena. We were awful. Such wonderful traditions will be lost in the new place. I won’t be able to share the joy with my kids.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
by showtime on Sep 23, 2009 4:18 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
but...
at least the ice will be white, the lines blue and red rather than grey and orange. UUGH i hate the lights in the ice arena.
Put a tarp on that circus! - showtime @ BSD
by bconway6 on Sep 23, 2009 6:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nothing says "hockey!"
like a lovely yellow tint…
"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 23, 2009 11:31 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I completely agree
I had fantastic times at every Icers game I went to. We would usually hit up the skellar, get crushed, and then roll up to scream and yell like idiots. This came naturally for me as a Flyers fan though.
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 11:39 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
so did the winning come as a surprise to you?
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 24, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Zing!
thedrizzle will be here all night folks. Please tip your waitresses and remember to try the prime rib.
I’m guessing Pens fan?
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 24, 2009 11:58 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
His profile says Wings
So you both can be friends as you have something in common: being pwned by a girly man and his Russian friend.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 25, 2009 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Attendance
Although it’s not football, there’s always been a big issue in the SEC with baseball attendance between LSU and Arkansas. LSU sells out all its home games, but not every one goes so they release two figures (paid attendance and actual attendance).
This leads both to claim they lead the NCAA in home attendance. LSU claims the paid attendance “title” while Arkansas claims the actual attendance “title.”
by The Mess on Sep 23, 2009 9:25 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Weather for Saturday
59 degrees and rain…i’m more worried about that then anything.
Rain will take away our competitive advantage in the passing game, leaving the ground game as the most important factor…hopefully we can get it going…
"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden
by QBsneak12 on Sep 23, 2009 9:41 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Too bad its not uber windy
We play our best ball against Iowa in the wind.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Go to Hell, Junny
Sorry… you just struck a nerve by reminding me how Zug-awful windy it was in Kinnick last year.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 23, 2009 9:54 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry
But seriously though, the rain helps us. Find me at the GMan around 11 and I’ll share a beer with you.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 10:07 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
we should hide all of their space heaters...
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 23, 2009 12:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They’re missing a guard and TE, so that hurts their running game, and maybe this will keep them from passing all over our secondary…this sounds strange to say but Iowa probably has one of the best passing games PSU goes up against.
BSD
by Kevin HD on Sep 23, 2009 9:47 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Fumbling issues
I’m worried about Stephon Green, DC/Center exchange…the little things that could cost us big. Plus weather hinders the already suspect field goal kicking game. The line for the game is 10…
here’s to hoping for blue skies, and whiteouts
"I'm not affraid to compete"
~Robert Bolden
by QBsneak12 on Sep 23, 2009 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well I'd expect, or at least hope
that if we need it, Royster will be our go to back for the game. We aren’t going to try to “toughen up” Green anymore by running him up the middle now that the pre-season is over.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 6:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, one would hope
Except I definitely remember how last year, whenever we were in a short yardage situation where we need to just run it straight up the middle, whose number got called? Most of the time it was 21. And guess what? It almost never worked – unfortunately that didn’t prevent us from doing it again; and again. (What’s the definition of insanity again?) In fact his TD against Temple is the only time I can remember that it did work.
Green has never impressed me. Even with all that speed, most of the time he just runs really fast into a pile and goes almost nowhere.
by PSUMark2008 on Sep 23, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was disappointed as well
in Green’s progress. He’s obviously fast, but he learned zero patience over the off-season, which is too bad. If it’s not all clear in front of him, he seems to find the pile right away and run right into it.
BSD
by Kevin HD on Sep 23, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They passed all over our secondary last year when it was -459 degrees with 150 mph winds.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 9:57 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
-459 Celsius or Fahrenheit?
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 23, 2009 10:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
When you play not to lose.....
Which Bradley did in the second-half…..that’s what happens!
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
by pic15 on Sep 23, 2009 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The playbook...
to date has been very vanilla. I expect to see a lot more this weekend. Clark will run some which should help to open up some holes for Royster. I think we will also see Green on at least 3 screen passes and Zug, Powell, Moye and Quarless will prove to much for the Iowa secondary. This game has been circled since last year’s debacle. Let’s have some confidence people…..the chatter on this site is all doom and gloom. No need for that….JoePa will have the troops ready.
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
by pic15 on Sep 23, 2009 10:00 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
don't know about vanilla
the fake punt against akron?
Eat what the monkey eats, then eat the monkey. -U.S. Navy survival guidance
by psudrozz on Sep 23, 2009 10:33 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, the regular offensive playbook has been I think.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
"Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth."
by Roland86 on Sep 23, 2009 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Don't forget about Clark
Joe might get the troops ready, but Clark took last year really hard. If Clark doesn’t have every single player on the field craving Hawkeye blood, I don’t know what to think. I think Clark in particular has had this game circled, highlighted, bedazzled, and glittered since last year. I can’t imagine what practice is going to be like with him this week, as I’d expect he’ll accept nothing but 110%, and absolute perfection.
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
The MSM is Filled With Lemmings
So nauseatingly predictable. Articles like this, though hypocritical, are arising because the MSM knows that there’s a chance that we could make it to the MNC game. Assuming this happened (and there’s still a LONG way to go), we would crush their dreams of an SEC-SEC (OMG!!!!!!) or SEC-Big 12 matchup, so they would like to do whatever they can to invalidate this scenario from the get-go. Plus, since has become a fad to rag on the Big Ten (again, double standard here), we’ll continue to see articles like this.
by NoLimitLion1 on Sep 23, 2009 10:16 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I totally want another SEC-Big 12 matchup
I mean, last seasons NC game was full of excitement, mistake-free football and great coaching.
Wait a minute…
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 10:37 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Deep Down...
Deep down, I think that the fans of the SEC secretly dream of breaking away…seceding, if you will…from the Association to form their own league.
by NoLimitLion1 on Sep 23, 2009 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Will They Take Vandy With Them?
Of course I'm home. I'm always home. I'm uncool.
by WestPointLion on Sep 23, 2009 11:00 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
They Have To...
South of the Mason-Dixon line, right?
by NoLimitLion1 on Sep 23, 2009 11:05 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lets not forget . . .
The aweful pain Iowa caused us last year. Dont think that that pain hasnt resonated through every players conscience since last year. Regardless of weather, starting LB’s, or any other excuses, we will undoubtedly pay the favor back to Iowa. As for the rest of the season . . . well we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. This one is in the bag.
by TITCUS on Sep 23, 2009 11:10 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Whatever you say, pal
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
i wish i had your blind unwavering optimism
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 23, 2009 11:51 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good news!!!
Daryll Clark just said he thinks Sean Lee will be good to go on Saturday!! And he thinks Bowman will definitely start!
doin’ the happy dance
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 12:02 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
My guess too
Probably Eric Thomas’ twitter or something.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 23, 2009 12:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Adam Rittenberg
“I definitely feel like he’s going to be ready to play,” Lions quarterback Daryll Clark said. "That’s why he’s working on it now."
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 23, 2009 1:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
although
sean lee himself didn’t give any definite answer
We decide when you hear the snap count...
by thedrizzle on Sep 23, 2009 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Of course Twitter!
How do you think I find out ANYTHING?
Came from the guy who covers Penn State for the Reading Eagle. I think he was on some conference call with Clark or something.
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 12:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Rich Scarcella maybe?
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 23, 2009 12:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
And just confirmed
The same quote just showed up from someone else who heard it.
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 12:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
PSU in Paris
So I’m going to be in Paris for the OSU & Indiana weekends. Big Ten Ticket (live streaming Big Ten games) is charging $25 / game. Anyone else think this is ridiculous and insulting?
Anyone know of bars in Paris or other websites that I can watch the game on? Or have a slingbox account I could log into? Trip is 6 weeks away and this is by far the most important detail to sort out.
by BooyahPSU on Sep 23, 2009 1:31 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
spent about 6 months in europe...
where you gonna be besides Paris? Personally I hated Paris after seeing the standard attractions and enjoyed every other part of northern europe way more. The biggest problem with Paris is that it’s full of Parisians who are like roided up versions of the normally rude and obnoxious French people.
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Sep 23, 2009 1:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Parisians are the New Yorkers of France?
/ducks
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Sep 23, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Parisians are WAAAAY worse than New Yorkers
I speak from experience.
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
From experience?
Wow, you must have a guy that makes a ton of money in real estate or something? What does your husband do, sell grottoes to the rich and famous or something?
/end never-been-out-of-America sarcasm
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not exactly
Husband runs this here blog :)
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That makes me...
tempted to post a photo of BSD Mike and I in Paris. But I have been warned, no photos of him here, so I might finally get the banhammer if I did that.
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, i knew mike was tough, but to ban his own wife?
How, Mike, do I learn your ways? Teach me, oh wise one.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 2:32 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not on this...
but if you simply claimed in a police report that your husband “gave you the banhammer” I’m thinking they would lock him up!
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 2:38 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Easy
Sign up on SBN under a different SN, then post the picture, then sign back in as PSUWifey, and say, “OH NOES, MIKE, OUR COMPUTER HAS BEEN HACKED INTO!!!! HOW ELSE COULD THIS PICTURE SHOW UP ON BSD?”
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 23, 2009 6:57 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've never had a problem in New York
They are just in a real big hurry all the time, and if you get in their way they get pissed. From my experience i’ts pretty much as simple as that.
Where’s the Beer and the Bar-b-Que?
by jesse. on Sep 23, 2009 2:05 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
That's a fact
Although people in the South don’t understand that…the see Northerners as cold and rude, but really they are just rushed and like personal space.
by PSUWifey on Sep 23, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Penn State bars in Paris
There’s this great joint on the champs elysees called Les Liones Nittanee that shows every PSU game, but in French and the announcers cover it like it’s soccer.
Also, avoid the ‘french’ toast.
"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 23, 2009 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Freedom Fries
The best in Paris.
And I’ve been to the Les Lionnes Nittanee. Great onion rings.
by PSUJunny05 on Sep 23, 2009 2:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
My gf lives there...
so I could care less about the sites. The only “sites” I want to see are Pryor on the bench at the end of the game with his “wtf just happened” look.
Maybe I’m wrong, but I think $25 to get one game streamed online is way too much. Sure I can cough it up, but damn, it’s one game being streamed for pete’s sake! It costs them probably pennies to do that.
by BooyahPSU on Sep 23, 2009 1:39 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I was in Burgundy
last year during the Oregon State game. I found a highspeed connection and tuned into a yahoo gamecast and a BHD open thread for coverage. No video, but plenty of fine commentary from this lovely community. And bonus? It was this free you seek.
"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 23, 2009 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Justin.tv
SHOULD WORK, I’ve used it to watch a bunch of Phillies games from the Midwest, as well as the NIT opening games last year.
Its basically people who sit in front of their TVs with webcams, and broadcast what they are watching on TV. And its free.
by JoePaPa on Sep 23, 2009 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
So lemme get this straight
I bet you would pay $200 to buy a ticket to the game, but you won’t pay $25 to see the game on television while you are on another continent that could care less about American football?
If it were me, I would gladly fork over $25 to watch the biggest PSU game of the year while I’m in Paris. Imagine if you were a Florida fan or a USC fan. There is no SEC Network of PAC-10 Network to help you out.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Sep 23, 2009 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
In fairness...
doesn’t ESPN = SEC Network?
Also – if you rooted for Florida there is the somewhat significant chance that Tim Tebow would simply walk on water all the way across the atlantic just so one of his followers did not suffer in missing the game.
We are not normal. We are legends.
by NittanyAlum02 on Sep 23, 2009 3:45 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Heck
I paid ESPN Gameplan/Comcast $21.99 last year to watch Penn State at Syracuse.
$25 is more than that, but barely.
by Aaron PSU on Sep 23, 2009 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hell, that's less than forty cents a point!
I’d call that money well-spent.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Sep 23, 2009 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
on top of the airfare.
Think of the $25 as a bag fee.
by Cairo on Sep 23, 2009 4:59 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I'd pay $200 for a ticket to that game
…but that’s a way different experience. And I happily pay the cable company $5/month for the Big Ten Network because it’s a fair price. I just think this online pay per view pricing is way out of line. Again, maybe it’s just me, but I feel like the Big Ten Network should be out there to PROMOTE the Big Ten, not screw it’s alumnus out of every penny they can get.
Let’s say I live abroad and want to watch all 12 games. That would cost me $300 / year. For $200 I can buy a slingbox and get hundreds of channels and not give the BTN a dime. Just seems like a failing business model to me. Now if they charged $2 or $5 per game, or even $25 for all the Big Ten Games in a given week or all PSU games for the season, then I think they’re being reasonable and still making a nice profit.
Don’t even get me started on how much an F’in can of coke costs there…
by BooyahPSU on Sep 23, 2009 5:02 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
surprised noone has done this yet
Meadville, PA born and raised.
by mikeissurreal on Sep 23, 2009 9:52 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
OH NO! He got worse!
Jeeze, he was looking so much better, and then he breaks his ankle an look what happens!
by dawsonPSU10 on Sep 24, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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