Penn State Dominates Texas, Advances To Fourth Straight Championship Game
by Adam Bittner on Dec 16, 2010 8:50 PM EST
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PrintFor Penn State and Texas on Thursday night, it was supposed to be another classic. Russ Rose's squad had another plan, though.
The Nittany Lions dominated the Longhorns in a 3-0 sweep ( 25-13, 25-13, 25-22) of their national semifinal match Thursday night at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Penn State will face the winner of California vs. USC on Saturday night for its fourth straight national championship.
Penn State's young players came up huge against Texas in their first Final Four match. Freshman Deja McClendon had 11 kills on a dominating .733 kill percentage. Fellow frosh Katie Slay led the Lions with six blocks and sophomore setter Kristin Carpenter had 38 assists. Freshman Ariel Scott added 1o kills.
The upperclassmen had a big game, too, though. Senior Blair Brown led the Lions with 12 kills and senior Arielle WIlson chipped in 6 kills on a solid .462 hitting.
Man, did this team look good tonight. Texas paid for nearly every error, and save for the first few points coming out of the locker room for the third set, Penn State played perhaps as dominant as it has all season. As the commentators on the broadcast noted, it was the first time on the big stage for a lot of Penn State's underclassmen, but they shined for Penn State tonight. Another effort like this, and the Lions will be well on their way to a fourth straight national title.
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This week
went from very stupid to very awesome in the span of a minute. Congrats, girls!
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
Yeah. This was awesome.
Far more awesome than finals and honors program work, I’m sure.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
by Adam Collyer on Dec 16, 2010 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Funny, I skipped out on the Honors College.
I regret it now, though. Would’ve been a nice thing to say about my college experience.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
by Adam Collyer on Dec 16, 2010 9:23 PM EST up reply actions
Eh. It's been a rough week all around.
Though obviously the finals didn’t help. Schreyer is pretty nice, though. There are a ton of perks and everyone automatically assumes that all Honor Scholars are smart.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
I beg to differ.
If the girls down the hall were smart they would stop shrieking during finals week.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
I'm sort of tempted to ask.
But I don’t actually care enough to get up. It’s not really out of the norm, they tend to be loud most nights.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
man, I have comments.........
I’ll keep them to my dirty old self.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
Tom Clancy
My scores coming in were strong enough to get in. When I spoke with an admissions counselor, it was suggested that I apply.
I didn’t take it very seriously and I neglected it. I did end up in English 30 though, with 29 other Schreyer kids. Dominated that class hard.
I was very happy with my Penn State education and I pushed myself by taking non-joke electives, but graduating from Schreyer is a nice accomplishment.
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
by Adam Collyer on Dec 16, 2010 9:32 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know what it's like these days
but back when I applied it was viscously competitive. Minimum 1300 SAT and 4.0 GPA, and then there were essays to write. I was kind of in shock by how smart the kids in my Honors dorm were. I thought I was there by dumb luck.
I think the standards have changed a bit...
Grades are still important, but now most of the emphasis is on all the essays they have you write. That’s what they tell us, anyway.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
It's still supposed to be around 300
But there are always a few who drop out of the program, and always a few who come in through programs like the Paterno Fellows.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
Schreyer was extremely competitive.
I think that’s what turned me off to it at the time, but what make me extremely intrigued by it now. My friends in Schreyer were brilliant, interesting, insightful people.
Clearly they have no place on this board. :)
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
by Adam Collyer on Dec 16, 2010 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
Two in a million, darlin' :)
"I don’t spend a lot of time dwelling on the negative. I believe that having a good, peaceful mind is the basic premise for a good life."
by Adam Collyer on Dec 16, 2010 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
I wasn't even eligible for the Honors program at Penn State.
And didn’t test into English 30. And look at me now :o) College prof and director of an Honors Program at my university. It’s the only thing about PSU that I’ll say “SUCK IT!” about.
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it's certainly not a pre-requisite for success. You and many many others prove that.
Plus based on my freshman roomate’s FB page…it isn’t a guarantee of success either. Hehe.
I was on academic probation after my first semester LOL
which is probably part of why I made a vow not to touch a drop of alcohol my whole second semester. It worked, I made dean’s list. Sophomore year I found balance!
I was on a warning for academic probation after my first semester,
I made Dean’s list my second semester, and I partied harder my second semester than I did the first. It was all about course choice and learning how to study.
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Oh, definitely not.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
That was one of my bargaining chips with my mom and dad,
to try to convince them to let me go to Auburn. My ACTs were better than my SATs, so I got into the Honors Program at Auburn. Auburn’s out-of-state tuition and room and board were about $1000 less than Penn State’s in-state tuition and room and board.
THANK THE GOOD LORD MY PARENTS FORCED ME TO GO TO PENN STATE!
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The funny thing was that my parents moved back to Alabama
at the beginning of my sophomore year and kept trying to talk me into transferring to Auburn. I kept resisting. Once you become a Penn Stater, you can’t undo that!
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I've got a couple of people asking if I'd like to go back to New York.
The answer is always “No”.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
Good girl!
Don’t break down like I finally did (although I ended up at Memphis rather than Auburn). But you’re close enough to home that it’s not too bad. I was 15 hours away without a car.
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Yeah, that's much worse than my drive.
I can’t imagine being that far away from my family for an extended period of time.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
I would have been fine,
if I would have just had a car and if I hadn’t moved into the apartment from hell junior year.
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Your apartment stories made me a bit paranoid.
But next year I’m all set to move into a loft with two great friends (and one great friend’s boyfriend), so it looks like the paranoia paid off.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
Six women in 2 BR 1 bath apt just doesn't work.
Of couse, I may just be impossible to live with, cause I didn’t have a good experience in a 2BR apartment with just two of us. Of course, it didn’t help that her boyfriend was there all the time and didn’t pay rent and then when she broke up with him she started sleeping with my ex-boyfriend IN OUR APARTMENT.
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That is a massive
Girl Code violation.I’m so sorry you had to deal with that.
You learn so much about people when you live with ’em— I practically recruited my current roommate to live with us because I already knew we could occupy the same space without any issues.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
I think if I ever get married (not very likely),
we’re going to move into a duplex. We can cut a door in between the two houses, but I now have to have my own space!
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You can be like Tim Burton
buy three houses. One for you, one for the guy, and one for your kids.
"We have the plainest uniforms you can make. We know who we are. We are Penn State, and that's something special."
Or Dean Koontz,
He has one floor of his house and his wife has the other. Of course, that’s because he has OCD.
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Oh that happened to me too!
Only IN MY DORM ROOM. After I dumped my BF for BSDMike, my ex started sleeping with my roomate in my dorm room. Which is why I pretty much moved in with Mike.
so both you and Mike were seeing other people when you met.
interesting. ;-)
by The JuggerNitt on Dec 17, 2010 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
I had the scores/grades for it
But I decided against applying…
Cory Geiger asks Paterno if talk about his future bothers him. "You bother me," Joe tells Geiger.
by Kyle_Martin on Dec 16, 2010 11:06 PM EST up reply actions
Fun to watch
That was total domination.
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So, for those watching the Cal/USC game
I’m not going to be able to help myself making fun of the chick with the helmet.
How's this for serious gamesmanship?
PSU women’s team is sitting in the audience in the row DIRECTLY behind the Cal bench, who it is assumed they will take on in the finals. Intimidating much? :)
They look O.K.
But then again, USC looks really out of place a lot too. I think Texas would have beaten USC easily and been a much tougher match for Cal.
PSU v Cal
Should be a good one Saturday. These are unquestionably the two most impressive squads in this tournament.
I just watched the most hilarious video of an Alabama fan who is supporting Auburn against Oregon.
I would post a link here, just for y’all to laugh at (typical redneck, double-fisting natty lights), but he says the F-word so much, I’m afraid I’d get the ban hammer.
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If you add a bunch of disclaimers
I’m sure Mike will let it pass this once. That, and I’m really curious about this video now…
Yeah, it's so cool, and it's totally awesome!
One correction in the summary:
“Man, did this team look good tonight” They look good EVERY night!
"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"
Gradulations Penn State!
Missed tonight, but watched the last match. The way these underclassmen are playing, we might be headed for 7 NCs in a row!
"God is great, beer is good, and people are crazy"
As much fun as it was to watch last season's classic
this was just as sweet. They just totally dominated Texas and showed they are still the team to beat.
Really?
Another effort like this, and the Lions will be well on their way to a fourth straight national title.
Another effort like this one and they will have their 4th straight national title!!!
Not willing to jynx it....
Adam
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by Adam Bittner on Dec 17, 2010 2:26 AM EST up reply actions
Cal looked impressive tonight
and USC’s better than Texas. It’s going to be a great game… I really hope we pull it out.
John has a long moustache
I thought the team looked FABULOUS and played really well too.
Texas was out of sync all night and I think PSU was the reason. PSU’s defense and passing are very much under rated. This isn’t just a big hitting team. McClendon?? freshman, is going to be fun to watch for the next 3 years.
Show me an elitist, and I'll show you a loser.
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