Ryan Breen Leaves PSU Football Program
Somewhere in Iowa, Adrian Clayborn is drooling.
According to multiple sources, including the Scranton Times-Tribune's Donnie Collins, junior punter Ryan Breen will not return to the team for the 2010. Odd development, considering he was in line to be a potential two-year starter after sitting behind Jeremy Boone for the past few seasons.
This is actually a rather unnerving situation. Breen was a highly recruited, scholarship punter, even though he couldn't get past Boone on the depth chart. The punting duties now fall to...well, nobody obvious. Some of the placekickers can do the job if needed, but there are no true punters on the roster.
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I've been searching.
Is it between Soldner and Fera? Who is doing the kicking and placekicking then?
Best guess.
I could see a scenario in which Wagner is PK up to around 45 yards and Fera is P and 45yd+ PK. Unless Soldner is some kind of punting prodigy.
There’s also a walk on from State High named Russell Nye, who transferred back home from Temple.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 9:33 AM EST up reply actions
Soldner didn't punt in HS
So I doubt he would be the first choice to give it a go in college.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Joepa?
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by letsgopsu on Mar 2, 2010 12:41 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
JoePa
only does “onside” kicks and we saw what happened the last he tried.
It's OK if he does it now, he's part Terminator robot now
That “eye surgery” he had was to implant the advanced targeting system all T-1000’s are equipped with
i hope that was a joke lol zugus maximus
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
You've never seen Anchorman?
Please tell me you’ve seen Anchorman. Otherwise, your life is incomplete.
That’s a quote from the movie.
light bulb juust went off
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 7:55 PM EST up reply actions
RUTS
Weren’t you a punter and TE?
F it, you have BS/JD/MBA already…why not go for a 4th degree?
You have 3 years left of eligibility correct? You only burned one if I recall.
Well, we need TE's, too...
But yeah, 1993 WVC FIRST TEAM PUNTER WOOOOOOOOOO.
Wish I could find the all-star photo of me standing next to five-time Heisman winner Ron Powlus (who, as I just discovered, shares my birthday but is a full year older…typical Berwick!).
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 9:35 AM EST up reply actions
Please tell me more about Berwick's cheating and sending their cheaters to our hated rivals.
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by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
Ummm its pronouned Berik
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by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:42 PM EST up reply actions
What WVC school?
If you don’t mind me asking.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 9:47 AM EST up reply actions
Hazleton Area.
Very first year of that new school.
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"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
Nice...
I attended Wyoming Area for some time.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
That he was....
I was in 7th or 8th grade when he was a senior.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
Oh god you poor person, having to grow up in Hazleton. At least you had 3rd base hoagies, pizza from snapes, jimmy’s hotdogs, pecoras tea, and the occasional trip to the busted and broken mall.
FireJayPa.com
Where every day is take your son or daughter to work
Dead on FJP
We both left that craphole 15 years ago and never looked back.
It wasn’t “that” bad back then, now its much worse. Too much “brain drain” in NEPA, everyone I know w/ degrees moves to PHL/NYC/DC/BMore.
and even further south, homie!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 10:29 AM EST up reply actions
Not bad - if you like b-b-q
and can also ‘stomach’ additional amounts of ACC/ESSSECCCC non-sense!
I’ve been in Chlt, 13 yrs this week…looking to move to Philly area now (Jimmy needs to get paid!)
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 10:40 AM EST up reply actions
Seriously....before you leave do yourself a favor
I swear the best BBQ in pretty much the whole southeast is in Kernersville outside of Greensboro. We have nothing even close in the ATL. Its a place called Prissy Paulie’s and they serve both eastern and western NC pulled pork BBQ. Fantastic! As is there sweet tea and nana puddin! YUM! My boy Mike Greene will host some Prissy Paulie tailgates in the Queen City from time to time but mostly the owner (Mr. Whaley) sticks to staying in K-vegas.
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
I'm not able to follow much of this
But I really like the sound of it all.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
K-Vegas! That could be Kernersville & Kannapolis / heard both referred to as such...
-And I hear-ya! I like both bbq styles; but you & Elvis can have the ‘nana pudd’n your little hearts desire.
Charlotte has a very large and strong PSU alumn croud. Lot’s of car magnets and ‘plate’ trims too…
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 11:47 AM EST up reply actions
Atlanta does too....
They probably averaged 200 people per football game at the viewing parties at Famous pub. As for the nana pudding…..my wife is a UGA girl and she turned me onto it. Honestly still cant stand half the crap they make here though. You can only eat so many fried foods. I miss the ethnic foods of the northeast. Don’t miss the weather though!
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
The yellow BBQ is awesome. I think that is eastern? I had it in Columbia, SC
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It is called Carolina Gold
it is a mustard based sauce. It is pretty good. I find the Western carolina pepper vinegar sauce to be the best.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
The mustard sauce
tends to be more of south carolina thing…..don’t find it in too many places in NC. I also concur with CE….Western Carolina BBQ is the best!
For you Carolinians….another great hole in the wall…..is Mountain Fried Chicken in Winston-Salem, NC……excellent fried yard bird!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
The best in the South Carolina Lowcountry is Dukes
There are several of them but the best is in a little town called Bamberg (home of Da’Quan Bowers). Great pulled pork good sauces and because it is on a BBQ sauce fault line it serves 3 styles of sauces. YES there are geographic regions defined by BBQ sauce in the south. I have atlases produced by fine universities that include BBQ sauce maps.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
And where does Damons rank?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
wow
you might as well have just dropped trou and taken a big dump on jesse’s grill
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Damons sucks
and that is not an olive branch directed at Jesse…I used to think Clem’s had decent BBQ. Then I moved to the south and had an epiphany.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
Do you know any good spots in the HHI area?
Down there a good bit and although food on the island is generally very good…have not had any BBQ that is to die for yet. Savannah also has been a disappointment with food in general. Paula Deen’s is overated…..haven’t had any outstanding BBQ and please…..don’t even try to find a slice anywhere….apparantly the only good pizza there is at my mom’s house. The two brights spots have been Garibaldi’s (excellent seafood) and the Crab Shack on Tybee.
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
Hit the next island
past HH ‘Dafuski.’
It’s kind of ‘The Land of the Lost,’ with the 2 major golf courses sucking wind/closed down (now I believe). Marsh-side Momma’s is one little hide-out. John Cougar has a new house there, and he’s been @ MSM’s. Some good ‘eats’ there…
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 3, 2010 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
When in Hilton Head Island travel out to I-95
turn north for about 15 miles and go to Ridgeland, SC. There is a Dukes BBQ there, that is one of the DUKES I mentioned above. All you can eat for 10-12 bucks. Great BBQ, mac and cheese, peach cobbler, fried okra, and all the fried chicken you could ever possibly want to eat, and more.
The other option is decent, but a lot more is in Bluffton, near the outlets, it is called Jim and Nick’s it is okay, you will pay more and it is geared at the tourists not the locals, but in a pinch it will do.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
When coming to HHI send me a message on here, I will be glad to help anyone with suggestions
I am now a local after all!
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
I disagree
The best BBQ in North Carolina (and the world) is Danny’s BBQ in Cary (they have three or four locations, but Cary was the first. He cooks Georgia and Alabama styled BBQ, though. Chopped pork with ketchup based sauce. I live in Alabama (with pretty good BBQ) but whenever I go to visit my parents in Raleigh, I always go to Danny’s.
Conyers, GA used to have a great BBQ place, called Glen’s Open Pit BBQ, but I believe it’s closed now.
For the glory
Pretty much any mom and pops place in the deep south is going to be good.
We all have our preferences but in the end its all good.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
i'm trying like hell to get in there now
im in acc country now—they just cry alot nowadays.
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Worse?!
Going there in ’95 was quite a culture shock. For me and the town.
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
Why'd you go?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
That was the campus the accepted me
They said it was a great campus for COMM majors. Interesting times that I am ultimately richer for having experienced. It also introduced me, indirectly to RUTS and the power of the Web.
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
That's right, and 15 years later we're still trying to figure out how to meet up for a drink.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
I couldn't quite tell from your blog
Are you in Alexandria now? Or Arlington? I’m in Alexandria, Ffx county, down the gw parkway a bit.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
City of Alexandria
The part with all the drawbacks of suburbia and a city and none of the advantages.
I was in Arlington and I dearly miss it. I grew up in Vienna.
Blogging about D.C. Baseball since April '04. Penn State alum. Also partial to the Washington Capitals, New York Yankees and Yale football.
Doesn't actually sound so bad when you put it that way.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
what can i say
I’m a Hazleton Happy Jack…I went back there a few weekends ago to see some family and what not.
It’s almost depressing when you go there – feel like you need to dress down or go “slumming” so people don’t look at you weird. Met up with an old acquaintance and hit up the 5* Chinese Restaurant at the mall….forgot what people “think” Chinese food is compared to what it really is.
Oh, and for all the people that call me a jerk or an a-hole or what not…remember, I was born and raised in that town….it’s not my fault. Product of my environment, the whole bit
FireJayPa.com
Where every day is take your son or daughter to work
RUTS, TS, and STL are all from Hazleton and they’re allrite. You act like a jerk because you choose to act like a jerk.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
well he also used the phrase Happy Jack
so PennLive may have warped his sense of normalcy
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
"Product of my environment"
That sounds exactly like a recently banned BSD commenter who couldn’t keep his mouth shut because, he was “a New Yorker and can’t help it”. Environment plays a role in development, but it doesn’t mean you can’t adapt to not be a “jerk or an a-hole or what not”. Our ability to adapt is what made us successful as a species.
Was just there for two hours last weekend
Stopped by Senape’s Tavern for a 12-cut with sausage and scamutz. Best pizza I’ve ever had.
If you don’’t understand what this means: don’t bother asking.
Also, note: I was there for two hours. Any longer than that and I feel like I’m pressing my luck. Eventually, I’m going to get hit in a drive-by or stabbed.
by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 2, 2010 8:15 PM EST up reply actions
You guys had a fast little pisano RB.....
can’t remember his name but I think he is a fellow Patriot league FBaller…..Colgate if I recall correctly. Couldn’t stand Powlus then….definitely couldn’t stand him when he was at ND…..who knows…..maybe he has gotten better. Have to agree with FireJayPa on the Senape’s Pitz. My Aunt lives in the Valley and she will occasionally pick some up for me and overnight to Atlanta.
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
Two kids went to Colgate from Hazleton two years ago.
Nate Eachus (certified ManChild) and Richie Matz, who was the son of the first HAHS coach.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
Hamilton, NY
is a miserable place to go play football in late November!
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
Eachus was a real player.
Too bad he didn’t get a chance at D-1.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
You mean HazLOLton.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 11:35 AM EST up reply actions
HAHAHA
did you play on the field with the giant penis on it?
Google map Hazleton football field…..
For the Glory of Old State
I heard it got covered by a slate dump from the strip mine?...
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
We the fighting argents had the best punters in the wvc Its all we do
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:43 PM EST up reply actions
Sweet!
I walk around under the assumption my Penn State fandom can aspire to no higher heights. But if RUTS became our punter? Brand new bar.
What can we do to organize a RUTS Please Walk-On Campaign? Who’s with me?
RUTS!
RUTS!
RUTS!
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
Your constant support is appreciated
But I’d be thrilled if I could even connect with the ball at this point. I haven’t even seen my feet since ’02.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
Alright
But if your’e putting the kibash on the campaign this fresh out the gate, you definitely owe us at least a Tailgate Punting Seminar this fall. Couple drinks, some chili, then out comes the football!
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
In that order? I can see at least 7 different things that could go wrong in that scenario.
And all involve something coming out of somewhere it shouldn’t come out of, at least not at the moment RUTS is trying to make contact with a football.
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
You're spot-on, junson
All that young jedi in training has brought you this shared vision.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
To say nothing of my hamstring.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
RUTS was actually a really good athlete
As was TS, the college years were not kind to either.
Too much beer/fast food/etc and placed their bodies in 10 year blubber coma. Luckily, in the last 16 months both have made REMARKABLE comebacks.
Even at 33, RUTS could probably be a decent PSU punter and that is scary. Guy has legs like tree trunks but an ass like a jelly donut!
Needs to hit the squat rack
Turn that moooshh into muscle!
I thought only safeties played 15 yards off the ball?
If this is a comeback, I should've been shot years ago.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Ass like a jelly donut.
CLASSIC.
STL was no slouch either from his DB spot. My remarkable comeback has somehow taken me to running 24 hour ultramarathons. Unfreaking real.
by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 2, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions
its the nuke plant and the double sessions in the core.
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
We should just go for it always
Option B would be to utilize the never so popular Buddy Ryan 3rd down quarterback punt
So we go...
From having the worst special teams in the nation to……. what did we decide on for the equivalent to a ham sandwich?
Sucks… sort of. Could it be that he left b/c it looked like the guy he was competing with for the job was ZOMG BEST EVAR? If so that’s cool. But really, why else would a kid transfer aside from various personal reasons?
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Is there something out there about him actually tranferring?
Maybe he has a good reason to leave this semester and will be back in the fall
good point
I assumed
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
I'm not worried
Lest we forget, we have the Almighty Zug. I’m sure he can punt the ball 50+ yards with his mind, so no telling what he can do with his leg.
so that explains it
that’s what he was doing all of those times he just stood there catching punts. instead of running.
"They stalk their prey to within two or three great leaps and then launch a lightning-fast charge, striking their prey. Victims are most often killed by suffocation with a prolonged bite..."--Hinterland Who's Who
actually
the coaches were afraid that in his greatness he would hurt the opposing players and leave a wake of destruction in his path so they kindly asked him to fair catch them. or he was just a terrible return man, but joepa “trusted” him. that works too
Here is the deal guys.
Most programs do not sign punters on scholarship. There are still freshman punters out there who are decent who have not signed on with anyone. PSU throws a scholarship at someone they would be stupid to decline.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
They're not in a position to offer anyone a scholarship right now.
None left to give out right now, I’m pretty sure.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Well paperwork is a funny thing
you can make it show whatever you want…Also you could promise this kid a scholarship the next year if he does what you ask him to do. You make him pay for a year and then he gets a scholarship. It is still better than being a walkon somewhere else.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
by carolinaeasy on Mar 2, 2010 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
so maybe the coaches went to him and said “we would like for you to donate your scholly to the cause” and he said “suck it” and packed his bags?
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
* That's the first possibility I was thinking...but that's not really PSU style...
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by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
well if this kid had a scholly and left
wouldn’t that open one up? Or was he not on scholly?
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face
I *think* we were over by 1 right now, it's always so hard to tell.
Or maybe this is what evens us out. I believe the last remaining adjustment is that Brendan Coakley is petitioning for a ninth year of eligibility, or something like that. Then there are the rumors that McEowen and Carter might leave.
If we suddenly have two more scholarships, I’m sure they’d go to people already on the team, not a newly discovered punter. McGloin would probably get his back.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
From what I heard
Carter and McEowen will not be back. That will put us at 84 schollies, but Coakley was petitioning for a 6th year which will put us at 85. If Breen leaves, we’re back to 84.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Carter the RB? That makes the depth chart awefully attractive for a 2011 RB recruit.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Here, I'll get you started.
Dear Savon Huggins,
[INSERT MANCRUSH LETTER HERE]
XOXO, BSD
"Have I ever told the story of when I met Miley Cyrus?"
Yeah I really don’t know much about that guy, except his name is pretty cool. That’s actually pretty important in my book.
If I were in charge of ranking recruits for a website, I’d give at least a star for a cool name. The first kid on my list would be ‘Quinta Funderburke. That’s one hell of a name.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Is he Lawrence's son?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
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"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I can't say that since his Tiger column last week was the first Simmons column I had read in a year or two.
Before that, no I varied from apathy to dislike to moderate respect for some columns to loving his crybaby tirades after Patriots losses.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, I'm in almost the same exact boat
basically I haven’t read a column of his since he started doing podcasts (he had one stretch of I swear like 3 months between any actual written articles, cuz he took a break to write his book, plus was doing the podcasts). I just don’t have any time I can really listen to podcasts, so whenever writers/bloggers do them I basically just ignore that content.
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
I agree...
Simmons was much better when he didn’t do Podcasts. While I can waste time reading articles and being on BSD, I can’t listen to podcasts.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
Even the blackheartgoldpodcast?
That I can listen to. And it only takes a single beer to get in the mood.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
I was talking about the
Simmons podcasts, but I haven’t heard that one either. I will try and check it out.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
any podcast in general
since I can’t just read a bit here or there, and basically have to block off usually at least a 15 min to half hour chunk of time. Reading articles and comments I can generally read for like 5 min at a time, then work for a bit, read another bit, work a bit, etc.
If I had a long commute or something I’d probably download podcasts to an iPod and listen there, but I don’t.
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
^this
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 4:21 PM EST up reply actions
Speaking of which
when are we going to have a BSD podcast? Remember, we were promised a musical opening!
Can anyone here sing?
Please make it my Hotel Black Shoe Diaries song.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
It wouldn't be us singing
It would be the Your Wife’s Bacon Sounds Hot Trio, featuring Mike, RUTS, and Kevin flexing the golden pipes
Better than the name God's Power Offer?
Scroll down to the DL’s….
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/hssports/2009/06/class-of-2011—-miami-dade.html
by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 2, 2010 8:20 PM EST up reply actions
First. Middle. Last.
or “Madonna?”
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 3, 2010 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
Ok...
I can figure it’s Brent’s knee + depth chart/quality & healthy young RB’s…but have no clue on McEowen…
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
Too many injuries, passed on the depth chart, etc.
Nothing his fault, really. Just hasn’t worked out so far.
Twitter: @scrappled
"When it’s third-and-10, you can take the milk drinkers and I’ll take the whiskey drinkers every time" - Max McGee
by Run Up The Score on Mar 2, 2010 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
That's my thinking
Let’s go over to the soccer practice field and say, “Who wants a scholarship?”
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Seems to me...
If we actually have an “average” punter next year instead of the “outstanding” one we thought we had, maybe our punt coverage team would be a couple of steps closer to the returner by the time the ball got there. I realize a “great” punt is a combo of distance and “hang time”, but if we got the same hang time, with 5 yards shorter distance, we should do better in covering punts.
On the other hand, we still need somebody who can kick off into the end zone!
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
even if that's so
we’d have to give up at least 5 yards less per return for this “strategy” to work
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 1:38 PM EST up reply actions
I was being a bit a little sarcastic...
however, it would have been better than giving up big returns to OSU and such. Also, just about everybody had a heart attack when we punted or kicked off.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
well there is some validity to hitting the punts high for hang time instead of just booting them long
so I wasn’t completely sure if you were sarcastic or not.
What we really need is someone who can punt it out of bounds at the 1 yard line every time.
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
You sure you're not Laura Nichols?
/thinks he hears busey softly singing:
roses are red
violets are blue
I’m schizophrenic
and so am I
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
did anyone ever watch Busey’s celebrity rehab? I saw like 4-5 episodes where they weren’t even sure he was addicted to anything, he just showed up and said “yeah, I’m just here to help out, I’m not really an addict”
Dude is either crazy or brilliant.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
I mean, I'm with Busey...
So I can verify that he’s brilliant.
so what was his deal with the celeb rehab thing? was he an addict or just there for fun? I never saw an episode where anyone talked about what drugs he did.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Wasn't that great clip The Soup always showed from that show?
The one where he sits for an interview, gets all pissed off about the order of the agreed-upon questions or something, then threatens to rip out someone’s endocrine system?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
I believe so. He was hilarious on that show, b/c literally it’s all C-list celebrities in rehab, everyone is there for substance abuse and going thru withdraw, EXCEPT Busey. No one really seemed to know why he was there.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
It's a mix of things
But mostly it’s because he likes to feel included in various social gatherings.
are you saying he checked himself into rehab to feel included in a social gathering, or that he was addicted to feeling included in various social gatherings?
I’m not sure which one would be funnier.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
You're not Devon, are you?
I distrust new commenters now.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
No
I’ve been lurking for like 9 months though.
Furthermore
This thread has all but solidified the fact I’m going to drop my film class before tomorrow.
I'm going to be honest Rambler
That was my first paranoid thought too, but obviously have no evidence, especially because ImWithBusey hasn’t dropped an F-bomb or sworn at a basketball player because he’s a freshman and made a mistake.
Have we gotten any close-to-definitive word
on the terms of his, um, departure? Or was there a non-disclosure term in the agreement?
/still a gossip ho, despite aspirations otherwise
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
The mods haven't said anything...
But it’s pretty clear his latest attempt to log in under a new account failed miserably.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 12:21 PM EST up reply actions
huh
I knew none of this. I guess that’s part of the dark underbelly of BSD, otherwise known as Basketball open threads.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
well Dawson can pinpoint the moment that Devon was exiled
I remember him making a bad comment, and Mike commenting something along the lines of, “won’t have to deal with that anymore”
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 1:41 PM EST up reply actions
It started here, with an innocent fanshot by David Jones.
http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2010/2/5/1296725/mbb-report-billy-oliver-done-for#30314242
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
I don't know why I said David Jones.
Meant RUTS obviously.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
do you miss him?
do you ever see him?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
I actually cry sometimes while I lie in bed...
…just to get it all out, what’s in my head.
Then I scream, at the top of my lungs, “what’s going on??”
"We heard all that talk all week about the SEC and their speed, but we knew personally that they weren't nearly as tough as us."
-Tony Hunt
by Cpiritual27 on Mar 2, 2010 3:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I haven’t been around much recently, so I missed that…but I’m so happy…
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by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Mar 2, 2010 5:32 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
BSD Underbelly
This makum me LOL.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Mar 2, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
yeah, I liked that one too
You beat me to the fight club thing too. Swift is the wind which carryeth Mike this day.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
this all raises a very interesting point
What if you’re addicted to rehab, how would they cure you?
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
I can't even wrap my mind...
around that one.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 2:07 PM EST up reply actions
Well played sir....
well played.
Never mistake effort for achievement.
All normal people love meat. If I went to a barbeque and there was no meat, I would say 'Yo Goober! Where's the meat?' - HJS
by Esteban d' Amur on Mar 2, 2010 2:12 PM EST up reply actions
WERD!
Nothing against the other young guys – at all; but I’m pulling for this man!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 11:15 AM EST up reply actions
When Iowa crushes the Nittany Kitties this year with another blocked punt, I can't wait to hear all "the special teams don't count" arguments.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
Sounds like you're 'warming-up'
and getting reading for spring ball…
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions
BLACK AND GOLD! HOGEYES! BLACK AND GOLD! HOGEYES
http://www.spike.com/video/iowa-rap-scene-is/3307110
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
It has to be some physics like equation. Like matter and anti matter. Too opposites cant exist unless one over takes the other.
wait BSD has turned into an episode of fringe,\
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:50 PM EST up reply actions
most times
opposites are not only complimentary, but physically required. For example, the poles on a magnet — you cannot separate them, and cutting the magnet in half will just create two magnets each with two poles.
So what I mean to say is, BadRambler is just a necessary part of Rambler, and you really can’t separate the two. Like two sides to the same coin.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
Actually...
Graham Zug did indeed punt in high school. He would absolutely boom kicks in warm-ups and practice. During the games that I saw, well, umm, not so much. At least he has experience!
I've often wondered what a truly athletic punter could accomplish
Someone who could run and catch like a WR presents interesting opportunities and would drive opposing coaches nuts.
Some people are born mediocre, some achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller
A.J. Trapasso
Ohio State had him. He’s as good an athlete as you’ll ever see at the position. 6’0, 230 lbs, 4.6 40yd. Crushed a few guys on his own punt coverage. Here’s what you can do with a guy like that. I’m guessing The Vest just was too conservative to let him loose.
You might be my favorite poster here
Of course, I’ve been a sucker ever since that hockey party steamer story.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
:'(
this is because I missed the Rose Bowl tailgate, isn’t it?
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 3:50 PM EST up reply actions
My commenter fandom is pretty fickle
Work hard, go to class, do the right thing, and things may come around.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
If it turns out you were the one who left a red plastic crab in km's bed
Your stock is gonna skyrocket.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
by jtothep on Mar 2, 2010 3:55 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
H I L A R I O U S!
…and 1!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks buddy!
I try to post high-value comments, though sometimes I get drunk and unfairly trash Donovan Warren or Amari Spievey in game threads. I was aware of Trapasso’s high school exploits from playing college ball with many Ohio guys. But my favorite commenter is jesse. without question, I feel like I learn some obscure fact about PSU every time he posts.
I just like him because it means I can say “Gumbercules? I love that guy!”
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by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Mar 3, 2010 12:22 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
yup
Like if you could run a wildcat punt formation, where you have a Curtis Drake or Stephon Green come in and punt… Or maybe he’ll scamper for 40 yards. But either way you’re going to have to move another defender in the box and that’s one less guy who will be blocking your defenders. That alone could neutralize the fact that the guy may not punt all that well.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
I know nothing about designing plays
are you allowed to have two people where the punter gets the snap? You could put The Drake, Green, or Smith back there with the punter, then either the long snapper can kick it to one of them, and they take it, or they hand it off to the punter for the kick.
This is perfect!
YOU must be the playcaller, then, at the BSD tailgate when RUTS puts on a punting clinic after 8 yuenglings, 2 jack and cokes, 3 bowls of TSChili and a whippit.
Millzner’s gonna oversee the parking attendants to clear enough space. STL boxes out Big Time Alumnus to help. Mrs Ruts holds the baby in for one more week. TS manages the RUTS consumptionS, and Dawson draws up the plays in the Too Country dirt. You can line up all us hangers-on on rush or defense.
It’s gonna be awesome.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
...I hope Dawson is still on his diet and work-out routine...
If he’s going to draw-up the plays, he needs to be in the plays too…
/ no Charlie Brown pwn’age @ BSD t’gate scrummmms
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
...well...
sometime after you started!
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 2, 2010 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
ok, I am TOTALLY in for a BSD football game at some tailgate next year
by The JuggerNitt on Mar 2, 2010 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
I'm only in if Dawson agrees to be Special Teams Coordinator in Charge of Play Design
And RUTS punting of course.
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
Do you have any Grey Poupon?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
haha, if you really want me there, I'll be sure to work on my ST playbook
you just let me know the location and level of inebriation (which will probably determine how complex the plays will be, lol)
play number one: fair catch fake and fumble for 15 yard gain
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:51 PM EST up reply actions
Is this before or after the beers and chili?
"I did my walk of shame this morning and everyone was so much nicer," she said. "People were inviting me to parties at 9 a.m."
If it's super spicy chili, use it as a weapon to blind the guy coming at you
It’s a totally legal play, or whip a bottle at his head. Whatever.
But would it neutralize Adrian Clayborn tho?
"We just forgot our pants. Nothing against the team or anything like that." -- take a guess
Hell no.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
I loved the run up to the Orange Bowl
Those chart loving GT fans were all “We won’t block Clayborn in our offense”.
Good luck with that.
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
by ReadingRambler on Mar 2, 2010 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
Would anything neutralize him? Well, anything legal in the game of football?
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by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Mar 2, 2010 5:34 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
a taxi cab driver
Never insult seven men when all you have is a six shooter --COL Sherman T Potter
by psu in the w-b on Mar 2, 2010 6:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Nobody reads the fanshots so VOTE FOR HOCKEYBEAR AT BHGP
"It’s just that, reading through this thread, it appears you’re getting your ass kicked." -jtothep
155 comments or so later...
and we still don’t know ‘why’ Breen has left the team…
/certainly the off-season
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
There are like 15 tangents going on in this thread at the same time, and I love it
There are about 7 total comments about Breen.
In our defense though, the panic about the football season usually begins later than March though, the offseason has just begun, there’s still plenty of time to bury those worries deep down in your mind and fester like a forgotten like an untreated case of trench foot, and then have them all rush back right when the pre-season analysis begins.
It's the punter.
No one knows if he was good, so who cares?
We’ll just do it video game style and never punt.
by Tailgate Shogun on Mar 2, 2010 9:31 PM EST up reply actions
I have no idea
why Breen left or who will punt for the team, but I do know that the last time I was in Hazelton, I torched Genetti’s Motor Lodge for the MOB.
What I heard from a friend of his...
Thon rolled around. He was supposedly exhausted (either mentally or physically, not sure) afterward. He hasn’t been to any classes this semester.
Doesn’t contact any friends or anything, just ups and leaves State College altogether. He contacted a few people on facebook to let them know he was still alive and kicking. He’s apparently in a warmer climate now. No idea as to why he thought quitting the team, and maybe school altogether, was a good idea.
Maybe he’ll come back for school at a later date. Clearly it must have been something personal. It’s not like he decided to transfer or anything.
Computers rank me number 1, blame the BCS...it's their fault.-Joe Budden
Interesting
Well, if there’s one position where missing a few weeks of practice isn’t going to hurt you too bad, I would think it would be punter.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
by BSD on Mar 3, 2010 9:39 AM EST up reply actions
True.
BTW – Good luck to Ryan; I hope he finds himself and all will be well within him.
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Mar 3, 2010 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
I can understand that
It’s pretty prolific the amount of pressure we place on our college athletes, full time students, full time athletes, all while living in an isolated place with awful winters.
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
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