Black Shoe Diaries Podcast Episode Two: The Lesser Of So Many Evils
by KevinHD on May 11, 2010 10:30 AM EDT
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What Illinois junior high school outdraws Northwestern? Have any idea what state runs their own power grid? You'll never guess! It's the Black Shoe Diaries Podcast!
Or, follow these steps to get it via iTunes. It should be searchable when
Apple wants it to be.
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"We're like cockroaches, we're everywhere"!
Not a very flattering comment about Penn State! If you had waited and used that in reference to ND fans, then I would be ecstatic.
Actually, good info.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
We take requests, by the way...
If anyone wants to see a specific topic addressed, let us know.
"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 May 11, 2010 11:09 AM EDT reply actions
AXISIST.
"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 May 11, 2010 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I haven't had an opportunity to download either of these, given that I'm in finals week, but...
Can you talk about:
(1) Our QB struggles;
(2) Our OL;
(3) Big Ten expansion?
Thanks!
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
Why?
If we did, would you listen to those?
Actually, we discussed all of those in the past two podcasts.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
I guessed as much
given that there’s not much else to talk about. At some point, I’ll catch up to my listening.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
*on
my listening.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
APOLOGIST.
"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 May 11, 2010 11:19 AM EDT up reply actions
Kevin is working on it
He knows what he has to do. Doesn’t sound too difficult.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Sweet
I recently purchased an iPod touch and am very much enjoying the fact that my Itunes automatically downloads my podcasts for me.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
Just waiting on apple
to poke at it with their controlling hands and make sure it doesn’t offend any of their business interests. Or whatever else they do in the approval process.
I know about your diabolical plan.
If you want a shortcut:
do this:
Launch iTunes.
In the Advanced menu, select Subscribe to Podcast.
Enter this URL:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/BlackShoeDiariesPennStatePodcast?format=xml
I know about your diabolical plan.
Is there a way to get download it straight from an iPod?
Usually I can just go into iTunes and type in the name of the podcast but nothing is showing up when I type this one in.
It won't be searchable until it's approved.
I have no idea how long that takes (they won’t tell me), but it’s will happen eventually.
I know about your diabolical plan.
You take requests, huh?
I want you to talk about
a) The Vietnam War. It’s not that obscure.
b) Your favorite Penn State player from the 1990s.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 11:41 AM EDT reply actions
80's-IST.
"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 May 11, 2010 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions
Courtney Brown, Jeff Hartings, Wally Richardson....
….at least those are the ones I admired the most…not that anyone asked.
Ki-Jana Carter
I was little in 95, but he is the reason I picked up a football and started playing in the backyard. I don’t think I would be where I am today if I had not watched that season.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
by carolinaeasy on May 11, 2010 2:35 PM EDT up reply actions
It is a damn shame...
…that the entire world never knew how great both Ki-Jana and Courtney Brown were. I’ll throw Aaron Harris in there too.
Absolute monsters, those guys.
You haven’t lived until you’ve seen KJC destroying Minnesota’s defense in the ’94 Big Ten opener. Holy mother of God. Best I can do is the Collegian recap.
"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 May 11, 2010 4:02 PM EDT up reply actions
This one's even more fun.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/1994/09/09-19-94tdc/09-19-94dsports-4.asp
Defensive lineman Jon LaFleur stomped disgustedly toward the sideline. He ripped off his helmet and flung it under the Iowa bench. Bewildered, the Hawkeye lineman glanced up at the clock.
Two minutes had elapsed in the second quarter, but already the Hawkeyes’ defense was tired, overwhelmed by a volatile Penn State attack. At that point, the Nittany Lions led 42-0.
(And the last line of the article is the typically awesome Paterno quote — “Obviously, we have a lot of things to do better.”)
"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 May 11, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions
That team was unreal
They tagged 50 points on five opponents. And in most of the games the starters only played two or three quarters.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Hayden Fry after that game:
“I was afraid something like this would happen.”
Says it all about that team.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 4:36 PM EDT up reply actions
When tWWL was running the
Jamarcus Russell/Raiders curb kicking they were kind enough to run through the top draft busts of all time. Sad to see them tag Ki-Jana and Courtney with two of those.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
I've argued with Pitt people about the knee-hating gods
Nobody seems to take that seriously, which is fucking stupid. Those dudes were both nuts.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
Brian Gelscheizer, David Macklin, Courtney Brown,
by InScoresOfOtherGames on May 11, 2010 8:48 PM EDT up reply actions
How about a history of you guy's blogging efforts?
Tell us how you became “black shoe diaries”, I think alot of us would like to hear the story, and it could fill up a nice boring offseason.
I am Laura Nichols and I like Bacon.
BSD is an addiction, and this is the first step.
Agree
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 12:07 PM EDT up reply actions
RUTS
Would Harrisburg be improved if Three Mile Island had melted down?
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 12:13 PM EDT reply actions
Back in the 70's? For sure.
Now? Eh. They’ve done well with some stuff here recently. (Disclaimer: only been living here for 3 years.)
"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 May 11, 2010 12:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I moved out 2 years ago
Did they get that expansion to the stadium on City Island? I loved going to games there as an avid minor league baseball fan. City Island could be an overall even more awesome place with a few upgrades.
Black Shoes. Basic Blues. No Name. All Game.
Yes, and it's beautiful.
We went to opening night. It’s really amazing for a double-A stadium. They’re having the Eastern League All-Star game there this year, too.
"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 May 11, 2010 2:03 PM EDT up reply actions
Nothing like the
Mayflies on city island in the spring.
Actally pretty shocking the first time how large and ugly they are – and the sheer numbers. Holy crap.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
The Senators worked the mayflies into one of their hats
It’s pretty nice. Been meaning to get one.
"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 May 11, 2010 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
RUTS?
Notre Dame? White whale?
Nice.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 12:15 PM EDT reply actions
Penn State's dramatic eastern rivalry with Rutgers!
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 12:17 PM EDT reply actions
That "L" in 1988...
came courtesy of Dick Anderson.
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on May 11, 2010 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Which CD did you get the Fight on State?
just curious
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on May 11, 2010 12:18 PM EDT reply actions
Damn
was hoping it was from one of the bands I was in… then you’d be sooo sued!
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on May 11, 2010 12:23 PM EDT reply actions
I didn't vote for Penn State.
But Iowa will beat Alabama and you heard it here first.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
With a banjo on our knee?
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on May 12, 2010 5:43 AM EDT up reply actions
Requests?
(1) Some thoughts on the Eastern Conference that never was
(2) Why the CIC matters so much to expansion talks
(3) Reasons for opimism against Bama, Iowa, and OSU
Reach out; touch faith.
Just out of curiosity..
And this may have already been discussed somewhere else so feel free to put me in my place if it has. But, I’m just curious as to what sort of technical equipment you guys are using to actually put this thing together. What type of software are you using to be able to record the phone calls? Google talk maybe? Mics? etc..?
excuse my nerd-dom…
"Victory without honor is an unseasoned dish. It might fill you up, but it won't taste good" - Joe Paterno
skype, we all have mics, then (and you can find the details if you google ‘skype podcasting’) audio hijack and soundflower. I do all the editing in garageband, but I hear there are free alternatives as well, for both mac and PC.
I know about your diabolical plan.
Ah yes, skype..
silly me..
"Victory without honor is an unseasoned dish. It might fill you up, but it won't taste good" - Joe Paterno
by MilroyBoozer on May 11, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Stumping for Missouri
Remember their context…in 2009 they were 8-4 and passed over by a 6-6 Iowa State team, in 2008 they were Big XII North champions and ended up in the Alamo Bowl, in 2007 they were a BCS at-large, but the Orange Bowl selected Kansas instead. They aren’t asking for favors, but they are asking for a fair shake and the fanbase is feeling they aren’t getting it in the Big XII.
People bag on their ability to travel, yet the Texas Bowl (featuring Missouri v. Navy) drew a bigger audience than either the Orange or Sugar Bowl last year. Missouri ranked 28th in the nation in home attendance last year with a home slate that featured Bowling Green, Furman, Baylor, and Iowa State. Imagine what they’d do with a Big Ten schedule and an Outback bowl berth. Remember there is really no “Missouri State” to split the state fanbase. They’re the only big-time college sports team in a state with more population than Wisconsin, a state four times the population of Nebraska.
Missouri is ready to bolt the failing ship known as the Big XII. They’ll keep their rivalry with Kansas and have no qualms missing every other team on the schedule. They have more in common with Iowa than Iowa State, more in common with Illinois than Kansas State, and have more in common with fellow journalism school Northwestern than they do with Oklahoma State. We should be happy that they are so willing to join the Big Ten. I think they’d be a natural fit in the western side of the conference.
I’ll admit that Missouri isn’t Texas or Notre Dame—but they bring a lot more to the table than Syracuse, Rutgers, or Pitt.
I'd agree with all of that.
I think they’re at least intriguing. Playing Missouri is roughly equivalent to playing Michigan State in my head, only without that dickish Dantonio on the field. It’s not like playing a team on the Purdue / Indiana / Illinois axis, which are all games I really don’t care much about.
"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 May 11, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
That's funny.
Since, as my broken record attests, Purdue and Missouri are historically equals.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 1:54 PM EDT up reply actions
Depends on the sample size.
Missouri, right now, is a superior football program. If you look at the last 20 years, they’re basically the same.
"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 May 11, 2010 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions
Besides, I'm not really talking about records.
I’m just speaking for myself and my perception of the games. I don’t care about Purdue. I haven’t, ever. Not even during the Drew Brees years.
"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 May 11, 2010 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, I know.
I’m just pointing out my own terrible apathy regarding Mizzou.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions
c'mon, admit it
you at least enjoyed chanting “no more Heisman”
by The JuggerNitt on May 12, 2010 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm also thinking of the larger programs.
Their basketball teams are similar, as are their most legendary basketball coaches. Academic wise, is there a big difference?
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 3:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Completely unrelated
But I had fun playing with the link RUTS posted. From 1977-1986 (a 10 year span which saw PSU play in 4 MNC games, win two, and have 3 10+ win seasons beside), PSU was the winningest program in college football: http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/calc-wp.pl?start=1977&end=1986&rpct=30&min=5&se=on&by=Win+Pct
Reach out; touch faith.
They may bring more to the table
but as a fan, I don’t care. With Pitt, and maybe Syracuse if they become competitive again, the games would be more interesting.
by Illegal Formation on May 11, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Well done.
I guess they just aren’t very exciting to me. Respectable, sure, but not exciting. They do seem like a good fit, though.
I wonder if all those pass-overs were based on historical draw though, because my understanding is that it’s the bowls that choose, not the conferences, who passes who in the selection process.
I know about your diabolical plan.
This makes me think
We’ve been in the Big Ten almost 20 years, and there are few teams anyone cares about. The Iowa rivalry has gotten interesting at times. I find OSU and Michigan annoying. Then there’s 7 other teams I don’t give a damn about. Unless expansion brings in Pitt, or maybe ND, there will be even more teams I don’t give a damn about.
by Illegal Formation on May 11, 2010 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions
This is every league
SEC has Florida, Bama, LSU, Georgia.
Big 12 has Oklahoma, Texas
Pac-10 has USC, Oregon (I guess)
Big East: LOL
ACC: Virginia Tech, FSU if they every get good again.
Every league only has a few teams you actually look forward to.
by STU Boy on May 11, 2010 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I agree except for this list:
1 Michigan
2 Texas
3 Nebraska
4 Notre Dame
5 Ohio State
6 Penn State
7 Oklahoma
8 Alabama
9 Tennessee
10 Southern California
That’s the top 10 all time D1 wins for football programs. We get a shot at two of those teams on a regular basis right now, nearly every year. That means we get to actively pass those teams instead of passively hoping they suck and we don’t — because by beating them we steal a win from them and give it to ourselves. The difference between 1 and 10 is less then 100 wins.
We’re talking about offering two more while making a play on a third, meaning in a fantasy world we could have a shot at playing 5 of the top ten winningest programs ever on a regular basis. It’s like a royal rumble for the ages. That’s why I’m embracing this expansion, and I’ve dropped the “we should play our eastern rivals”.
With Joe leaving at some point, and our program thrust into the brave new world of coaching, suddenly those 400+ wins for Joe becomes history and we need another major achievement to focus on. Winningest program of all time sounds pretty good to me.
Do you want the mustache on, or off?
Too bad.
It's an investment.
I look at admission into the Big Ten as a fifty year opportunity for growth. None of the heavies are interested in joining, and I don’t feel the Big Ten should have to grovel to get teams in the league. So where is the best potential for turning 50,000 great football fans into the next 90,000 seat stadium filled with die-hard Big Ten fans?
I see Nebraska and I see a school that’s maxed out. They only have so many fans in a state with a population the size of Providence, Rhode Island. It can only stay at their current level and there’s as good a chance they could end up being a Minnesota in the Big Ten (great tradition, little in the way of modern results) as they could end up being a Wisconsin. Nebraska is better suited as ballast for a less prestigious conference. They will need the traveling fans, the Big Ten does not.
Rutgers has potential, but they are too unproven a commodity. Five years ago many would have equated them with Temple. Why bring in someone in the midst of eight years of success, only to watch them crash back to their regular pattern as their luck runs out? How robust is their athletic department? Like Marshall in Conference USA, you could just end up with a dead weight that lowers your conference profile. Better to choose a school with some pedigree. It’s also a looong way from Piscataway to the 2nd closest Big Ten school in Columbus, Ohio. Who’s going to regularly travel to/from Rutgers aside from Penn State?
The biggest thing that people overlook is that Missouri wants to be in the Big Ten. Every other school seems to be distancing themselves (Texas, Notre Dame) or remaining silent (Syracuse). While every school seems to be asking, “What can the Big Ten do for us?” Missouri is saying, “Here’s what we can bring to the Big Ten.” They have that potential. If the Big Ten is smart it will buy low and sell high through Missouri.
Nebraska
I see them as a sleeping Alabama. There is no professional sports team in Nebraska. The Cornhuskers are the only show in town. When they are on, the entire state follows them.
Mike
Black Shoe Diaries
Eh.
Alabama has population demographics decidedly on their side. I recall some interesting NatGeo pieces about the decline of the population on the high plains of states like Nebraska and Kansas. Nebraska won’t get a boost without a new Homestead Act or something like it.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 11, 2010 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Relative decline.
Kansas and Nebraska, like every state, is gaining population. They are just gaining population at a slower rate than the rest of the United States.
Rural counties, however, have lost a phenomenal amount of population. There are now counties in western Kansas and Nebraska with less than 2 persons per square mile. 2 persons per square mile was the threshold between “settled” and “frontier” in most 19th century censuses.
In your discussion of the Bama fans...
you neglected to mention they were so “touchy” they emailed you directly…and since that thread on the RBR poll is getting old, did you happen to notice this?
but seriously kleph comes in here instigating a blog war or a hate week (or months, whatev) and then whines like a baby when somebody calls Bama fans uneducated….
and THEN that dude tempbamafan comes here, leaves a slew of comments and basically confirms the stereotype singlehandedly.
Yeah…ok.
by PSUWifey on May 9, 2010 10:42 PM EDT up reply actions
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so that i left a slew of comments confirms that i am illiterate? please elucidate for me on the definition of illiteracy because if that is in fact the case, then i simply do not comprehend the meaning of the term "illiterate".
The beauty of The Process is that you have never arrived, so you get to continue being perpetually awesome… -Espyonage
by tempebamafan on May 10, 2010 10:19 PM EDT up reply actions
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also, i see your screen name ends with “wifey” ergo i have deduced that you have a vagina and not a penis. in light of this information, would you care to have some drinks with me sometime?
The beauty of The Process is that you have never arrived, so you get to continue being perpetually awesome… -Espyonage
by tempebamafan on May 10, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
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He misinterperates my insult (I called him uneducated, not illiterate…big diff.) and then hits on me? B/C I have a vagina? Nevermind that I’m somebody’s “wifey”.
You clearly should have elucidated.
"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 May 11, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Did you catch this?
http://www.the-editing-room.com/the-blind-side.html
Selected passage:
AUTHOR MICHAEL LEWIS
So I just finished my book. It’s a 288-page tome about the ways that offensive strategy in football has changed in the last twenty years. It also talks a bit about this guy named Michael Oher who became a pro football player despite having a difficult life.
DIRECTOR JOHN LEE HANCOCK
Wait, did you say difficult life?
AUTHOR MICHAEL LEWIS
Yeah, he’s a big black guy that was born into poverty but overcame it.
DIRECTOR JOHN LEE HANCOCK
DID HE DO IT WITH THE HELP OF WHITE PEOPLE?!
AUTHOR MICHAEL LEWIS
Actually yeah, but the book–
DIRECTOR JOHN LEE HANCOCK
SELL ME THE RIGHTS, OSCAR SEASON IS COMING!
Very funny.
I thought it went a little far, but that’s what you do with that kind of comedy. I’m also a little touchy b/c I’m a big Lewis fan and really liked the book (and all of his others, actually). It focused a lot more on Oher and a lot less on snarky rich women going into the “hood” and how that affected her tea parties at the country club.
I know about your diabolical plan.
Thank you for breaking the internet.
I see the DivShare link is down because we’ve exceeded our bandwidth — thanks for listening, we’ll try to fix it.
"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 May 12, 2010 9:04 AM EDT reply actions
That sucks
I saw the podcast last night but decided to save it for work today since it’s one of the few things our IT nazis haven’t blocked yet.
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