Penn State Final Four Open Thread
by BSD on May 6, 2010 7:00 PM EDT
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The No. 3 seed Penn State men's volleyball team is taking on No. 2 seed Cal State Northridge in the NCAA volleyball Final Four tonight at 9 PM ET. For those intested you can watch the game live on ESPN2 and ESPNU.
This is your open thread. Use it wisely.
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Dammit
I’m studying for two finals I have tomorrow morning, and now I have to balance those two, men’s volleyball, laundry, and an open thread.
I’m sure I’ll make the right decision tonight.
Focus, Dawson. MATH 004 really isn't that hard.
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by Jeff Junstrom on May 6, 2010 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Ouch, Junny
I’ll admit I did have to take remedial math, but it was Algebra II and Pre-calculus (MATH 22 and 26, IIRC), but that was freshman year.
In case you really want to know, my two exams tomorrow are ANSC 423 (Comparative Anatomy) and BMB 221 (Applied Biochemistry). And yes, they both suck as much as they sound like they do.
I only joked because I took MATH 004 as a senior eletive. It was a fun class.
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by Jeff Junstrom on May 6, 2010 8:51 PM EDT up reply actions
I've got ASTRO OO1
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Didn't have him
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Not at all! It sounds...
….why the hell did you pick your major again? Seriously, there are much easier majors with great prestige at Penn State. Like Finance :)
"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."
Pens blowing it
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there not going to be boobs????CURSES
I'm sorry, Bruce. These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy. Captain O'Hagan
by psu in the w-b on May 6, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Meh.
They’ll win the series.
"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 6, 2010 9:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Ohio State sucks.
http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-lacros/recaps/050610aaa.html
"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 6, 2010 9:07 PM EDT reply actions
Soooo
Kinda slow in here. Men are off to a good start. Up 12-8 in the first set.
Mike
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women do it for me
men?…I hope they win. That’s all.
by Mr. Rosewater on May 6, 2010 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey guys, this is a thread jack....
but Penn State just gave a scholie to a kicker from Indiana. Get this, class of 2010. I just posted the article in a fan shot. Do you think Fera is out of the doghouse and back in Texas?
http://www.indysportsnation.com/sports/isn-050610-heritage-butterworth-story,0,4590289.story
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
My guess is Fera's still in the doghouse, but this should be a major wake up call
or maybe Fera is still in the doghouse, but getting a look at punter….
Guess I was just very surprised
I know we need help, but a small school from that hotbed of HS football, Indiana. Believe me, I lived there, football to Hoosiers means soccer.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
Fera isn't off the team
But this team needs help at punter regardless of his status.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Well, his stats look good
But it was against pretty suspect competition. However, once you get the ball airborne, guess it doesn’t matter what level the competition is.
Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
Vince Lombardi
I feel like level of comp just isn't as important for punting.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
What's the deal?
Not watching. Roommate took the TV home.
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GameTracker
http://www.gopsusports.com/gametracker/launch/?event=894079&school=psu&sport=mvolley&
Audio:
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ncaa&media=179948
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
Raise the Jolly Roger
Buccos sweep Cubbies
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Get that out of here
Go troll a Cubbie blog.
Mike
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by BSD on May 6, 2010 9:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Haha
Do you think I could get it done in one comment?
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Any of these guys could be our starting power forwarf
by speedomike on May 6, 2010 9:43 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
Doh
I need to be banned from posting from my ipod
by speedomike on May 6, 2010 9:44 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Since when are you allowed to touch the net in volleyball?
I’m not a fan of that rule, as an occasional player. Part of volleyball is your ability to control where your limbs and body are and to NOT touch the net.
The Tv announcers said that the men are allowed to ...
as long as it isn’t the top 2 inches
Born and raised in the shadow of Mount Nittany
I know, I heard what they said
but I’m confused as to why they’re allowed to touch the net at all, let alone all over except for the tape at the top.
PSU just seems like they're feelin' it.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Women's volleyball is sexy and fun.
Men’s volleyball is just dangerous. It’s like watching a bunch of kids dunk on a backyard pool hoop.
"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 6, 2010 10:03 PM EDT reply actions
When you said dangerous, and I started watching that video
I was expecting a kid to smash his face on the rim of the pool while trying to be cool with those fancy dunks. I was disappointed.
Letdown
Sublime and no misfortunes of others.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Crap.
I meant to write “they’re too big and the net’s too little” before that last one, and somehow replyfailed.
I’d find another video, but I’m listening to Sal and Richard prank Tradio.
"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 6, 2010 10:14 PM EDT up reply actions
GAME BLOUSES.
"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 6, 2010 10:04 PM EDT reply actions
I don’t think PSU was the better team when the lost to Cal St-Northridge 3-0 earlier in the season…
Seriously, this result is very surprising. Keep in mind that PSU is the #3 seed and Northridge is the #2 seed.
I'm surprised
Everything I heard made it sound like they just weren’t very good this year by PSU standards.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Yeah but the sets we lost weren't runaways
as opposed to tonight… clearly, we have the experience, we have the talent… I’m not concerned
That was supposed to go to Dawson about the Ladies
I have no knowledge of the scores of the last time we played this squad
Pennysticks Brand Pretzels
I’m eating them right now, and they’re taking me back to my childhood when I was scared shitless by the dudes on the front.
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good pretzels tho MY fantasy baseball team is the suck BTW
I'm sorry, Bruce. These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy. Captain O'Hagan
by psu in the w-b on May 6, 2010 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions
Me too man
I thought my team was pretty good too.
League had it’s first trade the other day, so at least that was exciting.
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by Adam Bittner on May 6, 2010 10:11 PM EDT up reply actions
how does oen do that
I'm sorry, Bruce. These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy. Captain O'Hagan
by psu in the w-b on May 6, 2010 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Do what?
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by Adam Bittner on May 6, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
the trades LOL I need to dump a pitcher
I'm sorry, Bruce. These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy. Captain O'Hagan
by psu in the w-b on May 6, 2010 10:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Propose a trade?
Are you asking me how to do it? Click “Trade” on your team page, pick a team you want to trade with, pick a player(s) from their teams that you want to trade for, then pick a guy(s) from your team and propose it.
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by Adam Bittner on May 6, 2010 10:22 PM EDT up reply actions
thanks!!! this is my foirst time doing fantasy baseball
I'm sorry, Bruce. These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy. Captain O'Hagan
by psu in the w-b on May 6, 2010 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Childhood owns
I always thought the Quaker Oats guy was a little too smiley.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Yeah but i didn't know a Quaker from the next guy when I was six.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
Reply fail
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by Adam Bittner on May 6, 2010 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions
i totally forgot this was on tonight...
…for some reason i thought it was saturday.
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
i really hope it's against Tosu!!!
i just like to rub it in my friends face whenever we beat them.
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
tOSU somehow beat us at home earlier in the year — got to watch it on BTN sadly — but we beat them in Ohio and Hawai’i, so that’s 2 to 1 for the good guys. Still, I don’t see any way that they make it to the final. Stanford will crush them.
And quite frankly — not to jinx us — but assuming we win tonight, I think Stanford will crush us too. I’m still (happily) shocked by our performance tonight.
so we're not normally this dominant...
…b/c up til a few mins ago, we have been killin’
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
We lost to Rutgers-Newark
So take that for what you will
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by Adam Bittner on May 6, 2010 10:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I take that to mean
the guys team just parties harder during the season than the girls. What without all that undefeatedness to think about.
I may be making that up, not sure.
my uncle said close the same thing
“the women’s team look stronger than the mens”
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
No, we’re not really that dominant in men’s volleyball. Year in and year out, we’re typically a competitive team, but closer to ~#5 in the country than #1. We get to the Final Four basically automatically because we dominate the EIVA (eastern conference) but virtually all the top teams (basically, all except PSU) are in the west and they all play each other all the time.
It doesn’t compare with women’s where we have clearly been the top team for 3 years straight.
WAHOOOOOO!!!!!
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
anyone sticking around for the next game?
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
Fraid not.
Hockey is over for the night, Twins game is over, not that interested in osu volleyball, though I hope we get the chance to stomp them because thats always fun.
i wouldn't have either...
…however i have to pick my best friend up at the airport at midnight…
"They say in Happy Valley that if God wasn’t a Penn State fan, why is the sky blue and white?" Fortt said. "Who am I to argue with God?"
Cornley's entertaining on Twitter tonight.
"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 6, 2010 11:26 PM EDT reply actions
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"I want your money, but I don't want your two cents." - JVP
by ReadingRambler on May 7, 2010 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
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