Big Ten Bloggers Pick'em & Thursday Night Football Open Thread: Week 11
by Galen on Nov 10, 2011 7:30 PM EST
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Week 11 of '11 is here and let's just sit down and forget all the commotion this week and watch some actual football. What do ya say?!?! Oh, looky here, what do we have? A match-up of ranked teams between #10Virginia Tech and 21Georgia Tech. Some times the Thursday night Gods smile upon us and this week is just such an occasion. Just to add the cherry to the top of this delicious banana split, the game starts at a reasonable time: 8:00 PM. Also, for the NFL fans there's Oakland vs. San Diego tonight at 8:20 on the NFL network. OK, it's Oakland so no one really cares... even people in Oakland. Open thread and Pick'em results to follow...
Last Week's Results
| Last Week | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| BSD | 3 | 2 |
| Mike | 3 | 2 |
| Jeff | 3 | 2 |
| Tim | 4 | 1 |
| Galen | 4 | 1 |
| Peter | 3 | 2 |
| Kyle | 3 | 2 |
| Ben | 3 | 2 |
So everyone missed Northwestern beating Nebraska but didn't someone ask the question last week if the Cornhuskers were looking ahead to Penn State? Yeah that was me and yeah I was too much of a coward to pick them buuuttttt.. I was NOT too afraid to pick Iowa over Michigan. Tim was with me and we get rewarded which brings us to...
Standings
| Total | Wins | Losses | Win % | Total Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSD | 58 | 20 | 74 | 78 |
| Jeff | 60 | 18 | 77 | 78 |
| Galen | 50 | 15 | 77 | 65 |
| Kyle | 59 | 19 | 76 | 78 |
| Tim | 49 | 16 | 75 | 65 |
| Mike | 58 | 20 | 74 | 78 |
| Peter | 56 | 22 | 72 | 78 |
| Ben | 53 | 25 | 68 | 78 |
Oh... look here, Jeff's tenuous lead is now a tie. Of course my bragging means that I will lose all the games this week and look like the blowhard that I am. Really we're all so damn close that it will be a sprint to the finish.
This week's games
| Day | Date | Opponent | Location | TV | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 11/12/2011 | Michigan State @ Iowa | Iowa City,Iowa | ESPN2 | 12:00 PM ET |
| Sat | 11/12/2011 | Nebraska @ Penn State | University Park, Pa. | ESPN | 12:00 PM ET |
| Sat | 11/12/2011 | Ohio State @ Purdue | West Lafayette, Ind. | BTN | 12:00 PM ET |
| Sat | 11/12/2011 | Rice @ Northwestern | Evanston, Ill. | BTN | 12:00 PM ET |
| Sat | 11/12/2011 | Michigan @ Illinois | Champaign, Ill. | ABC (ESPN) | 3:30 PM ET |
| Sat | 11/12/2011 | Wisconsin @ Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minn. | BTN | 3:30 PM ET |
I think Iowa blew their wad last week and there is NO way Penn State could have remained focus under the circumstances. The rest... shark chum.
The Picks
| Peter | Jeff | Mike | Kyle | Ben | Tim | Galen | BSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | Michigan State | Michigan State | Iowa | Michigan State | Michigan State | Michigan State | |
| Penn State | Penn State | Penn State | Penn State | Penn State | Nebraska | Penn State | |
| Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | Ohio State | |
| Northwestern | Northwestern | Northwestern | Northwestern | Northwestern | Northwestern | Northwestern | |
| Michigan | Michigan | Illinois | Michigan | Michigan | Michigan | Michigan | |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Wisconsin |
Ben spent the night getting pepper sprayed so we'll give him a pass and get to his picks later. The only disagreement among the pundits is Iowa who has gained some fans in the name of Kyle and Peter (I'm officially off the bandwagon) and of course, the rally in Happy Valley. I just don't think the team can maintain focus with all the turmoil this week. I hope I'm wrong but I'm not optimistic.
Join us here for the game tonight, we'll take all your comments, predictions and song lyrics.
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i love this effing blog
keep winning ugly
by tlrpsu on Nov 10, 2011 7:33 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
yeah
I’m so glad the whole SB Nation network exists. Great coverage of my favorite teams.
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by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 9:49 PM EST up reply actions
Nebraska's comments
Hey, I’m curious how other’s feel about various Nebraska officials are saying about safety at Penn State? I’ve never gotten the impression that there would be any adding negativity towards them due to recent events and feel their concerns are a bit disingenuous.
Also, this seems a bit callous and petty:
"He added that the Huskers’ participation "in no way condones" the actions of the accused officials at Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky case.
Maybe it has something to do with Westboro Curch being there.
Those douchebags plus the atmosphere we know. will not mix
keep winning ugly
Yeah, they're gonna be there
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I'm thinking "God hates Westboro Baptist"
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
According to The Wikipedia...
Fred and co. are attention whores (ok, I’m paraphrasing) and are best ignored. So that probably means ESPN will do a feature story on them…
16365 native
I'm still betting that they don't actually show up.
They do that shit all the time.
by Chris Grovich on Nov 10, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
I'm betting they do
Stick a bunch of them around a bunch of drunk people? Someone will do something stupid. And they they will sue the shit out of Penn State. It’s their MO
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For what it's worth, the police requisitioned to defend the Westboro Baptist will have assault weapons, not pistols
Straight up crisis weapons, or at least, so the rumors go.
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Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
And they've also acquired their right to protest license or whatever they'll need
Tom Bradley- Bringing back Success with Honor since 11/9/11
Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 9:11 PM EST up reply actions
I don't understand
how the Westboro Baptist Church hasn’t been classified as a hate group like the KKK has. Their freaking website is godhatesfags! Fucking disgusting that they get any sort of protection
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The KKK disavowed WBC as hatemongers.
If the KKK says you’re too extreme…perhaps you need to rethink your life.
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by SNOI7 on Nov 10, 2011 9:26 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, I hate them, even radical sites like Stormfront.org hate them
It’s…. bad that they can do what they do, but they are a religious group, and the state can’t interfere with the church. That’d be my explanantion
(Sidenote: If you don’t know what stormfront is, don’t visit it at work!)
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Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 9:30 PM EST up reply actions
They're not a church though
Just because they call themselves a church, doesn’t make it true.
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Really? Thought they were
Well, then, I have no idea why they aren’t a hate group
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Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 9:56 PM EST up reply actions
Oh well it's semantics on my end
They call themselves a church but these people are not Christians
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 10:01 PM EST up reply actions
I can definitely agree with this
Tom Bradley- Bringing back Success with Honor since 11/9/11
Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 10:08 PM EST up reply actions
Projection...
a basic human defense mechanism.. Exhibition of anger and hostility towards an object, person, entity that isn’t responsible for the anger.
It is a reasonable concern considering current circumstance.
Goes without saying that there is a lot of venom, rage and hostility in the PSU fan base. Considering the venom that PSU fans have exhibited toward Nebraska in past games in Happy Valley all it may take for this to explode is Nebraska and their fans showing up.
Hope PSU fans can hold it together but wouldn’t be surprised if it gets really ugly.
by lovetheskers on Nov 11, 2011 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 10, 2011 7:48 PM EST reply actions
Picks
Iowa
Penn State
??? – total toss up between Purdue and OSU
Northwestern
Illinois, but only because they’re at home, otherwise it would be a toss up
Wisconsin
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
When will the sadness stop?
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I expect that though
and I expect that SEC and Ohio State fans will reach levels of stupidity I didn’t think college educated people capable of operating a computer could reach. I expect these things, and they don’t disappoint. But this sucks
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I posted this in the fan shot about the site, but since no one reads those...
I created the site. I threw it together in a few minutes this afternoon. It is just a small political statement; if the goal is to clean house, then the entire house needs to be cleaned. I posted it once on the internet and then had to leave home for the evening. When I got back, the site already had several thousand hits. Hopefully the message continues to spread.
by VVeRPennState on Nov 11, 2011 12:11 AM EST up reply actions
That's awesome
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 11, 2011 12:28 AM EST up reply actions
Wait for the unadulterated human stupidity to bleed off in a few months.
That’s my recommendation. It’s at a high right now, but it won’t last forever.
And no, this is not in regards to the staff. The staff is awesome. The stupidity is the non-Penn State fans who are bashing everything and anyone affiliated with the university over this. As soon as they realize they have far, far better things to do (you know, like return to actual, real life), this, too shall pass.
But in the meantime, it’s going to suck.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 10, 2011 7:57 PM EST up reply actions
You're spot on
and that sucks
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I wish I wasn't spot on at this time.
It’s going to be a rough couple weeks.
Er, make that months, sorry.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 10, 2011 8:11 PM EST up reply actions
Time will heal
Eventually Joe will speak, though I’d imagine it’ll be after the season is over
ultimately, I think we’ll be portrayed in a much better light come next this time next year
Tom Bradley- Bringing back Success with Honor since 11/9/11
Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 8:01 PM EST up reply actions
If he lives that long
And I’m not saying that to be snarky. I have to imagine that this is going to take a serious toll on his health.
I would agree
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Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions
I was worried about that too.
He’s already so fragile. A mini stroke almost took out my grandfather last week and he’s three years younger. A broken heart at that age and all this stress? I’ve been throwing in some prayers for JoePa to pull through this physically in with my prayers for the victims every night.
Joe hired a criminal defense attorney
to defend himself against ‘civil suits’. Makes sense to me.
if right now you did nothing wrong but were picked up by the police and/or investigated by a Grand Jury
you’d sure as hell hire yourself a criminal defense attorney as well. You can’t go and start forming a verdict on someone just because they hire a lawyer.
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 10, 2011 8:35 PM EST up reply actions
What? People have been forming a verdict on Joe for 6 days now
and he wasn’t even charged
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Even being on the periphery of this mess
warrants having good legal council. Things can get real ugly real fast with these types of cases.
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 11, 2011 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
Shut up Barry Switzer
Former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer says the closeness of coaching staffs and the continuity of Joe Paterno’s Penn State staff makes one thing almost certain: "Everyone on that staff had to have known."
16365 native
He's a stupid person
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
He's one of the few coaches Joe has been open about disliking
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Forget the 409 wins and 2 national championships. Joe Paterno helped mold thousands of young men into productive members of our society.
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 8:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Which, considering some of the guys he liked, must make him a real asshole
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Makes sense to 99.99% of us
Just not in Happy Valley
Also, read the GJ report
Lots of people knew for years.
You seem to have read a different grand jury report than I did
or have a much different definition of the word “lots”
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 10, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions
Stop trolling buddy
We wouldn’t mind having a discussion, if thats what you were interested in. But anytime anyone tries to have, you know, a debate and someone refutes a point, you just yell ‘child rape’.
Its sad. Its sad because you hide behind child rape instead of debating points that challenge the narrative you’ve built in your head. And its tedious for us to continue with you. So do yourself a favor, and go gleefully play with yourself while you think about how right you are instead of trolling us.
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 9:33 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
99.99% of people are as dumb as Barry Switzer?
Democracy is a bad, bad policy then
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
So apparently cars.com has pulled their sponsorship of the games the next 2 weeks?
Anyone know what effect this has on if it is televised?
I think its more in regards to espn showing the game but espn wants to paint it as them pulling out of penn state. They said they won’t sponsor the next two games and they sponsor the noon time slot. Last I checked Penn State is at 3:30 next week.
when you say next week, do you mean OSU?
Cuz I’m pretty sure the Nebraska game is at noon
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 10, 2011 8:39 PM EST up reply actions
I believe so
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen that the OSU game is at 3:30.
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New sponsor: Jack Links Beef Jerky!
Just replace random guy with Sandusky. And sell tickets:
by Skeptical Dawg on Nov 11, 2011 1:48 AM EST up reply actions
You don't get it
You’ll be lucky to even HAVE a team when this is done. The whole athletic dept is tainted. The school. People will watch the games like they watched OJ driving down the highway.
/throws food to the troll under the bridge
Opsie.. sorry guys, they are just so cute its hard to resist!
by archerbullseye on Nov 10, 2011 8:52 PM EST up reply actions
And I have a question for you?
Why are you still here?
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 9:35 PM EST up reply actions
Why havent there been at least 60 points scored yet?
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Because the ACC is now where as good as MACtion
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Apparently
If at least 90 points are scored by the time this game is over, I’m demanding my money back.
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So is GTech using the anti-Beamerball?
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I have as much confidence in Iowa's defense as I do in Jerry Sandusky's innocence
But I do think Iowa wins by double digits
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
AGAIN?
/yes, I hope this happens
//GO HAWKS
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 10, 2011 9:45 PM EST up reply actions
The ESPN reporter outside Joe's house
just referred to some female students as co-eds. Seriously? Is it 1953?
16365 native
Lots of people still do this, not just ESPN right now
And it confuses me.
Let's Go State!
by Gopher Broke on Nov 11, 2011 2:14 AM EST up reply actions
I am watching the NFL game
Because I do not need any more references or reminders about our situation. It’s been incredibly refreshing.
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
They haven't mentioned it?
Impressive restraint. Even a DJ on a random XM channel this afternoon was talking about it.
16365 native
Not a word that I've heard
They had the ticker during the pregame, and every 5 minutes it said was the quote of Joe “getting used to not coaching” or whatever and that he had been fired.
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
This makes sense
He’ll be watching it on Joe’s couch. Getting yelled at.
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 9:50 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
YOU TELL HIM HE'S GOTTA MAKE THAT CATCH
“Coach, we’re not on the sidelines”
“DON’T MAKE EXCUSES”
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Trying to avoid BSD until Saturday..
but I had to LOL at this.
by Artiefufkin10 on Nov 10, 2011 9:52 PM EST up reply actions
where is pentimental when we need him
Believe deep down in your heart that you are destined to do great things
VT with a gigantic late hit.
edsbs edsbs
I can’t stand mental mistakes in football. But glorious fuckups like that late hit VT just did? I LOVE those.
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 10, 2011 9:52 PM EST reply actions
Well the Lehigh Valley Alumni Association
just delivered the Creamery ice cream we ordered a month ago. So Imma go enjoy some death by chocolate
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nebraska is telling fans not to wear red
apparently this scandal has caused us to hate everything big ten
Believe deep down in your heart that you are destined to do great things
Why would we do anything to Nebraska fans?
As long as they aren’t saying inappropriate things, I think PSU will be too busy enjoying a little bit of normalcy on Saturday.
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 9:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
well
didn’t you see espn and cnn paint us to be raving lunatics ?? but seriously i agree with you
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Normalcy?
Oh Lord. The ugly stepchild of the Harding Administration returns…
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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Nov 11, 2011 12:17 AM EST up reply actions
Normality FTW
And I thought FDR was the one who invented the still-fake word “normalcy”
Let's Go State!
by Gopher Broke on Nov 11, 2011 2:15 AM EST up reply actions
Nebraska is pissing me off
It feels like sanctimonious bullshit from them. I hope we win by 50.
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 10:03 PM EST up reply actions
i feel it could go either way
either we let out all our emotion or we get our doors blown off
Believe deep down in your heart that you are destined to do great things
Nobody should be afraid on Saturday...
Lawrence Phillips and Christian Peter won’t be there.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
The (self-proclaimed) best fans in college football
Got on the receiving end at Washington. Threw a fit about some Big-12 conspiracy last season then faced us in the Holiday Bowl and it was big insult and below them. Then we kicked their butts all the way to Lincoln.
Now they’re in the B1G and are still holier than thou art. Bunch of narcissistic drama queens.
by Skeptical Dawg on Nov 11, 2011 1:45 AM EST up reply actions
WTF?
Nebraska is reminding me of those kind of people who after any type of tragedy or scandal try to focus the attention on themselves. Apples and oranges comparison, but the first thing that pops up in my head is all the people who were mourning for the uncle of their friend’s co-worker who was lost in the twin towers. Sometimes you just have to realize that no one is going to really think about you for a few days and deal with it.
by The JuggerNitt on Nov 11, 2011 12:58 AM EST up reply actions
Nebraska doesn't have a clue
They don’t have a clue why people are upset in State College. We’re upset at our administration, not at other schools. SIGH. But still, thanks knucklehead rioters who broke things for allowing this picture to be painted of State College being like downtown Mogadishu.
Let's Go State!
by Gopher Broke on Nov 11, 2011 2:18 AM EST up reply actions
RAINN update
$45.2K
" 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 Nov 10, 2011 10:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
$50K
- because WE care!
" 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 Nov 10, 2011 10:23 PM EST up reply actions
I'd like a RAINN ticker on ESPN
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 10:34 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
That would require saying something positive about Penn State
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 10:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Any of you have Todd Blackledge or Lisa Salter's twitter
-ask them to tweet RAINN???
" 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 Nov 10, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
McQueary update.
http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/111011aam.html
Statement from Penn State Athletics
Nov. 10, 2011
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Due to multiple threats made against Assistant Coach Mike McQueary, the University has decided it would be in the best interest of all for Assistant Coach McQueary not to be in attendance at Saturday’s Nebraska game.
No offensive coaches on the field
This will end well
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 10:04 PM EST up reply actions
Terrell Golden FTW
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hmm a paterno on the sideline
There are times when a corps commander's life does not count.
by psu in the w-b on Nov 10, 2011 10:48 PM EST up reply actions
anyone catch mark may's tirade today on psu?
by rodney20 on Nov 10, 2011 10:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
you could have ended with mark may
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by farrellpsu on Nov 10, 2011 10:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
what a lying asshole...
He had the audacity to say he loved psu and paterno…before talking enormous shit on them…that f—king asshole has hated psu for eons.
by rodney20 on Nov 10, 2011 10:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
he was recruited by penn state and went to pitt
enough said
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In the understatement of the year,
he said something like ‘Joe Paterno has done some good things, but he had to go.’
Yes, SOME good things.
Ass.
16365 native
Because Peter is apparently keeping his open thread job on Twitter only
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by IcersGuy on Nov 10, 2011 10:08 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Lol what?
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 10:09 PM EST up reply actions
HAHA! I don’t know why, but I can’t stop laughing.
by Skeptical Dawg on Nov 11, 2011 1:56 AM EST up reply actions
Hi guys, just dropping by to wish my condolences on the whole sordid mess.
At the moment I think it looks like JoePa was scapegoated. I’m waiting for more info before I turn my back on a guy I really have a lot of respect for. I think he should have been able to coach out the season but I understand why the board did what they did. Best of luck Sunday against Nebraska. I’ll be flipping between Iowa-MichSt and your game.
by HawkeyeRecon on Nov 10, 2011 10:12 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
+1. Thanks man
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Nov 10, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
You may stay
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 10:14 PM EST up reply actions
Another outsider dropping in to offer my support
I have no real ties to Penn State—I have a few friends who went there, I lived in Harrisburg for a year and something called “Sports Jam Network” used to talk about PSU on the radio. I wonder what they’re saying now.
This must be devastating for you guys. I can’t imagine how I’d feel if Villanova were to be dragged through something like this. I’d be out of my mind. Even this feel like a nightmare to me, and I’m just some joke who knows someone who went to PSU. It’s just an awful situation for everyone.
The lack of honest journalism has been appalling, but what bothers me most isn’t the media—it’s their audience. The media seem to be playing up to an angry mob that’s looking for something—anything—at which to direct its anger. I’m utterly appalled at some of the judgmental, based-on-literally-nothing soundbites that I keep reading in my facebook feed. And the American public, in general, just looks gullible to me. We know the media is biased, yet we lap up whatever narrative they tell us to believe. I mean, why??
Either way, I hope you guys pull through this. It seems like the students are genuinely conducting themselves well. The fact is that an angry group of students gathered at 10pm, and there were were only enough knuckleheads to flip one (1) van. That’s class, yo. Yet it was embarrassing to see ESPN try to turn this into the Vancouver Riots. Which I’m sure they ignored, by the way, because it was hockey.
We will wait and see about Joe Pa; I am hoping it turns out to be no more than a miscalculation on his part. More importantly, I hope and pray that the crimes committed were no worse than what has already been discovered (though I’m considerably less optimistic on that).
Keep raising money for the kids. Attend that Blue-Out in place of a White-Out. Keep putting on candlelight vigils. Study. Say a prayer for the victims. Support Posnanski. Donate to RAINN. Keep doing the things that make your University a good place. The horrible atrocities can never be undone, and will not be healed quickly. However, it’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
\V/ for Villanova!
\V/ for Victory!
by dees ees en drama on Nov 11, 2011 1:41 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
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