Ware likely done at PSU

"Sources have indicated that DT Brandon Ware is likely done at Penn State for academic reasons. " Lions247

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well that sucks

but you can’t say he didn’t have enough chances

by mjs2103 on May 17, 2011 12:33 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I wouldn’t have taken a second look at this headline if it happened last year, but all the reports this spring really seemed to have him finally turning things around and exiting the doghouse. I can’t say I’m going to miss him on the field since we didn’t see much of that, but on a personal note I really wanted to see Ware turn this ship around and become one of those great PSU stories we have become so used to seeing play out on JoePa’s teams. Hope he can still find success somewhere else.

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by wek5000lion09 on May 17, 2011 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

Exactly

“…all reports…”

This sucks; wanted to see him turn it on this yr…

" 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 May 17, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions

Unfortunate.

It’s frustrating watching a young person not take hold of the opportunities offered him.

by CvilleLion on May 17, 2011 12:53 PM EDT reply actions

Wow that happened suddenly

Odd that everything seemed to be turning around for him. I even think I remember someone praising his stepped up attitude towards his classes, at least in the Fall. I’m not trying to start any rumors or anything, but I’m wondering if he got caught cheating. Either that or he took his success from the Fall and flushed it down the toilet with a crappy spring semester.

by dawsonPSU10 on May 17, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions

If I had to guess i would venture that he just doesnt have the discipline to maintain the short term improvement he saw last semester.

"Live a lie, and you will live to regret it"
James William Buffett Jr. 1988 (That's What Living is to Me)

by letsgopsu on May 17, 2011 5:57 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

“Well, the world needs ditch diggers, too.”

Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.

by 06Lion on May 17, 2011 1:07 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Where'd the lamp go?

Right in the lumber yard.

Contemplate this on the Tree of Woe.

by WorldBFat on May 17, 2011 1:16 PM EDT up reply actions

"Don't kid yourself, Ware. You're a helluva slouch".

'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'

by Pete the Streak on May 17, 2011 1:37 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

At the risk of sounding crass

It looks like Ware finally bit off more than he could chew.

Best of luck to him in the future however.

I'm on the Internet cause I'm an Internet thug.

by skarocksoi on May 17, 2011 2:08 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs

I'm just so disappointed in this kid.

I thought he was finally growing up.

This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.

by Paige2PSU on May 17, 2011 2:24 PM EDT reply actions

I heard he had straight A's

but his academic advisers looked at his Twitter feed and unilaterally dropped his GPA

by InScoresOfOtherGames on May 17, 2011 3:55 PM EDT reply actions

Hey, at least now the younger talent gets a chance to shine

Not like he was going to be much of a pass rushing force anyways, unlike Still, Hill, & Jones.

I’m perfectly content in Hailes.

I AM PHIL DAVISON AND I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR MY TONE TONIGHT

by ICEICETHATGUY13 on May 17, 2011 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

Hailes might miss 2011. Some sort of illness.

The Ware situation sucks. He burned the coaching staff by not rewarding their faith in him, but the coaches deserve a little flack for this too — Ware was a well-known academic risk from the very beginning, which is part of the reason he only had offers from Temple and North Carolina Central a few weeks before Signing Day.

And it sounds like Shyquan Pullium is having difficulty qualifying, too.

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by Run Up The Score on May 17, 2011 4:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, Ware should've been off the team a year or two based on his tweets alone.

I still can’t believe that was allowed to go on.

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by Run Up The Score on May 17, 2011 4:58 PM EDT up reply actions

truth

"Live a lie, and you will live to regret it"
James William Buffett Jr. 1988 (That's What Living is to Me)

by letsgopsu on May 17, 2011 5:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I'm not on twitter

Please elaborate.

by STU Boy on May 18, 2011 11:32 AM EDT up reply actions

tweeting to BWare

is like breathing to the rest of us…he had so many he had to create a separate account. If he spent as much time and energy on the field and in the classroom that he spent on twitter, he’d have been starting years ago. etc, etc.

Fire Dan Snyder

by Cari Greene on May 18, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

80,000+ tweets over the past few years

A significant portion of which were way to misogynistic / vulgar to post here. I’m far from the type of person who gets the vapors over bad language, but Ware’s conduct on Twitter was a disgrace to the University. That’s not “get off my lawn” stuff, it’s very sincere. It wasn’t funny, it wasn’t creative, it was just dirty.

A coaching staff with it’s finger on the pulse of its team wouldn’t have permitted it. It was that bad.

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by Run Up The Score on May 18, 2011 1:20 PM EDT up reply actions