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by Chris Grovich on Jul 24, 2011 8:00 AM EDT in Link Dumps

Now THIS Is More Like It. Tied 21-21 with 1:33 left in the fourth quarter, and stuck at your own 20 yard line on 4th-and-4? PUNTROOSKIE.

Sure, we collectively took our shots at Bobby Bowden, but it's a miracle the guy was able to walk straight with balls like that. And those PANTS. Shiny pleather! If you want to dig deeper into the Puntrooskie, this rather fascinating article from 1998 is the place to start.

Raise One For Toyota Jackson. It's been just over nine years since we lost George Paterno (who loved to mispronounce Tyoka Jackson's first name), but you can experience his 57th birthday in the Beaver Stadium announcing booth with a spry Stan Savran during Beaver Stadium's first-ever night game in 1986.

Jay's All Up In Your Internets. Jay Paterno took a ton of questions via Twitter and posted responses on his HD Journal blog. Most of the responses are the typical, neutral responses you'd expect from any coach, but there are some nice details in there as well.

Pro Combat. Like War, But Not. Michigan State is going to wear Nike's Pro Combat uniforms for their game against Michigan. We've seen the alleged Penn State version of these things, right?

Make 'Em Say HURRRRR. Can't look at a Slow State college football blog without someone ripping apart Rick Reilly's insipidly moronic Nebraska To The Big Ten column on ESPN.com. Except, sadly, The Daily Gopher, who thinks it was funny unless they're working on an elite Upper Midwest level of sarcasm I can't comprehend. Anyway, Eleven Warriors bats around Reilly better than most. Also, girls! Gross!

Don't Blame Jerry Kill, He Voted For Kodos. Really, Big Ten? We're not doing the "official" top three selections or Preseason MVP thing anymore? But whatever will [195TH VARIATION OF TERRELLE PRYOR PRESEASON MVP JOKE.]. Still, lame. And kudos to Rittenberg for twisting the knife a bit: "No word yet on whether every team and player will also get a preseason participation trophy."

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I'm starting to wonder if Mark May and Pat Forde would sound literate if they left ESPN

because there seems to be a 20 point IQ drop for every guy they bring in from another place. Maybe it works the other way around if you leave ESPN?

is there anyway i can redeem myself, i was not sure if i should say "we" at that moment
by Skins4ever on Feb 2, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

by ckmneon on Jul 24, 2011 8:11 AM EDT reply actions

I wholly disagree

I’m starting to wonder if Mark May and Pat Forde would sound literate if they left ESPN

Their ability to read the TelePrompter and prepared scripts is proof of their literacy.

Maybe it works the other way around if you leave ESPN?

Apparently ESPN needs to attract better quality assistants behind the camera if they want respect for those they put in front of it.

Let’s face it, Mark May is ESPNs token sportscaster. They need at least 1 token idiot who makes the typical 9 year old feel knowledgeable about the game.
(What – you expected a black reference? – I am appalled!)

by ProveIt on Jul 24, 2011 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions

First night game @ Beaver Stadium

Was Nebraska in ’82

by mbailey71 on Jul 24, 2011 8:33 AM EDT reply actions

Technically it was the first game with lights

As it started in the afternoon.

by Smee on Jul 24, 2011 1:39 PM EDT up reply actions

The night game with the permanent lights

was Boston College in 1984. The First actual night start was Temple in 1986. The Nebraska game had temporary lights like Michigan used until this season.

I've decided that it is a legitimate possibility that the Pirates might be decent.

by jesse. on Jul 24, 2011 2:47 PM EDT up reply actions

How gutsy was the Puntrooskie, really?

If FSU punts, the best they can really hope for is a tie, and even that’s not very likely. Clemson would’ve gotten the ball on about the 50, and possibly much closer, which is a short pass or decent run away from being comfortably within (future Pro Bowler and Super Bowl winner) Chris Gardocki’s range. Punting was not certain death, but was a probable death.

With the Puntrooskie, there were 3 possible outcomes: FSU gets into scoring position or scores, FSU gets the first down but does not get into scoring position, FSU turns over the ball on downs and sets up Clemson for an easy FG. The first two are way better than punting, the third isn’t that much different than punting.

I look at that call like the 2004 Iowa intentional safety. It may have seemed ballsy at the time, but when you look at it more closely, it was probably the safest call available. Not the most conservative or conventional, but safest.

is there anyway i can redeem myself, i was not sure if i should say "we" at that moment
by Skins4ever on Feb 2, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

by ckmneon on Jul 24, 2011 8:48 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Well, wait a minute

How do you know enough to say FSU’s punter was bad enough to only manage a thirty yarder?

"Choosing Penn State over Stanford, my god!!" - rumple

by ReadingRambler on Jul 24, 2011 9:49 AM EDT up reply actions

Combination of FSU's punting from that year (38.2 yards) and Donnel Woolford's average yards per return (8.6)

is there anyway i can redeem myself, i was not sure if i should say "we" at that moment
by Skins4ever on Feb 2, 2010 7:56 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

by ckmneon on Jul 24, 2011 10:06 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

That article by Reilly is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've ever stopped reading

and that’s saying something considering Simmons is still @ twwl

by mbailey71 on Jul 24, 2011 9:22 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

It was a conspiracy...

Really, Big Ten? We’re not doing the “official” top three selections or Preseason MVP thing anymore?

The unofficial reason was that nobody could bring themselves to acknowledge Wisconsin or their QB candidate.

by ProveIt on Jul 24, 2011 9:32 AM EDT reply actions

Whoever came up with those idiotic Nike uniforms should be fired out of a cannon.

First of all, stop comparing football to combat. That’s utterly asinine. There are tons of good first-person accounts of combat. More recent and more well-known books include Storm of Steel, With the Old Breed, and Clear the Bridge! (Submarine combat in World War 2). Sledge’s With the Old Breed is probably the most powerful book I’ve ever read, especially since after describing all of that hell, Sledge still said, in the last words of the book, “As the troops used to say, ‘If the country is good enough to live in, it’s good enough to fight for.’ With privilege goes responsibility.” I know I’m stretching here, but, come on, stop comparing football to combat.

Second of all, they’re ugly. This is more important than anything else. I haven’t yet seen one version of those things that wasn’t, at best, mediocre.

Third of all, Michigan State fans like them.

"Choosing Penn State over Stanford, my god!!" - rumple

by ReadingRambler on Jul 24, 2011 9:55 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs

Excellent points

It is really disingenuous to compare football uniforms to military uniforms when our armed forces are fighting across the world.

by psu on Jul 24, 2011 10:11 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions

Wow...I agree with RR on all points...the world is going to end

Hire Mike Pettine Jr!!!!!!!!

by SweepTheLeg on Jul 24, 2011 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

They're not all terrible

But most of them are. I genuinely liked Oregon State’s PC unis last season. I thought Florida’s with the white helmets from two seasons ago were a significant upgrade over their regular uniforms, as well. TCU’s are good too, as I’m a sucker for SHOOTING BLOOD.

All that said, those are more the exception than the rule. Ohio State’s have both been complete disasters.

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by Peter Gray on Jul 24, 2011 4:03 PM EDT up reply actions

At first I read "I genuinely liked Oregon's PC unis"

And I thought, how could you tell the difference?

Then…oh. And I agreed, theirs were kinda okish.

Fire Dan Snyder

by Cari Greene on Jul 24, 2011 4:55 PM EDT up reply actions

Galen handles the run game and I handle the pass game and most of the 3rd downs. Joe comes in and drops in some calls too—and he is right the VAST majority of the time. Generally we are on the same wavelength.

Well that’s quite interesting, and it does play to both of their strengths. Never knew that

"We're going to do all we can to get this team right, to go after that national championship" - Devon Still

by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jul 24, 2011 10:32 AM EDT reply actions

It seems that if the B1G couldn't give the PSPOY award to Terrell Pryor

they won’t give it to anybody. Frankly I think that is the most fitting tribute to that award that it could possibly get. Farewell to the Terrell Pryor Memorial Big Ten Player of the Year Award.

I've decided that it is a legitimate possibility that the Pirates might be decent.

by jesse. on Jul 24, 2011 2:50 PM EDT reply actions