Glenn Carson Forces Change Of Plans At MLB
From Sean Fitz at Lions 247 (head over there for the full story):
Now flanked by Mauti and Gerald Hodges on the outside and backed up by sophomore Khairi Fortt, Carson said that the talent level is overflowing at linebacker.
"You good things from everyone, you see good things even from the guys you don't hear about much, like Mike Hull and Fortt. Everyone is good, man. There's so much good linebacker play here now and there's so much depth, and it's not a bad thing, it's a great thing."
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Oh goodness me
I’m licking my chops. Mauti, Fortt, Stupar and Hodges all looked very good last year. Now Carson is showing that he’s the best option at ILB and Mike Hull is a beast in waiting?
Let’s just run a 1-6-4 with Still at NT.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 12:29 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
No words...
"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams
by HookMania on Aug 17, 2011 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 5 recs
Linebacker U.
That is all.
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on Aug 17, 2011 12:38 PM EDT reply actions
This also forces a change of plans for my OLB preview tomorrow
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on Aug 17, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
people who reply to themselves frighten me
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Aug 17, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Have you met Rambler?
Striving for Success with Honor
by Frank O'Brien on Aug 17, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
source of sooooo many night terrors
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Aug 17, 2011 1:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, we have some in the city where I live.
My rule is that people who talk to themselves have the right of way at all times.
What city is that?
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on Aug 17, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Lancaster, PA.
Not a big city, but we have our share of thousand-yard-stare types.
by CvilleLion on Aug 17, 2011 1:56 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
717 REPRESENT
SOUTH-CENTRAL UP IN HERE!
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
They usually have that
side of the street to themselves at all times too.
'Trivializing the "GREATEST RIVALRY OF ALL TIME" for a bunch of ghetto tats must have made them pee in their man-diapers.' Mr. Rosewater
All this talk about Carson being a wrestler
I have a feeling one frequent commenter might explode from happiness.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 12:38 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
He's the ultimate badass!
He’s the toughest guy on the team! I love him! I love him!
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 12:39 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Get that man a moustache!
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by newenglandnittanylion on Aug 17, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
How is the Hull-stache doing? I saw he got some solo tackles in his preseason game
I doubt if anyone watched it though (I didn’t, just checked the stats for all the PSU players)
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Believe it or not
I actually caught this late the other night on NFL Network. Laurinitis was held out with an injury, and Hull started for him in the middle. Hull played a good portion of the first half and looked really good. The announcers noted how much the coaching staff likes him and suggested that he’s got a good shot to make the team as the reserve MLB.
Wasn't he set to beat out Laura last year before the ACL tear?
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Not sure. I know he was doing well.
The politics of money undoubtedly plays a role, given their respective draft positions. I hear varying reports on the team’s satisfaction with Laurinitis’ play, and I can’t say I’ve watched many St. Louis Rams games over the last couple years, so I’m not sure where he stands.
In related news, Laura
just got 25 more tackle assists and 17 solo tackles.
by psuwxman on Aug 17, 2011 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes
Though I believe that was also b/c of injury. I think I heard the announcers say he was going to get a shot to play nickel, which still means a lot of playing time in the NFL these days. I was not as impressed with what I saw of him as I was with Hull.
Hull and Hodges too...
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 17, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions
The rule is simple
If a man is a real man, he probably wrestled.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Just don't look at their ears
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Badges of honor.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Subject line clicked.
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by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 2:06 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
So how many points does skullf**king get and does it count as a takedown?
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by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 17, 2011 2:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
They're not afraid of teenage "hur hur he's gay haha derp" potshots.
Truly, real men.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Neither are soccer players
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
But here's the thing:
How often do soccer guys look like they’re, um, how should I put this, doing it the Royal Navy way (Rum, the lash, and that other thing)? Not that often. They just look like sissies kicking a ball around all sissy like. That’s not even close to wrestlers, who are true men and if you keep dissing them, then our national champion wrestlers are all going to make you pant like a dog while taking you down incessantly before eventually ending your misery with a technical fall.
People who mock wrestling are the biggest losers are on the Earth. Fact. Danger. Dander. Up.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Almost never
And their wives ain’t bad either (Gianluigi Buffon)
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Any damn fool can cut himself.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions
Top this, soccer
oh, wrestling, you don’t know what you do to me, baby
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hard work pays off in different forms
(I chose not to resize this on purpose, friends) Cristiano Ronaldo’s girlfriend:
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
You call cutting yourself hard work?
Those guys are a bunch of emo kids and the whole bit.
And good looking women getting with stupid men? Well, gee, what the heck else is new? Come on, gimme a break.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions
neither of those guys cut themselves
McBride took a nasty elbow to the cheek in the World Cup, representing our country, no less, and didn’t even consider hitting the ground or getting subbed out. Field dressing and back on the pitch, immediately.
It’s not WWE, dude, they got cut by some kind of violent contact.
And…those girls are REALLY good looking.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
If he was a real man, HE'D BE WRESTLING
And stop this crap about the women. That’s a bunch of crap. Look, here’s proof. Here’s good looking women with some old dude:
Any idiot with money can get women. Just like how any idiot can play soccer or football or post on a blog, but only a man can wrestle.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Also, Dick Winters wrestled.
I WIN
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Rambler
I wrestled when I was younger, and my brother was a pretty good wrestler in HS. I grew up in Cambria County, remember…I have nothing but respect for wrestlers, and I learned a lot about discipline when I used to sleep over at the Strittmatter’s house and see the older brothers coming back from 5 mile runs at 8 am in July. Yes, those Strittmatters.
I also played soccer. The beginning of this conversation was less “soccer is better than wrestling” and more “soccer and wrestling are both unfairly disrespected.” If you read back through, you’ll see that the only insults or slights levied in this exchange have been by you, against soccer.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
One insult, friendo:
They just look like sissies kicking a ball around all sissy like.
This is less an insult than it is an imitation of what most Americans think when we see the World Cup or whatever after watching some football players playing their collision sport.
And, anyway, wrestling is better than any other sport. Not an insult, a fact. I’m done. Dick Winters’ favorite sport. I win.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 3:58 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought you'd be more jealous
that I slept under the same roof as an Iowa wrestler.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Well, I hate to say it, but it didn't rub off on you.
Your intensity about the greatest sport ever – the sport of kings, of Dave Joyner, of heroes, of men – is sorely lacking.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a 10-year-old son
who, for some unknown reason, finds supreme joy in WWE (and the pic above is only one-third of the stash). Although he thinks David Taylor is cool, Cena, RKO, et al rule at the moment… (sigh)
Oh, and that chick's got dead eyes
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 3:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Oh, and his name sounds like buffoon.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 3:39 PM EDT up reply actions
I was talking in the LB corps.
He might have, I’m not sure.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 17, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I think Rambler just:
"Hey Joe, don't worry about the guys we lose. Only make sure the guys you bring in here belong here, and they're coming here for the right reasons." - Rip Engle to Joe Paterno
I had known Hull was a wrestler, but didn't know Hodges was
Granted, neither were the NJ state champion that Carson was (with a bad back), but yeah, it’s nice to have rasslers on your LB squad.
Great Hull Wrestling Story here.
It doesn’t look like Hodges wrestled his SR year in HS. Can anyone confirm that his lone loss his JR year was to Carson in the State Semifinals?
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Stop it!
this is basically porn for Rambler
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
It was just a little foreplay
Wanna hear him make his O sound?
Carson after (finally) winning states:
And….
BAM!
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Rambler's post frequency has gone down
it’s harder to type with only one hand on the keyboard
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by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
First :| face
Then :D face
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:23 PM EDT up reply actions
Then ( ' ')๏พ๏พ โ _|___|_
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by skarocksoi on Aug 17, 2011 1:41 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Whoah, I like that!
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Am I the only one that didn't get this?
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Not sure...
I took it as he’s throwing his laptop/keyboard out the window!
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by BlueWhiteLife on Aug 17, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions
He's flippin a table
Isn’t that how everyone else finishes?
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by skarocksoi on Aug 17, 2011 9:47 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ah, I can see that now
and to answer your question: no, I generally don’t finish by flipping furniture
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by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 18, 2011 12:30 AM EDT up reply actions
Umm, let's not talk about this subject anymore.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 18, 2011 11:18 AM EDT up reply actions
ahhhhhh
Drained and satisfied, I’m tracing lazy fingers all over my Z key.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Just :| face this time
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions
feels so good
feels so right keep workin it baby
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 1:10 PM EDT up reply actions
This is good.
I like the idea of a stand-up defensive end and I, frankly, hope this leads to that result. Stupar could quite possibly excel there. And, really, it makes sense – we’ve got weak depth up front but literally (literally!) tons of depth in the linebacking corps.
The coaches know what they’re going, yo.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 12:40 PM EDT reply actions
going, doing, yeah
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 12:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Doesn't matter whether they're going or doing
as long as Nasty Nate gets 7-8 sacks from the SUDE spot.
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
by Mike Pettigano on Aug 17, 2011 12:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry guys
can’t say I’m enthused about the whole SUDE concept. I think it never clicked with Timmy Shaw when we tried it. I would much rather see some of the younger true DEs like Stanley, Baublitz, and one or two of the true frosh step up answer the call and play like men, with their hands on the ground. It is nice to have an experienced talent like Stupar (who was a HS DE for the Little Lions) available as a band-aid, but I am hoping we can generate a pass rush with the guys belong on the defensive line.
I think a standard front 4 is what most people want
but if they cant find a pass rusher there, this is the next best thing. And I thought TIm Shaw was pretty solid in the role, though I don’t think he’s as good a pass rusher as Stupar could be.
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I can't find any stats at the moment.
But I distinctly recall that Shaw did just fine.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions
He had 7 sacks, 44 tackles (26 solo), 8 TFL's
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Thank you.
THE COACHES KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING!
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
NO THEY DON'T THE STAFF IS FALLING APART PENN STATE IS AVERAGE FIRE JOE FIRE CURLEY
#Skyisfalling
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:00 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm not knocking Shaw
I loved the guy. I just didn’t like the scheme. He performed admirably given what the staff asked of him.
The best players will be on the field
If 2 of the DE crew get their shit together, they’ll be on the field.
But in any event, it’ll be nice to have depth. If DE’s are looking strong, they’ll play. If not, or even if so, we’ll have Stupar that COULD play SUDE. Stupar could also get run at OLB and definitely wreck havoc on special teams. Carson and Fortt can play in the middle, and there are like 12 guys that can play OLB. Who knows how it shakes out, but at least we aren’t going to have to settle for warm bodies anywhere. Good players will be on the field.
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by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Jerome Hayes
Was highly successful at the SUDE- except for the knee injuries. I think its a good thing to get the talent on the field.
This will be a mix and match, I think.
On obvious running downs, you might even see DaQuan Jones as a jumbo DE. They’ll put the best players on the field, appropriate to the situation. Don’t worry.
by Chris Grovich on Aug 17, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions
Hell, you might even see stupar at OLB on rush downs to blitz
LOL JK!!! HHAHAHAHAHA
//vanillascheme’d
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Dana Holgorsen the other day
Said that the vanilla schemes run by Iowa (And though he didn’t say it, we can extend it to Penn State) are the toughest he’s faced in college football.
Cover 3 till the day I die.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Can't say I like a deep zone personally
Other than that, the cover 3 fine
BUT DAMN I HATE IT WHEN WE PLAY 8 YARDS OFF. I SERIOUSLY DO
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY GRINDS MY GEARS!?
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ALL CAPS
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:08 PM EDT up reply actions
EXACTLY
ALSO! SUPERFLUOUS EXCLAMATION! POINTS!!!
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VACOUS THOUGHTS REQUIRE CAPS FROM ME
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah that's really my ONLY gripe with the PSU defense.
Christ, we play 8 yards deep even when it’s 3rd and 5 and the other team is 5-wide with a damn lead-footed QB lined up in the shotgun.
I'm with you actually
I’m ok with Bend but dont break as long as we have the pieces for it.
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Lattimore, Still, Hill Jones
Mauti, Fortt, Carson, Hodges
try that on 3rd & short
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Exactly.
Not many college teams have the personnel to sub into different sets and alignments for each situation and still keep quality on the field. That and the favors it’ll do keeping our guys fresh and healthy have me salivating right now.
And, lest we forget, our secondary this year is set to be the best we’ve had in a while.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Can't say I disagree
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupar
and maybe Royer too. I recall him being a undersized DE in high school.
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Forgot about Royer...
heard big things about him but apparently he was having issues with the grades.
by Artiefufkin10 on Aug 17, 2011 12:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I thought grade issues were last year
or is he still struggling?
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And if not Royer
I think Brad Bars is in the same mold as well.
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Obligitory
BUT HE ONLY HAD 2 STARS!!
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Royer has a hamstring.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 17, 2011 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Thanks, Al Michaels.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 1:05 PM EDT up reply actions
well lets get him another one
and get him out on the field
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by skarocksoi on Aug 17, 2011 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
I'm not sure there is a market for that in State College.
Now a toe, that’s a different story. You want a toe? I can get you a toe. Believe me. There are ways, dude. You don’t wanna know.
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by newenglandnittanylion on Aug 17, 2011 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Gosh, that's not even funny,
I thought I lost my toe on my 21st outside of the Burrowes subway. Well, I think the street name changes when you cross College, but you know what I’m talking about.
I was racing my friend (why? I don’t know) and it had just rained and I was wearing flip-flops and I went to cross the street and when the other curb came upon me, I didn’t step up onto it, and my toe met the curb in a very hard manner. I put 4 cracks in the nail and took all the skin off the front and PLAYED RUGBY THE NEXT DAY OH GOD THAT HURT :(
It's always good news
when a sophomore can force his way into the starting lineup. The ambush for Alabama is slowly taking shape.
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If the DL can contain* Richardson...
the LB’s and DB’s can make life hell for a new starting QB.
*Note I said contain, I don’t think there’s a line in the country, that I know of, that can shut him down.
by Artiefufkin10 on Aug 17, 2011 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Richardson's 7-10 yard runs last year
are more likely to be 3-4 yard runs this year. That, in and of itself, will make life harder for the QB, as he’ll have to actually convert a 3rd down or two. Plus I have hope that Stupar can bring more heat across from Crawford/Lattimore than we could by just having both on the field every down.
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by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Yes, cosigned
Two primary reasons I believe this?:
1. Devon Still is better
2. Not Colasanti
(I just took a vow that that will be my last/most negative remark about the outgoing outstanding scholar athlete)
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I was reading the Indy Colts blog the other day and they commented that Colasanti was a great tackler. I assume they didn’t watch much PSU football last year.
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by Frank O'Brien on Aug 17, 2011 1:34 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, in all seriousness and fairness
And with Josh Freakin Hull as an example, Chris Colasanti may have been one year away from being way better than average. The redshirt he was forced to burn may have done him in.
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by jtothep on Aug 17, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
At the same time, him missing this year may be better for us
Nothing against Chris, just that these guys have a higher ceiling than him, and don’t tackle so high as Chris did.
Chris would’ve been a pretty good starter at a place like Rutgers, just not here
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions
I might agree with you if I hadn't just taken a vow
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He may be a good tackler
he just wasn’t in position to make many tackles last year
by kijana's acl on Aug 17, 2011 1:58 PM EDT up reply actions
Impossible
I heard he’s routinely putting up 39 reps of 900 on the bench. Last week he cracked a bowling ball between his forearm and biceps.
Pictured:
Despite Drew Astorino’s attempt to ride him, Trent Richardson of Alabama runs free
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 1:01 PM EDT up reply actions 7 recs
I just love the Astorino riding him remark.
jtothetweet
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Richardson's nostrils are pretty flared.
So I guess we made him work harder this year.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions
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when you use the whip, Drew."
I'd like to have two Armies -- one for display, with lovely guns, tanks, little Soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering Generals and dear little regimental officers, who would be deeply concerned over their General's bowel movements or their Colonel's piles; an Army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country.
The other would be the REAL ONE, composed entirely of young enthusiasts in camouflage uniforms, who would not be put on display but from whom impossible efforts would be demanded and to whom all sorts of tricks would be taught. That's the Army in which I should like to fight.
by PSU_Lions_84 on Aug 17, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Very excited for this linebacking corps
I was a little worried about depth, since Mauti and Stupar were the only really sure things, and Hodges and Fortt were showing potential. Other than that it was a bunch of question marks. If we can get Carson manning the middle, then it seems like we’ve got a solid 2 deep to play around with.
I will miss the phrase “Mauti in the middle” though.
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by skarocksoi on Aug 17, 2011 12:50 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
So barring injuries..
we could be looking at the best LB corps in the nation?
Who had the best LB’s last year?
Last year? Alabama or Boston College
This year, Bama’s are getting anointed as the best LB’s
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 12:55 PM EDT up reply actions
really?
Who else do they have besides that Hightower guy?
by Artiefufkin10 on Aug 17, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Courtney Upshaw is being looked at as an NFL caliber 34 LB
He had 7.5 sacks last year. Not superior in any area, not bad in any area, he’s the pass rusher
Nico Johnson is an all world recruit who saw time last year @ MLB, and recorded 7 starts. He also started 3 as a true freshman
CJ mosley started as a true frosh @ SLB, and is more of a 43 OLB LB type.
They’re all super recruits (As are our guys too fwiw)
The majority of the tacklers return, and all of the starters return
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:19 PM EDT up reply actions
all of their defensive starters are back?
by Artiefufkin10 on Aug 17, 2011 1:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, LB Starters
10/11 D starters return
thing is is that they lost the #3 pick in the draft. And 34 DE in the 34 is arguably the most important there.
I’m sure Marcell Dareus sounds familiar
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:24 PM EDT up reply actions
that name rings a bell for sure.
Thanks for the heads up.
by Artiefufkin10 on Aug 17, 2011 1:27 PM EDT up reply actions
And he could've been so much more familiar
Why was that again? Oh, b/c Penn Staters were over the top in their ‘JoePa would have given him more than a two-game suspension’ proclamations.
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6'3, 240 pounds
6’2, 242 pounds
6’2, 234 pounds
6’2, 234 pounds
6’1, 234 pounds
all are heavy, all are very athletic
man this LB corp gon’ do stuff
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 12:53 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
So much better than last year
but mostly because they all seem like smart guys with good instincts too.
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I'll miss Bani Gbadyu running the wrong way on every play
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 12:56 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
A painful memory, but I had to make it green.
Was any Penn State outside linebacker in recent memory caught up inside more frequently than Bhani?
I SAW THAT
and I seriously couldn’t believe it. There’s not another B. Gbadyu on the Raiders, is there? Maybe his cousin Beni?
Add speed and intelligence to that
and you have a recipe for domination
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Interesting
that Fortt is now the back-up in the middle, which I assume means that Hull will be playing outside? I was expecting that it might be the reverse. Anyone out there have insight into how permanent an arrangement this might be?
This is a little weird, but also makes a little sense
And I’m starting to get behind it. For these reasons:
1. Like others have mentioned, Vandy & Scrap coaching the LBs are the least questionable of all our coaches doing their coaching. They wouldn’t mess around like this if Carson weren’t earning it.
2. Mauti is injury-prone. This gets him out where there is more flexible depth behind/beside him
3. Nautical Mauti is a high-energy pursuit guy. Very well may better serve us on the outside.
I remember last year we had some wicked depth we were excited about. It wasn’t long, tho, that first injuries crushed that, and then later we were wishing for more healthy depth to replace the shoddy play of the SRs on the corps. This could be, partially (and by huuge stretches of my own imagination), a result of the coaching lessons learned from that.
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Kinda thinking the same thing
If Carson can go in the middle now, why not get 3 years out of your MLB where you might have less depth and move the 2 year starter to outside where theres more.
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Yeah, but I'm still trying to get over being bummed
About Khairi Fortt starting on the bench.
I understand he’ll still get snaps, but we typically sub far more liberally at Sam & Fritz than we do at Mike.
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Well tell Mike to take a breather for a bit so Fortt can get in
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yuckety yuck
Yeah, everytime I try to use those coaching terms for the backers (I’ve never tried it for the receivers), I feel sheepish to start, then push through, and feel silly afterwards. I think I’ll stop.
Besides, Mike should be focusing on growing his CheeseStache.
jtothetweet
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I knew what you were talking about
I just have some terrible puns in my system that need to get out apparently.
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He's a true soph, he'll have his time
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Either way, the 4-4 is seeming somewhat appealing right now
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 12:59 PM EDT reply actions
In many ways, we already kind of run that.
by Chris Grovich on Aug 17, 2011 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions
I disagree
that would mean only 3 DBs, and they’re a position of strength too.
I say 2-4-5. Only kinda kidding.
Fire Dan Snyder
Hell yeah
They will have to change the All-Big Ten team to a 3-4 just to make room for all of PSU’s LBs
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by newenglandnittanylion on Aug 17, 2011 1:15 PM EDT reply actions
Visine that shit.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Methinks
They underestimate the number of Bama fans that will be in attendance, outside of their little section.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Yeah just ask nebraska how the "red out the whiteout" worked
Or Richard Gardner specifically
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 17, 2011 1:21 PM EDT up reply actions
We didn't really have a "White Out" in 2002
I think people overestimate the visibility of 4 red shirts together in a section of 10,000 white shirts. I mean, on wide-angle crowd shots, you can barely see anything buy white unless there’s a significant presence, like in the actual away crowd seats. Otherwise, if you have maybe 2,000 red shirts spread throughout the other 103,000 seats, you have to squint to even notice any difference.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
plus, the fact that the "visitor's section" is only the upper deck now
can only help the aesthetics.
Fire Dan Snyder
Aesthetics would have been
even more improved had they stuck the entire visitors section under the upper deck overhang.
'Trivializing the "GREATEST RIVALRY OF ALL TIME" for a bunch of ghetto tats must have made them pee in their man-diapers.' Mr. Rosewater
At the worst,
the Bama fans in their own section will look like a pregnant lady spotting on her white panties. I mean, that’s cool, if you’re into that kind of stuff, Bama.
by psuwxman on Aug 17, 2011 6:03 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, and for quotables, I'm really digging this
We’ve heard plenty of players say things like this:
I’m just trying to come out and play and get better.
But this may be the first time I remember hearing a player say this:
I’m watching film and trying to work to be perfect."
That’s a mothaphuquing wrestling mentality right there!
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by jtothep on Aug 17, 2011 1:41 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
that was Poz, too. He strived for perfection, almost to a fault per Bradley and Vandy.
My grammer skills need improved.
If that's what he strived for, he barely missed
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
Oh, Lord, I feel warm again, jtot.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
feels so good
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 17, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions
Those darn
Rutgers “leftovers”
(wasn’t he one of them?)
Schiano is teh awesome
per Scout Carson’s offers also included BC, Maryland, NC St, ND and Stanford
Striving for Success with Honor
by Frank O'Brien on Aug 17, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
Wow, Stanford was the only BCS conference team to offer?
Oh, the ACC and Big East are BCS? Right. Nevermind.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
by OctaShields on Aug 17, 2011 3:50 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
I like the idea of an attacking Mauti.
And I feel like there is less responsibility and more freedom to attack from the outside. Nightmares of Bani and Lavar out of position being the devil’s advocate of course.
by Nittany SeaLion on Aug 18, 2011 2:32 AM EDT reply actions
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