Penn State Position Previews 2011: Coaching Staff
by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 12:00 PM EDT
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PrintWhat, you thought we'd skip the guys actually calling the plays? As always, ten coaches, five of which graduated from Penn State, will roam the sidelines or watch from high above the field in the coaches box in 2011. Thanks to Wikipedia, accepted legal source of the Southern District of New York since 2007, there is a handy graph.
| Position | Name | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Joe Paterno | 1966 |
| Offensive coordinator/Running backs | Galen Hall | 2004 |
| Defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks | Tom Bradley | 1979 |
| Safeties | Kermit Buggs | 2003 |
| Defensive line | Larry Johnson | 1999 |
| Linebackers | Ron Vanderlinden | 2000 |
| Offensive guards/centers | Dick Anderson | 1999 |
| Offensive tackles/tight ends | Bill Kenney | 1989 |
| Quarterbacks | Jay Paterno | 1999 |
| Wide receivers/Recruiting Coordinator | Mike McQueary | 2003 |
Can you believe Jay Paterno has been on staff since 1999? Time sure flies. Heading into 2011, there are once again question marks on the staff, especially after some public flirtation with other institutions this offseason by some of the staff. However, this should be a strong year for the staff, thanks to some unknown facts about our beloved coaches.
Since he did so well with his investigative journalism regarding Michael Zordich, we asked user skarocksoi to lend a hand finding valuable information that might tip us off to what kind of season we might expect. As expected, some very interesting facts have come to light.
Head Coach - Joe Paterno
Did You Know? After a long discussion with Joe Paterno during one of their many family dinners together, Christopher George Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G., was inspired to write his verse for the song "It’s All About the Benjamins".
Offensive Coordinator/RBs - Galen Hall
Did You Know? During pregame stretches, Galen Hall listens to nothing but the German Hardcore Metal cover version of "I Think We’re Alone Now" by Tiffany on repeat.
Defensive Coordinator/CBs - Tom Bradley
Did You Know? Bradley’s favorite actor is Wilmer Valderrama, not so much due to his time on That 70’s Show, but his voice acting work as Manny on "Handy Manny".
Safeties - Kermit Buggs
Did You Know? For many years, Coach Buggs believed that he would be next in line to replace Kermit the Frog from the Muppets when he retired. He was extremely saddened to learn that Kermit was a puppet who will never retire. 2009 was a rough year for Coach Buggs.
Defensive Line - Larry Johnson, Sr.
Did You Know? Other things Larry Johnson can do "as a grown man does":
- Eat Snacks
- Shadow Puppets
- Drink Tea
- Moonlit walks on the beach
- Flower Arrangements
Linebackers - Ron Vanderlinden
Did You Know? Every night, Ron Vanderlinden eats a jar of pickled eggs right before he goes to sleep. He swallows them whole without chewing, not unlike a snake. He spits them out the moment he wakes up, not unlike Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2. (This fact actually uncovered by Peter, assistant investigative journalist)
Guards/Centers - Dick Anderson
Did You Know? Coach Anderson bases his coaching style on a combination of James Caan’s performance in Rollerball and the movie Bloodsport, with a little bit of Dalton from Road House thrown in.
Tackles/Tight Ends - Bill Kenney
Did You Know? As a running gag, the coaching staff ends every meeting with Bill Kenny receiving a pink slip and Jay yelling "Oh my God, they fired Kenney!" Bill Kenney doesn’t laugh however, because he hasn’t received a paycheck for the past 3 years.
QBs - Jay Paterno
Did You Know? After watching Air Bud: Golden Receiver, Jay Paterno has been exclusively recruiting Golden Retrievers in the Western PA/Ohio area. He has several prospects lined up to attend camp next summer, once they are paper trained.
WRs/Recruiting Coordinator - Mike McQuery
Did You Know? Other nicknames Mike McQueary considered:
- The Flaming Enchilada
- Captain Ginger von Redhairhoffen
- Even Bigger Red (wink)
- Michael Michael I’ve-got-a-cannon-for-an-arm-and-I’m-not-afraid-of-Joe-Paterno-cycle
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There is no proof that Joe Paterno is declining.
There is, however, abundant prove that Joe Paterno knows how to fix problems.
2005 – Massive revision of entire coaching staff’s philosophy.
2008 – SPREAD HD after two years of poor offense.
2010-11 – After lousy recruiting and other issues, Paterno realizes that he and his coaches have to become more active. Moreover, Paterno realizes that he has to become much more active.
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 26, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't forget the testicular fortitude
it took to tell JayPa that he was one God awful recruiting coordinator and demoted his ass. Makes for a frosty Thanksgiving dinner, but it had to be done.
"It just might be that the purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others." Despair.com
Uummm.....
Joe must still take some responsibilty for the Morelli years and he has admitted that ex post facto.
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by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
You should have been much, much meaner to Dick Anderson
"I play for Penn State, we don't celebrate after TDs." - Penn State's Derek Moye, on being asked to act like he's celebrating a TD during a BTN shoot.
by ckmneon on Aug 26, 2011 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Posts like this
Is why bloggers will never be considered journalists.
by PSUinOH on Aug 26, 2011 12:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
You forgot amateur
It ain't safe in the city, watch the throne
by Adam Collyer on Aug 26, 2011 12:57 PM EDT up reply actions
#BuckleUp
"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
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 26, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I have no problem with satire. I love The Onion but I don’t go there for the news. This article is not like the previous reporting done in the position round ups- they were useful an full of information that took solid investigating and reporting skills. If BSD wants to maintain their credibility then I would advise to say an article like this one is satire up front. I know Junstrom and the rest of BSD is better than this.
To quote Moleman from the Simpsons, “you stole 3 minutes of my life and I want them back”
by PSUinOH on Aug 26, 2011 1:08 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Are you serious?
Cause you didn't use the sarcasm font.
This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.
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by Frank O'Brien on Aug 26, 2011 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Rec'd for the "Stripes" reference
and for the memory jog of my days wearing green.
US ARMY = Uncle Sam Ain’t Released Me Yet.
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 26, 2011 1:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Are you guys gay?
No…but we’re willing to learn.
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by Ben Jones on Aug 26, 2011 2:31 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Lighten up, Francis
not a funny post, however. But I laughed at the pic of psycho
shoot that up the flagpole and see who salutes it!
by teejaywalker on Aug 26, 2011 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Lighten up Francis
"Jason, please pass the Kool-Aid, my friend"
by letsgopsu on Aug 26, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
yeah, I expect better from you Junstrom
and the rest of your bsd ilk.
/shakes fist
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 1:29 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
There's a new and very serious Penn State blog you might be interested in.
by Chris Grovich on Aug 26, 2011 2:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Well, shucks, I can start one with jtot or something.
But we’ll only talk about wrestling, so it’s not for everyone.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 26, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Black Shoes Gold Panties
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by Ben Jones on Aug 26, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions 4 recs
Fine.
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 26, 2011 11:13 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm in too.
’Preciate it.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Aug 27, 2011 6:38 AM EDT up reply actions
The real question is what insight did you expect us to have on the coaching staff?
I don’t have a problem with you wanting more “factual” articles. But I think we do a good job walking that line. Considering all of us have lives outside of producing daily content for people, I don’t think a chuckle here or there isn’t warrented.
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You're giving this an undeserved serious response.
by Chris Grovich on Aug 26, 2011 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
The thought crossed my mind.
A few times.
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Fwiw, I was expecting something serious
But this was a neat refresher
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 26, 2011 4:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Could have mentioned their recruiting duties, past players they put in NFL, each coaches goals for their unit this year, how they perceive their units strengths and weaknesses. Or talk about off field life- we all would love to bitch about Jay and his politics or his supposed two novels he has in progress. I understand one of them is about a murder in a college town- I’ve always suspected he knew something about Ray Gricar’s disappearance.
by PSUinOH on Aug 26, 2011 4:51 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
With apologies to Neil Young
Black-shoed soldiers and Nixon coming,
These bloggers just won’t get pwned.
This Fall I hear the drumming,
You’re frying your brain in Ohio.
Gotta finish this one...
Better get down to it,
The NCAA is (gonna be) gunning tOSU down,
should have been done long ago.
Bet you already knew it
And saw the Buckeyes dead on the ground.
How can you run when Pryor’s told?
Black-shoed soldiers and the NCAA’s coming,
Yahoo news just won’t get pwned.
This Fall I hear the drumming,
Brain-dead in Ohio.
Brain-dead in Ohio.
Brain-dead in Ohio.
"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
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 26, 2011 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
to be fair to the bsd staff
as soon as you saw my name in the post, you should have realized whatever followed would be stupid and pointless. It’s what I do.
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 3:01 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
schtik to what you're good at
that’s my motto.
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 4:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Which is not spelling shtick! Oy gevelt!
by Pentimental on Aug 26, 2011 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
ARE
Posts like this ARE why bloggers will never be considered journalists.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 2:00 PM EDT up reply actions
At least your qualified as a proof reader- still not a journalist, Junstrom.
by PSUinOH on Aug 26, 2011 3:09 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
JunSTROOOOOM!
/shakes fist harder
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 3:31 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
...YOU'RE qualified...
And I’m a lawyer. Never have been, never will be a journalist.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 3:40 PM EDT up reply actions
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 3:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I dunno
I manage to type pretty well on mine. It’s not unreasonable to expect proper grammar if you want to be taken seriously.
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"I'm a lawyer"
Admitting this in public? Risky.
I’m having a hard time believing this conversation is serious, quite frankly.
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by Adam Collyer on Aug 26, 2011 6:21 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
It is risky.
As a gag gift, a relative got me a shirt that said “Trust Me, I’m a Lawyer” after I graduated. I wore it to the grocery store one day and some guy said “That’s a dangerous shirt, man. Dangerous.” I don’t wear it much anymore.
And to be fair, I’m not a lawyer in the sense that most people think of when they picture lawyer.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 6:43 PM EDT up reply actions
What do you mean by
I’m not a lawyer in the sense that most people think of when they picture lawyer.
Is anyone here a veterinarian, 'cause these pythons are SICK!
by WorldBFat on Aug 26, 2011 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Are you kidding me!?
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by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Do we consider Rick Reilly a journalist?
Because he writes worse crap than this and gets paid for it
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That Wikipedia information is both horrifying and relevant to my practice....
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Thought you'd like that.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions
This is why I occasionally make fake Wikipedia edits.
Is anyone here a veterinarian, 'cause these pythons are SICK!
So it was you who alleged
that Craig James murdered 5 hookers while at SMU! HA! Mystery solved!
This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.
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by Paige2PSU on Aug 26, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
no
he said fake wiki edits. That one is true. Allegedly.
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 4:26 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
I missed that word fake.
I know that it’s true that Craig James allegedly killed 5 hookers while at SMU.
This is BSD, the crazy stirs itself.
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by Paige2PSU on Aug 26, 2011 4:36 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions 2 recs
Not only that,
but I heard Craig James allegedly killed the 5 least attractive hookers while at SMU ’cause they were cheaper to pick up.
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Aug 27, 2011 6:43 AM EDT up reply actions
I heard Cory Giger
helped hold them down for James.
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Wikipedia may be fake?
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Wikipedia: Always there, sometimes accurate!
by Chris Grovich on Aug 26, 2011 4:22 PM EDT up reply actions
Hah! May I use your quote?
For scientific purpose only.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:34 PM EDT up reply actions
*Usually
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by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 26, 2011 4:39 PM EDT up reply actions
Wikipedia: Often wrong, but never uncertain!
'People are about as happy as they decide they want to be'
by Pete the Streak on Aug 27, 2011 6:44 AM EDT up reply actions
Ha, good stuff
One of my first efforts last summer didn’t take off as a series, but I slapped a little research together to make this post about the offensive assistant coaches. It includes this interesting (& timely) musing from Frank O’b:
Jay & Galen: I don’t know how to read this relationship. Jay and Galen’s predecessor, Fran Ganter mixed like oil and water. It couldn’t be the nepotism factor, since Franny’s boys could never have played D1 football anywhere else. Is Jay becoming a good football coach or has he learned to follow the lead of his new mentor?
Jay is a good football coach
There. I said it.
If his name was Jay Smith, he'd probably be considered an average passing game coordinator.
by Chris Grovich on Aug 26, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
No he wouldn't
He would be a dead (passed away in 2009) HS principal who was convicted of murder but then released due to “prosecutorial misconduct” aka a technicality. FTR-I confirmed this on Wikipedia!
"You can't handle the truth!"
In all seriousness though, I think they will be much better than last year
Anyone who said worse (which as of writing this is currently 8 people) clearly haven’t been paying attention to any news about the coaches this Spring and Summer.
Joe has been working the hell out of everyone (much to their surprise via Twitter messages from players and Facebook statuses). Joe has flat out admitted he did a poor job coaching last year and vowed to be more involved in all areas of the team (which he has actually followed through on i.e. Skyping with star recruits, being extremely tough on the guys in camp. He even earned PSU a 2ndary violation for seeing a player lifting weights by telling the staff “so and so” looked good)
The great assistant coach clusterfuck at the beginning of the year was a lot of panic and OMG SKY IS FALLING for what turned out to be nothing. The assistants that I’ve heard in interviews have all acknowledged the poor tackling last year, and have made an emphesis on improving that this year.
All around, we seem to be aiming to put the best guys on the field, and most units really look like they’re going to be better than they were last year. We’ll see how everything turns out next week, but from vague statements from Joe, along with the fact that he’s working the team harder than they’ve ever worked before, leaves me to believe that Joe has faith in his football team being pretty damn good (or at least an improvement from last year), and for that, I have faith that the coaching staff is, and is going to be better this year.
"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
by dawsonPSU10 on Aug 26, 2011 1:00 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs
Great summary, Dawson!
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 26, 2011 1:50 PM EDT up reply actions
Just a little "showing my age" correction...
… cover version of “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany on repeat.
The original was by Tommy James & the Shondells, in 1967.
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10 Scarlet & Gray dollar sign helmet stickers for each 9-month sports car "test drive" obtained.
I went to HS with the original guitarist.....
of the Shondells……James (nee: Tommy Jackson from Michigan) came out my way to play a gig and had no back-up band….my HS buddy supplied his band and then himself toured with the band for one year before he left to pursue other interests….he played on the hit “Hankey-Pankey”.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Well MY cousin was the original bass player for Lynyrd Skynyrd
And is now the bass player for .38 Special.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions
does he hold on loosely?
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 6:24 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Yea, and he doesn't let go, either.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions
I cant believe they "fixed the glich"
on Coach Kenney…
All of our comments are irrelevant - letsgoPSU
I recommend doing this with Anderson
"I play for Penn State, we don't celebrate after TDs." - Penn State's Derek Moye, on being asked to act like he's celebrating a TD during a BTN shoot.
*Fixed the glitch*
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I wonder how much our recruiting suffers...
… just because of Kermit Buggs’ name.
Recruit A: “I’m being recruited by VaTech’s Shane Beamer. They’re elite.”
Recruit B: “Yeah? Well I’m being recruited by Kermit Buggs.”
Recruit A: “Tee hee!”
Maybe he should change his last name to Slamhammer or something.
THE Ohio $tate Buck Guys:
1 Scarlet & Gray dollar sign helmet sticker for each autographed piece of equipment sold or bartered.
10 Scarlet & Gray dollar sign helmet stickers for each 9-month sports car "test drive" obtained.
I would happily
follow a man named Kermit Buggs to storm the gates of Hell. Think how unbelievably tough you need to be to go through life with that name. That’s the kind of guy that chews glass and wears barbed wire underwear.
"It just might be that the purpose of your life is to serve as a warning to others." Despair.com
Yeah, bless his heart,
his parents saddled him with two bad names.
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Oh yeah.....
It’s way better than Kermit the Frog or MeatLoaf(“I don’t know Mother Loaf, what shall we name the boy”? “Oh, I think Meat would be nice Pa.”). I’m positive there are others.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:50 PM EDT up reply actions
But Meatloaf's real name was
Marvin Lee Aday. Wouldn’t you change your name, too (apologies to any Marvins on BSD).
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by Paige2PSU on Aug 26, 2011 6:01 PM EDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Or Robert Zimmerman.
Or Reginald Kenneth Dwight.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 6:45 PM EDT up reply actions
Or Marion Morrison
(The real name of John Wayne…poor bastard, no wonder he was so tough.)
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How about
Blast Hardcheese!!!
Gristle McThornbody!!!
Slam Squat-Thrust!!!
Big McLargehuge!!!
Word on the street is you're a jerk, Mitchell.
by icavalera on Aug 26, 2011 4:28 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs
Always a rec from me
"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
Ah, yes
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by ReadingRambler on Aug 26, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
I really can't figure out why anyone would vote for "same".
Paterno has admitted he wasn’t as active as he should have been, and all indications (See Silas Redd’s quote about now playing for the real Joe Paterno) are that he has not only recognized the issue, but made a serious effort to address it.
As for the rest of the staff, some of them are the same, but, uh, active Joe Paterno, folks. Can’t beat an active Joe Paterno.
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THIS IS IMPORTANT
"Faith requires no sources or proof, only a large amount of words." - unionblue, Civil War Talk
by ReadingRambler on Aug 26, 2011 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions
This would have been better presented in the sarcasm font
Can you believe Jay Paterno has been on staff since 1999?
*
I think what I like most about McQueary is that when Joe Paterno is yelling, he has the same look I see on every 50-something’s face as his wife is complaining to him about some horrible nag at work.
by Chris Grovich on Aug 26, 2011 2:24 PM EDT reply actions 4 recs
MEOWMIXMEOWMIXMEOWMIX
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 2:33 PM EDT up reply actions
God Bless BIG RED.
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by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
THIS^^^^
"We're going to do all we can to get this team right, to go after that national championship" - Devon Still
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 26, 2011 4:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Yeah but
maybe he should cut back on a ham sandwich or two…that is one prodigious baby bump he’s developed. Perhaps he should run a few gassers with the boys.
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He wear a FlakJacket.....
for when Joe smacks him…..it has fallen to waist size since Joe can’t reach that high anymore.
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by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:52 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
True Story about Red
I was at Pickles during the last summer olympics. Phelps was on, it was the race where he just barely touched the before the other guy basically by a finger nail.
Anyway right around the final turn of the race I hear this boom voice start a U-S-A U-S-A chant, I turn around and there is McQuery leading the chant.
I used to see him in Mad Mex.
I would crush a Strawberry Margarita with Other Big Red (wink) any day.
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 6:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Hey, have I mentioned that Dick Anderson looks kinda like Lee Marvin?
Three against one, Doniphon.
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Am I crazy?
I see James Coburn circa Charade.
by STU Boy on Aug 26, 2011 2:48 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Good call
(Or ‘In Like Flint’ or ‘Our Man Flint’) All classics!
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by RWReese on Aug 26, 2011 3:09 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Our man Flint is good.....
but Lt. Frank Balinger, M-Squad is better, because it was the basis for all of the Police Story movies with the late, great Leslie Nielson and don’t call me Shirley.
"The truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God." The Government is like the Mob, you can check out, but never leave.
by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions
It's too bad he didn't get his nuts bit off by a Laplander like he wanted.
Is anyone here a veterinarian, 'cause these pythons are SICK!
Nah
Pompey’s got my back. He’s over at the door. Check it out. (updated dialogue for young folks)
Although it would have worked fine if he said:
That’s not what happens. What will happen is I will put a round at twenty-seven hundred feet per second into the medula at the base of your brain. And you will be dead from the neck down before your body knows it. Your finger won’t even twitch. Only you get dead. So tell me, sport, do you believe that?
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Tommy Lee Jones?
THE Ohio $tate Buck Guys:
1 Scarlet & Gray dollar sign helmet sticker for each autographed piece of equipment sold or bartered.
10 Scarlet & Gray dollar sign helmet stickers for each 9-month sports car "test drive" obtained.
Not enough tats for just plain Tommy Lee.
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by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
My big question is about the pic at the top.
What the hell did LJ Sr do to deserve that look from JoePA? Joe looks like he’s thinking, “When this game is over, I am so having JayPA row Larry out to the middle of the lake for a little ‘fishing’ like Fredo.”
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No, you are wrong
That is actually Joe’s Lasagne stare, he is imagining a large platefull of Sue’s hot lasagne and wondering why the hell he is still coaching.
The look on Joe's face is priceless
He is pissed at something/someone
"Jason, please pass the Kool-Aid, my friend"
yeah
Joe (thinking): This f***ing soft zone is worthless. I would rather give this job to Jay than Bradley
LJ Sr. (reading Joe’s mind and whispering to Bradley): You know, Pitt’s gonna fire the Stache any day now, might wanna get that resume ready
"I play for Penn State, we don't celebrate after TDs." - Penn State's Derek Moye, on being asked to act like he's celebrating a TD during a BTN shoot.
It just hit me.
I’ve known the schedule for several months, but it just “hit me.” Our schedule is effin’ murderers row. ’Bama, Nebraska, @OSU, @Wisc, plus we play Iowa, @Northestern, and what I believe will be an improved Illinois.
Welcome to the 2011 season
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by Ben Jones on Aug 26, 2011 3:01 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Welcome back
Mr. Van Winkle. How was the nap?
Actually, ‘Bama are a bunch of pussies. Nebraska has a QB who’s afraid to get hit (by his own head coach), you might have heard but OSU has a new coach Flicka or Flinger or something, everyone on Wisconsin’s team weighs 400 lbs so they are slooowwwwer than anyone in the B1G, Iowa had to completely rebuild so the waterboys are playing, Northwestern is too garish in their purple and black and they’re also too smart to play football, and Illinois will always have the Zook factor. The schedule’s a piece of cake!
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by RWReese on Aug 26, 2011 3:04 PM EDT up reply actions 5 recs
I've been saying that ever since.....
the schedule came out and some are giddily predicting (praying for) 9-10 wins. I would like that too, but this is a brutal schedule friends. There is no room for sloppy play this year.
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by DerryPharmer on Aug 26, 2011 4:32 PM EDT up reply actions
PSU is the only B1G team
that plays 7 BCS teams who had winning records last year, 4 who had 10 win seasons.
Nebraska plays 8 BCS teams who had winning records last year, but only 3 who had 10 win seasons.
"I play for Penn State, we don't celebrate after TDs." - Penn State's Derek Moye, on being asked to act like he's celebrating a TD during a BTN shoot.
Eh, we still have one of the nations best coaching staffs
Headlined by some of the best in LJ, Vandy, Scrap & Joe. Jay & McQuery are talented coaches too and I hope they stay around once Joe retires
"We're going to do all we can to get this team right, to go after that national championship" - Devon Still
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Aug 26, 2011 4:35 PM EDT reply actions
you guys should see some of the ones they didn't use
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 4:35 PM EDT via mobile reply actions
BSD After Dark.......?
"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 don't think I have them anymore, hopefully ska does.
But there will definitely be open threadsies tonight. Women’s Volleyball, 1995 Rose Bowl afterwards, and it’s Friday Night. #TeamBourbon
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by Jeff Junstrom on Aug 26, 2011 6:47 PM EDT up reply actions
I do
I think I’m going to start a fake Twitter account to share all my fake facts. it will be so meta.
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by skarocksoi on Aug 26, 2011 6:59 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
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