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by Peter Gray on Sep 26, 2011 6:30 AM EDT
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PrintI DERP YOU DERP WE DERP. Football officials aren't perfect. We all know this. It's an incredibly difficult job, and all things considered, the vast majority of them do an exceptional job. However, this is inexcusable.
For what it's worth, the Big East admitted that a mistake was made. That was no consolation for Toledo though, who have requested that Syracuse vacate the win.
Took you long enough. Texas A&M will officially be a member of the SEC starting in 2012. I hope they know what they're getting into. The Good Doctor is of the mind that they should be okay.
Take a seat, Mike Locksley. It's only four weeks into the season, but we have our first head coaching casualty. Mike Locksley was broken off by New Mexico following the team's 48-45 loss to Sam Houston State, and Locksley will take with him a 2-26 record in his 2+ seasons in Albuquerque. In his brief tenure, Locksley was the subject of a lawsuit by a university employee, allegedly punched an assistant coach in the face, and just this past week was back in the news when a 19 year old was arrested for DUI while driving a car registered to him. How Mike Locksley lasted this long is one of the Earth's greatest mysteries.
Rankings! The AP and USAT/Coaches polls are out. Not a lot of news. LSU jumped Oklahoma in the AP poll (as they should), and Penn State is unranked but receiving votes in both.
Oh, come on. As if things weren't bad enough in Minneapolis, Jerry Kill is back in the hospital after experiencing further issues related to seizures. Get better, Coach.
We can all agree that Penn State has issues as a football team. But at least we don't have this problem.
A word about Mike Mauti. A couple people have asked whether Mauti would be eligible for a hardship waiver, which would grant him an additional year of eligibility. The answer appears to be no, as the waiver requires the player not participate in more than 20% of his team's games. Additionally, Mauti still has one more year of eligibility. Hopefully he can get healthy and be ready to go for next year.
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Feel absolutely horrible for Mauti.
Here’s to a full recovery Mike! Hope you get to chase your dreams and RB’s in the pro’s in the 2013 season. Hope Lynn has a speedy recovery as well.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
by jman07 on Sep 26, 2011 7:16 AM EDT reply actions 3 recs
His left knee this time
On a non-contact play too. He planted his foot to cut and his knee just gave out.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
I never got what was keeping Locksley employed
People who are actually good at their jobs typically get fired immediately for punching a co-worker.
900
Coaching changes during JoePa’s tenure. For every JoePa win, 2.2 coaches lose their jobs.
by skins4ever' on Sep 26, 2011 7:45 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions 4 recs
JoePa, have mercy!
Stop winning! Save American jobs!
by PSUmob on Sep 26, 2011 8:40 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
Given this influence, Joe should also have the power
to determine which 2.2 coaches are fired after a Penn State win.
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Sep 26, 2011 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions
The funny part is that....
the coaches that Joe may have had a problem with are either already fired, selling insurance or dead.
"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 Sep 26, 2011 9:02 AM EDT up reply actions
Last I heard he is....
on the radio for the Univ Of NJ (Ruggers) as an analyst, I believe.
"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 Sep 26, 2011 9:16 AM EDT up reply actions
Doug Graber?
…you won’t see him no more.
"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.
re: the rankings
I know it is still early, but…how is Michigan State still ranked after losing to a 0-2 (at the time) Notre Dame team? I mean, we can’t be the only team out there with just one loss that is way better than that loss, and a win (Temple) that is better than any of MSU’s wins.
Fire Dan Snyder
And WVU.
They got crushed by a top 3 team at home, just like PSU did. And like PSU they beat a MAC team (Marshall) and a lower division team (Norfolk State). Plus they barely beat Maryland, who got crushed by Temple, a team PSU already beat.
So why in the world are they ranked ahead of PSU?? Just because the Big East needs somebody in the rankings???
It all honestly
What does it matter? The rankings system is a joke. In my opinion, the initial rankings for the year shouldn’t come out until week 4 or 5 for the regular season. That’s the only way to get an unbiased rank. There could be a top 25 watch list that has maybe 30 teams on it, but no specified ranks until we actually see the teams play. Just a thought.
by Swiggs on Sep 26, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions 6 recs
I agree, but unfortuantely it is the current reality.
And as fans it does give you some pride and something to feel good/brag about during the season.
There's a whole lot of time
for it to sort itself out. PSU really hasn’t done much to show the voters that they deserve to be higher. Over time I think the Temple win will look better, but right now the perception is that Temple isn’t a highly competitive program.
"Illegitimus non Carborundum!" (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
I dunno...see my post below with WVU's remaining schedule.
They should stay ranked and probably move up with that joke of a schedule.
Actually, no joke, it's pathetic.
"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 Sep 26, 2011 9:06 AM EDT up reply actions
AND we all are aware.....
that a great majority of the voters don’t even watch the games and the teams that they vote on.
"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 Sep 26, 2011 9:08 AM EDT up reply actions
Rec'd
" 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 Sep 26, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
And they're going to continue to score.
I mean…just look at the rest of their schedule – it’s pathetic:
Bowling Green
UConn
Off week
Syracuse
Rutgers
Louisville
Cincy
Off week
Pitt
USF
Wow, what a Murderer’s Row…..NOT! I’m sorry, but there is just no way that conference should have an auto-BCS bid.
They may not
if the BCS continues to exist past the 2013 season given that whatever teams the Big East replaces Pitt and the Cuse with won’t be as good as them. And TCU has to be wondering “WTF have we done?”
"You can't handle the truth!"
Have you discovered an alternate form of football where scoring points doesn't matter?
Because last time I checked, that’s how you determine who wins and who loses.
Thank you John Madden
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
by jman07 on Sep 26, 2011 9:28 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
Maybe he forgot to add "for Indiana" at the end
Because, really – they’re Indiana.
Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
It was a comment on how WV is ranked ahead of us because they proved how they can score points, more a "so what? Indiana can too".
And yes, there is an alternate way to win a game without scoring points. The other team forfiets. Doesn’t matter if you’re shut out, held to 89 yards passing, 54 yards of offense, and -35 yards rushing, you still win.
That's why me and alot....
of other people believe that the “rankings” should not start until AFTER the 4th game played….some official tyypes I have conversed with say how about till after the 6th game. As long as I will live, it will never happen. The polls that really irk me are the pre-season when teams such as ND are consistently ranked in the top 15 or 20 when you know that their teams are for crap. And don’t forget to rank the entire SEC, because they are the SEC. And you have to rank somebody from a conference that has NO teams worthy of a vote.
"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 Sep 26, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions
How is Lynn?
I haven’t seen anything concrete released.
Everything I've heard is that he's fine
He was released from the hospital already, and may only miss a week.
Last heard that he suffered....
a “burner” and that he may not be back this year at all because of the nature of this condition…I hope it’s not that bad,,,,but at worst it’s paralysis vs. playing with undue caution….you cannot play FB under either circumstance…..I hope that there’s a better report than mine out there.
"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 Sep 26, 2011 8:56 AM EDT up reply actions
Burner's
and or pinched nerves are EXCRUCIATING!!! Dealt with that when I was in high school playing football. There’d be days when if I even turned my head one way or the other that it’d feel like somebody was sticking a knife into the area between my neck and shoulder.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
yes.
The last burner I got was doing martial arts and we were teaching ju-jitsu and I got rolled up. It felt like a slow searing stabbing poking Vulcan nerve pinch. I cried, it hurt, I thought I was paralyzed for 10 seconds.
For the rest of the day, it alternated from being laughed at for crying in front of kids and concern if I was okay.
Predicting Penn State's Offensive Scripts since 2005!
Hope the kid is OK...no point in rushing back
Don’t put yourself at undo risk for a sport.
Hire Mike Pettine Jr!!!!!!!!
He posted on facebook yesterday..
“Thanks everyone for all your thoughts and prayers. I am feeling better and hope to be back on the field soon!!”
by archerbullseye on Sep 26, 2011 11:33 AM EDT up reply actions
you can request a team to vacate a win because of a bad call?
If that’s the case, Michigan owes us like 5 wins.
by swiggy04 on Sep 26, 2011 9:30 AM EDT reply actions 6 recs
To which Syracuse will respond...
"I don't think you can progress in this game unless you know about the past."
-Silas Redd
by PSU_Buch on Sep 26, 2011 10:01 AM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
yea, theres no way syracuse does or should vacate that win
its not like the extra point broke a tie, there was still football left to be played after. Toledo should have punched it in the end zone at the end of the game, or not thrown the INT in overtime.
It was a terrible call for sure, but that is by no means the reason they lost.
Toledo should
Colorado shared the NC in 1990.
They were gifted with a fifth down during their game against Missouri. Without that fifth down, they would have lost, and probably not been voted #1 by the AP.
Their coach refused to forfeit or vacate that tainted win.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Down_Game_(1990)
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
by PSU_Lions_84 on Sep 26, 2011 1:36 PM EDT up reply actions
What's Mizzou's deal with letting bad calls that lead to MNC's happen
97 Michigan
"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.
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