Satellite Trucks Rolling Into State College
"A few satellite trucks popping up in State College. Looks like Round 2 is only days away." - @Ben_Jones88
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What do we think?
Is this really the countdown?
A Garden State Nittany Lion...
"The way things are these days, 9-3 and one of the best graduation rates in the country doesn't seem like such a terrible bargain to make." - Michael Weinreb
Well, it is 2012...
Wait, which countdown did you mean?
I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug
DA NA NAAH NA / DA NA NAAH NAH NA / DA NA NAAH NA / DA NA NAAH NA NA NAH NAHH
by cdmPSU17 on Jan 5, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions 8 recs
Can someone
Re-Tweedledee/Tweedledum Ben and find out where are these “few” satellite trucks of which he speaks?
I just returned from running some afternoon errands around town – no trucks on College Ave (the usual place for the quintessential “Old Main in the background” shot), no trucks by Lasch (glad to see the equipment semi is back!), the single BTN satellite semi behind BJC, and the stalwart single satellite truck in the Medlar lot across from the JoePa statue that has been there all break (it’s been there so long the locals are already wondering if they’ll just run a permanent sewer line to it with all the construction on that side of campus).
So, just a heads-up as to their location would be appreciated (so I can taunt them as I jog past!).
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I've only seen one picture
It was tweeted earlier and was of a lone satellite truck in the Medlar Field lot across from the JoePa statute. That would seem to be the one you mentioned as being there for some time. So unless there are others, this angle could much hubabaloo about nothing.
I am a Penn State Nittany Lion, and I played for the legendary Joe Paterno, and more importantly, I am a man because of it. - Lavar Arrington
Can we revive
Orange Dick Clark one more time?
He completed 17 of individuals 26 passes for 192 lanscaping your yard and two touchdowns - Chan Luu
Remember when the worst we figured the coaching search would bring was Greg Schiano?
Ahhh….those were the days. Hard to say if those trucks are for the announcement of O’Brien as HC, or the eventual burning down of SC if he is announced.
I'll burn down a small Pennsylvania town if they hire Schiano.
I’m thinking Orrtanna.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
Or Centralia.
Oh, wait. Never mind.
by CvilleLion on Jan 5, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
As long as that fire doesn't eventually take out Knoebels, we're cool.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 5, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Only thing that takes out Knoebels
is a flood from that there crick. You know. The one in the holler.
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by Smee on Jan 5, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
If any of you never have visited, do it.
Park on the main street, walk. Avoid depressions. It is otherworldly.
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
I remember going there
30-some years ago on an elementary school field trip. Got to go down in the mine and everything. Can you still do that?
He completed 17 of individuals 26 passes for 192 lanscaping your yard and two touchdowns - Chan Luu
The mine is in the next town over (Pioneer Tunnel in Ashland).
It’s still open.
To be honest, Centralia is quite dangerous, especially considering the Todd Domboski incident. My first time there I drove each of the streets which, in hindsight, was foolish. Nothing like 2.5 tons of steel on weakened coal/ash/wood pillars and/or nothing else.
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
Fire MainLion.
which, in hindsight, was foolish
You failed to fulfill moral obligations.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
He could have done more
for the poor children of Centralia
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 5, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
We made my dad drive us through there once, on the way back from Knoebels.
It was, as stated above, otherworldly.
by Chris Grovich on Jan 5, 2012 3:55 PM EST up reply actions
Considering you can't get there
without going through Ashland or Mt. Carmel, it’s just miles of otherworldliness.
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One or two more houses were demolished relatively recently.
However, yes—a few remain. As does the fire station/borough building, although I have no idea who mans it.
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
I used to drive through there on the way up to Bloomsburg in the 70's.
Back when there were still a lot of houses and people living there. One of the most bizarre sights. I’m into photography now, but not back then. Really wish I had a chance to photograph it with all those houses around.
Don't even think of crossing the imaginary line that runs between Easton and whatever
the hell is between Pittsburgh and Erie.
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
by MainLion on Jan 5, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Hell?
Considering that the majority of the lands east of the 717 are surrounded by mine fires while Easton and Allentown are surrounded by many burning meth labs, I think you are the greater expert on Hell.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
State College is between Easton and Pittsburgh
Almost exactly halfway actually.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
I mean geographically, between Pittsburgh and Erie.
Looks like it’s Grove City, what with its holier-than-though alumni.
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
No.
Monroeville.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Monroeville is east of the city.
Grove City is about halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Ah.
Then in that case, Aliquippa.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
That's west, towards Beaver.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
I know.
It’s technically between Erie and Pittsburgh, isn’t it?
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions
Zelienople . . .
Seriously.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
You bite your tongue
Butler County is God’s country.
Consider this my official declaration of non-support of child molestation.
What about Orbisonia?
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
Too close to the EBT.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Dude, I wish I could remember more of my old man's stories about foamers back in the '80s before insurance money killed the steam excursions.
Only one I remember was about this foamer they called “Superheater”.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
that could work...
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
Well, I don’t know about anyone else, but I trust Penn State to handle any media spotlight with dignity, good sense, and above all, patience.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 2:28 PM EST reply actions 20 recs
There is no way that the PSU brass
Would handle any situtation badly, especially from a PR perspective.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
People use the phrase 'LOL'
to liberally. Chuckle under one’s breath, maybe.
Today, I 100% laughed out loud when I read this. Thank you, Rambler, for reminding us all of the meaning of laughter.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 5, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
These fools couldn't control a narrative
If they were reading a Tolkien novel aloud.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
by jesse. on Jan 5, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions 9 recs
Winner.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
by psume06 on Jan 5, 2012 3:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Watching them read a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book would be cringeworthy
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 5, 2012 4:32 PM EST up reply actions
"hurry up the search &c."
be careful what you wish for?
more male than the post office
by WorldBFat on Jan 5, 2012 2:32 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Are we sure this isn't another media stunt by Amendola?
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 2:35 PM EST via mobile reply actions
You can say that again
But seriously, I can see him do something to defelct off the HC announcment. He seems to be sleazy enough to.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
Media trucks don't roll in and keep things on the DL
If the media was alerted to prepare for an announcement, we’d hear about it. Unless it’s a Presidential visit to Baghdad, the media doesn’t all collectively say “Sure, we’ll get all of our personnel in place for something but not breathe a word of it.”
So, until someone leaks it on a tweet, they’re speculating as much as anybody. I don’t think something’s up.
No matter how many times i hear it or see it
So until somone leaks it on a tweet
will always be ridiculous to me.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
So true
but I’ve found that twitter is where you get to see the true sordid personalities of these clowns. For their print or web work they think through articles, check sources, review their tones. On twitter you see crap like bragging about something they wrote (See Musselman, Ron), being generally nasty (See Beadle, Michelle), or being where they break something because because they can get out 140 characters quickly, so they can later say “Nyah, nyah, I was furst!”
I was more in the vein
Of the actual word Tweet, is just such a ridiculous word to associate with something that might actually be important.
But your also correct in your assessment.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
TWEETS SAVE LIVES!
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by letsgopsu on Jan 5, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ok, but what if Joyner didn't give them a time and date?
But said, you may want to be in town by X, just to be safe. You can’t announce a tune into X at Y.
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But you can tweet "Got a heads up to be ready at PSU"
and there in none of that so far.
Which is why I jump every time I see
a new tweet come out. Please no.
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Haha,
def not following that one.
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Here's what happened:
Nothing. No one said anything to wives or random media organizations. Someone just wants to be prepared, which isn’t a bad plan.
There wont be an announcement...
for another few weeks. I’d be willing to bet that we’ll hear something until after the Super Bowl. I don’t know why, but since the BOT can’t do anything right or like normal people do, I see them taking for fucking ever.
Sometimes I ain't right, but I ain't never wrong.
O’Brien reminds of me a line from a song:
Then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
Yeah, or like, 3rd cleanest dirty shirt
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That is probably my favorite country song of all time
And generally what I wake up to on Sunday mornings.
Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?
Also applicable for this mess:
“Wishin’, Lord, I was stoned….”
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 5, 2012 3:02 PM EST up reply actions
Also applicable
“I think I’ll just stay here and drink..”
I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl
by jman07 on Jan 5, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions
Although I think Merle was writing more from PSU's perspective:
I could quit doin’ wrong and start doin’ right….but, naw, I’ll just stay here and drink.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Not to be a dick
But dude has a butt for a chin….It reminds me of the plastic surgery that was done on Jim Carey’s character in Me, Myself & Irene.
If I had to choose today between the moral integrity and character of Joe Paterno and the politicians and commentators criticizing him, I would pick Joe Paterno, hands down, no contest every time. - Franco Harris
by carolinaeasy on Jan 5, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It's tough to go wrong
After ‘not to be a dick….’
jtothetweet
Make sure this dead horse doesn't move while I go get my beatin' stick.
better than if he said, "not to be a butt, but dude has a dick for a chin"
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 5, 2012 5:11 PM EST up reply actions
Not to be a dude, but the chin has a butt for a dick.
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by leeharvey418 on Jan 5, 2012 10:33 PM EST up reply actions
Gram Parsons:
and the gun that’s hangin on the kitchen wall, dear
is like the road sign pointing straight to satan’s cage
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
True story:
Back on Monday, when I first heard the rumor about O’Brien, I thought it was Jim O’Brien.
I can’t decide which O’Brien is worse.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
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The drunk/high phone call that Pat O'Brien made to that woman he wanted to screw
was his career highlight.
Ew, she's presenting like a mandrill!
by icavalera on Jan 5, 2012 4:13 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They're naming the guy next week
You show up early because you don’t know what day. It isn’t as if they already know, if they did they wouldn’t be here already.
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You sure?
Maybe they’re coming into town for the PSU-Purdue bball game tonight… (8 pm on BTN, btw)
It is what it is...
Per Ben Jones (on Twitter (he covers PSU basketball by the way))
They are different kinds of trucks.
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Ford Trucks
more male than the post office
by WorldBFat on Jan 5, 2012 3:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I AIN'T GOT NO BOUNDRIES
I DON’T COMPROMAAAYSE
I’D RATHER WALK TEN MILES AND BE DOWN ON MY LUCK
THEN RIDE AROUND THE BLOCK IN ANOTHER KIND OF PICK UP TRUCK
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
That would be a different brand of truck.
As opposed to a different kind of truck.
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Boy, I must be getting sick.
Because that was the best I could come up for a reply. I shouldn’t even try to measure up to our own WorldB.
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You meant the Ben Jones that just posted?
=P
"This is being a Penn State fan. We’ll prove it, or we won’t. It’s not about proving it to them, it’s about proving to ourselves."
Actually,
no, I didn't mean that
(Yes, I realized it was a reply to Ben Jones. I thought referencing him on Twitter and that he covers the games that Mr. tadhg sited for his reference would be funny. I appear to have miscalculated.)
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Maybe
They just showed up early for some stickies…
Sometimes I ain't right, but I ain't never wrong.
by cityboy1989 on Jan 5, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Now I believe that
Them be good stickies
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
Maybe
They are interviewing for the job
Reporter: Can you give us a touchdown celebration, one that you would get penalized for?
Moye: I play at Penn State. I don’t celebrate.
WOW.
That is brilliant. They dictated the decision over whether to fire our previous head coach. Why wouldn’t they make all the decisions for our football team going forward?
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I'm glad there might be multiple
media trucks just in case, you know, one gets flipped over or something.
He completed 17 of individuals 26 passes for 192 lanscaping your yard and two touchdowns - Chan Luu
by rahpsu92 on Jan 5, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Can we take them hostage like the Chick-fil-A cows?
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:43 PM EST up reply actions
Next Week?????????
Like after the BCS game huh? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
"My kitchen is a mess y'all" Paula Deen
by Dr.TobiasFunke on Jan 5, 2012 4:49 PM EST up reply actions
Isn't y a vowel in that case
This always confused me. Personally, I love Y and think it should definitely be a vowel, always and forever.
That which we are, WE ARE...PENN STATE.
Forever.
Oh, damn. You are right.
It is a vowel in this case.
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Bill (Parcells)
Tom (Coughlin)
Jim (Harbaugh)
Tony (Dungy, Sparano)
Norv (Turner)…I would literally burn all PSU attire and never watch the entire sport of football again
Ron (Rivera)
Rex (Ryan)
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
It's harder to find a coach with more than one syllable in his name.
"The only difference between a brown-noser and a shit head is depth perception"
-PSU_Lions_84
I have also received information from nefarious unamed sources that our next coach will be:
M’Balz Es-Hari
Graabir Boubi
Haid D’Salaami
Hous Bin Pharteen
his cousin I-Bin Pharteen
and their close companion I-Zheet M’Drurz
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 6:04 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I like this Boubi option
Boubi knows how to deliver.
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 5, 2012 6:15 PM EST up reply actions
Les is short for Lester
This is obviously the loophole to Sekrah’s tweedle-do’s that will maintain his credibility.
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 6:07 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
JOE
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
So, assuming the BOB interview today actually happened...
what does that mean? Is it due diligence in case choice #1 falls through? Looking at him as coordinator? Is it a smokescreen? Or are they scrambling to get someone because everyone else has shot them down?
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
Every day that passes makes
Sekrah more believable. Until he’s wrong. But he’s been pretty smart and or lucky about the whole thing… Definitely my favorite thing about this past month or so has been the stir he’s created.
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
What did he even say?
I havent really paid attention to him. Les Miles or something?
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Well I don't have twitter but here's a summary
He predicted Chryst to Pitt around a week before anyone else, he also hit on the switch of Schutt to OSU (although that one was debatably obvious), he then turned his attention to the PSU coaching search and early on said he thinks it’s either going to be Richt to Kelly… Then he said he had some big news, and has basically drug that news out for almost 3 weeks to the point where he has now said he’ll announce it as the MNC game kicks off…
His clues either point to Miles or Saban, I don’t know which really, like I said I don’t follow him and don’t have twitter.
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
I thought he "broke"
the Chryst, Schutt, and another [recruitment switch] stories all about 12-24 hours before they became official. And all had already been all over premium message boards (and supposedly come from reliable posters).
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yeah maybe
Like I said, I’m very intrigued but I don’t have paysite access or twitter, or a facebook for that matter. So maybe it’s all an obvious hoax, but I think he’s been genius with his ability to generate interest in his twitter account.
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
I don't follow him,
but I read that he called the Chryst hire when everyone was saying Cristobal. The Schutt decommit wasn’t surprising, don’t know about the others.
WE'RE DANCIN!!!
I hear tell
He can read a duck’s mind a’fore the duck even knowed what he’s gon’ do next.
by SkellerDweller06 on Jan 5, 2012 3:41 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
which is impressive
as ducks are very fickle creatures.
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WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CHIP KELLY AREN'T WE?
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
Or Emilio Estevez
OH MY GOD IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW
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Penn State's next head coach?
Joe Estevez.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:52 PM EST up reply actions
no wait
Mitch Hedberg has a joke about seeing a duck in downtown Boise. Boise State. ITS CHRIS PETERSEN GUYS, COUNT ON IT.
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by skarocksoi on Jan 5, 2012 4:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ducks eat for free at Subways in Boise.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 4:04 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
exactly
Theres seven of them out there, and THEY ALL WANT SUNCHIPS!
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by skarocksoi on Jan 5, 2012 4:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I joined twitter today so I could follow him
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 3:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Now being reported that the Grandslam is backing out
Because his family has concerns.
Welcome to Penn State, hammy sandwich !
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 9:36 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I just looked at Sekrah's Twitter feed for the first time,
and he certainly is confident that O’Brien is not the guy and that his source is reliable. I also liked this tweet that he sent out earlier:
In 4 weeks I’ve seen more misinformation in this one search than I’ve seen in dozens of searches. Take a deep breath and let this play out.
Ew, she's presenting like a mandrill!
Regardless of if he is trolling everyone or not
that right there is straight truth.
WE'RE DANCIN!!!
I followed his 5 clues he gave out earlier in the week
Basically the first 3 were philosophical quotes whose name or last name started with S, E, and L. Then the next answer’s last name started with I. He never gave officially gave out the answer to #5, but do the math. SELI_?. Les Miles. Or perhaps it’s Bud Selig.
He says he’ll announce his name at the start of the BCS championship game and that all of these interviews and rumors are super-smokescreens and delays for the real coach. Which again means Miles.
I agree with millzners, I believe him more and more as the days go by. Deep breaths…
by TheWrathofQBEagles on Jan 5, 2012 8:34 PM EST up reply actions
IIRC Michigan was almost a done deal before it leaked
this most decidedly has NOT leaked.
could you imagine the vitriol in Baton Rouge if true?
Fire Dan Snyder
So it was leaked, why would that stop him from taking the job?
And what does IIRC mean?
Folks at FOS seem take him seriously
Last I read their boards, they said he nailed a couple of stories.
by Mr. Rosewater on Jan 5, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
OOOOOOOOOOO I’m getting nervous.
I would like to order one earthquake with no damage, injury, or death with massive shaking approximately 5 minutes after the press conference concludes to take the media spotlight off us.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
Anyone remember my idea to assassinate de Gaulle?
Now’s the perfect time!
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm putting you in charge of creating a diversion
I know you won’t let us down!
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
by belbijou on Jan 5, 2012 5:51 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What are the chances that
O’Brien gets hired, then there is a substantial backlash voiced by the fanbase (especially at Erickson’s townhall meetings) about the search process and final decision, and then the new hire decides it’s not a situation for him and backs out? That would represent yet another face-in-hands moment for this program.
Since when has the fan base mattered to anyone?
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
I think it’s more likely that we are outraged and/or disgusted, the media picks up on it, highlights what miserable wretches we are, but the university is oblivious.
This is why I’m nervous! I just hope it all goes well…
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
And it may be spun as
the fans not being outraged for the right reasons, for the victims (which most of us have been). The media might conveniently forget that they have dropped this story rather quickly weeks ago and that outlets like ESPN have turned their Penn State coverage to focusing on the coaching search.
I would hope that we as PSU fans give the guy a fair shake
no matter who he is.
That which we are, WE ARE...PENN STATE.
Forever.
by Nittany_Ryan on Jan 5, 2012 3:59 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Absolutely correct. JoePa wasn't hired as a "moon shot," he proved it over the years.
I was throwing a hypothetical out judging by the reactions on various PSU-related message boards and blogs.
As I've said everywhere else...
There are many people that I wouldn’t be happy with, but I’d always give the next guy a bit of breathing room for a few years.
well, we deserve to be miserable wretches
seeing that we all support child abuse (I hate using the R word with the word child)
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by LAPSU on Jan 5, 2012 6:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Between slim and none
and slim just left town before all the news trucks ran him over.
No way the committee would dare admit they made a mistake, particularly before the guy even coaches a game.
Now, when 70,000 show up for the Buffalo game in September…..
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 5, 2012 3:46 PM EST up reply actions
"Now, when 70,000 show up for the Buffalo game in September"
That’s the thing. Certainly two guys as smart as Ira and Joyner know that if a large majority of fanbase hates the hire, they’re going to protest with their pocketbooks. Why take that risk?
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
Zero percent, because O'Brien isn't being hired
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 5, 2012 3:51 PM EST via mobile up reply actions 3 recs
It's going to be great when prop
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 5, 2012 3:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions
It's going to be great when people are scrambling for tickets after this hire
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 5, 2012 3:50 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I got sanity, that's about it
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 5, 2012 4:05 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I know where to get it--if you want it.
Reh eh eh eh eh eh!
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
by MainLion on Jan 5, 2012 4:17 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Rec’d for “Life Of Brian” reference. :)
#1 Flyers fan in England (originally from Southeastern PA)
by Orange and Black Forever on Jan 5, 2012 4:44 PM EST up reply actions
Please tell me you know something
we don’t know. I don’t care who it is, I’m not going to bug you….
I just want to come down off this ledge i’ve been on for the past couple days. It’s windy up here….
you're just upset
cause the rest of us got the best ledge spots.
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by skarocksoi on Jan 5, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I'm just hoping my
tinfoil hat doesn’t get wrinkled if I slip. I worked a long time on that SOB.
He completed 17 of individuals 26 passes for 192 lanscaping your yard and two touchdowns - Chan Luu
If literally nothing else
The HC search news about these coordinators are coming from ESPN & CBS sources, places that Joyner is feeding bullshit to
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 5, 2012 4:13 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
you had a fanshot a while back
Where someone told you something along the lines of a retired NFL HC. Do you still think that’s the case?
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
That was somebody from one of the committees families saying that NFL experience would be a factor
And he thought that the hire would be a big one
The names I threw out were my assumptions
Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!
by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Jan 5, 2012 4:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
They're not here for the coaching search, they're here for the riots.
Relax, kick back and watch as some of their “reporters” pay students to do stupid shit so that when the actual coaching story does break, they can then air that footage along side of it and claim that we’re all just a cult of Paterno-worshiping child molesters.
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 5, 2012 3:55 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
ESPN can just loop the same 5 second
reel that they showed for 48 hours. Who would know?
He completed 17 of individuals 26 passes for 192 lanscaping your yard and two touchdowns - Chan Luu
Just like in Speed!!!
That ended well for all involved.
That which we are, WE ARE...PENN STATE.
Forever.
We can recreate the bus jumping the bridge scene!
Get a Cata bus and meet me at the IT building, stat!
It is easy to go down into Hell; night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide; but to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air - there's the rub, the task.
by Succss With Honor Always on Jan 5, 2012 4:10 PM EST up reply actions
Just make sure you also bring something to launch it with
because that could never actually happen in real life
That which we are, WE ARE...PENN STATE.
Forever.
Hmm, these kids today.
I did stupid shit while at Penn State and never got paid for it. Never made it to TV either, thankfully.
I can’t imagine going to school now where any stupid thing you do could wind up on the internet (or attached to one of these blog posts).
If nothing else
The past few months have taken a LOT of heat off my fledgling Paterno-themed Child Molester cult
Is there any evidence of this?
Cause just yesterday, the State College Police chief said that’s bullshit.
What the State College Police Chief said is
‘“We just haven’t found anything" to prove that’
Police around these parts sometimes have a hard time finding “things” to prove other “things.”
*
by Smee on Jan 5, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
what exactly does it take to incite a riot though?
Would having news cameras positioned strategically in areas most likely for a riot to occur be enough?
Also, and this is not to condone stupid rioting, but if EVERYONE and their grandmothers knew/predicted that there would be riots after the news of firing JoePa, then why are people also shocked/outraged that there were actually riots? These people must have the same internal thought processes that they could in essence put themselves into the shoes of the students and come to the conclusion of a “riot” (Let’s not also forget that this “riot” over JoePa’s firing paled in comparison with a riot during a friggen Arts Festival).
I just hate the practically self-fulfilling prophesies of riots after certain events.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 5, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions
The very word "riot" applied in this case annoys the shit out of me.
A riot is Detroit, Newark, Watts, etc. in the mid 60s. This was a civil disturbance at best.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
by SubLime on Jan 5, 2012 5:31 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The use of the word riot
Is a microcosm of the level of sensational journalism that has surrounded the entire situtation.
Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?
Seriously
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 8:56 PM EST up reply actions
I know a news van was over turned
Was there a blazing fire a block long, because some one told me that’s what she watched on TV. I’ve not heard exactly what damaged has been caused, do any of you?
That's all that happened, well, and a light poll was damaged
it was mostly kids taking pictures with their phones and tweeting each other. I think its funny they turned over a media van.It was a local one too – from Altoona – who should have known better anyway
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
Nope. Not exciting and hence no real riot.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
wait, your friend said she saw a fire on tv
in relation to the Penn State “riots”? what was she watching? The highlight of the riot for me was when the kids on old main had a mega phone and and one guy was calling for JoePa to come back and be our coach again. Then someone passed up a cardboard cut out of Joe to the front and everyone started cheering. It was some “riot” let me tell you!
It was more a perfect example of how goofy and ridiculous our students can be.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
It was on a Michigan news station
And most of what I saw online was what you described, goofy college student behavior. That and the ESPN reporter who called in and said there were RPGs downtown, which then turned out to be a pebble.
It hit him in the pant leg.
That was the icing on the cake for Rinaldi’s ’I’m being stoned to death!’ moment.
Unrepentant Joe Paterno Apologist®
by leeharvey418 on Jan 5, 2012 10:38 PM EST up reply actions
Oh, and she said it was a block long
Maybe it was the bonfires from one of the Arts Fest riots?
Love the PRG reference
I have no idea about the Arts Fest riots. That was before my time.
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
re: what it takes to incite a riot
A real riot, mind you.
Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?
Similarly
You could just hold a minor regional arts festival. Or win a game in Morgantown.
Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?
as long as we can see that guy hiding by the trees again
looking all sceered after he got hit by a rock. In the leg. A small rock.
Joe Paterno Apologist®
by letsgopsu on Jan 5, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
We used to have rock fights down on the banks of the Allegheny River
when there wasn’t snow for snowballs.
Venango County style, damnit.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Things get real in Venango County.
I once settled a case up there, with the provisio that my client had to accept the deal within 20 minutes because the guy wanted to go hunting.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
That's my home . . .
Sigh . . .
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Do you live in Franklin?
I have a friend that works in the Public Defenders Office up there. The bar across the street from the Court House has good wings.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Sigh?
SIGH???
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 8:57 PM EST up reply actions
I once failed to get hired at a job in Adams County primarily because the owner or manager of the store was turkey hunting.
I came back a week later and the woman was like, “He’s still turkey hunting.” Two weeks later? Must be some turkey.
"The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps."
by ReadingRambler on Jan 5, 2012 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Trucks arriving are right on time
Pet Joyners last time in front of the press he said he wanted to have coach named anywhere from 1/3 to approx 1/13. All is well.
In Grand Slams We Trust.
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 4:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Trucks arriving are right on time
Pet Joyners last time in front of the press he said he wanted to have coach named anywhere from 1/3 to approx 1/13. All is well.
In Grand Slams We Trust.
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 4:00 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Could be coaching
But also, off the top of my head, isn’t Jerry’s arraignment on the 11th? Maybe they’re hoping Amendola continues his streak of awesome news clips?
Joe, the reason we shout "WE ARE" and the reason the answer will always be "PENN STATE"
It's not necessary for him to be at the arraignment because he pled NG.
"The only difference between a brown-noser and a shit head is depth perception"
-PSU_Lions_84
Somebody who is more tech savvy than I
needs to get firebillobrien.com registered, up, and running pronto.
To bastardize the old saying; “it’s never too early to do the right thing.”
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
by SubLime on Jan 5, 2012 4:32 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
hey, even if we dont hire him
you can probably sell it to a dolphins fan soon after.
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The only think that is giving me some hope,
is that Pioli will end up hiring him. Seems inevitable doesn’t it?
Leaders Co-Champions
In all seriousness
please don’t start this already. No matter who it is, give him a chance.
That which we are, WE ARE...PENN STATE.
Forever.
I disagree
While I understand and appreciate your sentiment, this is pure genius. I’d like to see it registered, like now. A decent site like that has the potential to really generate some rumors. As long as I’m miserable with this coaching search, some good can come of it.
Whittle your whiskey around like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?
Humorously, it's already been taken.
"This is being a Penn State fan. We’ll prove it, or we won’t. It’s not about proving it to them, it’s about proving to ourselves."
And I present to you, the new head coach of Penn State: Poe Jaterno
a spry young 85 year old moustachioed man from Queens. He went to Columbia where he played RB/LB and holds the schools sack record. Also: he really hates child molesters.
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 5, 2012 4:46 PM EST reply actions 10 recs
SOLD!
Sounds like a real up and comer.
Where can I send my NLC donation made payable in the amount of $$,$$$,$$$.$$?
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by Tailgate Shogun on Jan 5, 2012 4:53 PM EST up reply actions
Nope, he's 85
His wife also makes a kickass lasagna, and he walks all over the place. Some things he has in common with JoePa (including the hatred of child molesters).
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 5, 2012 4:59 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently he shares a common ancestor with Marty Scorsese.
"Is that a shot at me? 'cause that makes me want to read it all the less."
by MainLion on Jan 5, 2012 7:04 PM EST up reply actions 7 recs
How bout Scott Paternon....
he looks lke more of a football player
by Nittany Merle on Jan 5, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
Scott looks like a food critic.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Scott looks like a short order cook
"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
Man I see this headline and 200 comments and I thought some shit went down!
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
Franco Harris:
"If I had to choose today between the moral integrity and character of Joe Paterno and the politicians and commentators criticizing him, I would pick Joe Paterno, hands down, no contest every time."
Butler County runnin' scurred
It’s about to get real!
by ruxin on Jan 5, 2012 7:26 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Could the trucks be coming to cover the announcement
that nobody on the current staff got the job? I read that the current staff is to meet with Joyner on Friday.
Would they fire everyone before confirming who they are hiring?
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
Nothing would surprise me at this point
Anyway, the flashlights eat our human power grids, our souls if you will. So i destroyed them, and if a few precious panties were burnt or soiled in the reckoning then so be it
I'm looking forward to learning what they have been doing for 2 months
and hopefully find out they are actually doing a very good job. At some point they need to get their act together, right?
Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, We Are - Tennyson
Same here, and if the coaches are getting vocal about what to do
Maybe he’ll just tell them it’s not going to be internal, or if not to be that specific tell them they should strongly consider other alternatives.
Per one Jason LaCanfora of NFLN
BOB is supposedly staying over in town for tomorrow. Please God No. Do Not Want.
They could just be saying none of you got the HC job
I haven’t been a Joyner hater, but man, I got ticked off listening to his no-news interview.
I know I will support the new coach (even though I may not be happy about it) but honestly, I feel terrible for our current coaches. I know what it feels like to not know if you get to keep your job and it really bites!!!
Anyone know more about Plan A (aka Les Miles) backing out
Because of his family having concerns?
by PSUinOH on Jan 5, 2012 9:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
I've been ignoring most of the head coaching articles
But now I’m starting to get worried.
Fuck me
Espn scrolling a breaking news lead saying we’re about to hire BOB.
by SkellerDweller06 on Jan 5, 2012 10:05 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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