Ok folks. Time to take off the bow and take this new bike for a ride. We're going to start out by building a video inventory right here on BSD. And you are going to do the work. Here is what you're going to do. (HT: Burnt Orange Nation )

1) Go here and stick the Fanshot button on your browser.

2) Go to YouTube and find a Penn State highlight you love.

3) Use your Fanshot widget to send it to BSD.

4) Make sure you tag the Fanshot with 'video' and 'psu highlights', along with other relevant descriptors.

And that's it. Instant vault of Penn State highlights, sortable by tag.

These "Things (Blank) and (Blank) People Like" have been circling around the internets the past few weeks, but I have yet to see anyone do one for Penn State. So I figured what the heck. Here are some things Blue and White people like.

Eat n Park

It's 2 AM on a Sunday. You're cruising down I-99 through Altoona on your way home to Johnstown after another Primetime Penn State game. In the past 24 hours you have consumed a case of IC Lite, half a fifth of Jack, and a margarita some cute girl gave you just to make you leave her tailgating area before you puked on her. Your face and the back of your neck sting from standing in the sun all day and you haven't had anything to eat in over ten hours since the shoe leather hot dog that sat on the grill way too long. Your buddies are passed out in the back seat and your eyes are getting heavy. Then you see it. Eat n Park is coming up at the next exit, and you're thinking nothing would hit the spot better than a Super Griddle Smile right about now. Screw your friends. You need to Eat n Park right friggin' now. Buy them a round of Smiley Cookies to smooth it over.

World Famous Grilled Stickies

You started out drinking Ice-T's at the Café 210 West. Then someone suggested you head down to the Saloon for a Monkey Boy pitcher. The bars are closing down and you and your buddies are getting hungry. You stumble down the block to McDonalds to find the line out the door. Screw that. If you can't get flesh, cheese and grease at 2 AM you'll go for the next best thing...fat and sugar. The trek up College Avenue in the bitter January wind is totally worth it for that delicious sticky bun dipped in butter and fried on the grill. Of course it wouldn't be a grilled sticky if you didn't go ala mode.

Fumble Drills

You play ring toss to pass the time? Please. Penn State fans prefer something a little more manly. Like decking yourself out in spandex and diving into piles of empty beer cans.

Beer

One thing all Nittany Lion fans agree on is their love for beer. The only question is are you a Yinzer or Youzer. If you're from western Pennsylvania yinz like to kick back with an Iron City. If you're from eastern Pennsylvania youz prefer the smooth taste of Yuengling Lager.

	Like the Pens and Flyers, the beer wars will never be settled.

Add your own things Blue and White people like in the comments.

I know we're all consumed in our own little Nittany World with knife fights and all that this morning, but apparently there was a big basketball game on last night or something.

Congratulations to Yoder 1 for winning the BSD Tournament Challenge. He picked six of the final eight teams, all of the final four teams, and he picked Kansas over Memphis in the final. Well done, sir. Your picking skills are unmatched.

Me, I'm just happy I beat out perenial college football pick 'em guru CoolHandLucky by 20 points. I'd like to thank the little people who made this happen.

Unfortunately, I have to live with the shame of my wife beating me by 10 points. I'm sure she's completely oblivious to this fact until she reads this as she stopped checking her bracket after the first day. But I'm sure she'll rub it in my face the next time I see her. And of course I'll remind her she basically copyied the picks off of some self-proclaimed "expert" she read the newspaper.

Thanks to everyone for playing along. We'll do another one of these when football season rolls around, which right now feels something like 23 months away.

What the heck. Let's open up BSD to the masses today. I'm declaring Wednesday April 2 "Open Blog Wednesday" on BSD. Write a diary and I'll bump it to the front page where you can suffer the ridicule I subject myself to on a daily basis.

Just a few simple rules:

1. Keep it clean. Profanity laced tirades will not be promoted.
2. Stick to Penn State related topics. General topics of discussion related to college athletics is also welcome.
3. No politics. I don't care who you're voting for in the primary or what your view is on the Iraq War. Take it to another blog.

Let the fun begin.

When I look back on my days at Penn State there were a few things that always stood out. Getting a double scoop of raspberry parfait at the creamery and eating it under the gazebo outside of the art building on a warm spring day. Walking up the mall on the way to Patee under the orange elm trees in the fall as the cool breeze nipped at the back of your neck. Snowball fights on the quad on a cold winter day when classes were cancelled. And of course, eating six chicken cosmos for lunch in one sitting.

Sadly, future generations of Penn State students will never get to experience the chicken cosmo.

Goodbye old friend.

Don't forget to get in on the BSD Bracket Madness on ESPN.com.

Group Name: Black Shoe Diaries
Password: joepa

I see several people have entered and not made their picks yet. You don't have to be a Michigan Kinesiology major to know your odds aren't very good if you don't enter your picks.

Is it me or does it seem like March Madness starts later and later every year? Pretty soon we're going to have to call it June Madness or something. I'm patenting the phrase "April Awesomeness", so don't even think about it.

Once again Penn State will be sitting at home watching the tournament. But really, who needs all that stress? I'd much rather just enjoy the games without yelling at the television and biting my nails. Ah hell. Who am I kidding. This sucks. But at least we can have some fun filling out a bracket.

To that end, I have created a group for us on ESPN's Tournament Challenge. So go sign up for a free ESPN account if you don't have one already. Then join the group I created.

Group Name: Black Shoe Diaries
Password: joepa

And don't forget to make your picks. Back during the Bowl Pick 'Em game we had eight people register and not make a single pick. They ain't going to pick themselves, people.

I'll give updates after each round. Let's try to liven things up a bit from the College and Bowl Pick 'Em games. I expect to see a lot of trash talking. In fact, the leader after each round is obligated to publicly ridicule the picks of rest of us. Failure to do so will result in voracious beatings. There. You've been warned.

Hey looks cute, but he's toying with your emotions.

Damn you cursed rodent. Why must you torment me so? Every year at this time we're stuck in the house unable to go outside. Football season is nearly over. The long desolate off season is upon us. Penn State basketball sucks once again. As if we didn't have enough to be depressed about, you have to declare six more weeks of winter.

I'm calling bull. I checked the weather in Punxsutawney this morning. It was cloudy. You couldn't possibly see your shadow you furry pest. The fix is in. It's obvious you're getting your jollies by pissing us off. Sure you threw us a bone last year and predicted an early spring, but that was easy since it was a pretty mild winter that never really set it. But I checked the record. You've picked a long winter for eight of the last nine years.

I'm watching you, rodent. I can see right through those beedy little eyes of yours. They pierce my soul. I expect early spring next year or you'll be road kill out on I-80 if you catch my drift.

Here are the nominations I intend to submit for the 2007 College Football Blogger Awards. I'm sitting out a few categories as you can tell. I don't read many ACC blogs, so I don't think I'm qualified to nominate someone there. For other categories where it seems pretty obvious who is going to win, like best podcast (cough Orson cough), I decided to not waste my time.

Dr Z Award

FOR: Cogent, interesting analysis.

CRITERIA: Emphasis placed on statistical manipulation, well researched pieces that reveal something new, and/or solid argumentative pieces that function as the authoritative last word on a subject.

2006 Winner: MGoBlog

2006 Runner Up: Sunday Morning Quarterback

BSD Nominates: Sunday Morning Quarterback - SMQ consistently puts out insightful commentary and backs it up with hard statistics. His analytical prowess is only matched by MGoBlog's UFR.

The Trev Alberts Quits To Do Construction Award

FOR: Comic relief; overall hilarity.

CRITERIA: The funniest college football blog.

2006 Winner: Every Day Should Be Saturday

2006 Runner Up: Hey Jenny Slater

BSD Nominates: The M Zone - From hilarious YouTubes of beer bongs and Ohio State fans pissing themselves to amazing photoshops and satire, Benny and Yost put out some of the funniest stuff you'll read on the internet. I've really cut back my daily reading lately, but The M Zone is still a daily read for me.

Black Heart Gold Pants - They are the Chris Rock of the college football blogosphere. Their profanity laced tirades are enough to make a sailor blush, but they're damn funny.

The Job Award

FOR: The blog that has suffered through its chosen team's dismal season with the most dignity.

2006 Winner: Hey Jenny Slater

2006 Runner Up: Orange 44
BSD Nominates: Lake The Posts - Most Northwestern fans are afraid to show their faces from August through December. Lake the Posts actually blogs about them. And he does it well.

Temple Football Forever - The name says it all. Temple football...forever, man. That is dedication for a team that has only won eight games in the last five years.

The Keith Jackson Circa 1995 Award

FOR: The blog with the most consistently expressive and excellent writing.

CRITERIA: Mechanical competency, yes, but the ability to turn a devastatingly funny phrase or write something compelling is probably more important. This isn't an award for copy editing; it's an award for kickin' prose.

2006 Winner: Every Day Should Be Saturday

2006 Runner Up: Dawg Sports

BSD Nominates:  Ronald Bellamy's Underachieving All-Stars - Nobody captures emotion and expresses it in words better than Johnny. It's just a shame he doesn't post more often.

The Brady Quinn Award

FOR: The prettiest blog.

CRITERIA: An aesthetic appeal and usability. The best looking and most functional blog.

2006 Winner: Bevo Sports

2006 Runner up: Men of the Scarlet and Gray

BSD Nominates: Michigan Sports Center - A very sharp and classy banner accompanied with handy links in the sidebar and impeccably formatted posts with interesting and poignant illustrations. Michigan Sports Center is easy on the eyes and well laid out.

Best New Blog

FOR: The best new college football blog.

CRITERIA: Must have launched sometime after last year's national championship game. Transitioning to a new blog or affiliating with a network mid-stream doesn't count.

2006 Winner: Fire Mark May

BSD Nominates: Lake The Posts - Excellent writing you would expect from a smart school like Northwestern.

Tangled Up In White and Blue - Easily the best little known Penn State blog out there.

Best Community

FOR: The blog with the best community interaction.

2006 Winner: Burnt Orange Nation

2006 Runner Up: Every Day Should Be Saturday

BSD Nominates: MGoBlog - Brian could post an inventory of his desk drawer and get 1500 comments. Nobody else can come close to competing with that.

The Tyrone Prothro Award

FOR: The finest individual post of the college football year.

CRITERIA: There aren't any, really. The post that you liked the best for whatever reason.

2006 Winner: YOUR SCHOOL'S PROMOTIONAL AD IS TEH SUX0RZ! GRAND CRU: APPALACHIAN IS HOT HOT HOT! by Every Day Should Be Saturday

BSD Nominates: A Penn State Football Carol Part I, Part II, Part III, and Part IV by Tangled Up In White and Blue

The Old Faithful Award

FOR: The best recurring feature of the year.

CRITERIA: The feature should be posted weekly and be generally good and stuff.

2006 Winner: Friday Morning Quarterback by Sunday Morning Quarterback

2006 Runner Up: The Fulmer Cup by Every Day Should Be Saturday

BSD Nominates: The Fulmer Cup by Every Day Should Be Saturday

No other offseason activity garners as much interest as the Fulmer Cup.

The Blue White Roundtable by Run Up The Score, There Is No Name On My Jersey, The Nittany Line, The Nittany Notebook, William F. Yurasko, and Black Shoe Diaries

I know I'm not supposed to nominate myself, but since it's really a group effort I figure it's ok. As far as I know BWR was the first collective effort by a group of bloggers to commit to a weekly roundtable. This regular feature went on for over a year as a Penn State fan favorite and was imitated by many other groups of football bloggers.

The Week in Schadenfreude by Brian Cook of AOL Fanhouse - Any time you felt disgusted with your team for needing a last second field goal to beat a clearly inferior opponent you could tune in to The Week in Schadenfreude and feel a lot better about yourself. I'm sorry to admit I was a feature in Brian's column more times than I really wanted to be.

Best Big Ten Blog

FOR: The best blog covering a Big Ten team or the Big Ten in general.

2006 Winner: MGoBlog

2006 Runner Up: The M Zone

BSD Nominates: Black Heart Gold Pants, Michigan Sports Center, The M Zone

Mythical National Champion

FOR: The best blog, overall.

2006 Winner: Every Day Should Be Saturday

2006 Runner Up: Sunday Morning Quarterback

BSD Nominates: MGoBlog - Brian once again hit it out of the park with a combination of sharp tongued wit and unparalleled analysis. But this year he stepped it up by breaking major stories before anyone else. His coverage of Lloyd Carr's impending retirement was scoffed at by many, but soon ESPN was citing his story (also crediting it to an "internet rumor") and he later proved to be correct. His daily and almost hourly coverage of the coaching search was unlike anything I've ever seen. He was putting out information faster than the MSM and he was doing it accurately. Brian is by far the best the college football blogosphere has to offer.

Heisman? Check.

Maxwell? Check.

Lombardi? Done.

Now that all the usual post season college football crap is out of the way we can move on to the real awards, The 2007 College Football Blogger Awards. The 2007 CFB's are a collective effort by the brightest minds in the college football blogosphere including Every Day Should Be Saturday, MGoBlog, Burnt Orange Nation, Dawg Sports, and of course Rocky Top Talk.

Not much has changed since the 2006 CFB's, but it should be a bit more interesting this year since they have declared there will be no repeat winners, which pretty much means Orson and SMQ won't win anything since they swept everything last year. Personally, I don't see BSD winning anything this year, but I'll be honored if I'm just nominated for anything given the great amount of talent out there.

Like last year, winners will be selected by either a committee or a vote by fellow bloggers. But you readers can help out by nominating your favorite blogs for the various awards. To do so please go to the Nomination Gizmo and follow the instructions. Make sure you check the list of 2006 winners so you don't nominate someone who will not be eligible to win again.

Bloggers are not allowed to nominate themselves for anything. Though I don't see anything in the gizmo that prevents me from doing so I shall abstain from nominating myself. Success or Failure with Honor is our motto here. I also will not be trolling my readership for votes. If you feel something I have written is worthy of nominating please do so. If not I really don't care. The sun will come up tomorrow and BSD will manage to keep going...somehow.

Nominations are due Sunday night so please hurry if you would like to participate. I'm afraid I'm a bit late in getting the announcement to you so for that I apologize. I will be thinking over my nominations tonight and hopefully post them for you tomorrow.