RWReese
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Since NO ONE reads the fan shots
by RWReese on Mar 21, 2012 12:57 PM EDT
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And I had to share this since it is completely brilliant and as a former US Army Armor officer I am 1. certain they were trained by US Army Armor instructors and 2. in awe of their gunnery skills.
How Real Men Shoot Skeet
Just in case the link doesn't work..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnqUyz3R4sA
Now if only the secondary would be able to do the same for passes thrown by opposing QBs!
Google Maps
by RWReese on Feb 21, 2012 2:54 PM EST
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So as illustrated on the Athelon Overtime site, (http://www.athlonsports.com/overtime/google-maps-not-fan-ohio-state-football) if you go to Google Maps and search for tOSU stadium and find the horseshoe, then hold your curser over it it says, "Looks like a giant toilet bowl, also a den of cheaters." Do the same for Beaver Stadium and it says on the left:
penn state nittany lions "Home to the greatest school and greatest sports team in college athletics." -Apparently someone is not so much the fan of tOSU and IS a fan of PSU. If I find out who, I'll buy them a beer!
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Where's the love for Sukay?
by RWReese on Feb 7, 2012 1:12 PM EST
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The invite list is out for the NFL Combine and seven PSU'ers are on it:
Jack Crawford, D'Anton Lynn, Derek Moye, Chaz Powell, Devon Still, Johnnie Troutman, and Nate Stupar. I was surprised though to not see Nick Sukay (personally I thought he'd be there but others may disagree). I also thought I might see Joe Suhey there even though the NFL isn't huge for FBs. Stefon Green is missing but I suppose I'm not really surprised... Szczerba isn't there, nor is Barham or Okoli. Any other thoughts?
tOSU e-mail to prospective students
by RWReese on Feb 1, 2012 9:36 AM EST
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I work in Higher Ed. A colleague of mine forwarded to me an e-mail sent to her daughter by the tOSU admissions office because she thought the message was different from other admissions office correspondence that they've been receiving. While I disagree with some of the substance of the message, I have to give them some credit for creativity and chutzpah. Man, I hate those guys.
The message:
Feeling the love? This is the time of year when college-bound students find themselves on the receiving end of high praise and deep hyperbole from colleges and universities. You, no doubt, have a lot to read. So in short:
It's entirely possible that you are the brightest student ever.
The Ohio State University just might be the finest institution of higher education on the planet.
Seems we should learn more about each other. Tell us about you at replycard.osu.edu.
(Just thought people might get a laugh out of seeing this. Stunned they didn't somehow work in Urban Meyer.)
PSU in the Playoffs
by RWReese on Jan 11, 2012 4:22 PM EST
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PSU will be represented in the NFL playoffs this weekend by seven former players (although two are on injured reserve). Six of the eight teams have former PSU players, and only one team has more than one former PSU player (two). Two teams have no PSU players and therefore will fail miserably in their games this weekend (Ravens and Broncos). (I know that Tebow is supposed to have God on his side, but how can that be when the Broncos have no PSU personnel? Some say He is a fickle Lord so who knows.) All of the NFC teams have a PSU player, either active or injured, so at least someone from PSU will be at the Super Bowl...maybe on crutches.
Packers: Andrew Quarless (Injured Reserve)
Giants: Jimmy Kennedy and Kareem McKenzie
Saints: John Gilmore
49ers: NaVorro Bowman
Patriots: Rich Ornberger (Injured Reserve)
Ravens: NONE (FAIL!)
Texans: Bryant Johnson
Broncos: NONE (FAIL!)
For the B1G there are 73 former B1G players on the rosters (this includes practice squad and injured reserve).
Illinois: 6
Indiana: 4
Iowa 5:
Michigan: 8
MSU: 6
Minn: 3
Nebraska: 5
Northwestern: 2
PSU: 7
Purdue: 8
tOSU: 12
Wisconsin: 7
The team with the most B1G players is New Orleans with 15 former B1G'ers and the team with the fewest is Denver with only 5 (yet another reason for God's displeasure to my way of thinking).
Hope all ya'll find this interesting.
A Christmas Poem
by RWReese on Dec 24, 2011 9:54 AM EST
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T'was the night before Christmas and all through State College,
not a creature was stirring, to anyone's knowledge.
The fans struggled on, feeling mostly morose,
For most football pundits were overly verbose.
The destruction of PSU seemed their desire,
They threw all our hopes on a funeral pyre.
Now it seemed that my wife was feeling quite randy,
and dressed in only a kerchief, she was looking quite dandy!
Yet lost in despair, I had to say, "No."
I was drawn to watch another lame sportscast show.
Then what to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a great new announcement bringing much cheer!
It seemed a famed person would be our new coach,
and throngs awaited his impending approach!
He would come to Penn State attracting top recruits by the dozen,
and each would bring with him a heralded five-star cousin!
On the gridiron he would win great fame and glory,
And I knew in an instant this was one hell of a story.
Then inside the house there arose a loud noise,
and I was torn from my dreaming by our unruly boys.
My wife was asleep, still swathed in layers of flannel,
and my dream disappeared like a snuffed out candle.
While this season is supposed to bring such great cheer,
it will only bring happiness if a new coach appears.
So I'll drink eggnog and whiskey by the glass full,
and hope that all your Christmases are mirthful!
In closing I wish you a merry holiday,
and together we'll cheer our new coach someday.
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"All I want for Christmas is a New Head Coach" (sung to the tune of...)
by RWReese on Dec 24, 2011 8:25 AM EST
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This isn't a big rant or anything, just an expression of my angst. #$%&@+%& This is PENN STATE!! Yes, there's an on-going "scandal" involving a former assistant coach, recent turnover in the administration, blah, blah... But it's PENN STATE. I don't mean to diminish the tragedy of what occurred with Sandusky and all, but I do want to point out that I'm tired of hearing how PSU is "toxic" and how hard it should be to find a new coach. The U.S. news-digesting public has the attention span of a newly hatched fruit fly and with an unrelenting 24/7 news cycle we're already seeing the recent political battles, shoppers fighting over Air Jordans, and other greater and lesser news stories overtake the story in State College. Soon this story will receded in the public consciousness to, "Oh, yeah...I remember that," status as they (we) get distracted by the next shiny thing or a new bunch of dangling string.
What head coach wouldn't want the PSU job? Seriously. It's THE prominent program in the northeastern U.S. It plays in the B1G. It was the third biggest money-maker in college football last year, and that's with the stadium rarely filling to capacity. It has great facilities. It has a long winning tradition. An energetic coach with a decent track-record could do very, very well at Penn State with some effort on the recruiting trail and a solid stable of assistant coaches.
The only thing that should hold back the school from landing a top-flyte coach is their scrooge-like stinginess in pay. PSU has been spoiled by the paltry pay they've given to Paterno over the years and they think they can get away with a tithe-like salary and land a solid coach. Nay, I say. It's time to pony up and start paying a competitive salary given the amount of money the program brings into the school. Don't be "penny wise and pound foolish" so to speak. Oh, and that crap about it's in the middle of nowhere and the wife would not like it 'cause it's too far from shopping...BS I say! What wife wouldn't move to State College when her husband is landing a HC job with the status of PSU? If it's an issue then I say divorce her, take the job, and find a new, smarter wife because the one he has is a self-involved myopic idiot.
I read today on si.com that they are going after Peterson from Boise but that he's just not that into us. %^#&$&%* He should be leaping at the opportunity to coach at a school that has the potential to actually play for MNCs on a consistent basis with competent coaching, a smart system, and some energy in recruiting. Scandal be damned...PSU needs to stop pussy-footing around and tell the best coach in the search that they want him, that they want him to win, that they will pay him handsomely, that they will support him 100%, and land him!
It's Christmas and I want a shiny new Head Coach!
tOSU gets more schollies taken
by RWReese on Dec 20, 2011 2:40 PM EST
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So it appears the NCAA put a tad more strength into the wrist slap given to tOSU and is hitting them with an additional 4 lost scholarships on top of the five over the next three years for a total of nine (three a year when most schools run with a deficit of two to three or more so it isn't really a big fine at all) and no bowl after the 2012 season. A little like being flogged with a dampened noodle IMHO. Tressel gets a show cause which means no one will ever want to hire him on the college level (ha!...I guess HE's out of the running for the PSU job!).
So...here's the question:
Uh...hey...THERE'S A GAME TO PLAY THIS WEEKEND!!!
by RWReese on Nov 8, 2011 8:53 AM EST
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Alright everyone. Yeah, it's bad. Yeah, it sucks. But here's what I know. 1. None of the current players for PSU were involved and I'm more or less certain that none of them were even students at PSU when the crimes were committed. 2. None of the current coaches are under charges...at a minimum they apparently did what they were required to do. 3. This is going to be a long, drawn out affair, so let's not gorge on it. (A seven course dinner so to speak versus an all you can eat buffet).
MOST IMPORTANTLY, there is a PSU football team that is the leader in the Leader's division and are playing a pretty damn important football game this Saturday and since they've been entertaining us for about 8 months or so with fodder for discussion, moments of dismay (Mauti ACL, etc.) and times of exhilaration (a fantastic 2-minute drill), THEY deserve the unwavering support of the fans. No matter what anyone thinks about what should or should not have been done a decade ago (give or take), the current players should not be penalized by it. Please support the outstanding student athletes of PSU regardless of how you feel about any of the coaches or the situation or anything else. Please don't boo at the game (man I'm afraid to hear it)...cheer loudly for the student athletes. Please don't boycott the game, the kids don't deserve it. I know there are those who will disagree, and that's fine...but I can't imagine anyone thinking that the current players should somehow be sullied by the transgressions of others.
For the players....WE ARE....
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Wut!?!?! No Penn State Football on a Saturday in November?
by RWReese on Nov 5, 2011 8:19 AM EDT
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Dear Lord....what the hell am I supposed to do with myself today? Seriously....I knew this day would come but now that it's here, it's become reality and I feel destitute, adrift, and bereft. Yeah, I get that they need a rest...I really do. But WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH MYSELF ALL DAY?!?! What are YOU going to do?
There's always:
Joe Suhey OUT for at least 3 games! #^$%%#@ I love that guy!
This totally sucks for Joe.
The crazy mad genius of Jim Delany
by RWReese on Oct 31, 2011 2:26 PM EDT
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So here we are after week nine of college football play. Let's take a more or less facetious look at the races in the various conferences and see which is shaping up to be the most interesting as we head into the home stretch.
2/3 done poll...who's your favorite PSU player so far?
by RWReese on Oct 28, 2011 12:53 PM EDT
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So two-thirds of the season is over. It's been interesting so far going from hope to despair to cautious excitement. 7 & 1...a game against Illinois (who now most resembles a flaming crap filled paper bag left on someone's porch as a Halloween prank) and then a nice rest before the real season begins. The nice thing is that the team has a lot of players who have really stepped up and made some good things happen on the field. So...who's your favorite Lion? I know, I know...it's not easy. And, if there's someone you would have liked to see listed, name them in the comments.
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Which movie best describes the season so far?
by RWReese on Oct 3, 2011 1:03 PM EDT
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Let's try to assess where we are at this point in the season by using a medium that everyone is familiar with...movies. I've listed several here...feel free to add any that you feel would do a better job of expressing how you feel about the season to date. TV shows are also acceptable.
Damn you word length!
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. (Now you know why my wife refuses to go to a secluded hotel with me in the middle of the winter.....)
Packin' Bags for Indy (Legends)
by RWReese on Sep 28, 2011 9:35 AM EDT
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So B1G play is about to begin. No more cupcakes...no more creampuffs (well, perhaps maybe one or two since not all B1G teams are created equal). But now it's serious and all of the teams have created somewhat of a body of work from which to make appraisals. Some teams are consistent, and some are consistently inconsistent. There are lingering personnel issues, players soon to be allowed to resume their duties, injuries that have changed teams' lineups, etc. With B1G play about to start, maybe it's time to take a vote and see who from the Leaders (yay!) and who from the Legends (boo!) will represent in Indy for the inaugural B1G championship. (Since there can be only one poll, there needs to be two posts - one for each division.)
Packin' bags for Indy (Leaders)
by RWReese on Sep 28, 2011 9:35 AM EDT
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So B1G play is about to begin. No more cupcakes...no more creampuffs (well, perhaps maybe one or two since not all B1G teams are created equal). But now it's serious and all of the teams have created somewhat of a body of work from which to make appraisals. Some teams are consistent, and some are consistently inconsistent. There are lingering personnel issues, players soon to be allowed to resume their duties, injuries that have changed teams' lineups, etc. With B1G play about to start, maybe it's time to take a vote and see who from the Leaders (yay!) and who from the Legends (boo!) will represent in Indy for the inaugural B1G championship. (Since there can be only one poll, there needs to be two posts - one for each division.)
So you're married with kids
by RWReese on Sep 23, 2011 2:39 PM EDT
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Congrats Mike!
His new addition made me think about this: So you're married and you have kids. You have a job. You're also a huge fan of PSU football. Therefore, you may have competing interests on Saturdays such as your kids wanting to use the TV to watch the latest Barbie or Disney movie, or your wife wants you to go antiquing with her, or maybe your anti-football husband wants you to help him pick out new floral arrangements for the dining room (in which case you may have bigger issues than watching football). Perhaps your boss is the reincarnation of the Marquis de Sade and thinks that work....WORK...actually trumps football (the term for that rhymes with *bick-head*).
So the question is, how do you get to watch the game on Saturday?
(This is me on Saturdays watching football.)
(If you have a unique method of getting to watch the game, please provide your technique below so others can learn from you. You may be doing another BSD reader a solid. Also, if you have a good story related to lying or sneaking out to see a game, please entertain us.)
So where do we stand as fans?
by RWReese on Sep 19, 2011 1:49 PM EDT
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Here's a survey to try to gauge where we are as a fanbase right now. I'm not even expecting a lot of discussion since so much has been said in all the other posts. Some are up...or at least looking for points of light in the darkness, while it seems others are giving in to manic depression and rage. Most I think are probably right in the middle. I'm just interested to see if the glass is half-full or half-empty or it's filled to a pleasant sufficiency within the Nittany Lion world.
In this time of confusion, lets lighten up a little. I always say that Penn State's greatest strength is our ability to laugh at ourselves....and when I say, "Laugh" I mean "Kick the crap out of". And when I say, "Ourselves", I mean "tOSU". It's nice to be able to kick them when they're down...and easier too since they're so low there in the gutter covered in vomit after losing to Miami.
Put me in, Coach!
by RWReese on Sep 14, 2011 4:39 PM EDT
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I was listening to Bill King either yesterday or this morning while driving in to work (you have no idea how the days can run together on the PA Turnpike) and somewhere along the line he was talking about the PSU coaching staff and he mentioned how "Big Red" McQueary is his favorite coach on the PSU staff. So, between gatting flipped off by random drivers, doing probably my own share of flipping off (why is there so much hate on the highways these days and why do people insist on living in the left-hand lane?), and watching people swerve as they text, I started thinking about which coach really is my favorite. Through it all, I really do think PSU has a great staff of people who put the "Student" in student-athlete. I know who my favorite is...who's yours? Discuss....
Glass Half-full or Half-empty?
by RWReese on Sep 9, 2011 9:11 AM EDT
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Let's find out if you're a "half-full" or a "half-empty" kind of person. A, "the best offense is a good defense" person or a, "the best defense is a good offense" fan. Which performance would give you the most fuzzy warm feeling and make you smile like a wino with no money who finds the keys to the Boone's Farm factory? It's a little like the poser, "Is the glass half-full or half-empty." (Of course, everyone knows that the problem isn't with the liquid...it's that you should have picked a smaller glass. That's called, "thinking outside the glass.")
You can't spell PSU Defenseaty without "Nasty"
by RWReese on Sep 7, 2011 9:54 AM EDT
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Yeah, I had to create a new word to make it work...sue me. This weekend, in case you haven't heard, is a pretty big weekend for PSU football. The other team in college football with classic uniforms comes to town and apparently they seem to feel that they have a pretty good shot at winning. I think they are going to be surprised at the difference in the Penn State Defense. Last year it was like they forgot how to tackle. This year Zordich almost killed a guy and you could hear the sound of impact as far away as Pittsburgh (on special teams but did that ever set a high bar for physical play).
So, who do you think is going to most put the Nasty in the defense this weekend? Who is going to rise to the occasion and make the players on the 'Bama offense think, "Aw, crap....I just know that tomorrow I'm gonna be a walking contusion."
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Schadenfreude
by RWReese on Sep 4, 2011 12:01 PM EDT
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So, with week 1 in the bag (minus the couple games today), and happy that our team posted a resounding "W", which "L" within the top 25 is giving you special delight? Also, which one do you think has the greatest impact on the 2011 college football landscape? Which will be forgotten as the season wears on and which is a foreshadowing of more to come? (I'm doubting A&M will lose to SMU - although it could happen I suppose - and WVU could drop the ball against Marshall.)
Here we go (conference shake up time)
by RWReese on Sep 3, 2011 7:34 AM EDT
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So Texas A&M is going to leave the Big XII. There's no going back and they never would have pulled the trigger on it if they didn't know that the SEC was waiting with open arms (or at least an arm waive toward them). The problem for the SEC is they'll be unbalanced unless they find another team (just as nature abhors a vacuum, it also seeks balance). So now the President of Oklahoma comes out and says, "Golly gee....well...maybe we might be thinking about the possibility of beginning to explore the chance of perhaps pondering a move to another conference. We'd hate it, but...." That's President speak for, "We're gone. Buh-bye. Pack the bags and have the roadies start loading the trucks." With the loss of A&M, and if OU defects (which I'll be stunned if it doesn't), then the Big XII is doomed. So where does Texas end up with its sparkling new Longhorn Network that everyone envies/loathes...PAC-12? B1G? SEC? (I bet PAC-12). Does SEC say F' it and go to 16 and send the college conference landscape into hyper-meltdown as everyone scrambles to create super-conferences, in the process tearing apart the ACC along with the Big XII? The possibilities are exploding like pop rocks doused with Pepsi.
Ways that tO$U sucks
by RWReese on Aug 31, 2011 10:56 AM EDT
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So often in polls we are given the option to select "tOSU sucks", yet what happens when we are faced with a multitude of options to express how much tOSU sucks? Obviously no one poll can possibly express all of the ways that this one particular school can suck, so please feel free to submit your own expressions of the suck that is tOSU. I am certain there are many who will be able to express it much better than I. (Somehow I have a feeling that Paige will have an idea or two.) Remember...try to keep it clean(ish)! (I pondered waiting to do this until tOSU week but then realized that there's no such thing as the "perfect" time to express the suckiness of tOSU...all times are perfect.)
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Who is going to have an outstanding game?
by RWReese on Aug 30, 2011 12:32 PM EDT
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We've all been speculating about who the big players will be for the Nittany Lions. Some are familiar faces who we are expecting big things from this season and some are new faces around whom much hype has developed. So who do you think will be the one player that really takes it to the next level against the mighty Sycamores?
Games of the week
by RWReese on Aug 29, 2011 9:22 AM EDT
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Well, it's just two days and a wake up to the first kickoffs on Thursday, and four days and a wake up till PSU's season gets underway. So what games are everyone looking forward to this coming weekend? I know the PSU v Indiana State game is paramount in everyone's minds, so it's not going to be listed...it's a given.
And, to complete the requirement:
"Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood."
George S. Patton
Brian Bennett is not your friend
by RWReese on Aug 27, 2011 2:33 PM EDT
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If you haven't seen it, Brian Bennett on ESPN has done the best case/worst case for PSU. He seems to think PSU will be closer to a 6-6 season (his worst case). My question is, how can anyone think that this year could be WORSE than last year? They point to the QB position but that's no different than last year. They point to the lines but the O-line should be AT LEAST as good if not better and the D-Line can only get better (God forbid it's the same). We know the receivers are good, the running game should be solid. The secondary is quality and the LBs are going to destroy people. Anyone saying 6-6 year is only a hater. I have now added Brian Bennett to my Nixonian "Enemies List".
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