SB Nation User Blog: WETSU

40 days off…

WETSU — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 19:45:23 -0000

JoePa down played it because that’s what he has to do but 40 days off takes a toll on a football team… I know this sounds like sour grapes but I don’t give a shitt… PSU was off for 40 days and had to travel to USC’s back yard… USC was off for 25 days and played in their backyard… USC is a good team no doubt but they are not as good as what Penn State made them look last night…

The Bowl system needs a major overhaul…. If NCAA and BCS doesn’t want to have a playoff system, fine… make sure the regular season ends the same weekend for everyone… make conferences that don’t have a conference championship game have one. Make Notre Shame join a F’n conference. When all that is done, play the F’n bowl games the next week or 2 weeks at the latest… 40 F’n days is too long….

I would love to see the situation reversed with USC off for 40 days and then had to come to play Penn State in Heinz Field on New Years Day…

Steelers/Titans game flexed?

WETSU — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:39:33 -0000

Can anyone confirm whether or not the game this week has been moved to 4PM on CBS?

I was looking at TV Guide on-line for the Philadelphia market and found a listing for the Steelers/Titans game to be televised on CBS at 4PM... This would really workout nice for me this weekend... Has anyone else seen this?

DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!! DEFENSE!!

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Texas over Florida?

WETSU — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 02:52:49 -0000

I would love nothing more than to see the BCS cause more outrage in College Football.

With that being said, does anyone see Texas moving into the #2 spot and leaving Florida on the outside looking in?

'Bama is now out.... Okla move to #1, Texas move to #2 and Florida move to #3....

I know everyone keeps talking about Florida being in the BCS Championship game but I don't think it's so cut and dr

More BCS Rankings...

WETSU — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:00:42 -0000

I saw this on another site...

BCS DECLARES GERMANY WINNER OF WORLD WAR II
US Ranked 4th

After determining the Big-12 championship game participants the BCS
computers were put to work on other major contests and today the BCS
declared Germany to be the winner of World War II.

"Germany put together an incredible number of victories beginning with
the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland and continuing on into
conference play with defeats of Poland, France, Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Belgium and the Netherlands. Their only losses came against
the US and Russia; however considering their entire body of work--
including an incredibly tough Strength of Schedule--our computers
deemed them worthy of the #1 ranking."

Questioned about the #4 ranking of the United States the BCS
commissioner stated "The US only had two major victories--Japan and
Germany. The computer models, unlike humans, aren't influenced by head-
to-head contests--they consider each contest to be only a single,
equally-weighted event."

German Chancellor Adolph Hiter said "Yes, we lost to the US; but we
defeated #2 ranked France in only 6 weeks." Herr Hitler has been
criticized for seeking dramatic victories to earn 'style points' to
enhance Germany's rankings. Hitler protested "Our contest with Poland
was in doubt until the final day and the conditions in Norway were
incredibly challenging and demanded the application of additional
forces."

The French ranking has also come under scrutiny. The BCS commented "
France had a single loss against Germany and following a preseason #1
ranking they only fell to #2."
Japan was ranked #3 with victories including Manchuria, Borneo and the
Philippines.

We’ll never see a "traditional" playoff but what about this…

WETSU — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:45:12 -0000

I don’t have this ironed out to exact science yet but I think it could have potential… What if College football added two games to the end of the schedule?

Have 2 weeks of “Conference Challenges” i.e. week 1: BIG10/SEC and week 2: BIG10/PAC10 or what ever you wanted to do… similar to the BIG10/ACC challenge in NCAA Basketball… at the end of regular season you match-up top to bottom BIG10 vs. the other 2 conferences you’re locked into that year and have the “Conference Challenge” this would had just 2 additional games and would not affect Bowl Season at all. All Bowls would remain traditional…

I think this would go a long way in narrowing down the possibilities for the BCS game in addition to show truths in conference strength… It would be a time where the BIG10, after beating on each other all year, could come together and compete as a team, so to speak…

I know there are a lot of holes in this idea but I think it could be a starting point.

Please feel free to rip it apart or add to the idea…

Lets set a line...

WETSU — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:37:49 -0000

I couldn't find a line for this weeks game anywhere, probably because CC is D1 AA.

Anyway... I am in no way qualified to set lines but if I had to place this one I would go with PSU (-52).

I don't know anything about CC but I'm very confident our 1st team offense will score points and being that some of our 2nd team offense has guys that could be first team i think the subs will also score points. The defense is another question but if they give up anything i don't see it being more than a 7points. at (-52), i like the over...

Any thoughts?

Michael Robinson...

WETSU — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:53:14 -0000

Here is a fun and entertaining article about MRob's debut in Live Television Broadcasting... This guy is what PSU is all about… This football team could use a couple more Michael Robinsons...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3426990

One thing I found interesting is how he mentions that he often talks with JayPa... MRob has first hand experience with JayPa and obviously thinks he's a good coach... could it be?

Maurice Evans receiving some love...

WETSU — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:10:09 -0000

Earlier this spring Mo Evans was named to the preseason All-American team and now this... Pretty cool to see Mo receive some much deserved love...

Rivals.com list Maurice Evans college footballs #6 "scariest defensive players." I thought is was nice to see Mo mentioned in this list and even more nice than that was eveyone elses defensive playboy - James Laurinaitis - was not in the top 10; he was however and honerable mention, right where he belongs...

It would have been interesting to see where Sean Lee would have been on this list...

http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=811789

I'm done with this Paterno contact non-sense

WETSU — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:57:41 -0000

Football season, for me, starts on Friday when I make the 3 1/2 hour trip to the greatest place on earth and I'm fired up! The Paterno contract or lack there of has been exhausted. I don't see any need to revisit this issue until the 2nd or 3rd week in January. The off-the-field distractions have been well documented and also have also been exhausted. I would really like to get away from this stuff and start looking at what I think could be a very exciting year. Please let us know what you are seeing, hearing or what have you.

All I have to contribute right now is that early reports out of spring practice say Devlin has been the more mobile and faster of the 2 QBs, while Clark is just powerful.

Does anyone have any information on which QB has been a stronger passer this spring?

Please post any encouraging information you have at any position.

Thanks.