SB Nation User Blog: WPIALkid22

Bills fans finding how good Maybin really is

WPIALkid22 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:20:59 -0000

Bills fans finding how good Maybin really is

Buffalo fans are finally seeing what we enjoyed lasted year from Aaron Maybin. I've been really busy last week, so I didn't get to see my Steelers play the Bills, but apparently Maybin showed the same speed, athleticism and heart that made him great last year

Game of the past you'd most like to attend [Poll UPDATE!]

WPIALkid22 — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:26:07 -0000

Got this idea from behindthesteelcurtain, but I thought it would be an interesting topic considering PSU's rich football history.

If you could attend only 1 Penn State football game from any year, which one would you choose?

I could already think of some common answers, but let's see what we could come up with. Pick a game and give a brief summary of why you chose that one (for some of the younger guys, we don't remember everything surrounding some of the bigger games in PSU's past, so this could also serve as a PSU history lesson). If we get a couple good answers, I'll throw up a poll, because we know that no BSD FanPost is complete without one

UPDATE! UPDATE! Poll added based on people's comments:

Poll

If you could attend any game in Penn State history, which one would be your top choice? (refer to the posts for further info)

1983 Sugar Bowl (see Jesse's post below)

8 votes

1955 game vs. Jim Brown's Syracuse (Cairo's post)

4 votes

2005 Whiteout vs. Ohio State

74 votes

1994 Penn State vs. Nebraska (psu post)

39 votes

2002 vs. Nebraska (pslion post)

11 votes

1987 Fiesta Bowl vs. Miami (spats post)

121 votes

1982 National Championship (El presidente Mike's post)

19 votes

1981 vs Pitt (fugi)

11 votes

2008 vs Coastal Carolina (just kidding...don't vote for this and skew the results!)

11 votes

298 votes | Poll has closed

Sean Lee article that gets me pumped for the start of the season

WPIALkid22 — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:41:45 -0000

Sean Lee article that gets me pumped for the start of the season

Charlie Weis Never Had A Losing Season

WPIALkid22 — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:45:43 -0000

[Bumped for truly awe-inspiring public relations out of South Bend. Looks like Baghdad Bob found a career after Saddam was overthrown. "South Bend Sammy", maybe? -- RUTS]

According to the 2009 Notre Dame "Spring Prospectus", Weis never took part in a losing season:

"Notre Dame omitted the losing seasons from Weis’ year-by-year biography on page 15 of the 2009 Spring Prospectus and page 90 of the 2008 football media guide. Among the omissions is the Irish’s 3-9 2007 season."

This includes records in the NFL:

"Other records that are missing include the New England Patriots’ 5-11 season in 2000, the 6-10 year the Patriots had in 1995, the 5-11 year in 1993, a 6-10 campaign with the New York Giants in 1992 and two losing seasons at South Carolina: 5-6 in 1985 and 3-6-2 in 1986."

But they gladly give credit for any winning season:

"However, any .500 or better season Weis helped out in, from the 8-4 Gator Bowl season at South Carolina in 1987 to the 10-2 Sugar Bowl year at Notre Dame in 2006, was included."

So more or less, he's never had a losing season, he only takes guys with character, and he's still the best coach in both college and professional football.

[Well, yeah. Obviously. Just ask him. - RUTS]

Aaron Maybin's NFL Combine transformation

WPIALkid22 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:23:39 -0000

Aaron Maybin's NFL Combine transformation

Best colleges that produce NFL talent

WPIALkid22 — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:08:18 -0000

Best colleges that produce NFL talent

No, PSU isn't listed anywhere near the top, in fact, from my quick skim I noticed we weren't listed at all

DWill named team MVP

WPIALkid22 — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:23:23 -0000

DWill named team MVP

Along with MVP, they have some other awards that were given out

Butler talks about playcalling

WPIALkid22 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:07:29 -0000

Butler talks about playcalling

Players talk about playcalling in the past couple games. Some of the stuff said on here is mirrored by the players

Penn State video to encourage voting. If you fast forward to the 1:30 mark, you'll see some funny...

WPIALkid22 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:18:21 -0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl9Quo5zAR0

Penn State video to encourage voting. If you fast forward to the 1:30 mark, you'll see some funny stuff out of DWill, Butler and Lydell

Penn State's Anthony Scirrotto lays out Swain, 2007 Outback (via zags50)

WPIALkid22 — Sun, 11 May 2008 05:01:09 -0000

Penn State's Anthony Scirrotto lays out Swain, 2007 Outback (via zags50)