Does anyone have a general yellow parking pass for next weekend that they would be willing to trade straight up for an upgrade? I've got an orange parking pass that I don't intend on using because the tailgate I'll be at is in one of the yellow lots on the other side of the stadium. Here's a parking map so you can see where the orange lot is:

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/psu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/08-fb-parking-map043008.pdf

As you can see, the orange lot is by the northeast corner of the stadium (just under yellow lot #21). Its right on Park Ave with easy access from most main arteries, whether it be 322 or downtown, and its a snap to get out of there after the game. The map doesn't really give the lot justice, when you park you'll be staring right at the stadium about 100 yards away. Its reserved parking, grass lot with no pre-numbered spaces, so the earlier you park the closer to the stadium you'll be.

So if anybody has one of the regular yellow passes I'll trade straight up and get it in the mail asap! Thanks!

Today I was reading the story about the guy who has seen every D1 college football team play at least once in person. Which got me thinking, how many teams has Joe faced as Penn State head coach? How many has he defeated? Since I do a solid 15 minutes of work everyday for my employer (a la Office Space), I thought I'd use the handy dandy internet and my thirst for knowledge to figure this all out. Also fueling my 2 hour long desire for the answer was the post about PSU's future non-conference schedules, as thrilling as they may be.

Without further adieu, here are the results (drumroll please)....

Joe has faced 78 of the current 120 D1 schools at least once, not including victories over 5 D-1AA programs (Colgate, Brown, William & Mary, Youngstown St., and Coastal Carolina). He has beaten 75 of these 78 teams on at least one occasion. The only three schools he has coached against but not (yet?) defeated are Florida (0-1), Clemson (0-1), and - get ready for it - Toledo (0-1). Yeah, that Toledo. Oklahoma counts for the sole reason that the 1972 Sugar Bowl was a Penn State 14-0 win via forfeit, although he has never beaten them via 60 grueling minutes from his players. Nonetheless, it counts officially as one of the 375 and counting victims.

There are 5 teams Joe has recorded 20+ vicories against. Leading the carnage is WVU (25 wins), Maryland (24), Temple (24, with a first place tie looming), Pitt (23, although I wish it were 53), and Syracuse (21, going on 22).

Breakdown by conference: There are 42 programs he has never faced, and 45 he has never beaten. They are as follows:   ACC - Duke, North Carolina, Virginia Tech (thanks alot FSU '05), and Clemson (0-1).   Big XII - Iowa St. and Oklahoma St.   Big Least - UConn.   C-USA - Marshall (We Are..Marshall?? you thieves), Memphis, Rice, Tulsa, UAB, and UTEP.   1A Indepentents - Western Kentucky.   MAC - Ball St., Miami OH, Toledo (0-1, sigh), and Western Michigan.   Mountain West - Colorado St., New Mexico, San Diego St., UNLV, Utah, and Wyoming.   Pac 10 - surprisingly only one, Washington St.   SEC - Arkansas, Florida (0-1), Mississippi, Mississippi St., South Carolina (c'mon, lets dance 'ol ball coach), and Vanderbilt. Oh how I would love to see him finish that list off.   Sun Belt - Arkansas St. (you're lucky Oregon St. agreed to the beating instead last Saturday), FAU, LA-Lafayette, LA-Monroe, Middle Tennessee St., North Texas, and Troy - the other white Trojans.   Last but not least, the WAC - Boise St. (not so tough if you're not facing Oklahoma, huh tough guys?), Fresno St., Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico St., and San Jose St.

Here's to reverting back to Independent status for the next 5 years and crossing these teams off one by one!!

If this story comes to fruition, Joe would increase his lead over Bobby to a nearly insurmountable margin at this stage of the game! It wouldn't diminish anything Joe has done for me personally, since Bobby collected 72 of his wins at Howard (31) and West Virginia (42). Which also brings up this sidenote opinion I have - why does everyone keep screaming for Joe to go when the team is winning 9 games including a bowl win as of late (I know, I know, we expect even better), yet Bobby doesn't get nearly the same harsh criticism when his team is just as much of a mess and his team is mired in mediocrity? I hate the media. Stay tuned....

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3583535

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I'm ditching my pride and dipping to new levels here because its 40 hours from kickoff and my gameday plans are as organized and ready for battle as the Canadian Mounted Army. So, here goes...get out the violin and box of Kleenex

Anybody have an open tailgate going on this Saturday for a pair of lonely PSU fans? The prior plans got hit by a speeding bus - most of my friends finally graduated and moved on, some people ditched because apparently you can't drink in the rain, and some have become unmotivated due to the suspensions believe it or not, and all of the sudden the 30+ individual fiesta from recent years has gone from a raging bonfire to a candle flame.

Not to make this sound like an ad for Singles.com, but...yes, I'll BMOB, yes we're civil and won't flip over any cars or light your RV on fire, and yes, we love Penn State football as much as you do. I'll bring 2 cases of beer as a party gift.

Shoot me an email, its in my profile if you're a caring soul who believes that the more the merrier!