SB Nation User Blog: brubby

Dang I hate the Big Ten...

brubby — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:17:35 -0000

I'm sitting here watching all the recaps of a great day in college football and I switch over to BTN and what do I hear...

Penn State wins a SHARE of the Big Ten...

Ohio State wins a SHARE of the Big Ten...

Seriously... I understand that we both have the same conference record but why is there NO conference tie breaker. Yes, there are a series of Rose Bowl tie breakers but why in the world should we have to share the conference title (again) with tOSU when we beat them during the season and had a better overall record than them (again).

I love my team and am very proud of the entire program though its hard not to be a bit disappointed in the way the loss played out... but I really, truly, seriously hate the Big Ten.

and everybody that buys one of those tOSU big ten champions shirts...

Sorry for the rant... just had to get it off my chest...

It's all my fault

brubby — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:19:57 -0000

Mea Culpa

All year I had been true to all of my superstitions... every blasted one of them. Only blue for home games (white out exception of course), only white for away games. Lucky football present and never hitting the ground during the game.

But yesterday it all went a little wrong. I was out of town for work and I ended up wearing my BLUE 1986 championship shirt - what hubris - until I could get home right before the game. Then, in a move I will regret forever, I let my wife talk me into wearing an LSU shirt under my white 21 jersey. I went with it since they were playing Alabama and I figured it would be just like cheering for Penn State in another different kind of way. But the plain truth is that I overlooked Iowa. Just like in 1999 when I bought tickets in the Minnesota section for THAT GAME.

Let my guard down... pure and simple.

I'm sitting here over 12 hours later still feeling a little dead inside.

Someone please tell me its not my fault. Tell me the football gods didn't decide to visit my house and inspect my superstition levy. Tell me it was strange playcalling in bad weather. Tell me it was uncharacteristics drops on the few catchable balls. Tell me it was a doppleganger defense that for 3 drives made a craptastic loser into everybody's all american.

Just please... somebody tell me it wasn't my fault.

Has the "Thank You" been canned?

brubby — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:07:48 -0000

I was at the Beav for the last two games and although the atmosphere was wonderful as always, I was a little saddened by what appears to be a 'Tradition' change.

This year at the end of the WE ARE... Stadium cheer there was no corresponding THANK YOU... YOU'RE WELCOME. I remember it was faint but still there the last couple years but nothing this year.

I don't mean to come off as an old fogie dinosaur or anything - heck I'm only 34, but I always thought that was way cool and I'd hate to see that go the way of the marsmallow.

New Player Shirt Ideas

brubby — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:09:42 -0000

Hey everybody. I'm doing some light logo & graphic work and started getting excited about the new season.

I've been putting together some new player specific shirt ideas for the new season and was looking for some feedback. I've got two main types of designs - shirts that mimic helmets with a saying and personalized player logos.

I could do different players & teams. There's also an LSU helmet shirt since my wife went there,

All comments or suggestions are welcome...

http://www.zazzle.com/brubby21

Thanks

brian