SB Nation User Blog: psuphiman80

PSU dominates at BTN Awards

psuphiman80 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:53:30 -0000

PSU dominates at BTN Awards

I'm pretty sure this is free, and I don't feel like typing out all the winners and nominees. PSU did really well. Congrats to all those who won and were nominated.

Kerry Collins Wears Black Shoes

psuphiman80 — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:47:57 -0000

Kerry Collins Wears Black Shoes

Collins gets to wear black cleats for AFL throwback day in the NFL. Apparently he regularly wears black cleats in practice. Awesome.

My God...No One Can Be This Stupid

psuphiman80 — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:48:01 -0000

My God...No One Can Be This Stupid

Seriously? WAHH Joe is looking out for his university and his conference WAHH. What a moron. Everyone at BSD, commentariat and all, are officially over qualified for Doyel's position.

Davidson to Compete in Charleston Classic

psuphiman80 — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:24:46 -0000

Davidson to Compete in Charleston Classic

The final team has been announced to the Charleston Classic lineup. Davidson is probably the best possible outcome since the team had to come from the Southern Conference. Despite the loss of Curry, they have increased the level of talent on their team. The team could totally have been worse.

Talor Invited To Play On All-Star Team

psuphiman80 — Wed, 20 May 2009 21:16:03 -0000

Talor Battle is going to a training camp to compete for a spot in the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team. 5 other B11 players were invited to this camp and Wisky's Bo Ryan is the head coach. I believe there are 12 spots and 15 players trying out so hopefully Battle gets a chance to show his skills overseas. This is quite the honor for a PSU player and this is indicative of how Big Eddy is increasing the talent level on the bball team.

Basketball Schedule a little more clear.

psuphiman80 — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:23:19 -0000

This will likely not be a very widely reported subject but there are some new developments in PSU basketball's schedule for next year. Firstly, PSU will be playing at Virginia next season on Monday, Novemember 30th in the first game of the Big 10/ACC challenge. It sucks PSU has to go away two years in a row but now PSU is guaranteed a home game in the BT/ACC challenge after next.

The other positive development is that PSU will be one of the 8 teams in the Charlston Classic to be played from Nov 19th to Nov 22nd. 7 of the 8 teams have been confirmed and they are: USF, Miami, South Caronlina, PSU, UNC-Wilmington, Tulane, LaSalle, and one other team from the Southern Conference. This is a step up from the Philly Classic and hopefully PSU will fair better and gain some decent wins in the OOC.

Rutgers Game Finalized

psuphiman80 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:40:45 -0000

According to Rutgers the series will occur during the 2014-2015 seasons. PSU will travel in 2014 and stay home in 2015. I'm not as big of a fan of this series now that it doesn't coincide with the UVA series. I'm kinda nervous about this series turning into a Syracuse type situation. Hopefully PSU keeps adding quality games because they really should have 2 BCS opponents per OOC at least.

http://scarletknights.com/football/news/release.asp?prID=7720

If this is too political than kill it.

psuphiman80 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:35:43 -0000

But here is an article that states Graham Spanier is under consideration for the Secretary of Education in Obama's White House. Spanier is orginally from Illinois and he also holds a PhD from Northwestern so it's not illogical for him to have some ties to Obama and the Chicago education scene. Not to mention he's been active in various boards across education.

Some PSU alumni cabinet members are:

Barbara Hackman Franklin- Former US Secretary of Commerce

William Perry- Former Secretary of Defense

Richard Schweiker- Former Secretary of Health and Human Services

I know there are some divided opinions on Spainer but I think this would reflect well on the University. Thoughts?

Orson on JoePa

psuphiman80 — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:07:19 -0000

Orson on JoePa

Interesting read on EDSBS. Orson's blog can come across as goofy but he is really smart and a good writer. I just thought everyone should check this out.

Meeting Joe

psuphiman80 — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:33:07 -0000

JoePa visited my office today, and he was signing autographs and taking pictures. He looked good and I got the chance to talk to him for a little bit. I asked why he decided to stay at Penn State for so long and he replied,"I just really like it. Some people think that the grass is greener, but sometimes they end up wrong." I told him good luck with the season and to have a good one. He was in good health and spirits, telling jokes and stuff like that. I'm glad I got to meet him one last time before the contract he has with the company ends this year.