SB Nation User Blog: rahpsu92

Big10 Recruiting Map

rahpsu92 — Thu, 21 May 2009 17:19:01 -0000

Big10 Recruiting Map

I saw this link originally on PennLive.com, but since that forum is an insane asylum and I rarely like to think about going there I wanted to bring the link here.

Brother StevieRay8283 has done some nice google maps work to show how B10 schools are stacking up recruiting wise - geographically (he's done similar mash ups for the other conferences if you're interested).

PSU Book Club

rahpsu92 — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:42:34 -0000

I'm on my second reading of "What It Means to be a Nittany Lion".

via amazon.com

It has a nice forward written by JoePa, then gets right into the players talking about their experiences being recruited by and eventaully playing for PSU. It starts back in the 30's and 40's and ends up around 2006. I think what I liked most was the pre-Paterno insight into the building of the football program. I forgot the administration removed athletic scholarships from around 1930 or so until Rip Engle took over.

After reading this I just can't imagine a non-PSU guy being brought in when Joe is gone.

Has anybody else read this book? Any other PSU related books that really moved you to read multiple times?

PSU Ready to Rock on 93.5 WTPA

rahpsu92 — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:22:16 -0000

PSU Ready to Rock on 93.5 WTPA

I came across this today. 3 year contract.

Stereo broadcast. Streaming over interwebs.

Whether living in the PSU wastelands where you don't get the BTN or looking to mute the ABC/ESPN meatheads, this is a good thing.

ESPN Gameday shakeup??

rahpsu92 — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:33:26 -0000

ESPN Gameday shakeup??

Thoughts on the changes? I like Herbstreit would be sad to see him go. Swapping out Corso for Droopy Dog is an even swap - plus I can see ESPN wanting to move away from the Dr. Nonsense segments from last year.

More Paul Jones

rahpsu92 — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:49:39 -0000

More Paul Jones

Wants to be closer to home??? PSU is on the edge of his 3.5 hr requirement. Pitt and WVU are in the circle. OSU isn't mentioned, but Columbus is only 20 minutes further away from Mckees Rocks than State College. That would hurt.

Oregon State Beavers - Building The Dam...

rahpsu92 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:54:45 -0000

I started visiting their site a few weeks back to read about their team and hoped to see a little activity in regards to our upcoming game - their opinions on PSU. The holiday may be causing a posting hangover, but not much activity yet. Of course there hasn't been much Beaver talk over here yet either.

They seem like a civil lot. So I did put out an open invite for some Beavers to come to BSD for some game talk. Hopefully we get some thoughtful opposing viewpoints.

Beaver Stadium Music: Blue Band or BoomBox...

rahpsu92 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:37:11 -0000

I think a combo of the two works nicely - however a little more Blue Band and a little less (i.e., none thanks) Bon Jovi and Journey.

If you were Guido, what would you play.

1.) More blue band - fight song

2.) Something like the Bouncing Souls "Ole' "

or (as goofy as it is) Andrew W.K. "Party"

I was wondering what the 75 word talk was all about and here we are killing your brain cells with filler to made the deadline.

CSTV Opinions

rahpsu92 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:17:01 -0000

Can anyone give me an experienced opinion of CSTV.com?

Living in Virginia - out of B10 country, my local cable provider pretends to have never heard of the Bi10 Channel. i'm not going dish or DirectV, and Fios is a ways off.

Reluctant to sit in a bar for this beatdown, I'm looking at my 5th option to get access to the game - CSTV.com. At only $9.95/month it is affordable. So far just audio - no game streaming video.

How is the game coverage?

UVA OTL...

rahpsu92 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:46:34 -0000

I'll be patiently waiting for tWWL to run a hit piece on this bastion of higher education.

As a Virginia resident, UVA has a beautiful campus, a great reputation for academics and the students an unbecoming self-importance.

Read this article and feel better about our Nittany Lions.

UVA Football Beer Gay Bar

This recent news led me to a google search for UVA Football arrests. Looks like we somehow let a few thugs slip through our fingers.