There's much more going on at BSD today -- go read about our basketball team's surprise victory, or the wrestlers' performance at the Southern Scuffle! What? The previous Bill O'Brien thread is at nearly 1,000 comments, causing the entire internet to break under the stress of fury and scorn? Use this thread for continued BOBTALK.
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So....
Is this meeting with the coaches going on right now? If so, hopefully we know more in the next hour or so.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
The way things have gone, we'll actually know less
and be more pissed off
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
The dude in the back right has a sickle
that’s some good hustle.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I see a couple down that line
Which begs the question?
Sickle or Pitchfork?
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Both wrong
Broomsticks are the only way to go
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Pitchfork or Sickle thats a hard one
Sickle
Phelomerlin - January 6, 2012
What about a scythe?
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
Axe Handle
It’s like you amateurs have never been in a lynch mob before.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
I have 2 machetes at home
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Glad they don't have hoodies and "dunce" caps on!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
Maybe I'll take a page out of Anchorman's book
and bring a trident.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
AHHHH
I have a Grenade!!!
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
That escalated quickly.
I mean, it really got out of hand!
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
I killed a man
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
^^^^
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
That escalated rather quickly
MillerBoi - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Craig James allegedly killed those 5 hookers with some combo of pitchfork, trident and grenade.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
and his devilishly good looks
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Sgt. Tackleberry prefers the billy club
This little baby, it doesn’t even break.
It pulverizes.
I can smash anybody.
I can hold them in a chokehold.
I have complete control over a perpetrator
or a group of perpetrators.
(This is the most obscure reference ive ever posted here)
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
Son where did you get that gun
my mom gave it to me
Phelomerlin - January 6, 2012
I've been saving myself
For the right mob.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Both
With a torch on the middle of the pitchfork.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
It really depends.
If you’re trying to get at someone who’s hiding in a closet or barricaded in behind some furniture, you’d probably want the pitchfork. Then again, you could swipe the scythe or sickle underneath, where there’s a gap between the door and floor, and take them down that way.
All in all, a sickle would also be better for actually beheading the person once you catch them, while a pitchfork would be better at subduing and capturing them. Then you torch the place.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Now that is well thought out
im kinda afraid of you now
Phelomerlin - January 6, 2012
We'll also need one of these
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
I'm ready for some good ol' fashioned siege-ing.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
I'm actually setting up my trebuchet
on the practice field below the BJC.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Looks like a 5-star punter
SarcasmJam - January 6, 2012
nope... not drunk enough
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
somebody get that man some CRUZAN RUM
mikeissurreal - January 6, 2012
siege engines are where its AT.
(never thought Id say that)
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
I'll provide arial support
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Both too unwieldly
Pitchfork gets hung up in stuff during jabs, sickle depends on the oponent offering a verticle target,…..rifle and bayonet is the weapon here….step, lunge, step, lunge, squeeze off a round to free the bayonet when a major muscle closes over it and grabs….in theory anyway. It all gets alot easier the more beer you drink
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
Well if we're assuming firearms are on the table
I’ll take a semiautomatic shotgun with a chainsaw bayonet
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Where can I get a chainsaw bayonet?
preferably wholesale
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
This would have been perfect
When I commanded the 2031st bicycle regiment and we had to cut our own trails. Pretty small fuel resevoir too, think it needs more R&D. And the silencer/chainsaw combo just kind of defies infantry logic, but I’m on this.
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
If you could silence the chainsaw
imagine the possibilities.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I see a DoD contract for the taking
But all we need to slap the BoT and Admin down is sound logic and a collective voice. Have some thoughts on that, but well beyond me at this point. Kudos for coming up with that pic so fast!
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
I'm now inspired to go sickle shopping.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I'm 'pretty sure'
that’s Rambler.
BlueWhiteLife - January 6, 2012
you should have called this the
“According to ESPN Bill OBrien, then later according to ESPN the not Bill OBrien Overflow Thread”
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
Even ESPiN seems a bit mystified as to why no confirmation of anything under the sun is being made by PSU
Seems like like a royal mess on top of what it already was. Someone jumped the gun leaking the information out, I think that’s quite clear.
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
It has to be O’Brien’s agent. Putting pressure on the Jags…
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
If even SOMTHING like that is true
then I cannot imagine Joyner as a very happy guy at the moment.
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
Just Joyner
Making sure he tells everyone who didn’t get the job in person before announcing the press conference for the new coach. Because this is the way we do things at Penn State now. With class and dignity for all. Not like we used to do back in the dark ages when we fired people by phone.
Smee - January 6, 2012
And the news is only hanging out there in public for like 20 hours
before we tell them in person. Humane.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Like I said...
regardless of the origin of the leaked information, Joyner cannot be happy with it. Something just isn’t right about this situation as it stands.
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
Hey guys - anything big going on today?
SarcasmJam - January 6, 2012
Not really
Quite calm really, and mundane
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Evidenced by...
The 1000+ comment thread we just exited.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
That was just getting into serious discussions of the relative merits of human sacrifice.
Every time we start to make progress on real live social issues on this blog I get censored. Every time.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
Seems how things go these days
One mention of Human sacrifice and everyone gets all wierd about it.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
I'm for it
Human sacrifice that is. Lets start with Sandusky.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
You should have specialized in constitutional law.
Problem is, that means you have to run for Congress or work for the ACLU.
CvilleLion - January 6, 2012
LOL... and remember to read before posting.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
There's just a lot of quite hope around town right now.
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
Icers play Central Oklahoma at 8:30pm
That’s all I got.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
GO ICERS!
jtothep - January 6, 2012
PSU's third string goalie is transferring
I’m shocked this issue isn’t lighting up the boards today.
Carr is going to WNEU. He was destined to be buried on the depth chart and he wasn’t a Gadowsky recruit. Good luck.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012
We're trying to figure out who will fill the spot for the rest of the semester
Seeing how it’s risky to go with only two goalies, especially since Madrazo has already been injured once this year. Best we’ve got is Dan Ivanir (who would do fine in the #3 role, assuming he’s still been playing/in shape) right now.
As for Carr, he was likely looking for more than what he was getting (3 games in the first semester). So he’s off to WNEU. No hard feelings, and we wish him all the best going forward.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
Others
The Ice Lions reportedly have four goalies.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
True, but they're doing well
So they’re not going to give up one of their top goalies (or at the very least, I don’t want to take one of their top goalies while they’re successful). And I fear trying to put the Ice Lions’ #3 or #4 goalie onto the Icers. At least Ivanir has experience with the Icers. But we’ll see – Guy might have other ideas/plans entirely.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
Are there any plans for the Ice Lions
to “move up” – as in to club level, into the ACHA (or whatever it is now) – after the Icers become a varsity team?
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
Nothing planned
From all reports, the Ice Lions will remain ACHA D2 after the Icers jump to varsity in the Fall.
There is technically a rule in the ACHA rulebook that says schools are not allowed to have an ACHA D1 team if they have a varsity level team. However, this is the ACHA, so they don’t enforce their own rules – schools like Robert Morris (PA) and Niagara both have NCAA and ACHA D1 teams. In any case, unless they start dominating the D2 ranks on an annual basis, I’m guessing Penn State will keep the team at D2.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
Thanks!
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
What is the difference between ACHA divisions and NCAA divisions
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Quick Answer - level of competition/talent
ACHA = club
NCAA = varsity
From there, the difference is about the same between the divisions, in that the top teams from the lower division can hang with the teams from the next higher division and can beat the lesser teams in that division. So the NCAA D3 top teams can hang with NCAA D1 teams; top ACHA D1 teams can hang with NCAA D3 teams; top ACHA D2 teams can hang with ACHA D1 teams; and supposedly there’s a ACHA D3 somewhere. Who knew? Also note, there is no NCAA D2 – it had very few teams and ended up dissolving a few years back.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
Thanks, always wondered about that.
I had a weight lifting class with a guy on the team many years ago and he couldn’t explain it to me.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
ACHA D3
Is a lot like club hockey in the sense most people imagine club sports – random ice time hours, volunteer coaches, struggle to survive. Mostly in the south, I think.
reedjohnmiller - January 7, 2012 via mobile
As per Ben Jones
With some help from others. Joyner had a meeting with Short, Dozier and Bradley’s Lawyer. No confirmed players at Lasch.
Joyner with Bradley in Lasch right now.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
If I was in State College
I’d offer to take Bradley out for a few drinks after this meeting.
Succss With Honor Always - January 6, 2012
That would be great
I am sure you would have a real good time. I would love to have a few beers and shoot the breeze with Bradley.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Did you just say
you’re sure he would “have a real good time???”
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
PitBull approves
#LET’SHAVEAREALGOODTIMELET’SHAVEAREALGOODTIME
SarcasmJam - January 6, 2012
+1
mikeissurreal - January 6, 2012
Indeed I did sir, Indeed I did.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Well
Maybe not such a good time tonight :-(
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
That depends onhow much booze you get in him
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Or Dr. Pepper
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
I think Bradley drinks
Lager with shots of Jager. In my head that is what he does.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
I see Bradley as a Martini guy
As he suavely hits on beautiful women.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I see Scrap as an Iron City man.
Warm quart bottles.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
in brown bag
When he’s with the lads.
Otherwise, around the ladies, the martini thing.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
I'll go with gin and tonics.
ppfcpp - January 6, 2012
G&T's when he's with his mom
Ladies on the market, martinis, dry, two olives.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Gin martinis
None of this bullshit Vodka crap thats overtaken the youth of today
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Gin is gross.
And I’ll sit on your damn lawn all I want.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
I like me a good gin and tonic.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
Tried it and it sucked.
I bought an airplane bottle of really good gin, a glass bottle of tonic, and cut some fresh organic lime wedges. Used fresh ice. If there was going to be a gin and tonic I liked, that was going to be it.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
A better way to drink gin:
Pour gin in glass
Add olive
Drink
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
That's what my Dad did.
he called it an EXTRA Dry Martini
SubLime - January 6, 2012
+1
But thats the only way i like gin.
ppfcpp - January 6, 2012
Personally
I drink dirty vodka Martini’s. When the bartender asks how dirty I’d like them, I respond ‘filthy’. I also really like bleu cheese olives in my martinis.
I agree though gin tastes like pin sol and drain cleaner mixed
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
YES, this ^
Vodka martini, extra dirty, extra olives. Can’t go wrong there.
Horse N Buggy - January 6, 2012
I also agree with this suggestion
Cari Greene - January 6, 2012
The Word . . .
according to Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen:
One drink of wine, Two Drinks of Gin
And I’m lost in the ozone again.
No vodka involved.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
hahahahah
gross and alcohol in the same sentence
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Only if it's "I'll take a gross of alcohol, please."
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Tanqueray
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Or Bombay Sapphire.
Over priced but pretty good.
CvilleLion - January 6, 2012
Depending on the ladies
it could be Martini, extra dirty
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Dr. Pepper 10?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
If I was in State College
I’d offer to
take Bradley out for a few drinkspunch Joyner in the mouth after this meeting.jman07 - January 6, 2012
Win.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
He'll be ok once he takes over as the DC at Iowa.
StewMonkey13 - January 6, 2012
Ugh.
Can’t stand the idea of Scrap wearing someone else’s colors. Because I’m going to have to root for whatever team he ends up coaching.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Sorry if this interview has been posted before
But Dan Koppen, Pats center from Whitehall, PA (remember Pete Lisicky?) did this interview with the Allentown Morning Call.
http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/2012/01/danny-koppen-thinks-penn-state-made-a-good-choice.html
I especially liked , He basically called him a straight-shooter and a guy who won’t blow smoke
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
Yeah I went to school with him
In high school, a bit behind him, by my brother was in same grade. Mixed about Koppen, but does talk straight
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Meet Lisicky a few tiems also
He was alright i guess.
Koppen is also from teh same area as Matt Millen. Persoanlities are similar at times.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
A good friend of mine went to Whitehall...
with both Dan Koppen and Pete. Same graduating class too.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
I think they were in the same year
What was your friends name, I might know them
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
I emailed you.
Not sure that he would want me using his name on the blog.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
Yeah got it
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
speaking of old school Hoopsters
I was glad Glen Sekunda didnt play in NBA, so that we didnt have to hear Chris Berman on Highlights sing “I left my wallet in Glen Sekunda”
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
That just sounds dirty.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
Got to get it
Got, got to get it.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Ali had the fruit punch
Did you watch Beats, Rhymes, Life yet?
Great Tribe documentary.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
No. Shit!
Thx for the reminder, tho. And dammit! Neither netflix streaming (only on dvd) or hulu plus have more than the ‘excerpt.’ Will check Vudu from home.
Also, on the hip-hop tip, you should know: Almost every night when I get home from work, my kids see me come through the door and immediately begin pointing at the tv and grunting their (so far mostly) indecipherables.
Me: ‘you want music?’
Them: /nods
Me: ‘hip hop classics?’
Them: /big nods
Then we get down. They’ve got head bobbin totally down and have begun rockin their own body styles on the
danceliving room floor. And every time Kurtis Blow comes on, I’m reminded of y’alls tailgate where ‘basketball’ was playing out a speaker right next to somebody doing Thai stir fry.jtothep - January 6, 2012
Despite us routinely asking
we can’t get Kurtis himself to come to the tailgate and make stir fry for us. We’ll keep trying.
Glad to hear you’re raising them right. If Run-DMC was good enough for me, it’s good enough for kids today.
If Beaver Stadium gets burned down by the angry mob, can we still tailgate there in the fall?
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Ummm, yes.
Greatest Tailgate Evah.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Um, what the hell else is the guy going to say?
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
whatever it is, its bold
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
sorry
I meant to preview it, and I hit post instead.
I are a knucklehead (and a bad keyboard operator!)
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
I'm taking my Butkus award and Alamo Bowl trophy
and going home
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
What year did you win the Butkus?
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Every night in dreamland!
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
The last of the serious two-way players.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I only ask b/c
I am trying to coily figure out who hbeach08 actually is, and what postion he played and all those things.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
O line
And a pretty damn good player as well as I remember.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Thanks SubLime
Always coll to get info from former players, especially if they contributed big time.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
If I write E COLI
and you REC it, you will have a nice little anagram to work with
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
LOL
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I thought you'd like that.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I thought he played for the
Montreal Canadiens?!?
Smee - January 6, 2012
Damnit you hit my achilles heel
I am bad at anagrams, I will get it though…
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
i however am a wiz...and i did not know these tidbits of info
lionalum05 - January 6, 2012
I thought his identity was supposed to be a secret that I randomly found out about one day?
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
TODAY IS THE DAY!
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
I mean, I could give another hint, but that would require people to be a hockey fan.
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
The name is on the Cup.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
A Montreal hockey fan no less
As of right now
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Or Carolina.
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
This comment makes me sad.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
Haha, don’t look at me. I was late to find out how awesome hockey is, but it’s now my favorite sport to watch!
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
Haha...I know how it is with hockey and the number of fans
But I’m glad to see you’re a convert!
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
You can thank the Penguins and Student Rush nights back in ’05.
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
it's kind of a secret
but most BSD regulars know me
I just prefer not to use my name on here
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Completely understand
It is just a riddle, and sort of want answer when I see a riddle like this. So been driving me a little crazy the past few weeks.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
There's a lot to be said about internet anonymity
Someday I’ll meet everyone in person at the 1st annual BSD open. And when I do, I shall refer to everyone by their BSD handle.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
no doubt....I'll be so let down
calling you John Jones or something instead of “physicist”
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
My name isn't Octavius Shields.
or is it?
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Criminy, I hope it is . . .
Just so we can begin calling you Augustus once you ascend to Emperor of BSD.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Haha
I had never thought of that.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I’m going to name my firstborn that. Too awesome to let go.
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
It was a name I made up and started using as online handles
since I was like 14. I think it’s a pretty sweet name.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
funny to imagine
using online handles at 14
makes me feel old…and others much older I expect
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
No Kidding . . .
I was 14 in 1971.
We had a rotary dial telephone on a party line and a B&W Zenith TV.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Haha, my birth year, you old fart!
Let’s see, when I was 14 my ‘online handle’ was Lonny Smith, when the neighborhood kids and I were St. Louis Cardinals fans.
Willie McGee & Ozzie Smith were already taken.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
rec'd
if only for the image of Lonny’s epic chew can in his back pocket
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
When I was 6-12
I was Andy Van Slyke and Andy Van Slyke exclusively.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
No love for Joaquin Andujar?
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I can top you...
We used to have to pick up the phone and an operator would come on and say “Numba Puleeze!”
My families old number was 912-A.
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
The only time I've actually seen that
is in Nick at Nite re-runs of Lassie and in Its a Wonderful Life
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
You grew up in Mayberry, NC?
Seriously, the oldest school numbers we had were the ones with the built in mnemonic device like, PN6-5000.
That’s a swingin’ phone number.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Back in my day
There was a song
“Beechwood 45789, you can call me up and have a date, any old time”.
Today that would be a XXX video chat room!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
Haha, instead of The Marvelettes
It would be a three way between Rhianna, Jay-Z, Beyoncee
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
I always thought it was "eight shields" or something....
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
I thought it sounded
Roman and badass. In real life, I’m at least Roman, and on the internet…well, you know.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I'm thinking now of changing mine to Trajan.
Although you have to be careful with with choosing one of these guys or you get to Sanduskyland real quickly — Hadrian most notably. There are statues of Antinous all over the Mediterranean to this day.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I like yours
I like to think of you as being physically beneath a large lime.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
It's actually a play on my name
that came to me while reading Longinus.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Longinus sounds like a Roman porn name
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
We should go back and ask Ovid.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I got an A in Ovid soph year
It was definitely porn.
Romantic porn, tho.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Isnt all porn?
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
The greatest pornographic work
of Classical Antiquity is The Golden Ass by Apulieus — but you must read the Robert Graves translation.
This book is falling-on-the-floor funny.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
If it helps, I'll dress like this
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
PERFECT!!!
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I can dress like Mary McFly if that helps
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
I'm a Ph.D. type doctor
if that helps. Don’t have the wispy hair though.
bubba0077 - January 6, 2012
I've got a few years yet on that side
It takes a little longer when you’re working at the same time you are studying. Its nice not being completely poor though.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I just finished
You’ll be poor afterwards too if you stay in physics
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Academia is a noble way to starve.
PERIOD.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I thought her name was Lorraine
And do you look this good in drag?
jtothep - January 6, 2012
yours might be slightly cumbersome though
jman07 - January 6, 2012
I try to always do this, in emails at least
It was a little harder to pull off in person when I met the Tailgate Ninja.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Seriously though
I’m going to look into organizing a BSD open at the blue course for a September game weekend. It would be pretty cool if we could get a bunch of people signed up early and donate the proceeds to ProudPSUforRAINN.
I’ll work on a fanpost to get some interest in the coming months.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
i'll be there Navy weekend
Ohio weekend too, but that’s a family trip
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I'm thinking that Navy weekend might be the best
There should be a lot of interest in that game no matter what happens with this coaching announcement and what not. Whichever way we can get the best turnout.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
It's always fun to be at a game with the academies
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
I am REALLY looking forward to it
not getting beat by Navy mind, but the build up and atmosphere.
I keed, I keed.
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
You mean to tell me
Your name isn’t Hunter Beach and your favorite number isn’t 8!?
jman07 - January 6, 2012
makes sense
dont want to see your name get linked by “hot girls in short shorts”
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
Not your "name" and not "linked by" anyway.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
For the record
Your true identity is less of a secret than anything Joyner has done for the past 2 months.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
LOL
true
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
found one of your player pages...love this
…lists favorite food as "anything"
Rev.Nittany - January 7, 2012
I think we're setting a record
for most fanposts in a day, even more than when IT happened
LDRB - January 6, 2012
Joe Ioric?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
I don't think Butkus went both ways.
As a reminder why it’s not called “the Conlin Award”
He also starred in a movie as a dog:
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
right number though
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Don't give your identity away!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
I won't say it if I figure it out
Out of respect.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
I'm already looking on Nittany Anthology!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
Me to
But the website I am on isn’t worth crap.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Do you use NittanyAnthology.com?
If so I think I figured it out. His name is __________. (I think I’ll do a Sekrah and give you clues)
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
If you find it
My e-mail is in my profile, send a brother some love.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
I played o line
and my name rhymes with Derek Schmole
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Yeah
I went on nittanyanthology.com and figured it out. You were just a little guy back then. Probably could have blocked Butkus.
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
Schmerek Dole?
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Did you really play in the XFL?
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
yes
fun period of my life
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Bad ass.
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
you weren't
He Hate Me, were you!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
My favorite thing about He Hate Me
was the use of the singular pronoun. There is one male that hates him, conjugated incorrectly.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I remember a bunch of us getting together to watch the first XFL game
He Hate Me was classic, but not as much as when one of the cheerleaders introduced Tommy Maddox by saying “He always knows how to score”. I wish it had taken off.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
I was a one and done anyway, but it would have been cool to have it last a while longer
I already had a job and the boss was gracious enough to let me leave for 5 months or so to scratch the itch I had after not making the NFL
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
That would be the first line on my resume
by the way.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
PSU football gets way more love than XFL
in my experience
the XFL addendum is like a novelty line
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Hmm
maybe I’m going about this resume thing the wrong way
/wonders why still unemployed
/Madden 03 prowess listed prominently
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
LOL
my current boss hired me because I did NOT have a higher than 3.5 GPA…liked a more well rounded grad that was social. Well, that, and because I’m awesome.
#BSDFAMEGETSTOMYHEADQUICKLY
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I need to find a firm with a boss like that
Not that I didn’t have good grades (good, not great), but that just sounds like a great work environment. I’m really interested in finding a cool boss/work environment more than I am a cool “job”.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
it's a good company
with a good boss, but it’s a pressure cooker. I HIGHLY prefer the small, private company aspect though
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Yeah
I’m looking at places with less than 20 employees generally. I’m more motivated to work in earnest collaboration than in a sort of self-promotional, cutthroat environment.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
it's a lot more rewarding
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Move to Alaska and work for a dick like I did.
Turned out well.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Scratched an itch?
jtothep - January 6, 2012
I'm not falling for the banana in the tailpipe
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Look man, I ain't fallin for no banana in my tailpipe!
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
FINALLY
Figured it out. Sweetness, and good stuff.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Whadda ya think, Beach
Would you have liked to block Dick Budkus?
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
I would have like to play in the 50's or 60's
with my size and skill set
i guess i’ll leave it at that :)
plus i could smoke and drink all i wanted back then
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I am a little (a lot) older than you
Back in my youth, the Steelers used to have an offseason basketball team that would travel to HS’s for fundraisers and such. I remember them coming to my school, about 1960. I remember Bobby Layne and Charlie Scales, but no others. Course, back then the Steelers were the laughing stock of pro football. You could get drunk sitting three rows behind those guys! Second hand booze!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
They still do that
Well they did at my school anyways. It was pretty awesome to see Hines Ward dunk on my gym teacher.
I did graduate with the daughter of the GM of the Steelers, so I don’t know if that pulled any sway for the fundraiser (I’m sure it did)
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Yeah they still did this in the early 2000's
Hines Ward could ball too.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
I went to junior high in Cincy
Bengals used to have a similar deal at the local high school
pretty boss seeing Munoz, Montoya, and Fulcher tear it up as a kid
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
LaVarr, is that you? I thought you apologized.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Current view of the Lasch Building
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
Kraft confirmed this morning, Joyner still not saying anything
Does that sounds like a guy who is competent to be an AD?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Kraft confirm OBrien wouldnt be back
which is likely true, since his contract is up and they are negotiating with Josh McDaniels to return
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
No, this is pretty specific in acknowledging him coming to PSU
“I’m sad to lose him. I told him that,” Kraft said earlier this morning in a phone conversation with Karen Guregian. "We have a philosophy in our company, that if anyone has an opportunity and we can’t match it – we did have the ability to deny him under our contract – but this is one of the great college coaching positions. they have their challenges right now.
“Billy is a very high quality guy, he’s got integrity. he’s honest, and I’m sad to see him go,” Kraft went on, “but I think they’ve chosen wisely.”
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
So is he saying
That if someone has an opportunity and they can’t match it, that they’ll hold that person to their contract?
PSU Mudder - January 6, 2012
Yeah, he needed to finish that thought
I’m assuming he was going to say, we wish them luck in the future.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Not sure where you are getting that from
He is just saying that he was under contract and they could have prevented him from interviewing and accepting before his contract was up.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
To be fair,
Kraft could have just seen ESPN and calle BOB and said congrats, and BOB might have even said a deal isn’t quite done yet.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Kraft seems senile.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Kraft saved the NFL
without him, there would have been no season this year. He was instrumental in negotiating the final deal. So he ain’t senile. But…. he might be happy to see O’Brien go….
LDRB - January 6, 2012
He was also one of the hard liners that generated bad feelings in the beginning
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Isn't he busy making cheese?
No, the other kind.
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
whoops, I meant RE: Kraft
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
The AMERICAN cheese.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
This is a good thing.
Penn State football will be getting a new playbook. There is a God!!!!
Welcome Coach O’Brien
IceLion - January 6, 2012
The good news is the end of the obligation to throw passes to
the fullback and to hand it off to him two-out-of-four-times at the goal-line :]
CyphaPSU - January 6, 2012
Two out of four?
Surely you mean four out of four.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
Joyner meeting with coaches lasted 30 mins.
No coaches have left the building though.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
They're trying to get rid of the body
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
The Collegian tweeted, 29mins ago
That LJSR was seen driving away from the bldg.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Hmm,
Musselman says meeting lasted until 4:30 and no choaches left the building since.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Better than driving into the building
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
No word yet on if this is his car
jtothep - January 6, 2012
If the Collegian is covering this anything like they covered the preliminary hearings
Then that was actually a reference to him leaving to go home las tnight
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Well, they're still covering Junny pretty well ;)
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Audrey Snyder tweet
JayPa seen leaving Lasch crying. No comment about what happened. Said ‘have good wknd. I’m sure you will all be busy’
PSUinOH - January 6, 2012 via mobile
ugh, this is sad
mjs2103 - January 6, 2012
i meant makes me sad
mjs2103 - January 6, 2012
JayPa crying is kind of a funny concept. I want to speculate what made him cry but every possible noun is popping into my head as an option.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
I'm really trying my best to hold back a joke
because it is sad. It really is. The way this ended is simply tragic on so many levels, to so many people.
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Yeah it is.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Jay's world has literally been shattered.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
That he's hung in there and done his job
Is remarkable. I mean, the guy had his share of critics before this, but he stuck it out for love of the kids on the team and the PSU name. He’s alright in my book.
/cue QB debate
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
He has been remarkable.
Just getting on the sideline for Nebraska was huge. And wearing JoePa’s coat was genius!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
The coat was indeed perfect.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I've never been convinced that he is a great coach.
I am convinced that he is a great guy genuinely trying to do his best in this world.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
He's a Paterno
Can’t be all bad!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
this
moosepsu - January 6, 2012 via Android app
Absofreakinlutely
I’d love to see him stay with the university in some capacity.
reedjohnmiller - January 7, 2012 via mobile
Quotable
Shane Conlan: Brandon Short “does not speak for the majority of former players. He’s gone off the deep end.”
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
Sounds about right.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
this is what we need
first it was us against them, now its us against us
swiggy04 - January 6, 2012
Welcome to UofM after the RichRod hire.....wahoooo!
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
i'm sorry; that is just not true about UofM after the RichRod hire; there was a lot of support; the RichRod apologists are engaging in revisionist history for some baffling unknowable reason.
Even after the 3-9 season, the next season began with a lot of support. The first of DRob’s September Heismans if you remember.
RichRod lost too many games. That’s why he was fired, not because he did not receive enough support. If he had hired a competent DC, he would still be the HC.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Have you read 3 & out yet?
Rich Rod encountered shit-heaps of opposition from many camps of Michigan fandom.
You could make a case that there were also camps that supported him, but it’s not revisionist at all to characterize UM fandom reaction to his hiring as unsupportive.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
um, sorry, but you are the one with revisionist history
people were pissed from his very first news conference because he didn’t emphasize the rivalry with OSU enough in their view
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Yup
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
GAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
That makes it sound like Joyner confirmed the hiring to Conlan. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
i was about to say that
the whining and crying will fill some time for the next 8 months but in the end if you don’t get behind this guy and the rest of the program…methinks you’re being dramatic
if you had told me 2 months ago that the next coach of psu would be bill o’brien, i would have been like…um, u cray….but…
this is the situation that the program and the school got themselves into. this could be a HR hire, he could be great, you don’t know. he could be a filler, as following THE MAN, is one of the toughest things to do…and then we see what happens in 2015 or so.
i know that feels far away, but 2012 felt far away when i graduated a week and a half ago…but that was 2006
424E. - January 6, 2012
My rage has subsided
And in the process, I’ve realized that I’m glad no one knows who I am. Rationality has once again taken over, but I’m sure that I would have produced a handful of soundbites if people, you know, cared about me.
I’m sure (hoping anyways) that Lavarr and Short feel the same way. They let their rage over take them for a second, and now feel embarrassed that they didn’t control themselves in a very emotional moment.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
LaVarr has apologized for his outbursts
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
To whom did LaVarr apologize...
…did he do it on Twitter?
LDRB - January 6, 2012
On his radio show
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
WHAT is with
all these demands for apologies for loud, emotional outbursts?? Anti-Italian racism, obviously. Marone.
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
Same here
We’re all dummies. I’m still pissed at the way this whole thing was handled though.
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
Oh I definitely am still pissed
I’m (slightly) better able to articulate my feelings now though. When I’m not busy laughing at the freaking circus this was the last 24 hours or so. I’m glad I’ve reached the point I see the humor in this clusterfuck
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
same
of course, the bourbon helped.
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
I've got a bottle of Old Grandad 114 waiting for me at home
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I'm so bummed I'm not sure I can motivate myself to drink :(....
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
better get over that hump soon
you might have to do that a lot in the coming years.
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
I'm so sorely disappointed in our incompetent leadership I'm not sure how much I'll even bother following the team
Some dickhead Texas alumni just told me Penn State must do their penance now.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
You should shoot him
seriously
FB6244 - January 6, 2012
That depresses me
I shall drink for you.
See how easy it is to motivate yourself to drink?
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Pretty easy
hey, theres a beer here. Time to drink.
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
hmmmm, not working for me yet
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
keep looking at it
you’ll get thirsty eventually
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
Embarrassingly crappy beer #1
After coming home and seeing my Penn State Alumni Association magazine and RAINN donation tax receipt on the kitchen table pushed me over the edge.
It’s time to get fucking rowdy.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
time to catch up
I’m already buzzed.
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
BRING THE MUTHAFUCKIN RUCKUS!
jtothep - January 6, 2012
sigh, some asshole just hit my two month old car in the parking lot
I’ll be catching up quickly
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
That makes me wanna bust a cap in the screen!
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Did they at least leave a note?
If not, you have carte blanche to bring a sledgehammer on Monday and smash everyone’s car, I think. Seems fair.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
STREET LAW
mjs2103 - January 6, 2012
wife saw it happen, go all the info
still pissed off though, first new car I ever bought
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
First, I'm glad I caught the word "car" on my second reading (alcohol).
Secondly, do you got a gun?
SubLime - January 6, 2012
No, wife and apartment owner won't let me
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
minus the apartment, thats why i own knives.
that and I’ve always figured this: if you’re face to face with a man holding a gun, you have to think theres a little hesitation in him. If you’re face to face with a man holding a machete, you know he’s got a little crazy inside of him.
lionalum05 - January 6, 2012
People are going to regret a lot of things they said
Just like a lot of journalists (pundits, really) are going to regret the force with which they came down on JoePa. I was enraged last night when I saw the ticker scroll by (my poor wife had to listen to me fume in my sleep, most likely).
Now, you slow down and realize that my aliegance was to Penn State, and that the institution is bigger than the people running it, and that if we really want to show our love we support Coah O’Brien while leaning on the administration to get their heads out of their asses PR wise and start performing like A-Players instead of a bunch of ass hats.
Fight on State. Give ‘em hell, coach O’Brien.
SkellerDweller06 - January 6, 2012
Meh
Sure, I have an allegiance to Penn State.
Doesn’t mean I can’t call out this absolute jokefest for what it is — and express my complete lack of confdence in the individual who will get to call himself head coach of the Penn State football team.
And they damn well better do away with that “no drinking in the tailgating lots while the game is on” restriction. Like today.
Smee - January 6, 2012
This
If they want to offset some anger they should announce this right after they announce BOB.
Joyner: “And your next head coach will be some guy from the Patriots. Also, we are lifting the drinking restriction after tailgates and doing away with piped in music.”
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
They might need to sponsor an "All you Can Drink" $5.00 keg set-up.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
This is where my disconnect remains:
“the institution is bigger than the people running it”
But isn’t the crux of this issue (not to mention countless related ones), that the a few “people running it” have made themselves bigger than the institution? I mean, WHAT is the institution really, a bunch of buildings? a plot of tax-exempt state land? a corporate entity on file with the IRS and trademark office?
WE ARE Penn State – the human beings who compromise the fabric of the University family and the collective memory of a community in time, the living contributions of those who came before – that is what constitutes “the institution” insofar as it is bigger than any single person or group. It stands for something, for ANYTHING, only because we make it so. And if it is to now stand for the pompous temerity of David Joyner or the audacious obstructionism of Rodney Erickson, it is because we allow it. Sometimes you have to stand up, hold your ground and fight to the last man. Freedom, as they say, isn’t free. Please allow that some people who refuse to grow accustomed to scraps from the table believe this is precisely an opportunity to prove that “no ONE is bigger than the good of the institution.”
/opens bottle of whiskey
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
this is a great point
a little long-winded but i believe that there were actions taken for the “good of the university” which encompasses all of us
of course recent events suggest, there are a few people who feel they are bigger than the university…
424E. - January 6, 2012
Totally long-winded
but I had to get it out. I am now officially out of gas on this topic. I will happily discuss the soup and salad bar at Hoss’s though, if anyone is game.
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
IT'S THE BEST THERE'S EVER BEEN
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
plus
they carve your name on the hotdog and when it cooks, it looks awesome. who doesn’t like a hotdog with their name carved in it
lionalum05 - January 6, 2012
Okay, that's it
Name on hot dog is final straw. I’m in for Hoss’s at BSD reunion.
hbeach08 - January 7, 2012
delicious
I just wish they quit closing them down
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
haha my dad loved Hoss's!
it freaked me out….
424E. - January 6, 2012
When my grandparents visited my at Penn State
we could only eat at the Hoss’s. I got so sick of it after a while.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
I'm judging you.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
He must not enjoy the flavor of food in his mouth ;)
jtothep - January 6, 2012
If it tastes good in your mouth
It’s good food.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Hoss's redux.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I am going there right now.
Salad bar, here I come.
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
I told my parents that next time we travel somewhere
that has a Hoss’s, we are going to stop at that Hoss’s and eat Hoss’s food at that Hoss’s.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Hoss's food from a Hoss's is the best kind of Hoss's food
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
Are we google bombing right now?
#Hoss’s #Hoss’s #Hoss’s #Hoss’s
STEAK AND SEAHOUSE. HOSS’S IS HOSS-PITALITY!
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Still the finest restaurant in Oil City
the last time I was back.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
That is like saying
best BOT member.
noodlebucket - January 6, 2012
So much REC!
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
they moved it
isn’t it an auto parts store now?
moosepsu - January 6, 2012 via Android app
Value. America. Hoss's
Hoss’s
jesse. - January 6, 2012
There needs to be a trip to Hoss' after the BSD Open in September.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
that would be wicked sweet
belbijou - January 6, 2012
That would be
HOSSpitality
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
I feel so sorry for all of you right now
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
I'm in.
MainLion - January 6, 2012
ok, now you make me definitely want to show up
even if I’m just driving the golf cart.
Cari Greene - January 6, 2012
Couldn't have said it better...exactly
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
but we DO know who you are and where you live.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Shit
Well, party at my house. See you guys there.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
yay! party... and we all get some of the Granddad 114?
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Screw that
somebody pass me the ether.
jman07 - January 6, 2012
I'll have to buy a bottle for everyone
We’re drinking until this all makes sense. It could take a while
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Brandon is a recruiting classmate
and, although we haven’t spoken in years, a friend. But my goodness, what an ugly way to act. Like Tom Bradley was the only viable candidate and he would solve all our problems. Get real dude.
More legroom for me in the lettermen’s section.
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Fiasco indeed Pat.
YahooForde Pat Forde
Apparently Tom Bradley has finally been informed that Penn State has a new coach, and it’s not him. What a fiasco.
HighFlyers - January 6, 2012
How could Pat Forde possibly know this?
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
Why do you have to 'know' something to report it?
archerbullseye - January 6, 2012
Good point, lol
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
What if Bradley becomes AD? Is that possible?
I don’t get what’s going on here.
Mr. Rosewater - January 6, 2012
That doesnt seem.... possible..?
archerbullseye - January 6, 2012
I think this thought
belbijou - January 6, 2012
I vote Franny Ganter
OmarLittle - January 6, 2012
I disagree
since he was the one who handed Joe the number to call…I’d like to think he would have had more integrity than that.
Cari Greene - January 6, 2012
get the fuck outta town
i had so much respect for fran…now not so much
lionalum05 - January 6, 2012
Does O'Brien really know what he's walking into?
I have to think so, which alone means the guy has brass balls.
LDRB - January 6, 2012
this is a good point
he has an uphill battle to say the least. there will be a lot of people with a lot of influence (read:money) at the univesrity who want to speak with him in the coming months.
god speed bob
424E. - January 6, 2012
no
he’s probably thinking “man, they’re going to love me, I coached Tom Brady!”
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
I hope he's not that myopic
LDRB - January 6, 2012
he's myopic enough
to think he doesnt need to get started right away at his new job, where the fanbase is obviously already on edge.
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
Fair point
LDRB - January 6, 2012
"Remember the time
I yelled at Tom Brady? You guys HATE Tom Brady!"
Yeah, nice resume, sunshine.
/barf
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Even if we end up liking the guy, can we all agree that it's cool to make a lot of Bill O'Brien photoshops?
at every turn
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
hell yes
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
nothing but chins
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
I think you meant
Nothing, butt chins
Horse N Buggy - January 6, 2012
Per Yahoo and Forde: Bradley has been informed he's not the coach
Mr. Rosewater - January 6, 2012
BREAKING POSSIBLE NEWS
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
That's funny, when I talked to the Chef he said
Hurdy gurdy yurdy yurdy gurdy
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Ahh the swedish chef
Also Joyner is to address media tonight aparently
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
"We were having fun in the kitchen, and Joyner told us something about less smiles"
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Can't wait for the conspiracy theorists to get ahold of this
LDRB - January 6, 2012
not the hurdy gurdy part...
LDRB - January 6, 2012
O'BRIEN REFUSES FISH!
REDO THE MENU!
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
I'm confused
I thought any/all reception dinners involved chicken cosmos and west halls cookies
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
What does the Corner Room usually serve for receptions?
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
They make a helluva turkey club
And clam chowder. Although your best bet is to order that stuff next door at pickles with some #9
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
oh how i miss pickles
HighFlyers - January 6, 2012
It's rumored she still hangs round West Halls
in warmer weather
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
MMM
I will have to head there the next time I am in town.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Anyone with an interest should email
Bryan Kardisco at bryan.kardisco@gmail.com — as he’s the one who registered the domain name www.FireBillOBrien.com — and suggest he stops forwarding it to the FIreJayPa website and gets a real one up soon.
And so it’s clear I’m not posting private information, his name, etc. are all available online through any WHOIS search — see: http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/firebillobrien.com
Smee - January 6, 2012
A man of action!
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
What's the deal with Pickles
I still haven’t been there. It looks like it’s like every other bar. What does it bring to the table, so to speak?
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012
McQueary used to hang out there
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Yup. That was....somethin'.
Adam Collyer - January 6, 2012
this must've been after he got his groove on at Shandygaffs
lionalum05 - January 6, 2012
I was there when they built that place
I had high hopes because of the words “Tap Room”. A tap room should be wall to wall taps. It wasn’t. Instead it turned Fratastic very quickly. Do yourself a favor and walk 50 feet to Zenos.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
That was my thought too
Zenos is traditionally the towny bar and I’m a towny so there it is.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012
I like Zenos
Do they still have a bluegrass night? Also do the Rustlanders still play there on tuesdays (coincidentally I’m listening to them right now on my ipod)
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I graduated Dec 2010
And as of then they still did. A band named Cabinet played, and was quite good.
ppfcpp - January 6, 2012
Beer enthusiast recommendation
If you haven’t been back in town recently, the Deli has actually done an admirable job of building out a nice tap and bottle selection. I’ve found a couple of brews there that I really like and haven’t gotten anywhere in town.
PSU_Buch - January 6, 2012
Thanks for the recommendation.
I’ll check it out next time I’m in town.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
Deli story
Was there around New Years. Don’t normally frequent the place but two friends were in town and they chose the watering hole. I had my scotches and at one point we decided to celebrate something or other and asked the waitri for a bottle of champagne. She said she would have to check if they had any — apparently they have gone so beer-centric she couldn’t recall if they had any. Came back with what appeared to be a champagne bottle — nice dark bottle, scripty writing, foil wrap and we said thanks and proceeded to undo the foil, wire-wrap and pop the cork. When we poured it, it looked rather dark. We took sips, and went, “gawd!” Turns out Sam Adams bottles a carbonated Ale in champagne bottles and the waitri mistook it for champagne. So, if you’re in the market for beer — they probably have it.
Smee - January 6, 2012
Infinium?
I have a bottle of it in my fridge. Kind of scared, I heard it’s not actually that good.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
Yep
And yes, the “gawd” was as in, “gawd, this is not actually that good.” Then we read the bottle and said, “Why exactly did they think this was a good idea?” Go ahead and give it a shot though. Maybe you’ll like it. Worst case is at least it’ll free up space in your fridge.
Smee - January 6, 2012
Gouden Caroulus Noel came packaged like this
It’s okay I guess
OmarLittle - January 6, 2012
I always thought of Zenos as the weird ass bar
I can’t even explain some the people we met there. Strangest ass shit. I loved it.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
I got rejected from entering Zenos once because I leaned on the door while waiting to get in
I seriously wasn’t even drunk, but they told me I clearly was too drunk and I couldn’t go in. Wouldn’t let my friends in either. That’s the last time I went to Zenos.
HighFlyers - January 6, 2012
SCREW EM!
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Well I guess it also helps that
it was like 2 weeks before graduation ..and I haven’t been back to SC since lol
HighFlyers - January 6, 2012
I was 'cut off' there a few months ago
Because I refused to get my hand stamped when I walked in the door. Something to the effect of, ’I’ll pay the damn cover again if I leave’. The bartender gave me a water and an epic speech about crossing over, aka dumping out the water and filling the pint glass with beer from a pitcher.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I got escorted out of GMan my senior year with a bouncer on each arm.
And I wasn’t even drunk. The bartender cut me off because my “eyes were drunk”. Not even kidding. I got pissed and how my g/f at the time order me a beer. The bartender saw me take a swig and showed me the door. I did not go quietly since all of my friends were there.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
Zenos is weird
Since I went to State High, I always see some extremely random person I sort of know there, and since I’m never there unless I’m drunk, the interaction with that person is always like something out of a fever dream.
Good times.
reedjohnmiller - January 7, 2012 via mobile
My friends and I made friends with the entire staff
of Pickles senior year, not even exaggerating, everyone that worked there.
HighFlyers - January 6, 2012
Nothing
Well not nothing. They show rugby games there because they get some obscure sports channel. They used to have dollar long islands on thursdays, and some cowboy night on tuesday or wednesday or something.
But they serve corner room food because they share a kitchen, so its a good place to get lunch and have a beer. But its nothing special
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Country night was on Tuesday
HighFlyers - January 6, 2012
I'm a fan of Pickles.
Always seemed to be a bit more chill when I was there.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
I've never heard of Pickles before
How old is it?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
About 5 or 6 years?
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
wow, it's been over 10 since I graduated
and 7 since I left SC. I haven’t done much drinking downtown the few times I’ve returned. Need to spend a week to catch up. I heard the Crowbar was turned into a shitty dance club.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Yeah, Pickles sucks.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
Um, Pickles is still Pickles
Crowbar is now… something else.
Although, Crowbar was a disaster before they changed names. Did it become Cell Block?
Also, hasn’t Cell Block since closed, too?
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Yeah
Crowbar became Cell Block which became the Mezzanine or something equally stupid
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Does the Brewery still exist?
Can Shogun and I still smash mason jars on the floor and not get thrown out? I NEED ANSWERS.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
It still exists.
And it probably depends on how well you tip.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
Worked at the Phyrst back
when Ernie owned both places (Phyrst and Brewery). We used mason’s because they were cheap (you’d be surprised how much the distributors will hit you for glassware) and you had to account for about every 5 beers you were gonna lose one glass. Not so much “breakage” as “take-age”.
Smee - January 6, 2012
Definitely
they know who the fuck we are.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
We had a rule that you had to swear loudly after every sip of your beer at the brewery
I didn’t go there often but every single time I got so unbelievably smashed off of Railbender
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Suddenly everything makes total sense.
The Brewery is totally YOUR bar.
Adam Collyer - January 6, 2012
But at least the Crowbar was able to bring in live acts
There were a bunch of good shows when I was there
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Last time I was up in State (early November)
the Crowbar/Cell Block/Mezzanine was completely closed and nothing had opened in its place.
IcersGuy - January 6, 2012
Its been turned into two shitty dance clubs
The last shitty dance club managed to have an 18 and over night and quarter beer/dollar shot night on the same night. How they could have thought that that was a good idea is beyond me.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Before Crowbar, it was Tattoo
A similarly shitty dance club to what the current one sounds like. I did get to see A Tribe Called Quest live there (in ’93 or ’94 I think) though so at least it had that redeeming quality
danpsu97 - January 6, 2012 via iPhone app
I saw the Disco Biscuits there.
And Maceo Parker.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
I was at the Maceo Parker show too
Forgot about it until you mentioned him. Great show, I was dancing like I never danced before.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
you could say I was a maniac
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
The tall guy in the Cowboy hat was the best.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
Maceo is amazing. AMAZING.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
Pickles is for bros.
I’m on team Zeno’s.
sReck3 - January 6, 2012
Sounds like we need a bar crawl
I’m new here. Maybe that’s already a BSD thing.
reedjohnmiller - January 7, 2012 via mobile
wow; BOBTALK is popular.
971 on the “MortReport” post yesterday evening; 772 on the Powers article; 1016 on the “200% More Angst” post and surging past 150 already for this post; plus, as of now, 8,12, 58 and 19 comments to various FanPosts.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
I'm gonna make a hire that gets those Penn State fans talking
-Joyner, out of his ass
skarocksoi - January 6, 2012
Its true!
Look at the 1200+ comments!
archerbullseye - January 6, 2012
I was amused by this tweet from Ben 7mins ago
jtothep - January 6, 2012
I love a LeMans start!
F1 should go back to it.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Now they're re-scrambling
and various people are leaving with each round of scrambling, and the media is scrambling to catch the scrambling scramblers.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
They hired actors who looked like each of the coaches
to act as decoys.
That’s why it took so long.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Maybe the reception chef
can make some scrambled eggs.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
good luck finding a Dick Anderson
look alike actor
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Abe Vigoda.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Challenge accepted
jtothep - January 6, 2012
that was like 30 years ago
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I nominate Nick Nolte.
Both then and now.
CvilleLion - January 6, 2012
Yeah, the modern & color ones
weren’t working out so well…
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Wow.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Guess I was late with my comment.
All of this has me laughing out loud. What. A. Disaster.
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
I wish I was in SC
SO BAD right now. I would be over there just watching everyone scramble.
dbl5030 - January 6, 2012
I would wear a Penn State football jump suit
and put a hood up and walk around, hurriedly, and see how many reporters would follow me to see who I was and where I was going and what I knew.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Then he says...
Swiggs - January 6, 2012
Guh, what a joke.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
LOL. They're "controlling the narrative".
CvilleLion - January 6, 2012
If the narrative is
“how can I possibly make myself look dumber and more cowardly?”
jman07 - January 6, 2012
So rec'd!
Or wrecked.
Whichever comes first.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
Joyner is such an ass
I wish bad things upon him.
FB6244 - January 6, 2012
Joyner, as of 5pm
Link
ppfcpp - January 6, 2012
Unbelievable
Um, that cat is out of the bag. Even if pen hasn’t met paper, you think you could at least give us something.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Had to google that phrase's etymology
Snopes has the best breakdown (better than some of those pommy sites)(apologies to Jack Crawford):
jtothep - January 6, 2012
LOLOLOLing... thank you very much for that non-sequitur.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
My favorite line
jtothep - January 6, 2012
That is a brilliant and slightly subversive editorialization
I always look for those. You should have read my high school newspaper articles.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
Oh, NOW
we have respect for people. 60 days too late, nimrod.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
he stil doesn't
he’s a lying bastard.
FB6244 - January 6, 2012
Mr. Rosewater - January 6, 2012
Hahaha I don't know what it is, maybe the fact that Sidney is still back there, but this kills me.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
will you take his face
and stick it on the full metal jacket toilet room scene? id do it myself, but im incompetent.
that and I trust you more
lionalum05 - January 6, 2012
Ganim reporting
the staff was told at 4PM that no decision had been made yet
interesting twist as she has been as solid as anyone on this front…albeit mostly from a sandusky case standpoint…but she’s still been solid
424E. - January 6, 2012
This is fun.
A bit like watching a train wreck in slow motion. Tomorrow LaVar will tweet “never mind”.
CvilleLion - January 6, 2012
yea, like the week after sandusky
but not as heavy
424E. - January 6, 2012
not that that was fun
but it was a train wreck in extreme slow motion
424E. - January 6, 2012
It was more like a nuke dropping in slow motion.
archerbullseye - January 6, 2012
gawd, can you imagine how he is going to feel if the hire is not BOB?
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
at least its not his job
#mortensen #schefter #ESPN
424E. - January 6, 2012
PSUPhD90 - January 6, 2012
...
jman07 - January 6, 2012
300+ comments and still surging; BOBTALK is way popular, man.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
I think we're deep into the nonsense zone, to be fair.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
oh, very true; but nonsense can be very fun. i'm still laughing at the long description above of the origin of the phrase "the cat is out of the bag"
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Just explaining the number.
Nonsense is my stock in trade.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Gettin' by on gettin' by is mine.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
stock in trade has always thrown me too
But when I looked it up, it was totally boring.
jtothep - January 6, 2012
These threads have been getting me through the latter half of the week, man.
blackjackfishtaco - January 6, 2012
Right now it's Yuengling 5
BOB zero, but these things have a way of changing in the morning
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
can't get yuengling by me :(
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Have they actually announced a press conference yet?
I know everyone thinks Joyner is inept and yada yada. But seriously don’t you think they would tell the media hey were having a press conference tomorrow at 1 pm or something like that.
I know when Sanderson was hired there was at least a days notice before the press conference, I think it was something similar Chambers although I can’t remember exactly.
It just seems very odd to me that you wouldn’t schedule a press conference in advance and that you would make it a saturday. Seems these things are almost always done during the week when you can get maximum exposure.
psuwresfan - January 6, 2012
unless you have a shit hire and want to mask it with nfl playoffs
or maybe his 13th timeframe from last night is correct and this is far from complete
either way its a train-wreck
424E. - January 6, 2012
Unless you don't want maximum exposure
BOB is the guy. Although if he wasn’t…well let’s just say nothing would surprise me anymore
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
It seems that whoever (ESPN?) rolled
the satellite trucks into town yesterday knew that there was a press conference scheduled before Joyner knew.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I'm not entirely sure that Joyner isn't on ESPN's payroll
not ENTIRELY sure.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
That actually wouldn't surprise me
Or maybe Joyner’s fooling us all and trolling ESPN at the same time. I’ll gladly eat my hat and or mow my lawn in a wedding dress if thats the case.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
wow, quite a party at your house; Old Grandad 114, hat eating, lawncare in full wedding drag... woot woot!!
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Or as I call it
Tuesday
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
fightonstate says 11:30
no source so take it for what it’s worth
ppfcpp - January 6, 2012
I think I finally found the perfect analogy for this whole situation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwlfTBR-LNA
Warning…it is graphic (if you’re a pussy).
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
is this safe for work?
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
It involves a meat cleaver and poultry
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
so, that would be no! LOL ... now LOLing at the thought of my boss walking by just as the cleaver slams down. sigh ... hate my job.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
It's safe for me work
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Should have had
your agent tweet that you were interested in the PSU HC position.
Apparently, we’ll hire just about anyone.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
thats nuts
i never seen evidence that its true but its kind of awesome
424E. - January 6, 2012
They have to book the room, at least
I can imagine them trying to have nice PC only to find out all the rooms are booked for weddings and what not. Poor planning.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Dude.
Ben Jones repeatedly reporting this car shuffling move where the media has to chase cars to try to get information.
I am sorry, but they had this coming. FUCK YOU PENN STATE ADMINSTRATORS. Be a fucking man. Be straightforward with something for once. This is utter bullshit. Christ, even tell us, we think we have our guy but we have people to inform before there is an announcement. Or something. Stand up tall. Take your fucking lumps if you have to. Jesus.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
They're chasing the assistants
they surely didn’t have this coming.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
The assistants didn't have it coming.
AGREE. You know how you can save them. By a high ranking member of the administration standing up in front of them and doing their job. They are chasing assistants because no one else is saying anything. If BOB is the guy, and needs new assistants, I would come near this place without a complete administrative overhaul.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
It makes me yearn for the AD'ing Chianti Dan
DrewRusse - January 6, 2012
Cannot wait to read the accounting of this is Joe Pos' book
jtothep - January 6, 2012
I want to go forward in time and read Joe Pos' book
and then come back to present so I can be reacting in the way I should.
OctaShields - January 6, 2012
book on jopa tho, not psu football
may be little more than a footnote
424E. - January 6, 2012
I'm no longer excited by his book
He made few comments that seemed like he would be one of those unwilling to change his feelings towards Joe, even if the facts proved his initial feelings wrong.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
That University plane to/from Boston is due back at
6:44 pm. Maybe Ben could scoot out there to see if anyone gets off other than the pilot?
Smee - January 6, 2012
Local radio said BOB
told the team in person this afternoon at/after practice that he accepted the PSU job.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Despite the legal troubles
Tim Curley was a great AD who made some killer hires over the past few years.
It’s so sad that this idiot blew up what was turning into an end to end top notch athletic department
424E. - January 6, 2012
I'm taking a wait and see approach with O'Brien
I think we are all going to have to get used to the fact that we aren’t ever going to have a coach stay here for 46 years. O’Brien may very well only be here for a few years, and hopefully he does a good job in the time he is here. He’s at least familiar with the college game and must be competent enough to be hired by Belichick. I’m willing to give him a chance.
I honestly don’t know who people would like to see be brought in as coach. Most of the other rumored candidates haven’t had any or very little HC experience, so to me there were a lot of similiarities in their qualifications. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but I think the outrage is a little over the top to this point. And I find it hilarious to see comments like Lavar Arrington’s…like PSU has to get his OK to make a coaching announcement. That’s crazy.
mundyscorner99 - January 6, 2012
Wasn't it JoePa who said...
…that all football decisions made by him were made by him alone, no boosters, no alumni, no nothing?
TheSwish - January 6, 2012
I'm not familiar with the comment
But that sounds like a good approach to have.
mundyscorner99 - January 6, 2012
Something like
“I want your money, not your two cents”
nylyst - January 6, 2012
Joe McIntyre says...
a team source confirmed the bob hire
fun stuff
424E. - January 6, 2012
NFL.com reporting...
that the Pats received permission to talk to Josh McDaniels about the OC job.
TheSwish - January 6, 2012
Sports Illustrated cites BSD and gives shout out to the comment thread from earlier today; very cool.
http://college-football.si.com/2012/01/06/designated-read-lavar-arrington-is-not-at-all-happy-with-you-penn-state/?sct=cf_t2_a4
Sorry if already posted.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Tailgate Shogun shoulda got a byline !! it was his post of the "other Bills" he would have preferred over BOB.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
In my mind,
somewhere out there Bill Bellamy saw that post, and thinks he’s still relevant.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Please send all requests for interviews
to my agent. He’s currently randomly tweeting that I’m interested in becoming a head coach of a major D1 program. I expect to get a job very soon.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
LOL...
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
VERY cool indeed
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Breaking news on ESPN 8, The Ocho... O'Brien adds his first assistant.
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
noooooooo..... you/we/I want the young version.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Ah, touche...
May The Fonz be with you….
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
there we go.... now THAT would be a good coach....
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
And also with you
bubba0077 - January 6, 2012
i apologize for not knowing the proper response to the traditional greeting.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Scary Thought
Wouldn’t all of us be happier with Paul Chryst?!
Captain Hairdo - January 6, 2012
Mike Haywood!
jtothep - January 6, 2012
I'll drink to that.
(no I won’t).
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Yep.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
I'll take Chryst any day over this.... based on current knowledge
But I guess we’ll get the real results when we play pitt in a few years
Nittany Merle - January 6, 2012
All I care about is if
We can still get Rick Neuheisel?
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
With all the talk of Bob's NFL dreams, the Rick Neuheisel rumors are hotter than ever.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Rick will ride in with the IV Legion and liberate us.
Pass the word.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
So the Die has been cast?
Well I have been planning this for awhile, see you all on the ides of march.
SIC SEMPER TYRANNUS.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Son, you should take Christ in your heart everyday
and in body and blood every Sunday
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
On a serious note.
Who else is excited to see Mr. Bolden ascend to to Tom Brady-like status?? I’m trying to see the light here.
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
UGG sponsor?
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
SPOKESMAN
fuck
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Uhhhh.
Stetson… Duh…
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
The light you see
isn’t the end of the tunnel.
It’s possibly the train.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Well...
At least I still have whiskey.
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
Indeed, indeed.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
Haha.
You think he can operate that offense?
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Even this wouldn't help Bolden
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
the upper right
that’s one fat beaver
PhilaLion - January 6, 2012
Bolden
would underthrow the wide open gopher by about 10 yards.
Then stare down Carl Spackler and drill a DB in the hands.
So, no. Not sure the pictures will help.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Oh you didn't know?
Nearly all of our OL played through back injuries from taking Bolden screen passes off the spines. Little known fact.
View from the Booth - January 6, 2012
Thanks, Coach Bradley. One in a million.
Mr. Rosewater - January 6, 2012
Thassarec
DrewRusse - January 6, 2012
how is this not green yet?
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
my rec is still "loading" says there are 6
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Bradley's lawyer says Tom is officially out
Then goes on to say he hasn’t heard who’s the new coach and doesn’t think Tom knows either. JayPa walks away from meeting saying he still has a job. What on earth is going on?
/update from ESPN, I had to turn it on for this.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 6, 2012
Credit where credit's due...
If they fire the entire staff except for Jay, this will have been the most epic trolling of a fanbase in sports history.
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
I'm guessing Scrap's lawyer
wasn’t really high on Joyner’s priority call list.
I guess the staff isn’t officially fired until BOB lets them go. So, technically, they’re still employed until Monday (or so).
Of course, if our esteemed new coach is too busy with other things to do, maybe he won’t get around to firing everyone so they can do his job for him for the next month or so.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
i am sensing some sarcasm font in your post. LOL
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
I refuse to use the sarcasm font
I just like to lay my sacarasm out there raw for everyone to digest.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Yeah, my fellings also
If they don’t get it….F em!
PaJoe - January 6, 2012
yeah fight the power
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Absolutely the correct approach.
Sarcasm loses all impact if you have to baldly say “this is sarcasm.”
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I do understand the sarcasm font...
There are no visual or tonal cues in an online text forum. Like I might say “I love Dave Joyner” to you in person while dismissively wanking so hard it knocks out a passerby, but you can’t get that here.
That said, I like to live dangerously.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Sometimes its fun to imagine how other people are taking what you intended to say sarcastically, seriously.
Example. Rob Bolden is a quality quarterback and has only gotten better since his first day on campus.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
What are you carzy, Bolden has shit tons of talent.
He can throw a ball 70 yards in the air.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Yeah
and Uncle Rico could throw a ball over them mountains.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
And I was not being serious
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Dude probably could throw the ball 70 yards
He struggles when he tries to put touch on his deep balls, and ends up underthrowing them. But the kid has an absolute cannon for an arm.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I was
Uncle Rico could have won states if coach would have put him in for the 4th quarter.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Your Mom coulda won states
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
I'm glad you've decided to drink
I too have picked up the bottle. Cheers.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
cheers
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
I need a suggestion for #2
The choices are beer, beer, scotch, whiskey
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Why not have them all? George Thorogood style
But it depends what are the beer choices, whats the scotch and whats the whiskey?
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I think I'll go with the whiskey
I got that for stealing my sister-in-law’s shoe at her wedding
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
after a few, it really doesn't matter what you go with
sounds like a good story though
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
It's a Slovak thing
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
ah, I see
Wasn’t close with that side of my mom’s family, so I never learnt it
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
gettin' dirty drunk t'night...
natty lights. a case of ’em…
pennst92 - January 6, 2012
I thought you said drunk
nickrapak - January 6, 2012
It takes a case of them
But you can, in fact, get drunk on natty light
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I'm drinking one of the worst beers out there
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
The worst beer out there
Hands down is called Big Flats. Walgreens makes it. They sell it in their stores at 2.99 a six pack. I had never had a beer I refused to drink until I had that.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Haha, never had that
I’m drinking Bud Light Lime…there I said it. HAPPY NOW?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
/raises hand
I love Bud Light Lime in the summer, or at a tailgate.
Tonight is a brown liquor night, no two ways about it.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Bud Light lime sucks
But it isn’t even close to as bad as Big Flats is. Imagine what dehydrated camel urine must taste like. Its definitely worse than that
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
I've seen it. Yikes.
Although I’m (seriously) drinking Pabst. It really does win awards — at least as of 2005.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Pabst is awesome
I’m actually drinking it right now too. Of all shitty light beers, its my favorite.
Before the 2005 award, the only other award it won was in 1896. It was the only beer entered in the competition in a contest that was orchestrated by the man who brewed Pabst.
I’m glad you call it Pabst though. All the damn hipsters drink it now and refer to it as PBR, which we all know is really the professional bull riders association
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
It actually has flavor.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
For that,
I think you need to drop
/dismissive wanking motion
or a wanking gif on them to hammer your point home. No need for a special font.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Well I do that sometimes. When I really am wanking very dismissively. Wanking dismissively in my office and getting strange looks from secretaries.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
True story
Pitt stadium 1998….pre kickoff they had some dude in a jet pack land on the 50 yard line and their crowd was getting all fired up…I completely did a dismissive wank
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
this is why you're awesome
Cari Greene - January 7, 2012
No Kidding . . .
Sarcasm is something that we signal nonverbally. And it is more dicey, thus fun, in a medium which filters out all nonverbal channels.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Great statement from Kerry Collins
Much is being said about the hiring of Bill O’Brien as the next football coach at Penn State. I do not know him. I have never met him nor been coached by him. One thing I do know is that I will support him and I call on all Penn State football lettermen to do the same. Whether you agree or disagree with his hiring, we should support him. Instead of chastising him for not being a Penn Stater, let’s show him what it means to be a Penn Stater. Coach O’Brien is faced with the daunting task of resurrecting our beloved, yet bruised program. Let’s support him in any way we can.
Kerry Collins
Penn State ’94
bubba0077 - January 6, 2012
A bit of a moral dichotomy for me on this.
Is it possible to support the coach yet completely loathe and distrust the administration all at the same time?
If I write a check to fund scholarships or buy tickets, isn’t that just affirming that the administration is doing their job and I support them?
My life would be better if our leadership wasn’t so incompetent.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Oh it is possible
The way you reconcile is by formulating a way to eradicate the BoT in its current form while sending in the donations. The time for sitting on the sidelines and letting things hum along is over. It’s time to take charge and get these asshats out of power in our University.
PSUPing - January 6, 2012
Easier said than done
but very necessary.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Doesn't eradicating the BoT in its current form mean a change of bylaws?
I’m all for reviewing this, to eliminate in particular the political element, as naive as that sounds (it’s all political when you come down to it). The challenge in changing bylaws is the the BoT holds the strings, but I’d advocate for a much stronger role of alumni over the current precepts. Something larger than a gang of 47 when it comes to the direction of the University, and a much larger segment subject to alumni discretion than the current alumni trustee base represents. How does such a measure become nominated?…much more research to do in my “spare” time.
PSUMarine78 - January 6, 2012
I'm not sending a single dime in while Erikson is Pres.
And I’m taking my toys and going home…
pennst92 - January 6, 2012
Probably should've clarified
I meant that we need to work together to get rid of everyone on the BoT. We also need to make sure that there’s good people to replace them though or it’s all for naught. Like everyone’s saying, not easy, but necessary.
PSUPing - January 6, 2012
Send your donations directly to your major
The administration really hates that
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
This is true
I worked for a year as one of the people who calls alumni for donations (shittiest job ever). They really do hate when people give to specific programs because it limits what they can spend it on.
ppfcpp - January 6, 2012
To: Lionettes
For: My living room.
Amount: [Redacted]
MainLion - January 6, 2012
but you can't do that
if you want to support the current football players at the game by getting season tickets.
Cari Greene - January 6, 2012
Not at all
That’s like saying “because I pay taxes, I must support everything our government is doing.”
Besides, most decisions are not made by the board or Old Main, but by deans and department chairmen.
I plan to continue supporting soccer, hockey, and baseball by joining the respective booster clubs.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
This has to be c&p from above and reposted; this information is too glorious to die up above at the tail-end of a tangent. So, Sublime, what other books do you recommend?
“The greatest pornographic work
of Classical Antiquity is The Golden Ass by Apulieus — but you must read the Robert Graves translation.
This book is falling-on-the-floor funny.
“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world” — Ludwig Wittgenstein
by SubLime on Jan 6, 2012 3:38 PM PST"
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
For now WB,
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov — the devil, Pontius Pilate, and early Soviet Russian attitudes in a hilarious book, erotic too. This is one of the books which foreshadow postmodernism in the literary arts.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
yes, remembe thinking it was a good book, tho' it's been years; wonder if I still have my copy; admit I was in my 20s; probably didn't understand half of what I read.
if i still have it, i’ll give it a re-read; just order The Golden Asse off of Amazon. Sounds like a fun book. Was able to get the Graves translation (actually lots of copies out there). Amazing how important the right translator is.
Thanks for the book recs.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
"just ordered" that is.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Re-read Bulgakov -- it will be a different text for you.
And I’ll guarantee that you’ll enjoy Apulieus. The Graves translation is imperative here.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
yep, that would be my guess. also went ahead and order Dog's Heart and Fatal Eggs; sounded interesting.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
geez, must be some mental gap for me: "went ahead and ordered ..."
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
If that's Heart of a Dog, then it's a seminal work of satire on the Soviet system.
Also roll-on-the-floor funny.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
yes, Heart of a Dog (tho' one of the translations was written as "A Dog's Heart")
Fatal Egg is considered science fiction; I am a fan of SciFi; so figured I’d order it while was on amazon.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Ahh the Golden Ass
Read that in undergrad, was hysterical. Some of the sexual language is great.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
It really is.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Time has come...
You are either for this or against it. If you are against giving this guy a chance then seriously go root for Pitt.
This is a great hire…
psunate77 - January 6, 2012
I support BOB like I supported Bolden coming from behind 2 TDs in the fourth quarter Monday
I hope it works out, but I’m not quite dumb enough to fool myself into thinking it will.
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
Yep.
This.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Best...post...ever.
Someone paint it green!
pennst92 - January 6, 2012
Done.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
Sooo..
Your done with PSU?
Promise?
psunate77 - January 6, 2012
So we have to root for every decision
the administration makes around here?
What is this, North Korea? Are you Kim-Jong PSUNate77 Un?
I kid. A little. I can support the team, but that doesn’t mean I have to be happy about this decision.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Duce! Duce! Duce!
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Joyner Ha Sempre Ragione!
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
The world is not black and white.
Not sure if you realize that.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Here's the thing.
Say your parent is nearing retirement, and has saved $1mil to retire on. Now, you don’t really have a say in their investments, but you have a vested interest. If they lose it, you are going to suffer the consequences to some extent.
You know your parent is trying to rebalance their portfolio. One day they tell you, “I put all $1mil in WidgetCorp. It’s an up and coming company and I love the way they run their products division. I think in three years it will be worth quadruple the amount.”
Would you say it was a great investment, and we have to wait to see how it performs? If you swore at your parent, called them an idiot and said 100% WidgetCorp is not a good investment decision, does it mean you hate your family and are done with them? Or is it possible that you hate the decision because it is unwise, but will root for WidgetCorp and their success anyway?
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
WidgetCorp is a bunch of fucking crooks.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Its a subsidiary of WorldCom
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
How dare you say that.
You must hate your family and be done with them. Go root for your family’s antiquated rival.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Screw you Dad! I'm running away!
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Running away.
I’m nearing retirement. So you’re, like, over 40.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
I have a law degree.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Sames.
Wow, we are screwed. We’re both never retiring. The analogy falls apart.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Are you guys in Public interest law?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
For real or in the analogy?
For real: no
Analogy: I live with my dad.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
For real: no
Analogy: Yes, that’s why I’m gambling my retirement savings, otherwise I’ll never be able to afford to retire.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Blue Horseshoe
Loves widget corp
PhilaLion - January 6, 2012
Great movie?
Or greatest movie?
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
So many quotes
That apply to this situation:
The most valuable commodity is information
You’re on a roll, enjoy it while it lasts bc it never does
Lunch is for wimps (doesn’t really apply, but I like it)
PhilaLion - January 6, 2012
You missed the best one.
When I get a hold of the son of a bitch who leaked this, I’m gonna tear his eyeballs out and I’m gonna suck his fucking skull.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Nice, forgot that one
although it would imply that Joyner isn’t a spineless wuss
PhilaLion - January 6, 2012
You are right.
Strike it.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Lunch
is when our coach might get around to doing some recruiting!
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
You can rage at your parents for making a dumb investment
But you hope like hell that WidgetCorp is successful in the mean time.
newenglandnittanylion - January 6, 2012
I think the BOB hire basically states one thing...he was the best outside the program option...not many want this job....at this time
SweepTheLeg - January 6, 2012
The thing is there are candidates who publically expressed interest
who seem to be much better. or atleast more committed. which means committed at all.
FB6244 - January 6, 2012
Fixed this for you
You are either for this or against it. If you are against giving this guy a chance then seriously go root for Pitt.
This is a great hire…I can give the guy a chance and still find this hire to be horribly inept. Hopefully he’ll prove everyone wrong and we’ll be discussing who his replacement will be in 2052, or if he’s even going to retire.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Where is everyone getting this information....
…from reporters and Bradley’s lawyer??
Nittany Merle - January 6, 2012
Guess I need a twitter account??
Nittany Merle - January 6, 2012
Ganim
Has a picture of BOB and family arriving in SC
http://yfrog.com/nxuivznj
Fuzzy quality but im apt to trust her…
424E. - January 6, 2012
Looks more like Vin Diesel.
6a6t And The 6u6io66 must be filming in State College.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
lol.... yep, "fuzzy" is definitely the right word.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Fuzzy?
I’ve seen clearer images of Bigfoot!
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
You mean that isn't Bigfoot?
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
fair fair
but she’s not really a troll
424E. - January 6, 2012
no, not saying she's lying. but i'm not sure I would call that a "photo." LOL
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Ben Just tweeted that he saw BOB with his "own two eyes"
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
What if it was out of the corner of his eye
would he say, my “own eye”
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
LOLOLing... that was exactly what I thought. I almost joked Ganim should send it in as 'evidence' for that new "Finding Bigfoot" tv show.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
New AD?
Joyner has now done the only thing he was really tasked with doing. It’s time for a new AD.
I suggest Joe Batista. He talked a guy into giving away $88 million. That’s really something.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
rec'd
424E. - January 6, 2012
YES!!!!!
In fact, I am sending JoeBa an email the second I’m done typing this. He can start the search for BOB’s replacement.
One other note, maybe Ben can get a headshot of BOB now, and then we’ll have the “presidential” comparison shot three years from now when he’s all gray after waking up every morning with the weight of the world on his shoulders. FWIW, that is right up there on the list of JoePa accomplishments — not turning completely gray.
Smee - January 6, 2012
Just for men
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
We won't have a new AD until a new university president
I’m projecting Fall 2014
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
I really hope you're wrong
Why would they give him the interim tag but not Erickson if they rise and fall together?
As a fan of PSU hockey and lacrosse, I hope they can get a better guy. Both those programs are looking for big donors right now. Joyner isn’t popular.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Joyner has "acting" tag
because technically Curley has not been fired yet. I suspect they will get the new president first, which takes about 2 years to start after the search is initiated, which it hasn’t yet. They will allow the new President to chose his AD
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Good point
I’d forgotten about that.
If that case wraps up, Curley could resign.
Or Joyner could do the decent thing and let Sherburne take over.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
The AD and president don't have to co
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
The AD and president don't have to come together, do they?
They could get a new AD before they get a new president, couldn’t they?
They have to resolve Curley’s status, of course, but they got a new guy for Schultz’s job and he took the job knowing he’s going to have a new president in a few years.
Tarman transcended presidents, did he not? It’s not unheard of.
I just don’t see Joyner being a good fit for much longer. Not just because of this shitshow, but because he’s an orthopedic surgeon. Running an athletic department is a profession, or should be; Not for committed amateurs.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Oh, they could get a new AD first, but it's more appealing when the boss gets to pick his own employees
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
it very well could happen
I’m just speculating and could be totally wrong, but that’s what I’m sticking with for now.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
It depends on how the president views the AD
Presidents don’t usually hire all new deans. That would be impractical, if nothing else. I would think the AD is on that level. Not an “inside the White House” kinda job.
I just pray no more coaches in any sports quit while Joyner is AD. I don’t forsee any, but i could be wrong. After this, I wouldn’t trust him to hire an assistant tennis coach. Curley’s record in hiring in the non-rev sports was outstanding. I think there’s zero chance he’ll be back, so they need somebody who can hire smart and schmooze money.
reedjohnmiller - January 7, 2012 via mobile
I've wondered whether the interim AD thing might have been a problem here.
There is a tendency for ADs to have a short leash for coaches whom they didn’t hire. That might be a factor for me were I considering this job.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
I've been wondering that since last night
Maybe this was Joyner trying to put his stamp on the university despite the interim tag. “I may be gone next month, but you’ll remember me, dammit!”
bubba0077 - January 6, 2012
I am reasonably certain
that is not the case.
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
you're faith in joyner is comendable
and i hope not misguided.
FB6244 - January 6, 2012
I just don't see a man of his stature
Feeling the need to “make his mark”
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
I was thinking more along the lines of
“they’re going to hire a permanent AD and he is going to have zero investment in me as HC.”
SubLime - January 6, 2012
Coach O'Brien is real!
He ain’t going anywhere, at least for a year. Unless we run him out of town like Kirk herbstriet in Ohio.
Get behind your new head football coach. Let’s see if he can graduate his players, avoid off field issues, play entertaining football, and win some games. In that order.
SkellerDweller06 - January 6, 2012 via mobile
I'll put win some games before entertaining football
Other than, agreed
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
I have no interest in entertaining football
I want to see PSU win every game 28-0, 350 yards rushing.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Right On.
Lions, Steelers. Penguins, Bucs — I don’t want drama. I want those other guys to have drama.
SubLime - January 6, 2012
He'll get three years
By then we’ll have a new President, AD and if he succeeded he’ll bolt for the NFL. If he sucked, he’ll be fired.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
WWTCD?
Anyone else curious about what Tim Curley is thinking as he watches this? The man spent the better part of a decade planning for this one event, and now he’s watching it be handled in the worst way possible
PhilaLion - January 6, 2012
Whatever, a big part of this mess is on his shoulders
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Yeah
Even if he’s found innocent, he still Bill Bucknered the whole situation.
Why wasn’t Sherburne allowed to take over? He’s got a lot of experience
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Fuck him
He should have handled a much more important event properly. Then he wouldn’t be in this situation
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Rittenberg tweet
Bradley let go by penn state
PSUinOH - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Evidently Grosz just said on radio that Scrap called him, and said that this is factually inaccurate and no coaches have been let go yet
OmarLittle - January 6, 2012
Crazy
This whole thing is like trying to understand quantum mechanics.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
I have buddies in that field, and even they can't figure this shit out
Rogue Nine - January 6, 2012
Thats actually my favorite part of physics
And why I got into physics in the first place.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Well then, explain this?
Bradley’s job is like Schrodinger’s Cat
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Thats actually a pretty solid analogy right now
He both has it and doesn’t have it. So his job exists in both states, until we ‘open the box’ and find out the cats dead.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
hey hey hey
a little optimism here, the cat could be alive!
millzners - January 6, 2012
The cat is alive and dead at the same time.
Duh.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
I think the cat is alive.
But desperately wants to be dead.
jesse. - January 6, 2012
The cat deserved so much better.
sigh
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Screw the cat
He crapped on the floor, why do you think he was in the box?
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
I don't think we're talking about the same cat.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
(i.e. we didn't open the box because Joyner is a dickhole)
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
a dick in a box?
jaytay13 - January 6, 2012
actually makes more sense than what came out before
I mean, O’brien has been in SC for what, 2 minutes? How could he settle on a staff so fast? Makes sense that they’re all still in limbo
OmarLittle - January 6, 2012
So now is everybody on board with B Short?
PSUinOH - January 6, 2012 via mobile
I'm on board with K Collins.
Rogue Nine - January 6, 2012
I'm with G Oriber.
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
My outrage with the way Joyner has handled the last 24 hours is huge
But I toss my support behind O’Brien. This won’t be easy, he doesn’t need us making things even harder for him. TWSS.
Rogue Nine - January 6, 2012
no
not in the least
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
Hell nooo..
I will give BOB a chance, he is put in a tough situation nobody wanted.
psunate77 - January 6, 2012
How do we know nobody wanted it?
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
ESPN talking heads keep saying so
duh
bubba0077 - January 6, 2012
Yep. Kuddos to him for accepting the challenge and the inevitable backlash.....
….I’ll reserve judgement and hope for the best
Nittany Merle - January 6, 2012
I'm on board with J. Daniels
BranchieGrinder - January 6, 2012
Im calling bull on this.
like Omar said Grosz said he is still on the staff per statement from Bradley
ReddWhitenBlue - January 6, 2012
Honest question.
Since he became IHC, has the press asked Bradley one Sandusky related question?
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Yeah
I recall they did before Nebraska. No big deal.
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
So, yes, once,
during the immediate aftermath when no one else from the school would speak about it. Got it.
PSUinBOSSton - January 6, 2012
Yes...
Prior to Nebraska game. He denied all knowledge…
pennst92 - January 6, 2012
Best cheap beer I ever had
National Bohemia’s Best….sold in twelve pack bottles at Sharkie’s for less than $8 back in ’97
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Its made in Baltimore
I had actually never had it until I moved to DC. Its pretty great though.
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Originally from Baltimore
Now brewed in NC by Pabst: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bohemian
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
Used to gobble up old German 40's. $1.98 per bottle
SweepTheLeg - January 6, 2012
Too expensive....
in 97, my fav was a case of forties of Milwaukee’s Best Ice….. 12 40’s = 1.7 cases of beer by colume, and the stuff was 6%. Nasty hangovers though
Nittany Merle - January 6, 2012
cost was $17
Nittany Merle - January 6, 2012
still kind of expensive for an emitic
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
Buying cases of 40s
Is always the best decision, cost-wise. That is, if you aren’t buying a keg. You could get Mickey’s for 1 dollar a bottle my freshman year (2004)
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
Yeah, sophomore year in Erie we had to resort to cases of Hurricanes.
Rogue Nine - January 6, 2012
Everything better when we were young
Now, my story begins in 19-dickety-two. We had to say “dickety” cause that Kaiser had stolen our word “twenty”. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles…
reedjohnmiller - January 6, 2012 via mobile
Love it!
I can get a sixer of Boh for $4 at the right six-pack shop here in York. A cold case is like $13. Can’t beat that with a stick.
DrewRusse - January 6, 2012
Damn, I've never been able to find it again
You are the first people I’ve brought it up with that have heard of it. Maybe we paid a lot less for it back in the day, after all it was over 10 years ago and I was underage and drunk.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Is this the Cotton Bowl open thread?
WOO K STATE!
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
cotton bowl is on FOX? nooooooooooooooooooooooo
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Fox has never employed Craig James
Give them a little credit.
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
very true, that same Craig James that ALLEGEDLY killed 5 hookers while at SMU and that SAME Craig James that refused to deny the allegations.
“His silence speaks volumes” as would be reverently intoned by ESpin announcers.
As for FOX, yes, that is a plus.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
You know
I am tired of people insinuating the Craig James Killed 5 Hookers while at SMU. I am also sick and tired of people saying the after Craig James Killed 5 Hookers at SMU he did not bury said Hookers but instead eat them.
There is no evidence the Craig james Killed 5 Hookers, it is just wrong of everyone to try and pass this off, Craig James killed 5 Hookers while at SMU is just not supported by the facts. Ridiculous, just ridiculous!!
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
If we get a Game Day next year, who is all for making one of those ridiculously large signs
that reads “Craig James Killed 5 Hookers at SMU”
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
I am so in for that.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
me too if Game Day ever dares to show up in C-Bus.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
I have this dream that Game Day will want to come to Penn State in the future
And either the administration tells them to go to hell, the on-air boos are so deafening they have to move inside the BJC, or, best of all, absolutely no one shows up.
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
Gameday?!
They’re not going to be able to say “and today’s game is televised nationally on ESPN” over the stadium PA without a riot for a decade.
elefantstn - January 6, 2012
Ramzy from 11W got nice on James' campaign donation site.
https://rally.org/activities/hdoxA9HvRu3
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
WTF?
Is that for real, or a joke?
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Took me a second to get the joke
Clearly, Senative James’ staff hasn’t figured it out yet.
Tailgate Shogun - January 6, 2012
Who is Ramzy and 11W
guess it would be funnier if I knew who he was
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Ramzy Nasrallah, from Ohio State blog Eleven Warriors.
Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
That is Fucking Awesome
Nittany_Ryan - January 6, 2012
That is so good
Can’t even tell aat first, until you really look at it.
AriesGD - January 6, 2012
Incredible
Phenomenal…..every other superlative evah
hbeach08 - January 6, 2012
agree with you entirely. All of these insinuations that Craig James killed 5 hookers could be cleared up if he would hold a press conference and address the issue.
What is he hiding? why won’t he speak? America deserves answers.
FWIW, my view is that the allegations that Craig James killed 5 hookers are inaccurate. I have it from a good source that the sex workers (their preferred term) were already dead when Craig James arrived. So it is necrophilia that James is hiding (ya know, reportedly and allegedly). Again, this is just my opinion, so give it the appropriate weight.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
ESPN has it on tape that Craig James' wife has acknowledged the murders
to one of the hooker’s family.
psualum9931 - January 6, 2012
Lou Holtz giving BOB his "talking points" for his first press conference; made good points.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
basic idea: You may not know me, but I had a choice; I had a good job: but I chose PennState. Give me a chance to cointinue the greatness that is PSU. (all that was paraphrasing)
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Dead on without the lisp paraphrasing, or more liberal?
WorldBFat - January 6, 2012
I spilled beer on my shirt, and threw some on my face- you know, for effect
psuphysicist - January 6, 2012
LOL... it's early yet in the evening so his drunken lisp was less obvious. it was more like one of his Dr. Lou Pep Talks.
So, it was basically rhetoric, but good rhetoric. It was a suggested way for O’Brien to move past the fans/former player reactions of the last day or two.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
But did he spit on the camera?
pennst92 - January 6, 2012
LOLing. not that i could see. LOL
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
Okay, maniacs.
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Chris Grovich - January 6, 2012
LOL... a MOD's work is never done.
WarBuck46410 - January 6, 2012
My whole reaction to this thing is a decided "meh"
It’s disappointing, but not unexpected. If he sucks, then maybe tickets will be more affordable and I’ll get to go to more games. If he’s great, then PSU is succeeding and I can’t complain about that.
Kyle_Martin - January 6, 2012
Not incredibly pleased with how the search was run though
I get the feeling that the BoT/Joyner really could give a shit about the alumni/students/fans. And that hurts the most.
Kyle_Martin - January 6, 2012
I don't know about that
I just think they didn’t know how to incorporate outside input in a constructive way so they just freaked out and ignored it.
On the one hand, they can’t listen to every Tom, Dick, and Harry that calls into Cory Giger’s show (or whatever) but they can’t be totally tone-deaf either. Managing that balance is a skill. It’s a skill that Joyner may not have, but it’s not because he doesn’t care. He just isn’t a good politician.
I think a number of people are now suddenly in high level jobs at PSU that they aren’t really prepared for because of the sudden axing of four top people and the subsequent field promotions. They may learn in time or not. But it doesn’t mean they aren’t trying or don’t care.
And the board is just so big and unwieldy, it’s little wonder they can’t provide straight answers. They have no mechanism in place to do so. So people are demanding answers but there’s no single person who can answer them. So it falls on Erickson, but he’s not the board and he wasn’t there when some of these decisions were made so he doesnt know.
That’s why they desperately need to retool their whole PR operation. I suspect that’s an area that gets cut in fiscal crises, like now, but they really need to spend some money on it.
reedjohnmiller - January 7, 2012 via mobile
Chris! Time to start a new BO'B thread
This one’s too drunk to drive home!
#gimmethekeys
#onefortheroad
PSUPhD90 - January 6, 2012
Now I know why Joe Pa stayed for so long
Nobody in the higher ups are capable of making decisions.
bbpennstate10 - January 6, 2012
I think Scrap got a raw deal
He deserved to be the guy, and a less qualified guy was hired due to bullshit PR reasons only.
That being said, I am genuinely excited and nervous about this hire. Hopefully we’ve seen the last of the PSU’s staff’s safety blanket (the soft zone) losing football games.
ckmneon - January 7, 2012
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