Iowa 24, Penn State 3: The Pwnage Must Continue
by RossWB on Oct 3, 2010 1:42 PM CDT
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Print(Ed. Note: I write this having not yet looked at any of the zillion comments made by you talkative lot; I also haven't seen much of the game on TV, although I did get to watch the destruction in person from the North end zone. So that was nice.)
In the build-up to this game, BHGP Grand Poobah Jacobi speculated that this came could be pretty reminiscent of the 2003 encounter, with a clearly superior Iowa team grinding out a solid, no frills win over an overmatched/rebuilding Penn State team; based on the events of last night, that theory seems pretty damn prescient. The yardage totals wound up fairly similar (301 for PSU, 349 for Iowa), but the vast disparity on the scoreboard was a better reflection of the difference between the two teams.
Some thoughts:
* Mea culpa. I expressed extreme skepticism about the ability of Iowa fans to pull off the black-and-gold color coordination in the build-up to this week, so it's only fair that I admit that I was dead wrong on that front. Iowa fans absolutely pulled it off (and I did my part by wearing black in Section 135) and it looked fantastic from the stands (and on TV too, from what I've heard). So nice job, Iowa fans.
* The defensive line was beastly. It's not as if the defensive line had been bad in the weeks prior to this game, but by the admittedly high standards (ours, the media's, and their own) of this unit, they hadn't been the unit of impregnable, quarterback-mauling dreadnoughts that we'd hoped to see week in and week out. They gave up a pair of decent drives to Penn State on either side of halftime, one ending in a field goal (aided by a perhaps questionable roughing the passer penalty that negated an interception) and one ending with a rousing goalline stand by the Iowa defensive line, highlighted by two straight stonewalls from the Iowa 1-yard line. Adrian Clayborn looked like the Clayborn of old, an unblockable, rampaging heat-seeking missile of a defender blowing up tackles, running backs, quarterbacks -- anyone that got in his way. But all the defensive linemen had standout plays and, by and large, this looked like the defensive line we hoped to see coming into the year.
* We have a pretty damn good passing game... when we need it. Our favorite Heismanzi candidate didn't have one of his sharpest efforts last night (threw an interception, seemed to not see a few open receivers, and threw a few passes that were off-line), but he was still pretty good: 16/22, 227 yards, 2 TD (1 rushing). Credit, too, to the offensive line, which gave him all night to work with through most of the game. The offense basically went into hibernation for the second half of last night's ballgame, but if the coaches want to pound the ball into 8- and 9-man defensive fronts, there's not a whole lot Stanzi can do about that. It was clear that with the defense playing so well and Iowa's starting field position so miserable, Ferentz had no intention of doing anything even the slightest bit risky that might give Penn State quality field position of their own. It wasn't very exciting to watch, but it was effective -- and if you were surprised, you clearly haven't been watching Ferentz-led Iowa teams for very long. Stanzi avoided the glaring gaffes that could have let Penn State into the game and managed things efficiently.
* Bolden looks promising, but JoePa quit on that game. Credit where it's due: despite being harried and pounded on for pretty much the entire game (and dealing with a difficult night-game atmosphere in Kinnick; it got LOUD on multiple occasions), Robert Bolden seemed to keep his composure well and he did a nice job of leading the Penn State offense down the field on those two drives on either side of halftime. The coaches made things easier on him by using a lot of quick roll-outs and short passes, but he looked pretty calm in executing that gameplan. Things got more ragged in the fourth quarter and he threw a lot more balls that could have (and should have) been intercepted (including the one that was, by Shaun Prater late in the fourth quarter), but freshmen quarterbacks are going to take their lumps; Bolden seems like he could be a pretty good quarterback for PSU in the not-too-distant future.
On the other hand, what the fuck was Joe Paterno thinking by punting the ball from midfield with a manageable fourth down (4th-and-6) with 4:36 remaining, down two touchdowns? That decision was confounding at the time and even less sensible now. If JoePa really thought his team had a better shot of winning the game by punting the ball and using his defense and timeouts to get the ball back with (a) less than four minutes to go, (b) no timeouts, (c) worse field position (in all likelihood), and (d) still a two-touchdown deficit... well, he should probably retire, because senility has undeniably set in. The only sensible (if distasteful) explanation is that he threw in the towel on the game at that point, which is just... sad.
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I said it several times in the threads
and I’ll say it again here. The stands looked awesome. I didn’t think they could pull it off. I was wrong. Nice job.
It never gets to be easy
How did they get the word out?
I hadn’t heard anything about it and just assumed they put large shirts of both colors on the seats or something (which, thinking now, would have been stupid because who wouldn’t have just grabbed every one they walked by).
But it did look awesome.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
I got quite a few emails about it.
And it was on Hawkeye Sports and there was quite a bit of coverage in the IC papers. I’m guessing it was all over the radio and on the local news, too. Whatever they did, it worked very, very well.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, it was absolutely amazing.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
i got about 4 emails from the Hawk Shop about the Black/Gold thing and to check Tickets
that I sadly did not have.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Oooohhhhh. Awkward.
It’s like in high school when someone asks you if you’re going to the party on Friday that you didn’t know was happening, and everyone who hears them ask you facepalms.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Um...
…that didn’t happen to all of us.
/facepalm
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 3, 2010 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Joe Paterno is never wrong.
He was amazed, as of 4:36 remaining, that Bob Bolden was still alive (as was I) and it was time to retreat to the beach and the boats.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
*Cue joke about how JoePa actually fought in Normandy*
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Cue joke about how he participated ...
in the Norman invasion of England.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
He was actually part of Arthur's round table.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
He also fought in Caesar's invasion of Gaul.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
His Cain and Able's less known brother.
Well until now I guess.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
Yes, he's secretly Canadian. He was at fucking Dieppe.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
I was very happy? incredulous? amazed? that he was the one calling timeout at the end of the half...
…while it seemed everyone else was running around with their heads cut off.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
This.
I’d love to see the computer analyzed odds of us converting there. I don’t think they’d be very high.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:01 PM CDT up reply actions
4th and 6 at the 46? Probably not great odds, but the alternative is far worse.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
What alternative?
Iowa getting the ball and running up the middle?
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
This alternative:
punting the ball and using his defense and timeouts to get the ball back with (a) less than four minutes to go, (b) no timeouts, © worse field position (in all likelihood), and (d) still a two-touchdown deficit
But if he was no longer trying to win the game at that point, well, what the fuck. Then again, he was OK with calling a timeout to let Kevin Newsome have a shot at scoring a meaningless sorry, character-building touchdown, so I guess it all makes sense.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Exactly.
Paterno was thinking something in that mind of his, I don’t know what. I really don’t care because I see no point in caring about this particular instance.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 4, 2010 8:21 AM CDT up reply actions
FYI, the photo of Klug up there.
I think it was on this play when he wrapped up some RB running at full speed and, while being spun around himself by the force of that RB, neatly dropped him in a pile on the ground like a coil of rope. Klug never left his feet.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
That play made me think of Blades of Glory.
And it certainly was glorious.
"Your shit's weak! Shit's weak!"
by rinseandrepeat on Oct 3, 2010 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I love how 74 is just completely whiffing on Klug (imma miss that guy)...
…is 74 Banana Peel? Or Stop Sign?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, we need to keep our mouths shut about Bolden. We are going to rue his experience as early as next year, if they coach him up right.
Mr. Boh Knows ...
I thought they were brilliant in rolling him out to the right and calling 3-step drops.
Iowa was still getting through the line, he was just getting the ball away quickly.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
looked a bit like Arizona offense
except for the rolling out, quick drops, short passes. Could be argued it is a weakness for our defense
You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning
by The Bacon Explosion on Oct 3, 2010 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a weakness to an extent.
But it’s also by design to an extent; the defense gives you that, but turns into nails near the goalline.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
yeah... iowa gives up a lot of the underneath stuff
From my vantage point as a newless clewbie who doesn’t really understand the X’s and O’s of football, it looks like we leave the undernearth passes open and close in fast to prevent YAC. To the extent we defend those passes, it looks mostly like we rely on the D-line to generate enough pressure that those passes are hard to throw and hard to catch. And it seems to mostly work.
But I suspect an O-line that can deliver about 3 unhurried seconds for the QB to throw would move the ball on us fast.
Under Ferentz Iowa will always
live or die by its line play on both sides of the ball. If we can control the LOS we can win even without superstars at the skill positions. Both lines are playing pretty good. They seem to me to be in late October form compared to prior years.
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
I never heard more about Tarp...
…is it a stinger (what I heard)? Or do we know about it?
I knew James would be a good one. Saw him in very early and thought they were spelling Tarp (hadn’t heard about stinger at that point) or coaching him or something. I thought something was up when I started occasionally seeing Troy Johnson and no Tarp.
James was good to see. He’s grown up around this program (dad’s equipment manager), he’s been on the Doyle program for a few years now, he filled in at QB last year and did very well (he’s got a good understanding of the game and the ability to play many positions at a high level). I’d rather see the veteran Tarp back there running the D, but if I had to pick any freshman… I trust Morris. He’s going to be VERY good for us.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 3, 2010 11:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Ferentz seemed to think both Tarp and Johnson would be available after the bye week.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Did he say what the deal was?
Stinger? Hand?
Johnson got dinged too?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes, stinger for Tarp.
Johnson “got his bell rung.” Which sounds like a concussion to me, so I imagine we’ll have to wait and see with him.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I wasn't worried about Stanzi at all,
the pick he threw was kind of like a punt, my only complaint( other than then 5-10 former d-1 QBs in my section) was that Coker or Rogers didn’t get any carries, but if thats all I can find to complain about, I’d say were set. Bring on Michigan.
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
Difference is the pick came on 1st down
A pick like that on 3rd down is basically a dropped pass + punt that shows up as an INT on the stats book. Not that big of a deal.
But on 1st down? Whole different deal. Ends a drive that needn’t have ended. Might have been a prescient call though, since IA had shitty FP the whole second half. Passing downfield on 1st and ten on your own 39 is a reasonable, if unnecessary, call, at that point in the game and IA got few other chances to throw like that.
my point was that it was a deep enough pass, where it didn't end up hurting us
where in the past Rick has thrown INTs towards Iowa’s end of the field, setting up the other team’s offense in good field position. I know it ‘s not a strong arguement, but it’s better than a Rick Six.
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Oct 3, 2010 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, good, a lawyer....
…that was like the one thing we didn’t have around here.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 3, 2010 11:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
It came at a bad point during the drive, but as bad passes/interceptions go, it was far less costly than one in the flat that gets returned for a score or good PSU field position.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The only thing about that pick though..
if Stanzi puts that ball on a rope a bit earlier, instead of arm punting it down the field, DJK makes that catch for a big gain. If watch that play again, you will see that DJK was open if the ball is thrown harder and earlier than it was.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
Stanzi also thought that their free safety . . .
had broken off right into coverage on McNutt. He had just hesitated that way though, and baited Stanzi into making that exact throw. Hopefully a learning moment all around.
by The Final Gun on Oct 4, 2010 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions
To highlight one play in particular
The play where Clayborn ran through his blocker and forced the intentional grounding penalty was maybe the most impressive play by a defensive lineman I’ve seen all season. That was amazing.
PP-TPW.
The Only Colors
What always stuns me
about watching him, especially when he’s on fire, is how many different ways he can beat blockers. If you set up for his finesse moves, he plows you. If you brace for impact he spins. If you’re set up inside to take away his moves, he speeds through on the outside.
He’s a complete player.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And yet, he is just such a herky-jerky athlete.
It’s really weird to me. he never seems in complete control of all his limbs or something, yet he has undeniably awesome athleticism.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Maybe its the Dreadlocks Effect
A lot of players with dreads, it seems like having ’em swishing out from under the helmet makes the player look herky-jerky.
BTW – you said “Herky”.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
He also said Jerky.
I took to mean of the beef variety. Now I’m hungry.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
He does have
Erb’s Palsy.
Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa
by Not Marv Cook on Oct 3, 2010 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I like when they re-ran the play where Clayborn was TRIPLE TEAMED and he still moved them back!
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
The stands did look great on TV...
but here and there i saw some non-compliant fans. Were they caned during half time?
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
My question was
were there shirts for those who weren’t with it?
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:23 PM CDT up reply actions
No free shirts. Free pom-poms, though.
(Almost) everyone showed up in the correct black or gold gear of their own volition.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I was confused at first...
My section (138) was deemed a gold section. When I arrived most fans were in the correct gold attire however our pom-poms were black… When I looked around it seemed everyone else (other sections) had coordinated pom-poms, not the opposite like us. Weird but outcome was awesome!
"You want an honest answer? I have no idea."
-Kirk Ferentz
An Arnaud jersey ...
was stapled to their chests.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 2:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
One more thing...
on the tube, Joe Pa looked worried-confused-disheveled even as he “led” the team out of the tunnel at the start. It’s time for a coach who is not in tune with HEAD SET TECHNOLOGY to hang up the jock strap and live out his remaining days in nostalgic glory.
Quit Joe Pa While You Can Still Chew Food.
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
You won't be saying that when Norm's got the same thing going.
Oh, wait. He already does (kinda).
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
This is somewhat offensive in so many different ways.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
I think Joe Pa is chasing 400 wins
He may hang it up at the end of this season.
by HawkeyeInExile on Oct 3, 2010 6:56 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think he stayed to chase any win total
I think he honestly loves coaching this team. It also seems likely that he doesn’t know what he’ll do with himself once he’s done coaching.
Doesn’t he have a year left on his contract? I seem to remember his last extension being of the 3 year variety, but don’t recall when it was signed.
by The Mexican't on Oct 3, 2010 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup
The internets just told me he has another year on the contract. But I’m not sure that means he has to stay for another year.
I have tremendous respect for Paterno. I don’t want to see him chased out, but I don’t think he should stay until he bites it either. I think the retirement is happening sooner rather than later.
by HawkeyeInExile on Oct 4, 2010 3:28 AM CDT up reply actions
sooner than later...
….Are you aware that people have been saying that for 20 years?
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes
but he wasn’t in his 80s 20 years ago was he. If he’s coaching at 100 somebody really will need to check him for the zombie virus. That or batteries.
by HawkeyeInExile on Oct 4, 2010 6:12 PM CDT up reply actions
I honestly have no idea what you're talking about, man.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, some toady toolbag on Fanhouse this morning did a whole story on JoePa needing to hang up the black shoes...
…and it just read really hackishly. I don’t mean anything personal Zulu, cause it seemed like an offhand comment from you, but I hate hearing people talk about JoePa needing to go.
2005= 1 loss (to Michigan by 2)- – [BCS] Orange Bowl
2006= 4 loss (Domers, aOSU, Mich., Wisky)- – Outback
2007= 4 loss (Mich, Illinois, aOSU, MSU)- – Alamo
2008= 2 loss (Iowa, USC in bowl)- – [BCS] Rose Bowl
2009= 2 loss (Iowa, aOSU)- – Cap One
2010= 2 losses so far (to Iowa and #1 Alabama)
Take away the zombie good looks, and the pants pooping comments, and whatever other old person biases one may have… and WHO in their right mind looks at that record and wants to get rid of that coach? It’s rediculous.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
I was surprised to read similar coments on the Black Shoes Diary.
Some fans jump quickly to “The sky is falling”. Penn State lost to two teams that will likely finish the year in the top 10-15. The only remaining conference game that comes close to playing at Iowa is Ohio State in the shoe on November 13th. This could realistically be a 8-9 win team with a true freshman starting at QB. It sure sucks to be Penn State.
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
Norm can't walk but he can still chew
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
Anyone else agree with me?
(and it did have something to do with Iowa constantly running the ball and not trying on offense), but…
The first half wasn’t near as close as the score indicated. Iowa dominated, but didn’t put up many points.
The second half wasn’t near as separate as the score indicated. Penn St moved well and Iowa didn’t, but PSU just didn’t get any points.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Eh, I guess.
Penn State had really one good drive in the second half (not counting the end-of-game garbage), which netted zero points. They maybe “deserved” points on that one, but other than that I can’t recall any good scoring opportunities they had.
The Iowa offense tried just about nothing in the second half; that was about as textbook an example as you’ll find of Ferentz getting a two-score lead and just sitting on it.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
The first Iowa drive
was as efficient as I’ve seen this team all year. Unfortunately it didn’t end perfectly.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Jerk.
Oh, I was about to candidly state this but there was no one around who would understand… Brett Keisel of the Steelers currently looks like Varg Vikernes.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 2:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, hi James. Next time snap the ball, okay?
Good man.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Totally redeemed himself on the QB sneak
That gets 2-4 yards every time behind Ferentz. He’s absolutely killing it out there.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, that was as good as those early drives against Iowa State.
I was a little sad they didn’t try one shot into the end zone after the silly penalty moved them back five yards, but eh.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah, I know that in retrospect. It looked like the PSU defense was playing better, though.
And I guess just coming up with no points in the 2nd half for Penn State was what made it look bad. If they score on that goal-line stand, and Prater doesn’t get that TD, 17-10 seems more like how the game actually felt to me.
Also, I wish they would have got Coker or Rodgers in for at least a carry or two. They could have taken that risk. Although, I understand why Ferents wouldn’t – young guys AND a bye week to give Robinson rest.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
True, it wasn't all the Iowa offense shutting up shop.
The Penn State defense did look better in that second half. But Iowa made it easier on them by not passing much (ever?) on first down and insisting on trying stretch runs to the left (DO NOT WORK). It would have been interesting to see what would have happened with the offense if PSU had scored and made it 17-10 at the start of the third quarter. I have to think they would have been less conservative on offense.
I was surprised to see no Coker or Rogers, either. Maybe it was the bye week thing.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Prater Interception - Iowa Penn State 2010.mp4
thanks to the youtubes.…unless i was too drunk to remember, I don’t recall ESPN running an replay of the Pick 6(?)
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Its at the end of ESPN highlight reel in the recap story.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions
sorry I didn't clarify, espn mongers didn't show a replay of the Pick 6,
during the game, after the XP….(?)
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
There's not a replay, it just shows him int'ing like that clip.
Boy, there are some great Sad Fan shots on that You Tube clip.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions
then his buddy next to him, I'm guessing updating his
facebook status on his Droid to “inconsulable”….
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
Theres a later shot of a bunch of PSU fans in blue and a girl in the lower left
that looks like she’s about to drop a gallon of tears…
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions
We hear about/talk about it all the time
Ferentz uses a pro style everything. Throw first to go get a lead, check the defense to see if it is effective, then run to kill clock relying on our punter to kill their field position.
Quite a boring second half to watch but deadly effective.
You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning
by The Bacon Explosion on Oct 3, 2010 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
we only play a half of football
because we only need a half of football.
our offense is great when you note that its really only trying to produce about 50% of the time.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Royster doubled his rushing total on one very late garbage run in the fourth
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
I was so pissed
That put them over the 50 yard mark for rushing. What an embarrassment for the Iowa D to get gashed like that. Geesh!
Ballard deserves honorable mention for PotG
That goal line stop was spectacular.
by Drive-By Hawk-Eye on Oct 3, 2010 2:37 PM CDT reply actions
Great contain on that play by Hunter
Unheralded
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
"Unheralded" is pretty much the story of Hunter's Iowa career.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
True
Can you remember any other 3-year starter that has gotten less press and attention?
I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.
Maybe Matt Kroul.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
He's the one that really made the play, IMO.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 3:27 PM CDT up reply actions
James Morris gets the next man in award. He plays salty for a true frosh.
"Have you ever had the Hot Pocket Hot Pocket? It’s Hot Pocket inside a Hot Pocket. Tastes just like a Hot Pocket."
Binns Contribution on that play
Binns blowing up the blocker in front of QB made him run parrallel and not straight ahead. I would say good example of solid play all around.
quote forthcoming
Wiscy is once again is over rated, Michigan Green underated and Michigan Blue almost gets rocked
I feel better about our future after yesterday,,, with Wiscy showing their true colors, Michigan Green demonstrating that the first four don’t count, and Michigan Blue hailing Mary to win at the rock… Not to mention this morning at the course they Brutus fans actdually admitted they didnt have a runing game other than T-REX and my money is Norm will figure out how to put the Robinson cruise to the heis on hold,,,
Greg Marmalard: But Delta's already on probation.
Dean Vernon Wormer: They are? Well, as of this moment, they're on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!
Animal House, 1978
DJK's going to break two career receiving records at home against either Wisconsin or Michigan St.
That’s exciting.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Are you saying he won't get them both at Michigan?
Have you seen their pass defense?
Loved winning this game...
and when you pull back and look at this team’s development it is clear that the defense might just now be going to the heights we all exprected. My only concerns going forward are:
- backup RB
- kickoff coverage
- place kicking in big spot
I think we can get a lot done in the next two weeks.
- heal up
- get a back-up RB comfortable with blocking schemes/playbook
- see if Murray is worth a damn still
- work those special teams
- get Norm back in flow+
+ Kirk said in one of his comments that they are interested only in getting Norm back if they are reasonably sure he is back to stay. They want to avoid a Yo Yo affect on the defensive prep and routine. So while Norm might be released from the hospital, he might not return right away. I could, in fact, see him not coming back until Wisky. I hope sooner, and I hope he has been game planning for Michigan all this time. We’ll see.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
My hope is that KF and KOK
can pinpoint the exact way to score with Michigan if need be. It shouldn’t be hard as you, I and many others have already pointed out. But they need a backup plan if it turns into a shootout.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 3:15 PM CDT up reply actions
I can only imagine
how much film I could watch in a hospital room. And I agree with your points SMA. Considering our past history with a solid PK, that position worries me a little bit.
"You want an honest answer? I have no idea."
-Kirk Ferentz
I appreciate everything Adam Robinson does.
But I don’t think we’re an elite team (top 2 or 3) without a better RB. Right now, our running game can be shut down, and without a running game (or a threat of one) our offense becomes vulnerable (as Arizona showed). If Coker/Rogers can develop into something that’s just a little different from Robinson, I think that could help add another dimension to the offense, which could help hide some of the weaknesses. However, I’d prefer a little more speed from that position.
Robinson is a good, reliable runner, but he’s not a gamebreaker.
(I marvel at those RBs at Alabama. They’re men among boys.)
Iowa's running game wasn't shut down at Arizona.
It was abandoned because nobody runs fast enough to make up a 14 score deficit that, for all the coaching staff knew, would continue to grow.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Nice Read
think the stripes may become a feature of home games? It could become legendary like the pink locker room. I think now you can’t claim to be a real college football fan if you don’t know the piece of trivia that Iowa’s visitor’s locker room is pink.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Honestly, I hope not.
I love that unlike some diehard college fanbases (specifically in the south), we don’t tend to have the kool-aid-drinking group think sort of thing going on. I love how everyone pretty much acts on their own volition and realizes that there are much more important things than being color coded. But I would love it as an annual homecoming thing.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I could see it happening for homecoming and/or big games
It is another thing to get the fans more involved and looks pretty on TV. No one can think the athletic department won’t jump on this for those two reasons alone.
BTW – I let everyone who would listen to me here that I thought it looked great on TV. Done to stunning effect, well played U of Iowa!
You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning
by The Bacon Explosion on Oct 3, 2010 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't see the game on TV - Stanford and Oregon were MORE IMPORTANT HERE
But the pictures I’ve seen online, it looked awesome.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
It does look awesome, I definitely agree there.
I just don’t want it’s awesomeness to become diluted by excessive usage.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
This
The novelty of it is what made it awesome. A color-coding thing for next year would be awesome, but if the University made it different somehow, it could be even better.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Er, how could it be different, really?
We don’t have any colors beyond black and gold.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Red, white, and blue?
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Stanzi's graduating, sadly.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Patriotism and valor will live on after Stanzi graduates...
this is America dammit.
KOK, you might be a genius...
by hawkeye_heartattack on Oct 4, 2010 7:12 AM CDT up reply actions
it would be an improvement to make one end one black and one gold
so there wasn’t a huge awkward black section because students get general admission tickets. It would also be an improvement to have gold and black paint showers for non-compliant fans and visiting fans.
You could do a pretty sweet bullseye thing with row numbers. You could do a checkerboard (a little more complex). You could do half the stadium one way and half the other. Or quarters (which I think would look sweet overhead).
by The Final Gun on Oct 3, 2010 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking checkerboard
By dividing each section at the ground level rows. Not sure what to do about the student section, no way to get a pattern in there.
I doubt it.
It’s not going to be as effective later in the year when colder temps bring out the winter coats.
I’m guessing they’ll just add it to the regular rotation of “theme” games they do (blackout, gold rush, etc.).
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You are correct about winter sir
I’ve been living in mild climates too long (you really don’t need a serious winter coat in DC, Fredericksburg, Richmond, Jackson, MS or here in Sacramento (unless you’re going skiing)) I’ve totally forgotten about that whole winter coat thing, and that most people aren’t going to buy winter coats in Hawk colors. DOH!
I have a serious North Face winter coat I bought when i was taking care of my mother’s death last January, and that thing actually was hot to wear even in -15F temps… they’re really improved winter coats in the last 20 years… (hard to believe I’ve been gone from serious winter weather since 1991).
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Lots of people have black coats.
I’m guessing not many have gold coats.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
My North Face is bright fucking ISU red
In case I get buried in an avalanche skiing in the Sierras, they’ll be able to find my body. For $20 (I paid $275 for the coat, and its got a zip out liner that will have you sweating in 20 degree weather) more I could have gotten this passive detection system that’s sewn in that allows the SAR teams to find your dead bashed body faster… but I thought – Nah – I’m just wearing this coat in Des Moines, I don’t think avalanches are an issue there.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
That's the nice thing about being killed in an avalanche
there’s no real hurry to find the body. Damn kids today. No patience.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 3, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Its very sad.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Nah...
For those rare Saturday night home games, you bet we’ll coordinate like that. For Iowa vs. Purdue, our hated enemy, during “rivalry” week when we’re on the Big 10’s sixth alternate channel because, truthfully, North Central Louisiana State versus Indiana is the more compelling matchup, there’s no reason to try it.
Or the other piece of Triva tWWL gave us during the game.
I mean who knew that there were only 2 Peternos in IC? That is a piece of football trivia that will win me so much money down at the bar.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
According to someone on here, they were using the Iowa City-Coralville phone book, not IC alone.
by The Final Gun on Oct 4, 2010 7:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Great now there goes my money makeing idea.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
I think all the fans should show up NAKED. Then, maybe, we could finally get some West Coast Press
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
Or chant "Fuck these refs".
/Duck’d
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Or "Fuck the Iowa City Police Department"
Some prick seriously almost arrested me for trying to cross Melrose about twenty yards from the bridge because some douchebag in a BMW couldn’t wait or park farther away. Of course, I didn’t see his shoulder patch, so he could have been from CR, Marion (I saw a Marion cop pull a 60 year old couple from their seats because they’d read the tickets wrong and threaten to throw them out of the stadium), University Heights, the University, Johnson County, Linn County, etc, etc.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Still shaking my head about the punt.
Just an utter white flag from a coach who should be putting his team in as many “high stakes moments” as possible right now. Disgraceful, really.
Actually liked what I saw from Bolden. If you can believe it (it’s internet football discussion, so…believe it) some people are pissed at Bolden for the loss. I suppose running for his life and having zero running game is his fault. He’s the most talented QB we’ve had in 15 years.
Oh, well. Good game, lads. I said a few weeks ago that you’d win the conference and still believe it.
--
@scrappled
Slow States - Lacking SEC speed since, like, a month ago.
by Run Up The Score on Oct 3, 2010 3:33 PM CDT reply actions
I agree, Bolden is very good
You guys have a very young team and while I hate to say “Next year” to someone that is not having a great season, next year should be a lot better for you guys.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That punt was baffling.
Especially since, as you noted, it would have been a great teaching point for a QB (and offense) that badly needs it. I haven’t seen all of the post-game talk yet — I’m assuming JoePa got questioned about that decision. What was his explanation?
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I’m assuming JoePa got questioned about that decision. What was his explanation?
Well, first here’s my reaction to this question: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Joe has always hated the media so the media hates him. Generally speaking, if they ever ask a question like that, one of three things will happen: “No comment”, he will angrily dismiss them because they’re a sniveling media reporter, or he will dismiss them in an extremely funny way like, “We just ran out of time.”
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously though, Bolden is a cool cat
He delivered some strikes that should have been caught, PSU can build a team around him this year and even next. His junior year, he ought to be an animal. I’d be pretty jazzed were I a PSU fan.
Cue "Morelli as a FR" comment
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by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I dunno...
Morelli was hyped a lot, but I don’t remember him ever really doing anything to deserve it in a game. Bolden actually has looked OK even when he and his team are over-matched like this and the Alabama game.
Then again, Morelli never really got better despite getting a lot of experience. If that happens to Bolden, PSU might be in for a few average seasons.
Then again, I am drunk and it’s 2:50 am on a Monday, so I might not have any idea what I’m talking about.
He sounded very tired (like past his bedtime tired, not looking-in-his-soul tired) and curmudgeonly...
…at least the little bit I heard on the radio once I finally got to my car. And I believe he used the “just ran out of time” comment.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 12:40 AM CDT up reply actions
That punt
I’ll never understand it. The lack of intensity the team displays and calls like that are making me wonder if the coaching staff isn’t operating under a sense of intensity and urgency. It’s like nobody seems to care.
Very frustrating.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
I don't understand you guys.
How much intensity would you have in that situation? Iowa kicked the crap out of us last night. Even if we had converted (Highly unlikely), and then scored (Incredibly unlikely), who here thinks Iowa’s defense would have given up another touchdown?
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:04 PM CDT up reply actions
If you're so sure we can't score 2 touchdowns on them, how does punting help us win?
Or do you not care to win at that point?
It doesn't.
It’s a questionable call, it’s not a “disgraceful” call. I just don’t feel like questioning this kind of thing. There’s no point to it. We don’t win that game if we play it ten times.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions
True, it wasn't disgraceful.
But it was frustrating, and I’m not arguing for a purpose here, just venting.
I really wasn't frustrated by it either.
And I haven’t needed to vent either. Maybe it’s because our guys gave it their all, maybe it’s because Iowa is a great football team. Whatever the cause, I really have no complaints.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:25 PM CDT up reply actions
The game wasn't over yet.
Anything can happen. Would we have converted, scored, kicked on-sides, recovered, and scored again? Probably not. But just rolling over with that much time on the clock is demoralizing. I mean, shit, why even play the game? Vegas made us a touchdown dog. Fuck it, let’s just call it off and go eat some Pringles.
Luring recruits with my new "Posting HD" scheme since '08.
Careful...
…once you pop you can’t stop.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions
It's not "disgraceful".
And it’s not a white flag either. Bellanca is right about that one.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, maybe it is a white flag.
But I didn’t care then and I don’t care now. Joe showed plenty of confidence going for it at the beginning of the half.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree.
It’s been blown out of proportion. Complain about Bob not getting in at the goal line if you’re going to complain about something, not the fucking punt.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 7:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure what to complain about there.
I thought PSU made the right decision (they needed a TD there) and had a good play call — Hunter and Ballard just made great plays to keep Bolden out of the end zone.
If the shoe was on the other foot, I suspect there would have been a pretty epic meltdown among Iowa fans here. Yes, Bolden is just a true frosh and, yes, the odds of them converting, scoring, stopping Iowa and getting the ball back, and scoring again in 4:36 are pretty damn slim… but not impossible. A guy like Bolden can use all the experience he can get in situations like that. Besides, what’s the worst thing that could have happened? They don’t convert and Iowa gets the ball back and runs more time off the clock.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I guess I was just trying to point out that it's splitting hairs
but you’re right.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions
There was nothing to lose running the two minute offense there.
You are down two TDs. If you get picked off, well, you get picked off, but I’ve always had the philosophy that you try to win the damn game regardless of how much time there is on the clock if its within two scores.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 4, 2010 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I defer to the coaches there.
Would I make the same choice. No. But I’ve never lead a team of 18-22ish year olds to a BCS game either.
They know more about their players abilities, tendencies and downfalls. Maybe Bolden stresses when he throws picks in practice (that’s totally out of my ass, I’m just throwing out a possibility), and JoePa thought that if he lost the ball toward the end of the game it might affect him for many more games.
Coaches run a play in game 2 to set something up for game 6 or 9. They think with that kind of longevity, and I have to believe that he made the decision to punt for a reason that we’ll never know or understand. And that’s football.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions
That may be just "football," but it doesn't eliminate the possibility of criticism.
Good coaches make bad (or at least questionable) decisions. JoePa’s still a good coach, but that doesn’t mean that his decision to punt was any less baffling or unsettling.
Unless he’s running a really elaborate long con in which he’s going to spring a fake punt on some unsuspecting opponent in a similar situation, any attempts to put a positive spin on that decision ring pretty hollow.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
This decision to NOT punt
to me was about the BIG picture. I think the Penn State staff pretty much knew this was an uphill climb before the game, and once the game started all their concerns were justified. By the time of that punt they were in survival mode.
I think they are building and painting. In other words, they technically did quit punching with that call. But they did quit the fight. They just wanted to avoid the knock out. That interception though makes that call dubious in retrospect. If you punt, then no deep passes later on, right? Go home with a 17-3 loss against a team that might end up in a BCS bowl and keep rebuilding the troops both physically and psychically.
I don’t think the PSU staff will think this way against anyone else though because this game was like the Bama game, lots of things goiing against them: on the road, early in season with young QB, suffocating defense, national TV, etc.
I think Ferentz would have gone about it in a very similar way. I would not have been happy about it, but I think he would have. Although we have not had a true freshman play QB in my lifetime I don’t think—Chuck Long might have been the last freshman and he was a redshirt.
Penn State’s issues are ultimately that they lack an effective offensive line. Their defense is good enough to win the conference but they cannot really run the ball and their passing game is hindered by drops and limited pocket time. They could survive that with an elite QB…maybe.
If they can iron out that O-line they can pick off a team I believe, but I don’t see them doing better than 8-4 or 7-5. They are building for the future but trying to win now (building and painting). They got caught with a nasty schedule. Had Devlin stayed they might be a different team but he didn’t.
"I wish you luck with a capital 'F'" - The Real Elvis.
That Devlin stuff is mythology amongst PSU fans.
No one knows if that guy would have done any better with this offensive line and what has been, for my money, the biggest disappointment this year: the receivers.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 4, 2010 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions
JoePa may have been ...
the only guy on the PSU sidelines who had a head in the game.
Who was the ginger beside him who never knew when to call a timeout?
Apologies if this has been covered.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 4, 2010 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions
I hear you (like I said, I wouldn't have made that call)...
…I’m just saying.
I mean, I didn’t love the call at the end of regulation with aOSU last year either, but Ferentz had his reasons (which later I think I started to understand when I re-viewed many parts of the game soberly). I just think JoePa knows his team and had his reasons. We don’t all get to be the coach, and his offense had been pretty well Bitchmade all night (plus he lost like his third TE, and probably didn’t want to see anyone else go down as a result of going for what would probably be a pointless score). Baffling? It didn’t baffle me. Unsettling? I guess if you’re a PSU fan, but it didn’t seem like an absurd call to me.
I don’t know, I guess I just see it differently than some. Whatever.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Looking forward
Bolden is going to be very, very good. I can’t believe I agreed with the announcing duo last night but they kept mentioning this is what happens when you start a true freshman at QB. Flashes of brilliance and then mistakes. Just have to assume he is going to learn the ins and outs of the offense, get his cannon for an arm more under control and lead a very dangerous attack.
You can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning
by The Bacon Explosion on Oct 3, 2010 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions
About the lackluster offense in the second half...
The two main reasons have been identified (Iowa going conservative, Penn State playing better), but I do wonder if Ferentz’s respect for JoePa kept him from doing much of anything after going up by two scores and stuffing Penn State on 4th-and-goal from the half-yard line. Ferentz’s conservatism is well-known, but we don’t always shut up shop quite like this against everyone. We had a 27-0 lead over Minnesota en route to 55-0 two years ago, but they didn’t exactly call off the dogs too much in the second half — even though that Minnesota team had even less hope of scoring on Iowa than last night’s PSU team.
Again, I definitely think the main reason they closed up shop so much was because Ferentz really didn’t want to see something stupid happen and for PSU to have a (largely) undeserved shot to make the game competitive… but I do wonder if the respect factor may have played a tiny factor, too. The last coach in the game Ferentz would ever want to embarrass even slightly is Paterno.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You probably missed it
since you were at the game, but there was a fantastically funny moment that the TV camera caught at the end of the game. KF ran onto the field prematurely when PSU got that last 1st down inside our 10. He ran out with a huge shit-eating grin on his face and was noticably hurt when they pulled him back. Even my wife LAWLed at that one. KF has mad respect for JoePa.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Someone needs to You Tube that.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as he doesn't become another SweaterVest
We got too much of that in these parts,,,, and especially not on Nov 20
Greg Marmalard: But Delta's already on probation.
Dean Vernon Wormer: They are? Well, as of this moment, they're on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!
Animal House, 1978
I posted three reasons why Captain Kirk laid off..
Our AWESOME Defense/Don’t show our hole cards/Grind up the clock but I completely agree with you, #4 is “Don’t show up the Old Man”. Just one more reason why Iowa is completely blessed to have Ferentz heading up a program for young men.
(P.S. Can you even imagine Stoops doing that at Arizona? He’d probably run over and slap the dentures out of Joe’s mouth)
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
And JoePa ...
would stab Stoops in the chest with the short sword he’s carried since the Third Punic War.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Was that before or after Thermopylae?
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Shhhhhh!
Don’t let JoePa hear you!
He hates Spartans almost as much as he hates Parthians.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Pretty soon we are going to have to switch to Chinese battles or something
Given that their civilization is older than the Greeks…
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I heard he played a bit part in Land Before Time.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions
the land before
the land before time. 1 point 0
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
For a children’s movie reference.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
That movie is every bit as believable as Jurassic Park
but has more credibility for featuring less Jeff Goldblum.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 4, 2010 7:47 PM CDT up reply actions
HEY!
Jeff Goldblum taught us all that when the aliens come to destroy us, they will be using crappy computers (presumably windows based) that we can use macs to upload viruses into.
You want the human race to be destroyed? Is that what you want???
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 4, 2010 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
They are nothing compared to his hate for THE FILTHY SPANIARDS.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Philly fans:
McNabb leads your team to championships over the last 10 years, suffers injuries for your team, puts up with Terrell Owens—then gets traded by your team (to a terrible franchise) so that fucking Kevin Kolb can be your leader… and you boo him? McNabb’s the guy you boo? (Could it have been an ironic boo?)
It's Philly
they boo small children. You’re nobody if they don’t boo you.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 3, 2010 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Isn't it the only NFL stadium with a real lockup underneath?
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:48 PM CDT up reply actions
That's the legend
Philly fans really are jerks. In all sports.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Hmmm. I just applied for a job in Philly, too...
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
They booed Santa once during a half time show
"Just drive down that road, until you get blown up"
- General George Patton, to his reconnaissance troops
I've posted it here before - I saw Katie Couric get booed at halftime
At UVA – she’s a graduate. Then again, UVA used to have a pep band that would do political skits on the rare times they’d go bowling – they are perm banned from what used to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis for their halftime show titled “Elvis Really Is Dead.”
Now, I thought that was funny. Anyway, I think it was a homecoming, can’t remember the opponent or year, but it was during the 90s, Katie trots out and they booed her ass like it was Philly or something.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
And threw snow balls at him.
Unfortunately, there is no video available but ESPN has used stock footage of a story about the incident around Christmastime the last few years.
Michael Irvin was motionless on the field, appearing to be paralyzed
and they were cheering. They’re the worst. No doubt.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
I remember that. Ugh.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
There was a Flyers game last season
where the eterna-douche Dan Carcillo cheap-shotted a Habs player before he had agreed to fight. The dude was knocked out and bleeding a little on the ice and they were going fucking apeshit.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
You're welcome
Best wishes
Patrick Kane
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I shit you not
when I say I almost fell out of a window in ecstasy when Kaner scored. Living in Chicago and being a Hawks fan experiencing that was arguably the best sports experience I’ve had.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not the world's greatest Hawks fan ...
but that run was so much fun. Like finding $1,000 in your back pocket.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
The 2009-2010 Hawks
were even wackier than the 1985 Bears, one could argue. Just a bunch of young hooligans looking to party.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
last season was a lot of fun
And this one is shaping up to fun, although we’d all be wound up all tight as hell if we were undefeated right now. In some ways, having that loss makes it easier to relax and enjoy the rest of the season more.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
definitely
it was a nice way to lose the pressure.. just wish we didnt need to lose the pressure with a group of such talented seniors.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm actually talking about the Blackhawks.
I should make that distinction a little more obvious next time. My bad.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
Still, though…not a ton of fistfights in football…
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Unless you're LaGarrett Blount (sp?)
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Oct 4, 2010 9:43 AM CDT up reply actions
I've found a Twenty in my back pocket before...
Guess nopants rolls bigger than I do
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
When I wears pants,
I gots big pants.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't usually wear pants, but when I do...
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
I have been knocked out
And the best part of being knocked out is you don’t remember the pain of being knocked out. I lost about a minute of memory both before and after being concussed when I was hit while riding my bike. It was eerie, really – it was like waking from a nap. Apparently, I was answering questions and seemed lucid and knew my name before I “awoke” but I can’t say as I remember even that. I was standing in the street, my left arm hurt from going over the handlebars, and my helmet was cracked under the plastic shell… it was weird.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, it's a really fucked up feeling.
Getting choked out is even weirder. It’s like tripping on nitrous when you wake up.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
You've had that happen? Wow.
Now that’s some scary shit.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions
nitrous is good stuff
ive been a test dummy a couple times. they used to use it to initiate moderate/deep sedation…
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Churchill used to have a nitrous tank that he used all the time.
If it’s good enough for a winner of the war to end all wars, it’s good enough for the Ped-Mallrats/Bums.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 7, 2010 12:19 PM CDT up reply actions
MMA?
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions
dentistry
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
No. Grigs.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah i know
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Yup.
If you’re with someone who really knows what they’re doing it can happen REALLY quickly too… like BJ Penn demonstrated on Sport Science.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 5:58 PM CDT up reply actions
ive had two concussions
ultimate frisbee – AWESOME – took a guys forehead to my zygomatic process of the maxilla (definite DPI) – last sensation was sunglasses flying off my head. as i woke up, i told everyone to look for them. somehow i was on top of them (EPIC RAG-DOLL apparently)
skiing – 25ft tabletop, no helmet (the only time in the last 6 years i havnt worn one) – apparently i was out for a couple minutes but to me its one confinuous memory with me floating (like in a knights tale…) – rode through a mogul field on a backboard behind a dude from southern california just patrollin and livin the life out in vail. ass hole. the EMTs at the ambulance told me ‘dont drink too much, cuz you know, head injuries and alcohol – especially at altitude arent a good combo’
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I was calmly putting stuff back in my bike bag when I came to...
I guess we go in an automaton mode when the conscious mind is out to lunch. Hmmm. That explains Brewster, he’s got an ongoing constant concussion…
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
i bet you clean when youre blackout drunk too...
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
I've never been blackout drunk
But there is a first time for everything.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
its not something one plans to do
its something that happens to you when your roomate is a lot younger, turns 21, and sneaks everclear into whatever youre drinkin to loosen up… that jack!
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as you don't wake up with tattoos and years later..
Kids that you didn’t know you had showing you on your front doorstep, maybe blackout drunk isn’t too bad.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
no tats
no kids yet
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions
It's weird
In the Trib article where Matt Bowen talks about them,
The next thing I remembered was making a tackle on wide receiver Koren Robinson before halftime. He just showed up in front of me. I have no recollection what happened between the first hit and the tackle.
Just bizarre to think how you can be functioning more or less normally, but not remember.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 3, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I know a guy at BSD.
Steelers fan. Penguins fan. Last guy on earth to defend Philly fans. He was at the game and claims 1) They were booing Deion Sanders, who was dancing like, well, Deion Sanders in the endzone, and 2) they thought Irvin was being a sissy again. I wasn’t there, but Michael Irvin is a sissy.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 3, 2010 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd boo Deion Sanders for being Deion Sanders
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 3, 2010 7:10 PM CDT up reply actions
top-3 CB of all time
Can strut all he fucking wants IMO.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:34 PM CDT up reply actions
revisionist history
Not top-3 all time, at all.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
Woodson and....? Mel Blount maybe? Who else?
I believe Night Train and Mike Haynes were Safeties, so was Ronnie Lott
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 4, 2010 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Champ Bailey is better.
He’s just not as apparent in the media as Primetime was/is. When all is said and done the current Woodson might be up there too.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 4, 2010 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking that yesterday ...
Been playing at a high level for a long time. Salty against the run and teams still throw at him.
C. Woodson, that is.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 4, 2010 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I hate that attitude anyway.
Being good at football doesn’t give you the right to be a pompous gasbag. Nothing gives you the right to be a pompous gasbag.
"We just ran out of time." [sly smile] - Joe Paterno
by ReadingRambler on Oct 4, 2010 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Y'all would've lost your $100 betting on Liston
Cassius Clay FTW.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 4, 2010 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Nothing gives you the right to be a pompous gasbag...
…three quarters of internet users just logged off.
Thanks.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 7, 2010 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Considering he never made a single tackle
and it is in fact part of the position, I wouldn’t even consider him in the top 10.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
I don't think KF 'let up' at all.
Remember: we kicked to open the half. PSU ran a fantastic drive down the field and ate up half the 3rd quarter. The defense came through on the one inch line.
At that point you have 22 minutes of football left with the ball on the one inch line. What are you going to do? Run up the gut and try to get into punting territory. We worked the ball out (with several passes inside our own 20) and punted from the 35 or so. that’s a great outcome. And, by then, there were like 3 minutes left in the third quarter (all numbers from memory).
Once you get to the 4th quarter with a two TD lead against a freshman QB leading an ineffective offense, what else are you going to do? Keep the clock running, keep the ball as far from our end zone as possible, and let the game end. Who WOULDN’T play it that way? That’s not conservative, it’s the only logical way to play out the game.
Things would have been very different, I think, if we’d gotten the ball early in the 3rd Q. I think we would have gone for another TD using the same balanced play-calling we used in the first half.
by indyhawk on Oct 3, 2010 3:54 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I haven't seen anyone bring up the 45 yard bomb to DJK in the second half.
Doesn’t seem like a conservative play call.
by KinnickNorthHawk on Oct 3, 2010 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
One play call doesn't change the fact that the overall playcalling in the second half was pretty conservative.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Agreed...
…but I think indyhawk is mostly right in that it made sense. He just forgot “don’t give away any plays to future opponents if we don’t have to.”
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 1:03 AM CDT up reply actions
so we rocked PSU, we have a week off...
anyone wanna go troll on OBNUG with me?
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 3:57 PM CDT reply actions
haha well dont forget
that chris petersen signed for five years, but its not a solid 5-year contract, its more like an mlb buy-in for a decent-but-not-amazing utility infielder and he can go anywhere – breaking his contract – only losing a measly 200k if he goes somewhere else right after bowl season…
;)
ITS GONNA BE A BLODBATH!!!!!
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you have a link for that?
I hadn’t heard that before and would love to see that in some official release.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions
its pretty much embarassing how little hes getting... but i guess they know its the mountain west too....
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5126311
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
It's essentially incentive-laden.
We promise to throw wads of cash at you if you promise to stay in this horseshit town and coach the California-born student athletes of this horseshit university.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
That's really a lot of money for them to cough up, compared to us
Yes, we are the smallest public university in the Big 10 but we’ve got Real TV Money…
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah but
i think he could walk into a mid bigten or sec (why do i always type sex?) coaching position based on his current resume
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions
(and then earn some fist-fighting-with-jebus money)
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by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
its incentive laden
but reallyjust encourages him to build a resume and get out – 50k raises? hmm i guess i dunno what im talkin about. i guess im just used to goin to a school thats good at (real) football against (real) opponents and pays with (real) money? i woulda put a bigger incentive 2-3 years out.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:34 PM CDT up reply actions
50K raises? Hell, Saban gets 50K each time he wipes his ass.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
No, those are Saban recruits you're thinking of.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
I'm waiting for the NCAA goon squad to show up in Tuscaloosa
which they’ll likely do 5-10 years too late, Saban will be gone, and they’ll swat them for a few schollys and Hail Marys as punishment. The NCAA is too chickenshit to shut down a major conference program.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Oklahoma. USC. LSU.
To name a few. They vacated USC’s national championship ferchrissakes. NCAA does a shit-ton of stuff wrong, but allowing big programs to skirt the rules is not one of them.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions
This was back in the day...
but look what they did to Southern Methodist. They clearly will wield the axe hard when they need to, despite their often pussish ways.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions
UNC
had better push hard for a bowl game this year.
Because they won’t be allowed in one for awhile.
Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa
by Not Marv Cook on Oct 3, 2010 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
That one is going to be interesting
can’t wait to see what comes out of it, but if it’s as bad as it already appears to be, they’re looking at USC level sanctions minimum.
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 4, 2010 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm talking about the extremely rare use of the death penalty
Like they did to SMU. If the NCAA had real cojones, they’d use that option more often, but, if they did, we wouldn’t be able to obsessively talk about ESSSSSS EEEEEE CEEEEEE speed… half the programs in the SEC, where cheating is a way of life, would be shut down now.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 4, 2010 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Coaching violations should affect both teams and coaches . . .
and if the coach has moved on (or gotten out of Dodge when the writing was on the wall) then scholarship reductions, cash penalties, etc. should follow him to the new program. If the hiring program finds out that losing 3 scholarships for a couple years comes with the deal only after they’ve made the hire, they should be allowed to unilaterally terminate the contract for cause.
by The Final Gun on Oct 3, 2010 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't know the exactitudes of this,
but coaches can get issued a “show-cause” order (Kelvin Sampson has one).
Essentially, it makes it a massive headache for that coach to get hired by an NCAA institution.
Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa
by Not Marv Cook on Oct 3, 2010 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah . . . I remember that now.
But that doesn’t matter a ton if they’re already established in a program.
by The Final Gun on Oct 4, 2010 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm reading it now
They aren’t nearly as much fun as we are. Must be the effects of playing the ultimate limp dick schedule is affecting the fan bases ability to be interesting AND funny.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
which would really suck
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
But good potatoes though.
Did I spell potatoe right ? ;)
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
i dont think so...
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Got Dan Quayle's phone number?
Awesome that the guy will be remembered more for his spelling skills than he was Bush 1’s Veep.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:31 PM CDT up reply actions
who is damn quail?
:wink:
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
unless it was coeur d'alene
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
I live about 20 mins from Coeur d'Alene
It is breathtakingly beautiful. Pretty good fishing too, if you know where to go.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
I've golfed there...
…on Tiger Woods ‘08 (I think that’s the year). The island green 14th is way tougher than 17 at Sawgrass.
"You think you can take me? Go ahead on. It's your move." -- Thomas Jefferson Geronimo III
by IPeeBlackAndGold on Oct 4, 2010 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
True dat
Great course though. Best I ever played.
Perhaps my best years are gone... but I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
by jebushchrist on Oct 5, 2010 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
Excellent course.
I have only golfed there once as it is so damn expensive, and to be honest, Spokane has about 9 public courses that are really not that bad at all.
TOUCHDOWN IOWA! TOUCHDOWN IOWA! - Gary Dolphin
I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! I LOVE IT! - Jim Zabel
IRONMAN!
Been tempted for a long time to sign up for one, I’m just afraid my body would implode from the training. Unless I can somehow get Yoda to train me. Then I could just levitate my ass through all the tough parts.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
i suck at running and swimming
and love biking. but bike racing sucks. tri-s are fun, as long as you dont get too serious… the serious guys are worse than serious road racers…
but an ironman? you must be an iowa-defense quality athlete… or just a moderately successful distance runner.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
If my left IT band hadn't imploded two years ago
I would’ve done a HIM by now. But – OTOH – I really hate swimming. I’d rather play human popsicle with a pitchfork and 10 angry ex-GFs than swim laps. I’m not good at swimming, and I don’t have the patience to get good at it. My best half marathon time is 1:58:12.
I’m not fast at all. My only marathon was 4:39:59 and I limped the last two miles with sore feet. I just have marvelous endurance. But in addition to this fucking IT band issue 0 which is slowly getting better – I now have develop PF in both feet. This is not fun. Its called Middle Age. Ugh.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
IT band issues are horrible
my right IT is the reason i pussed out and stopped racing bikes 3 of the 5 times ive retired from amateur cycling.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been doing acupuncture for a month now
After two rounds of PT about a year apart. Its helping. Its actually quite relaxing to lie face down and have the tech put 20-30 needles in my neck, back, legs, calves… although the soles of the feet hurt for a few minutes. What’s weird about acupuncture is how you start just sweating like mad the first couple of minutes the needles are in… then you fall asleep. Its actually very relaxing.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions
sweating... then you fall asleep
Glad I’m not the only one. That’s weird (the sweating part makes sense, but the instant relaxation afterward was unexpected), but great. I think I drooled in my sleep, but if I did I wasn’t seen.
I got very sick that night too, though I had gone because I was already sick, so I don’t know what the takeaway is there.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 1:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Bike racing is a great way to fuck yourself up BAD
You generally don’t break your collarbone running. You might fall down in a race at the beginning… I’ve seen that happen…. but you generally get right back up. I love to ride too but even in tris – and I’ve done a couple – you see crashes because people don’t know how to handle their bikes.
But yeah, the serious tri people, male and female, tend to make RichRod look like Mother Teresa.
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"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
hahahahahahahah
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions
ive separated both shoulders - thank GOD
woulda been broken clavs if the AC joints didnt go. IT band issues, back problems, and not to mention numbness
i raced more mountain and cx than road.
imho the road is just for training. its like running track – thats not a sport – its what we do to train and prepare for real sports.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions
This is what kills me about amateur bike racing
The racers are either dirt shit poor hipsters with NO insurance that put every dollar they have into cycling and their bikes, or they’re high-end professionals – usually competitive types like doctors, lawyers, bankers – who will race a 6-10K carbon frame bike (which is unbelievably stupid) in a crit where, when they crash and shatter their Delarosa/Derosa? they just shrug like its no big deal. Um, it makes a lot more sense to race crits on a cheap aluminum frame with a carbon fork and mid-range components, because you WILL crash if you race enough. Its inevitable.
At least when the docs/lawyers/bankers hit the pavement, though, they’ve got health insurance. But there’s lots of ego in amateur bike racing – hell in cycling in general. People will fucking race (guys almost always) each other on the American River bike trail here on the weekends, dodging walkers, joggers, grannies, kids, and the cute girls that would probably be their girlfriends if they’d slow down and quit pretending they are the next Lance.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions
thats the other thing that kept making me lose interest
mtb and cyclocross are way better… although not for long. best crit frame i ever rode wan an old gt w/ the triple triangle, and spinergy spox wheels – it belonged to steve lauber from bikeworld in ames and he rode for the isu club. he wrecked an oclv trek and rolled the components on to that beast and when trek replaced the carbon frame he just sold it and stayed on the GT. it was like a roller coaster – stiff and on rails – the wheels had just enough give to make the straight stays not murder ya in the trunk. i ride aluminum exclusively. its awesome.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I have just two bikes - 2003 Trek 2200 road and a K2 parts MTB
And I like the MTB much better. It can take a licking and doesn’t need parts replaced every five minutes. I’ve replaced the wheelset (well, I rode the first one over 10K miles), the shifters, the cassette, the front rings, chains…. road bikes – at least racing road bikes – are not designed to last.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions
they can last
but you have to own a lot of tools and do a lot of tinkering. once set up and broken in they can hold together for a long time but… whats the fun in that? CYCLOCROSS!!!!!!!!!
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I've been looking at cyclocross bikes
They look like a nice option for urban commuting. Lighter than a MTB but far tougher than a road bike.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
When is the NFL going to adopt the instant replay system used in college?
Reviews in the NFL take so freakin’ long.
they have more money to count
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:36 PM CDT up reply actions
so it takes more time
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
when Major League Baseball gives that No Hitter back to that Detroit Tigers pitcher.
this place smells like feet. i’ll bring a can of lysol next week.
cant do it
if baseball uses the human element, it will just be a video game. a very boring video game. armando galaraga was robbed, jim joyces career was re-defined. but baseball just cant go to replay on calls at the bag.
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions
It has to be Clayborn..
Ross, since you were sitting one section over from me (I’m in 136 thanks for asking) then you saw the play where Bolden got called for intentional grounding. He was called because Adrian totall blew hte left tackle complete the fuck up before introducing the frosh to our field turf.
Yee-Haw! I ride again!
by Cornshoe Hammaker on Oct 3, 2010 4:59 PM CDT reply actions
BTW, I hate both of you guys officially now
;) I suppose I need to make my pilgrimmage back one of these days…
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
136? Ha!
The Artist Formerly Known As Hawkeye State was in 137, so there was a ton of BHGP representation in the north endzone.
And, yeah, that play was a thing of beauty — just an unreal individual effort from Clayborn.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I was in 137 also,
is it just me or have the seats got even smaller?
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Oct 3, 2010 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't have much experience sitting in the normal people seats, frankly, so I dunno.
I spent most of the night getting used to the novelty of not having to stand all night.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
It's quite wonderful.
I do, however, implore you to join the debauchery that ensues at the very top of the endzone with Papa Grigsby and NotSallyMason, among other BHGP enthusiasts. We usually have a solid caché of vodka with us to make delicious Vodklemonades with the fresh squeezed lemonade provided by the stadium vendors.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Filed under "Things I wish I had known about 28 hours ago..."
I’ll keep that in mind for the next time I venture back to LHK (which likely won’t be until 2011).
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I wish we had vendors in the student section
Although I’m sure that they wouldn’t sell very much. I just don’t like having to go to the concession stand for my mixers. So inconvenient.
Check the current width of your butt for the answer ;)
Seriously, the last time I was in the stadium in 98 – obviously before the renovation – I thought they’d squeezed the seats a little bit to get more bodies in the stadium then.
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 10:18 PM CDT up reply actions
18" is the average Iowan's butt width, correct?
I think that’s the width now. Though I doubt they change the width often. That’s a LOT of aluminum seat renumbering/engraving to do it more often than once a generation.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Supposedly
they got bigger in the renovation.
Jack Trice Stadium - Easily one of the Top 10 Stadiums in Central Iowa
by Not Marv Cook on Oct 3, 2010 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
The average Iowan's butt width got bigger?
Michigan’s seating is horrendous. The bleachers seem like they’re made from 2X6’s.
by KinnickNorthHawk on Oct 4, 2010 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
And God Damnit
Why didn’t I see any BHGP shirts? I was all over that section as a runner for food and drink, since I was closest to the aisle.
I saw a guy in the "All your goalposts belong to us" sweatshirt
problem being its cold weather season, and BHGP apparel is 90% comprised of short sleeve t-shirts.
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Oct 3, 2010 8:29 PM CDT up reply actions
ROSS ROSS ROSS ROSS ROSS
GET ON THIS!!!!!
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions
We're working on it. I think.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I bought one of the Goalposts sweatshirts
The sleeves on the XXL were comically short for this 6’5" dude. Had to return it. Might need a different vendor for sweatshirts if I’m gonna be able to support that portion of BHGP. Champion brand sweatshirts FTW
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm thinking a FOTP hoodie version is a must.
But how about something involving Hockeybear?
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 3, 2010 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Zip-front gold hoodie
Would sell like hotcakes. Finally found one this year after a decade (seriously) of searching.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 3, 2010 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd like the quarter zip option sweatshirt, myself
It looks a little more stylish… hoodies are fine but I’ve already got too many… you really can’t wear them here in Sacramento that often…
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 4, 2010 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions
DUDE!
I’m up for this! It’s gotta be quality though.
Going, going, going, going, going, going, going, going.... Alright, I'll stop for now.
by EnergizerHawk on Oct 4, 2010 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
135 also
Row 33….If I’d only known what was going on up top…..
.....OK, maybe I didn't thing the short version of this name through....
by TheStupidShallBePunished on Oct 4, 2010 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions
By the way...
for those of you who travel on US 18 south of Mason City, speeding is a bad idea.
/smiles politely at member of Iowa State Patrol
Yee-Haw! I ride again!
by Cornshoe Hammaker on Oct 3, 2010 5:00 PM CDT reply actions
How much were you over?
aka Leftcoast Hawk / @thebirdcult on Twitter
"0.2... Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
by The Bird Cult on Oct 3, 2010 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions
ive been on that road a lot - were you near grundy county?
fightin for president stanzi's fightin americanzis since his first 13 yards charge - syracuse '07
by metcalfrhymeswithblodbath on Oct 3, 2010 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Well-traveled by ISP...
that space is.
A large-scale meth factory — I guess that’s what it was — was knocked over by cops and feds in those parts a few weeks back.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Just a few miles east of I-35
I was over the speed enough that he was cool to knock it down a couple of mph. Still it’s money that will be going to the good people of Cerro Gordo County that I would have rather spent on alcohol.
Yee-Haw! I ride again!
by Cornshoe Hammaker on Oct 3, 2010 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions
you "guess that's what it was"?
/subtle’d
"Next week's no good for me. The Jonas Brothers are in town."
It was bigger than a lab ...
The feds say this guy was cooking crank for a motorcycle gang. This property had built up defensive positions, weapons caches, the whole 9 yards.
The only thing missing was a visit from Raylan Givens.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
by Blackheartnopants on Oct 3, 2010 6:28 PM CDT up reply actions
*sniff*
I’m always so proud of home
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 3, 2010 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
greatest show ever!
Tigers love pepper... they hate cinnamon.
by White Lightning on Oct 3, 2010 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Shit...was this on the news?
I can’t believe I didn’t hear about it.
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
Yup...
…semi-automatics and whatnot in holes and coverings around the perimeter of the property from what Iowa Public Radio told me.
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Oct 4, 2010 1:27 AM CDT up reply actions
North on 380
There were ISP pairs on every turnaround for something like a mile. That and my aforementioned story about being almost arrested by a police officer made my sleep-deprived mind want to find a cop to scream at (hurray for 4:30 wakeups for conferences in Cedar Falls!).
I'm gonna give her my "D" face. Deeeee, deeee, deeee!
---Norm Parker
dammit, reply fail
It never gets to be easy
by chitownhawkeye on Oct 3, 2010 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Iowa F'ing City
I just took my bitch a$$ home.
Just kidding: had a great time, best tailgating I’ve been to in the Big Ten (outside of the blessed Valley of Happiness), and mostly cool fans.
@jschnauzer
Bloggin' at joepasdoghouse.com
I saw small groups of PSU fans roaming Iowa City on Saturday.
Didn’t seem like any of you guys were being harassed by Iowa fans, so hopefully that was the case.
And I need to get me one of those Iowa Fucking City shirts.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
I thought they were witty
until I realized that the very people who wear them are generally the type that harass opposing Big 10 fans. Or the type that come from the West Chicago suburbs and don’t know a fucking thing about Iowa football and the wonderful things that come with it.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Oct 4, 2010 9:27 AM CDT up reply actions
That's why we have to teach them the ways of Iowa football
and also get them to realize that wrestling is much more important/successful here than basketball and if they wanted to go to a damn basketball school then maybe they should have gotten better grades and gone to Illinois.
Another explainatin for the punt
JoePa could also have thought that the Defense stood a better chance of scoring at that point than the offense.
It’s worth noting that Iowa punted next after rushing Robinson on a 3rd and 4 from our own 38. If we really wanted to pick up that 3rd down we could have by going to the air. But KF was not about to chance a pick-six: which may be what JoePa was looking for.
Ironically, the next play after we punt is the pick-six JoePa might have been wanting to see…just for the other team.
by the_iowa_hawkeye on Oct 4, 2010 1:16 PM CDT reply actions
Agreed.
JoePa probably realized that Iowa had shut it down for all intents and purposes and didn’t want to see us open it back up. It may have been more of a “truce” than anything else.
That would make some sense.
If, you know, Penn State hadn’t thrown downfield on both possessions after they got the ball back after that punt.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
You're right.
The downfield passing would only be a sign of a “truce” if it were Iowa State.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 5, 2010 2:00 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't know about a truce
But I think JoePa wanted to get the better unit on the field thinking they had a better chance of scoring than the offense.
by the_iowa_hawkeye on Oct 5, 2010 10:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Random Trivia
A friend just told me he heard that Stanzi is now the only QB in FBS history to beat Penn State in 3 consecutive years.
False.
Robert E. Lee also won 3 consecutive years…however the 4th year yielded a rather decisive victory for his opposition.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 4, 2010 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Nobody likes that long walk to the Courthouse
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Oct 4, 2010 8:47 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well that's just excellent.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Oct 5, 2010 2:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Not sure
I think it’s that he’s the only starter to ever beat a JoePa led PSU team 3 times. So it’s possible that it happened before JoePa. Maybe JoePa himself did it as QB at Brown.
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