Tag Archive for 'joe paterno'

Not-So-Deep Thoughts: Ohio State Edition

So my entire week has been at the mercy of a dreaded term paper which conveniently enough was due the weekend of the Ohio State game…awesome. As a result, there’s not going to be any full-fledged preview but rather some quick thoughts on tomorrow’s game:
Judging from what I’ve read on numerous Penn State and Ohio [...]

The Kirk Ferentz Twitter-Tracker

(Photo courtesy of the uproariously hilarious Iowa blog Black Heart Gold Pants)
With the much-awaited showdown against Iowa coming up, I figured I would try something a little different this week by using Twitter as a means of keeping tabs on what might be going through the head of the opposing coach, Kirk Ferentz. I’m not [...]

Not-So-Deep Thoughts Loves A Good Old-Fashioned Indoctrination

Yep, It’s That Time Of The Year: Time for a new crop of incoming freshmen to learn the meaning what it takes to represent the best football student section in the country. The picture above, courtesy of Jay Paterno’s twitter page, was taken from last night’s “Be A Part From The Start” re-education camp organized [...]

Happy Friday: Remember This Commercial?

Once again, the real world got the best of me and while I’m no fan of doing lazy, half-assed posts like this, I’m afraid I’m left with no choice (unless of course, I want to give people the impression that I’ve suddenly gone missing).
Today’s YouTube treat features a couple of ads for Burger King’s “Legends [...]

Bill Lynch Is Hitting On This Blog Post (And Other Big Ten Media Day Tidbits)

Everyone by now has at least heard of Joe Paterno’s “tweedle-do” comments (in reference to Twitter) from Monday’s Big Ten Media Day, if not seen the clip numerous times (hell, it WAS the opening clip for the 11 PM SportsCenter that night). As you might be shocked to learn though, JoePa doesn’t have a monopoly [...]

PITT FAIL

Every Penn State fan is aware of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s notorious anti-PSU leanings and that even the slightest bit of praise the Post-Gazette gives for PSU (or better yet, JoePa ) is enough to get most Pitt fans foaming-at-the-mouth angry, which leads to them spewing out their typical “PSU sucks” spiel…Enter Bob Smizik.
Smizik recently wrote [...]

PSU Flexes Its Muscles At The BTN Awards

The Big Ten Network recently had its 2nd annual award show. While it was missing epic musical performances, a quality monologue (Why couldn’t they get Mike Hall to do one? He seems like a funny guy), and tuxedos, the show was nonetheless a raging success for Penn State as a whole.
Jamelle Cornley took home a [...]

Time To Play “Catch Up”

So I’ve been busy with exams and pondering my career path over the last few days, which means I’ve been in no mood to post until now. As always though, I seem to miss out on the hottest news whenever I take time off like this so once again, it’s time to catch up to [...]

JoePa Would Like To Remind You That Adding Another Big Ten Team Is Easier Than Invading Normandy

In a recent interview with ESPN.com’s Ivan Maisel, Joe Paterno mentioned that he’s been pushing hard for a 12th team to be added to the Big Ten, thus allowing the conference to hold a championship game during the first weekend of December and gain some valuable TV exposure instead of going into hibernation for more [...]

The JoePa Of High School Athletics

Meet Joe Newton, head cross-country coach of York Community High School in Elmhurst, Illinois. Joe is 80 years young with several decades’ worth of accolades under his belt (including 24 Illinois State titles), a master at sculpting boys into men, and is no fan of that dreaded “R” word…Sound familiar?