Tag Archive for 'Talor Battle'
November 30th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
This just in: Penn State’s basketball team is in the process of signing an exclusive TV deal to have their games televised on TNT due to the fact that they know drama better than anyone else in college basketball. For a moment there, it seemed like us, the fans, were going to avoid the same [...]
November 26th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
May your turkey-induced stupor be a pleasant one. Before I sign off for the rest of the week, here’s a short list of things that Yours Truly is thankful for:
Supporting a football program with a 10-2 record that most other teams would KILL to have.
Rich Rodriguez, for helping PSU start a winning streak of their [...]
November 14th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
So, the Fighting DeChellises took care of business and the third season premiere of “The Talor Battle Show” was an instant ratings hit: 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists. Even more impressive about Battle’s stats is that he achieved those 27 points while knocking down only two three-pointers, the rest were due to Battle [...]
November 12th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
There’s only one video clip out there that’s more awesome than Talor Battle’s coast-to-coast trey against George Mason which kick-started PSU’s NIT championship run, and that’s a video clip of Talor Battle’s coast-to-coast trey done in the style of Saturday Night Live’s “Dear Sister” sketch. You can thank me later…
October 20th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
$100 says this guy had the smarts to go to Ohio State: What happens when you’re an Ohio State team with the most overrated QB since Ron Powlus and said overrated QB turns the ball over four times, causing you to lose against a 1-5 Purdue team? In Terrelle Pryor’s case, skinny redneck armchair quarterbacks [...]
October 16th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
Today marks the first official day of practice for college basketball teams across America, which means the Fighting DeChellises are officially set to begin their NIT title defense…and by “title defense,” I mean avoiding the NIT altogether and making it to the tournament that everyone else cares about.
Time will tell whether that dream becomes a [...]
October 1st, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
And today’s contestants are:
The defending champion and leader of the free world, Talor Battle and his thunderous reverse slam!
And the studly newcomer who’s already a YouTube sensation, Tim Frazier and his patented two-handed windmill dunk!
If you’re not having Stanley Pringle-like fantasies about a Battle-Frazier starting backcourt by this point, then you’re probably a zombie.
July 13th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
The annual Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (or “Arts Fest” as all the cool kids call it) was held this past weekend here in State College. For all you non-Penn Staters reading this, think of Arts Fest as a warmup to football season: Every July, students and alumni make the pilgrimage back to Happy [...]
June 25th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
So, the last couple of days have featured some news-worthy happenings and since I’m busy procrastinating from studying for my upcoming exam I figured “Hell, might as well dispense my two cents.”
All The BCS Cares About is Money “Student-Athlete” Welfare – For those of you that were unaware, representatives from the Mountain West Conference proposed [...]
June 20th, 2009 by Happy Hour Valley
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 [...]