

Indiana State Sycamores (0-0) at Penn State Nittany Lions (0-0)
Beaver Stadium - University Park, PA
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Kickoff: 12:00pm EST
TV: Big Ten Network
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Really starting to look forward to this game. The older one came home yesterday with a DVD of the Penn State offense to review during the week of down time before the fall camp. He's looking forward to getting some cracks at their tall WRs. He took one day off, and today was running his ass off again while the "little one" was in the weight room. They are getting geeked, which is fun to watch.
I would imagine Alex did but Mark didn't. I don't think the frosh were involved in the summer stuff the team was doing... at least it appeared that way from Tweets I saw.Did they do the Madman III this year?
I've got a lot of respect for the crazy people that did that! ;-)
I would imagine Alex did but Mark didn't. I don't think the frosh were involved in the summer stuff the team was doing... at least it appeared that way from Tweets I saw.
There was at least one incoming freshman at Madman III. An OL from IL.![]()
Penn State still searching for a quarterback -- and an identity
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/08/01/penn-state-identity/
Wow, I am sure that's how michigan felt about App State too...Regarding BCS teams scheduling FCS opponents, I am a Penn State alum and diehard fan that hates our annual scrub game. It's bad enough that we schedule two MAC teams each year, but Indiana State? I hate this practice, never attend these "scrimmages," and don't buy season tickets due to the non-conference dreck. (I'll still be at the Alabama game though.) Enjoy your writing and podcast.
-- Morgan, Philadelphia
You alluded to part of the problem. A school like Penn State feels like as long as it's got one marquee non-conference opponent per year like Alabama, it can fill those other three slots with whatever dregs are willing to come to State College. That's pretty much become the standard scheduling formula in the leagues with four non-conference games, but for a few notable exceptions (like LSU's slate mentioned earlier). Last week the Big Ten announced it will be going to nine conference games in 2017, a move I wholeheartedly favor. However, it will be interesting to see which non-conference game fall off teams' slates first: The Alabama slot or the Indiana State slot. Skeptics assume it will be the former, but the Pac-12 already plays nine league games, and 11 of the 12 teams (all but Washington State) are playing at least one BCS opponent. It can be done.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/stewart_mandel/08/10/mailbag/index.html#ixzz1UeaCU6SM
I read that yesterday and thought about posting it, but I refrained. Typical highbrow BS by a non-playing fan who doesn't know or understand SH%$ about why those games occur. I'd just once like to see a fan like that walk up face to face to one of our better players and say that to his face rather than hiding behind the computer keys.
Agreed. Plus, if even one guy on the roster reads it and it pushes him to work harder, practice hard, pump out another set on the bench, it makes the team better in the long run. May not be reflected on the scoreboard against Penn State, but may pay off down the road against a conference foe.I read that yesterday and thought about posting it, but I refrained. Typical highbrow BS by a non-playing fan who doesn't know or understand SH%$ about why those games occur. I'd just once like to see a fan like that walk up face to face to one of our better players and say that to his face rather than hiding behind the computer keys.