Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

[tundra1]

Scout staff predictions. The Kool-Aid is flowing...

http://pennstate.scout.com/3/SeasonPredictions.html

The picks:

8-4
10-2
9-3
9-3
9-3
9-3
8-4
8-4
8-4
8-4

This is a team that went 9-4 last year with smoke and mirrors. They averaged 19 ppg, and lost their best WR, RB, and a chunk of their OL. The have, maybe, the least talented defensive backfield in the conference, but they're gonna equal or better last year.

This could simply be a tacit admission that their coach as of the beginning of last year was piss poor.

 

[exhawg]

Scout staff predictions. The Kool-Aid is flowing...

http://pennstate.scout.com/3/SeasonPredictions.html

The picks:

8-4
10-2
9-3
9-3
9-3
9-3
8-4
8-4
8-4
8-4

This is a team that went 9-4 last year with smoke and mirrors. They averaged 19 ppg, and lost their best WR, RB, and a chunk of their OL. The have, maybe, the least talented defensive backfield in the conference, but they're gonna equal or better last year.

Just more ammo to throw at the NCAA when they are 2-10.

 

[Jake]

Beano was never a ped aggy fan. He was first and foremost a domer, but after that he loved Pitt. To his credit, he went on record before ped aggy started playing in the conference that they would struggle without Paterno being able to have his hand picked ref crews.

Beano went to Pitt and grew up there, but he also spent plenty of time on local (Pittsburgh) radio slobbering on Joe Pa's knob.

 

[Jake]

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9280501

Hope springs eternal in Crappy Valley. Oh please, go Bobcats!

 

[Onebuckfan]

Beano went to Pitt and grew up there, but he also spent plenty of time on local (Pittsburgh) radio slobbering on Joe Pa's knob.

It just wasn't Beano: Keith Jackson slobbered over Joe hated Woody. What say Keith Jackson now? Is he with Franco?

 

[BuckeyeInWA]

I dunno, 8-4 this year wouldn't surprise me at all. Other than Ohio state, wisconsin, Nebraska, and Iowa, I don't see any games where I can point and sa, that's definitely a loss. Now, I also wouldn't be surprised if they went 3-9 because there aren't many games I can definitely see as wins. Given all the craziness of their offseason, I really don't know what to expect.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Mark another one off the BWI checklist of victim metaphors. So far, we've had.....

Communism
Fascism
Hitler
Nailing Jesus to the Cross
Slavery
Lynching
Christians and Lions in the Coliseum
Jim Crow

and most recently McCarthyism....Come on down. You're next on the analogy is wrong.

Who's next, Bob?

 

[NFBuck]

I dunno, 8-4 this year wouldn't surprise me at all. Other than Ohio state, wisconsin, Nebraska, and Iowa, I don't see any games where I can point and sa, that's definitely a loss. Now, I also wouldn't be surprised if they went 3-9 because there aren't many games I can definitely see as wins. Given all the craziness of their offseason, I really don't know what to expect.

If they go 8-4, Batches O'Boulihan deserves National, not just B1G coach of the year. They lost their best players from a horrific offense and are relying on friggin' McMoxie to run a totally new offense. That ain't Tom Brady, and those TEs aren't Gronk and Hernandez. That's not even addressing the mess their DBs are.

 

[Taosman]

There is so much rage there I worry that people will get hurt. The BOT should be making more of an effort to calm things down.

 

[Taosman]

I dunno, 8-4 this year wouldn't surprise me at all. Other than Ohio state, wisconsin, Nebraska, and Iowa, I don't see any games where I can point and sa, that's definitely a loss. Now, I also wouldn't be surprised if they went 3-9 because there aren't many games I can definitely see as wins. Given all the craziness of their offseason, I really don't know what to expect.

They will be pushed to the limit early and with the depth issues already, any injuries at all will manifest on the field in losses.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/ct-red-0831-penn-state-football-20120830,0,5594716.story

Damned cult members are being interviewed by Chicago papers now.

 

[Bucklion]

Mark another one off the BWI checklist of victim metaphors. So far, we've had.....

Communism
Fascism
Hitler
Nailing Jesus to the Cross
Slavery
Lynching
Christians and Lions in the Coliseum
Jim Crow

and most recently McCarthyism....Come on down. You're next on the analogy is wrong.

Who's next, Bob?

You forgot Katrina and 9/11, they've been used...oh, and someone compared them to Marshall I think...

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

You forgot Katrina and 9/11, they've been used...oh, and someone compared them to Marshall I think...

You're right.

 

[NFBuck]

http://www.redeyechicago.com/news/ct-red-0831-penn-state-football-20120830,0,5594716.story

Damned cult members are being interviewed by Chicago papers now.

...

Penn State alumna Alexis Puhala, 27, of Pilsen, said she wants to see Penn State gain back its reputation.

"It's definitely been tarnished," she said, adding that the scandal often is the first thing discussed when it comes to her alma mater. But she said she wants to move beyond that.

It wasn't "tarnished", honey. It was all bullshit in the first place.

 

[Muck]

Scout staff predictions. The Kool-Aid is flowing...

http://pennstate.scout.com/3/SeasonPredictions.html

The picks:

8-4
10-2
9-3
9-3
9-3
9-3
8-4
8-4
8-4
8-4

This is a team that went 9-4 last year with smoke and mirrors. They averaged 19 ppg, and lost their best WR, RB, and a chunk of their OL. The have, maybe, the least talented defensive backfield in the conference, but they're gonna equal or better last year.

Tom McLaughlin is one of the few guys who covers the 'Nits who has a decent head for FB. Be sure to read the actual text of his predictions. I have no doubt he was intentionally slipping a dose of reality in between the lines.