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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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Zurp said:
I thought I read somewhere that BWI credits his recovery and ability to walk again to Penn State. But I can't find it now. But here's his Wikipedia entry:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Taliaferro



So he had surgery at Ohio State, then taken to Philadelphia. I guess that's practically Penn State, right? 4 hours away? Sorry - not familiar with that half of the state. OK - Google maps says about 3-1/2 hours. But he recovers and rehabs in Philadelphia. Where's the Penn State part come in?
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Organization
Affiliated university Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
 
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Woody1968 said:
"And then, seeing that Adam lyeth there, his body broken by the evil and cheating Buckeyes with the help of the vile refs, Joe layeth his holy hand on him and commanded that he walk again."

-The Holy Book of 409.
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You also forgot the part where, as the young martyr lay wounded, the other disciples of Joesus ( Hallowed be thy name) were beaten and smote as the evil Buckeye horde ran up the score on them at the command of their vicious leader, Lord John Cooper.
The Book of Joesus clearly states that the opposing force should have laid down their weapons and conceded victory to the Holy Lions out of pity and sympathy.
 
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The Buckeyes came down like the wolf on the prey,
And his cohorts were gleaming in scarlet and gray;
And the sheen of their helmets was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Happy Valley.

Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,
That host with their banners at sunset were seen:
Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown,
That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.

For the Angel of Paterno spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide,
But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride;
And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf,
And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf.

And there lay the rider distorted and pale,
With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail:
And the tents were all silent, the banners alone,
The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.

And the widows of Columbus are loud in their pack,
And the idols are broke in the temple of WHAC;
And the might of the Buckeye, unsmote by the Nittany claw,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the JoePa.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
The Buckeyes came down like the wolf on the prey,
And his cohorts were gleaming in scarlet and gray;
And the sheen of their helmets was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Happy Valley.

Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green,
That host with their banners at sunset were seen:
Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown,
That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.

For the Angel of Paterno spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still!

And there lay the steed with his nostril all wide,
But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride;
And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf,
And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf.

And there lay the rider distorted and pale,
With the dew on his brow, and the rust on his mail:
And the tents were all silent, the banners alone,
The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.

And the widows of Columbus are loud in their pack,
And the idols are broke in the temple of WHAC;
And the might of the Buckeye, unsmote by the Nittany claw,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the JoePa.
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Very nice.

I'll change the last 2 lines though, as PSU wins in a game where both offenses surprisingly out-perform the opposing defenses:

And the might of the Buckeye, unsmote by a sack,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Hack.
 
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409fold said:
Very nice.

I'll change the last 2 lines though, as PSU wins in a game where both offenses surprisingly out-perform the opposing defenses:

And the might of the Buckeye, unsmote by a sack,
Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Hack.
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A few more minutes and I would have taken out the ocean reference and the horse stanza, but I think the point got across.

Also, the Hack better stop glancing at the other team, he just overthrew his wide open RB in the flats again.
 
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Buckeye86 said:
A few more minutes and I would have taken out the ocean reference and the horse stanza, but I think the point got across.

Also, the Hack better stop glancing at the other team, he just overthrew his wide open RB in the flats again.
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Nah, it definitely came across, it was well done. Took me back to high school literature class!

"The Hack" has not thrown a pick-six against Ohio State in TWO years. TWO --- from a PSU POV, that is AMAZING!!! I'll take all those overthrows instead of a return to the "8 pick-sixes in 11 years" era. :biggrin:
 
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Zurp said:
At least they're getting more complicated in their color-coordinating.

http://bwi.forums.rivals.com/threads/rutgers-game-stripe-out.32112/
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I think the stripe out is a PSU idea...
 
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Zurp said:
Was the white out stolen from someone else? I know I've seen the stripes done by other teams. (I can't remember who.)
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PSU "stole" the white-out from the 1980s version of the Winnipeg Jets, who first did the white-out it in a 1987 playoff series against Calgary, and later trademarked the term.

What most people don't know: Winnipeg initially did the white-out in response to the "C of Red" (everyone wearing red) that Calgary was doing in that same series.

And Calgary came up with the "C of Red" in 1986 in response to Edmonton selling tons of hats that said "Hat Trick Fever" in a series between THOSE two teams. (Edmonton was going for their 3rd consecutive Stanley Cup, e.g., "Hat Trick Fever")

And more complicated: the Winnipeg Jets that existed in 1987 are NOT the Winnipeg Jets that exist today. The "old" Winnipeg Jets are the current-day Phoenix Coyotes, and they do white-outs also (on the rare occasion they make the playoffs). Phoenix actually trade-marked the white-out term. But that didn't stop the CURRENT Winnipeg Jets from also doing white-outs during their playoff run this past spring.

So I guess it's one of two things:

(1) PSU stole the White-Out from Winnipeg --- but when we say Winnipeg, we need to note that we mean "the old version of Winnipeg", who trademarked the term "white-out" despite the white-out having most of its tradition in Manitoba as opposed to the Desert Southwest --- and the "old version of Winnipeg" stole the idea themselves from Calgary, who came up with the idea because of some promotion Edmonton was doing on headgear

OR

(2) Nobody stole anything from anybody. How can you "steal" fans all wearing the same color to a sporting event?!?!?!?
 
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