psu football story

i could watch the penn state football story 24 hours a day and never get sick of it. i strongly advise that you follow the provided link and watch this if you have not already done so.

for extra fun, just go to the 1:00 section of the provided link and watch the two videos provided (tunnel and gladiator). you know you love it.

happy halloween!!!

wishing everyone a safe and happy halloween.

as an added bonus, I am providing a link to a halloween mp3 that features the vocal stylings of david cross (better know as tobias funke on arrested development). mr. cross is the highlight of the production as he sings "our babies are sobbing" with maximum melodrama. actually, I like to think that he's doing that part in character as tobias funke, wearing nothing but cut-offs and blue paint. so without further adieu...here it is. enjoy.

you say joepa...

i say terno!

well i could have told you this many moons ago, but now it appears that sports illustrated is coming around to my way of thinking as well. si on campus has named attending a home football game at penn state the numero uno thing to do before you die. while the whole 'before you die' thing is a bit strong, i must say that i agree wholeheartedly with them and anyone who was at psu/osu this year knows that the beav was only one step away from heaven that night. read the article here

hoo-rah

has anyone noticed the teaser trailers for the new sam mendes movie "jarhead" that have been playing for the last two weeks? i have, and i think that they are brilliant. i have no idea if the movie will be good (smart money says it will be), but the trailer is great. in particular, the use of kanye west's (who is playing PSU tonight) "jesus walks" is quite striking. jamie foxx muttering "hoo-rah" at the end is pretty badass as well. if you have not seen the trailer or want to watch it again, here it is. enjoy.

snap into a slim jim

it is friday and besides early dismissal for robb, that can only mean one thing...'made fresh daily' wrestling bios!!! that's right yet another slice of americana, this week in the form of randy "the macho man" savage. enjoy, as men don't come much grander than this.

Randall Poffo (born November 15, 1952), better known by his stage name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, is a professional wrestler who achieved prominence in the World Wrestling Federation and later World Championship Wrestling. He has also performed under the names Macho King and Mr. Madness.Before he started his full-time wrestling career, he was a minor league baseball catcher in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system. He injured his natural throwing shoulder at one point, so he learned how to throw with his left arm instead.

He is a second-generation professional wrestler; his father, Angelo Poffo, was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s. His brother Lanny Poffo had a moderately successful career as a wrestler, under the stage names Leaping Lanny Poffo and The Genius. In the early 1980s, Angelo Poffo ran the "outlaw" ICW promotion in the mid-American states that featured his sons Randy and Lanny. The promotion competed with Jerry Lawler's Memphis promotion (later the USWA). Eventually, the Poffo promotion disbanded and Randy and Lanny entered the Memphis scene. In 1984, Savage signed with Vince McMahon's WWF, and soon became a top heel. He eventually beat Tito Santana to win the WWF Intercontinental Champion. Savage wrestled in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest matches in North American wrestling history when he faced Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat at WrestleMania III in the Pontiac Silverdome. The match was the culmination on a long and bitter feud between the two and featured tremendous athleticism and in-ring storytelling. After numerous false finishes, Steamboat pinned Savage to end his reign as Intercontinental Champion. The match was an extremely choreographed one, as opposed to "called on the fly" nature of most wrestling matches. Savage was a stickler for detail and he and Steamboat laid out and rehearsed every spot in the match prior to Wrestlemania. It still stands up to the test of time and is cited by such wrestling luminaries as Chris Jericho as their inspiration for becoming a wrestler.

The Macho Man is known to wrestling fans and non-fans alike for his distinctively deep, husky voice and his trademark loud, drawn-out cry of "Ohhhhhhhhhh, yeahhhhhhhhhhhh!" made even more popular by a series of Slim Jim ads.

one can only imagine the riches that poffo has amassed from his role as spokesperson extraordinary for slim jim. live long you prince of the squared circle!

tiller, we are about to lose 5 straight!

forget all this nonsense about the purdue "trap game" phenomenon and take comfort in the fact that these nits are hungry and realize the task at hand, winning a big ten title and a bcs bowl invite. that is not to say that wilford brimley (aka joe tiller) and his boilermakers are not without talent, as this should be a good test for the psu secondary. last week was a chance to move the ball on the ground, where as this week should see the emergence of terrell golden and the triumphant return of jordan norwood. as an added bonus, look for poz to join az and connor by scoring a defensive touchdown. brimley and co. hang tough but homecoming is sweet for psu. 31-17 nits.

go state...beat the boilers!

jake the snake

go on and throw all the picks you want my man, you will always be my homeboy with that 'stash. damn i'm jealous!

big al's "prime cuts"

al gore invented the internet and he is recommending that you check out this site. think of it as a sneak preview of big al's "all liberal, all the time" media empire that he has been waiting to launch. just click on 'big al's prime cuts' and enjoy.

"I enjoy being good at nothing."
-Jon Stewart

psu football letter

for those of you not familiar with the genius of mr. john black, i am going to enlighten you with a link to his work. just roll over 'psu football letter' and enjoy.

for the glory!

do it for mike

why worry about player of the week honors, when you can vote mRb for the heisman? just click on 'do it for mike' and submit your vote.

sheik, sheik, sheik!

Hossein Khosrow Vaziri (حسین خسرو وزیری in Persian), better known by his stage name The Iron Sheik (born on March 15, 1943 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian professional wrestler.

Politics entered the sport of wrestling with the Iron Sheik. The onetime bodyguard for the Shah of Iran was discovered at the 1972 Olympics by AWA promoter Verne Gagne. (Although he was billed as having been a 1968 Olympic medalist, this is untrue.) Known as The Great Hossein, he won his first title, the Canadian Tag Team Championship, with partner the Texas Outlaw. This victory caught the eye of the WWF where he debuted in 1979 and won the first-ever Battle Royal in Madison Square Garden, earning him a title shot at then-champion Bob Backlund, who pinned him later that night in a 30-minute battle. Arguably the best remembered transitional champion in pro wrestling history, the Iron Sheik returned to the WWF in 1983 and challenged Backlund once again, defeating him on December 26, 1983 for the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Championship.

One of the greatest legitimate wrestlers to ever hold a World title, Vaziri dropped the belt just four weeks later to Hulk Hogan and went on to team with Nikolai Volkoff as the "Foreign Legion", and win the Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania I. He was eventually fired from WWF for testing positive for Cocaine. He returned again in the early '90s as Col. Mustafa and was aligned with former enemy Sgt. Slaughter (though it was never acknowledged on-camera that Mustafa was in fact the Shiek). Along with General Adnan, the three played Iraqis (or, in Slaughter's case, an Iraqi sympathizer) during the first Gulf War and feuded with Hulk Hogan. Following Slaughter's face turn after Summerslam 1991, he teamed with General Adnan until the middle of 1992, when he left the promotion again. He went on to wrestle in various independent promotions to age 60, and is now retired. In 2001, at Wrestlemania X-Seven The Iron Sheik was the victor of the Gimmick Battle Royale a match between several other popular wrestlers from the 1980s.

what more can i say...this man was an effin' bodyguard to the shah of iran!

back on track

thankfully the weekend is here and the sky has indeed not fallen upon happy valley, so nit fans can move on and leave the michigan game behind them and focus on ronnie zook's illini.

editors note: unfortunately, penn state will not be able to rid themselves of the worst officiating outfit in the land, the big ten refs, and therefore will have to work twice as hard to win the conference title.

the nits will eventually pull away and win comfortably, but look for the offense to struggle with exactly how they want to dismantle the fighting illini defense without dWheels. look for two 100 yard rushers, mRob and mousier hunt and a 35-14 nits victory. admittedly, 7-1 does not look as good as 8-0, but either way a victory moves psu one step closer to a conference title.

go state...beat the illini!

al gore would be proud

i don't think that former vice president gore could have imagined a better use of his baby, the information superhighway (know to you and i as the internet) than this url. this is pure, unadulterated genius. enjoy responsibly.

a wise man once said...

“College football is the greatest sport in the greatest country on the greatest continent on the greatest planet in the greatest universe in the entire world.”
-chris zorich

there are losses, and then there are losses like the kind endured this past saturday. the loss of a true superstar who meant as much to penn state as anyone in the past 20 years. the loss of an undefeated record. and more importantly, a loss to michigan...again. and a loss to michigan under the specter of controvesy...again.

while there are a multitude of things that were horribly flawed about this game, there is plenty to help keep the heads of the nittany lion faithful held high. in years past the lions would have folded and withered at any number of points, but yet this year they showed more heart and determination than we have seen in the past several seasons combined. leaders stepped up (can i get an amen for mRob and tony hunt?) and unproven players made a much needed mark.

we can dwell on this loss and let it ruin what has become a wonderful season or we can root on this team as they attempt to rid themselves of the stigma that losing has saddled them with over the last 5 years. i for one am going to remain optimistic and root like hell that we can take another step towards a big ten title and a new years day bowl.

we are...

great men of the 80s...and beyond!

as promised, 'made fresh daily' is featuring another galvanizing social force from the 1980s. this week the spotlight has been shown in the direction of kamala the ugandan giant.

Kamala "the Ugandan Giant/Warrior/Headhunter" is one of the great bizarre characters that only pro-wrestling could create. The man behind the gimmick, Jim Harris, was a simple Mississippi boy who was a decent athlete for someone of his size, but never really had the charisma to go anywhere. After getting much of his seasoning in Europe, where he claims to have first adopted a prototype of the character, Harris returned to Memphis. There, Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett gave birth to Kamala, who became a major heel for the ten years. Typically Kamala would come with a manager/handler and get pushed right to the top after mainly squash matches. Harris had a knack for the part and it even encouraged him to get in touch with his own African heritage later in life. After runs in the major territories in the late 80s with all the major territories, Kamala sort of disappeared. He returned to both WWF and WCW in the post-territory days and truly enjoyed great success considering his abilities and so fourth. Only a handful of wrestlers worked in all the places he did in the 80s and they're men who are generally regarded as the greatest of that time period.

lets all hope that jimmy is doing well and not selling velvet, tiger paintings from an abandoned hoss's steak and seafood parking lot in asheville, north carolina

tailgate u.

university park. the rolling hills, the brisk autumn air, pastural fields littered with natural ice cans and more blue and white than should be allowed by law. yes that is right, the pennsylvania state university has been named the numero uno tailgating spot in the land, beating out lsu for the collegiant title and the buffalo bills for the overall title (this shounds like a gee-dee gymnastics meet). that being said, if you are reading this and have not been to a psu tailgate or it has just been too long, get your ass ready for homecoming.

yes lloyd...

we must play with instant replay this game.

as revenge seems to be the dominant theme this season for the nits, it is totally apropos that psu rolls into ann arbor for a big ten game with michigan. not unlike the whoopin' laid on glen boy and tressel in the past two weeks, carr will get his this weekend as the nits continue to find new ways to harness the power of an ever more confidant offense. on the other side of the ball, poz will continue to outshine all other big ten linebackers (including aj "my little pony" hawk) and further cement his status as the nations best linebacker.

nits win 24-16

for the glory

we are...

go state...beat the wolverines!

living in sin!!!

i thought this jackass was impotent. what the hell.

"I'm not just a boy toy. I have feelings and dreams like anybody else."
- Jon Stewart

Landslaget!

haja sverige!

it is now officially time to start planning a vacation to germany for summer 06. sverige is through to the world cup finals.

don't look now...

but psu is climbing the charts.

go state...beat the wolverines!

¡viva la daryl hall!

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http://johnoates.blogspot.com

bounce

for those of you not able to make it to beaver stadium this weekend, you missed one for the ages.

BIG TEN to re-name POW 'The Poz'

in what amounts to a ridiculous achievement, PSU's Paul Posluszny has been named the Big Ten Defensive player of the week for the third straight week. As you can imagine he has become the first conference player to take three straight weekly awards, adding another distinction to what has already been a legendary career in Blue and White.

go state...beat the wolverines!

exciting new addition

In what is sure to become a "Made Fresh daily' hallmark we will be debuting a new weekly segment that sheds some much needed light on the some of the formative figures in my early development as a human being. If one wanted to strive to become a well-rounded, charismatic pillar in the community, they need not look any further than the fine role models of the WWF. For having such a profound impact on some many lives, the men and women of the world wrestling federation have not received the acclaim and attention that they so richly deserve. That is all about to change.

There is no better place to begin the mining of 80's wwf lore than with SD "Special Delivery" Jones. What follows is a quick biographical sketch of an extraordinary man and wrestler.

S.D. Jones (Conrad Efraim) debuted in 1961. In light of the standard set by Bobo Brazil, Jones (who also wrestled as "Roosevelt Jones" for a time) would also adopt the head butt as a signature maneuver over the years. He is best known as an upper-level "jobber" in the WWF during its 1980s rise to national prominence, but believe it or not, Jones did have his share of success in the business prior to those days. In 1975, he teamed up with Porkchop Cash to win the NWA Americas Title in Los Angeles.

With a smile on his face, Hawaiian shirt and headband, S.D. gave his all in every match. While his win-loss record was not the greatest, fans all over the world cheered for S.D. every time he came to town, and entertaining fans at the expense of personal gain is the mark of a class act. S.D. Jones was a true professional his entire career.

Jones is now retired from wrestling.

I ask you, where have our heroes gone? Apparently they have retired from wrestling and are living day to day in motels along some desolate stretch of hi-way in Pensacola, Florida.

that is the smell...of victory

can't wait for the taste of sweet victory and watching others choke on the agony of defeat.

we are...

"tell your boosters to give a little more next time jim!"

ahh yes, the smell of big time college football is finally back in the air in happy valley. images of curtis enis planting his cleats all over big kat andy katzenmoyer's chest and mill's spin-o-rama to beat the bucknuts have been dancing in my head all week and now it is time to write another chapter in this little 'border war'. the big ten has been served notice and now it is time for someone to smack the bucknuts around and eliminate all this absurd BCS talk coming from columbus.

the game will indeed be a close one, something that may be decided by a late field goal, and should you miss it saturday you should have no problems catching it sunday morning on espn classic. that being said, poz & connor will prove for all to see that they indeed are the class of big ten linebacking crews and shut down whoever the bucknuts put behind center. i am thinking something in the neighborhood of 24-17.

for the glory!

this is getting ridiculous

breaking news!

finally, gameday has come back...

...to happy valley! I hate lee corso, but i can't deny that I am totally stoked that espn will be setting up shop on curtin road. for the glory!

and you know this!

galen hall & scrap bradley are big pimpin! bring on the buckeyes.