Keep Focused

This is what Joe was preaching immediately after Penn State's epic, forty-one point beat down of Wisconsin. According to AQ Joe told the team this:

"He just said it was a tough loss [in 2005], and then we ended up losing to them last year," center A.Q. Shipley said. "It's been nine years. He just put it out there and let us know we hadn't beaten them in nine years."

While Joe may not have been right on the number of years it has been since PSU has defeated Michigan the sentiment remains the same. One week at a time. First things first.

Butler noticed the similarities between the 2005 Michigan game and the 2008 Wisconsin game:

"Guys were starting to tell us this team is rolling, this team can be pretty good," Butler said. "We were ranked in the top 10. It was a team we were going on the road to play, and we didn't want to let the same thing happen."

The Wisconsin game ended much more pleasantly than the 2005 Michigan game, however, the same reasoning applies to a down Michigan team right before PSU faces a very tough Buckeye team on the road. In case you were wondering, the Wolverines have noticed the parallels also.

Don't allow this to haunt your dreams for another year!I couldn't hate this helmet more

GO STATE! BEAT MICHIGAN!

Lions With Attitude

The 2008 Lions are drawing motivation from the conference title voting held at the Big Ten Media Days the other week. Penn State was not voted into the top three teams in the conference (Tosu, Wisc., & Illinis).

Some of the 2008 captains did not take to kindly to this. In response Derrick Williams said the following:

“My thought is, after the season we can talk about who is in the top three,” he said. “I really could care less what people say about where Penn State is because no one has played yet.”

The subtext is, of course, FUCK YOU MAN! THIS IS MY SENIOR YEAR AND I WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS SHIT!




AQ Shipley was not to be left out:

“You come here expecting to be in the top three, especially with what we have returning,” center A.Q. Shipley said. “What it comes down to is we're coming to the Midwest and we weren't put in the top three, and obviously we're going to leave here with a chip on our shoulder.”

Subtext: I am going to try to bury you on the field.

GO STATE! GET FIRED UP!