Penn State Rules and Pitt Makes Me Happy

PSU came through in a major way today. The offense looked great. Might we all have to eat a giant sandwich of crow and kow tow to Jaypa? The defense looked shaky. Weird.

I'll post a detailed reaction on Monday or Tuesday, however, now is the time to wallow in Pitt's suffering. Bowling green just gave them a slap in the face beating the Panthers 27-17.

The schadenfreude doesn't get any better than this. Pitt has been getting to big for their britches recently and this will hopefully quiet them for a while. However, I hope they keep Wanny around. After all, I don't want Pitt to ever be a good team which means keeping Wannstedt their will certainly accomplish that goal.

GO STATE!

Ohio St. Youtube Fan Attack: The Final Fallout

The criminal punishments have finally sorted themselves out in the Fan attack at Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at PSU. You might remember this one. It is where a bunch of feckless douchebags attacked a couple of Ohio St. fans, video taped it, and then posted it on the internet. Well, all the parties involved finally got their comeuppance, The Collegian has the story.

Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, 417 E. Prospect Ave., paid $327 in fines and various court costs on Monday for the disorderly conduct citation police issued the chapter on Nov. 1.

This seems reasonable to me. It is clear that not only was this attack the acts of only a few douchebags but also one cannot fine a frat thousands of dollars for a fight on their premises. If you did there wouldn't be any more fraternities anywhere.

Richard Eisenberger, 20, of Easton, was the most visible person in the video and could be seen throwing an open beer can at an Ohio State University fan at close range. Eisenberger, a student at the University of Pittsburgh, was charged with disorderly conduct and harassment. His fines for the two citations totaled $537, which he paid on Nov. 15.

This guy is obviously the head turd in charge of general ass-holishness. $537 dollars seems fine. I don't really care. Because for the rest of this guy's life a Google search will turn up hundreds of articles about what a dick (Richard) this guy is. Imagine the interviews:

Boss: Mr. Eisenberger have a seat. Please tell us why you think you are qualified to be a junior analyst here at Merrill Lynch?
Eisenberger: Well, sir, I graduated from Pittsburgh University with a degree in....
Boss: hahahaha...I'm sorry. Go ahead.
Eisenberger: Like I was saying; I graduated from...
Boss: Ok, that's enough. Why did you attack those guys from Ohio State?
Eisenberger: (silence)
Boss: Well. Thanks for your time.
Eisenberger: Did I get the job?
Boss: HAHHAHAHAHAHAH, Lord no.

That's your fallout!

GO STATE! STAY CLASSY! BEAT THE AGGIES!

The Great Pitt Debacle....err...Debate

For some reason, the idea of renewing the rivalry between Pitt and Penn State has resurfaced recently. I have not yet weighed in on the question so I thought I'd give it a shot.

I would like to see Pitt and Penn State play again. Interstate rivalry games are important to college football and good rivalry games do nothing but help the teams involved. The Pitt Tribune has an article addressing the affair today. I certainly don't agree with it on a number of points but they did get one issue right:

Renew the rivalry and have two out of every three games in Happy Valley.

Pitt does need PSU more than PSU needs Pitt and that's why they should agree to these terms. The article's suggestion that the winner of the series should get home-field advantage for the next best of three is interesting but it fails to address the real concerns PSU has. This isn't a situation where PSU is afraid to lose to Pitt, it is a situation where Penn State gets no benefit from traveling to play Pitt while Pitt cashes in on the situation.

The cold hard facts are as follows:
1. Beaver Stadium has the best atmosphere in college football.
2. you can fit 110,000+ people inside that bad boy.
3. Geography doesn't matter. If Pitt is that ravenous to play Penn State then they can drive the 3 hours to State College to watch the game.
4. The new Pitt logo sucks:
yikes!
5. At Penn State we know what it's like when a "rival" does not reciprocate your hate. (Tosu i'm looking in your direction!)

GO STATE! RENEW A RIVALRY!