Sean Lee Is Stronger Than You

Penn State football Lift for Life

That is all.

Getting Fired Up!

Just re-watched PSU vs. Tosu 2008. It is as awesome as you remember.

Navarro was a goddamn bear. The thought of teams having to account for both him and Sean get me all pumped.

What really stuck out to me though was how (relatively) early in the game TP's fumble was. In my mind it sticks out as the play of the game and I remembered Rubin poking the ball away late in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

While it was the play of the game, the fumble occurred in the 3rd quarter and PSU was trailing at the time! The next drive is where Devlin leads the team down the field and then pushes the ball into the end-zone himself.

Which leads me to mourn the loss of Devlin all over again. Mr. Devlin was a good player who knew the offense and could clearly play at a high level in college. It was clearly illustrated as he just steps right in and leads PSU down the field on a game winning drive, on the road, on national TV. The guy could play.

If you need a reminder as to why offensive linemen are some of the most important players on the field just go and watch the last quarter of this game. Shipley and the gang completely took over the game. They just pushed the Buckeyes out of the way. The O-line is the reason why the Lions widened the lead to seven and probably won.

Also, they played Brandi Carlile's The Story which just made me go download it and get all fired up!


I feel like 2009 is going to be another good year.

I'm all jacked up on coffee and Penn State's excellence!

GO STATE!

No News Is Good News

We are in the doldrums of the year when it comes to college football. Spring practice isn't underway, the spring game/draft is a month away, all is quiet in Nittany Nation. This is exactly the way a Penn State Football fan should want it. Let's examine the situation. Off-field news is almost always bad news. This time of year all news about the Lions is off-field news. No off-field news is good news.

The past few off-seasons have been full of juicy gossip and drama involving fights, trials. Last year we were in the throws of the Pryor-Sweepstakes, T. Sales got arrested, rumors were swirling regarding Joe choosing a successor, Quarless got a DUI during State Patty's Day, Chris Bell was kicked off the team for attacking another player, Pringle was fondling himself in the stacks, it was a busy off-season to say the least.

This year we are treated to the lovely silence of players behaving nicely and not getting into legal trouble. It is nice isn't it? News is so slow that BSD is covering PSU baseball! Soon, cats and dogs will live in harmony and Penn State will make it into the NCAA tournament! I mean, for the love of god, Joe must be on cloud 9 right now!

Life is good.

Oh yeah, by the way, Sean Lee is a goddamn bear!

GO STATE!

Joe Speaks at Camp Hill

Check out what Joe had to say at a recent press conference:


Joe comments on off-field problems, Sean Lee, the QB race, Clark's praise of Jaypa, and More!

Or, if you are sitting at your desk at work, you can cruise over to FOS and read about Joe's presser.

A couple of things stood out to me.

First, as TNL points out, Joe is not on board with the early signing period. The coach is quoted as follows:

"Early signing dates bother me because you've got to have your official visits during the season. You're playing a big game. I don't want to be bothered, really. We do a terrible job when kids come up for official visits for a game."

I completely understand that you would be really busy during the preparation for a game and I see where Joe is coming from. However, this is a huge opportunity which is going to waste. Allow me to make a suggestion: let Sean Lee show these kids around during the games. I know. Sean would rather bite through a towel than not be completely involved in a game despite having a 0% chance in playing in it. But think it over, he is the perfect choice to host these kids. He is by all reports a great guy, a real hard worker, he would have been a pre-season AA this year. We know the players and coaches are going to be busy, so let Sean show these kids around.

If the coaches let Sean do this, I predict PSU has a top three recruiting class!

GO STATE!

To Whom PSU Players Will Answer

The team has announced it's captains, the captains are:

1. Sean Lee (Honorary)
2. Anthony Scirrotto
3. A.Q. Shipley
4. Derrick Williams
5. Josh Gaines

The Collegian has the full story.

As you would expect, these guys are all big time players who lead by example on and off the field*. It is unusual, as BSD aptly points out, for there to be five captains on the team, however, with the off-field issues piling up it isn't odd for Joe to think he needs more guys to lead this team.

As per usual, Sean Lee gives the best, most hard-nosed, I'll kick your ass even though I cannot use one of my legs, quotes:

“If I see a problem with a guy getting out of line, I can step in and talk to him,” Lee said on Saturday. “We had a meeting and were like, ‘This is how it’s going to be. If anybody has a problem with it, we’re going to take care of it.’ ”

FUCK. YEAH!

I may just make it my mission to make Sean Lee a goddamn folk-hero over the next two years! Don't get me wrong, Poz and Conner were great but they never gave quotes like that!

GO STATE! LEAD BY EXAMPLE! AND POSSIBLY GET IN SOMEBODY'S FUCKING FACE ABOUT IT!

*In Mr. Scirrotto's case he may lead you to an off-campus, apartment brawl, but who is counting.

Sean Lee: Bear, Warrior King, or Flesh Eating Robot?

Get it straight, son, Sean Lee is a Goddamned Bear!

TINNOMJ reader: Oh, JB, all your posts are about how (insert various PSU LB) is a bear. This is old and played!
JB: SHUT YOUR FACE! This blog has the stones to call a bear a bear!

GO SEAN! FEAST ON THE BLOOD OF YOUR OPPONENTS!

Blue White Roundtable: Week Six

I wrote the questions this week so they didn't exactly put me through the wringer so go check out BSD, RUTS, TNL, WWN, and TNN. On to my questions!

Criminal allegations swirl around the squad; what impact will this have on the team? My own fall off of my high-horse-of-PSU's-sterling-reputation has been terrible, have you experienced the same?

The impact, I'm guessing will be a multi-game suspension for the players involved. Probably the suspensions would be more severe than the time Quarless had to do in the dog pound so probably 3-4 games. Oddly, I have experienced a fall off of my high-horse. I have always delighted in PSU's reputation for doing things the right way and while these aren't NCAA violations they are disturbing. It begs the question: Where are the senior leaders on this team? Are DC-40, AMMO and the rest doing their part to remind guys that maybe they shouldn't be out partying the day/hours before a game?

Evan Royster provided Penn State with the Spark it needed to get going on Saturday, did he win himself the starting job? If not, how does your depth chart read at RB and why?

He absolutely won himself the starting job. He looked great early in the game and when Morelli was struggling PSU adopted the "lets run Royster until he drops" approach and it worked. There must have been 6-7 running plays in a row where Royster consistently gained solid yardage. If I were running things my depth chart would read thusly: 1. Royster 2. Kinlaw 3. Green (red-shirt only to be burned in the case of injury/emergency).Anthony Morelli gets it done while looking both awful and excellent in the same game. What the hell is PSU supposed to do at QB?
I have no idea. If the coaching staff thinks Anthony gives the team the best chance to win then you have to stick with him. However, getting Clarke some PT to get him ready for next year wouldn't be such a bad thing. In short, I have no idea.

Lightning Round
What games are you watching on Saturday?

Since I live several thousand miles away from Beaver Stadium I won't be at this weeks game but I will tune in to watch the Lions throttle the Badgers. In addition I don't think I'll be able to miss LSU vs. Kentucky and Washington vs. ASU.

What are your predictions for the second half of the season?

I'm going to take a guess and say that PSU wins out, finishes 10-2 and ends up in the Capital One Bowl.

Who will be PSU's MVP come January?

Sean Lee.

GO STATE! BEAT WISCONSIN!

My Sean Lee Man-Crush

The more I hear about Sean Lee the more I think he is a beast. I'm also starting to love him a little. Check out this quote:

One play from the Outback Bowl sticks out -- when he froze on his chance to bring down Tennessee running back LaMarcus Coker before Coker broke a 42-yard touchdown run.

It was Tennessee's only touchdown.

"It sticks in my head," he said. "I watched it on film and I looked at my form. I was low, square and shuffling. Maybe I was too fundamentally sound. Maybe I should've just killed him."

Fuck. Yeah.

Check out the rest of the article here.

GO STATE! KIIIILLL!

What You Want In A Linebacker

This is what you want to hear about your linebackers, especially at Linebacker U.

"He's quick-tempered; just a wild man as soon as he gets the pads on," Connor said of Lee. "Off the field, he's a soft-spoken guy -- pretty quiet. But he's one of the most competitive guys I've ever met.

"If you're a lineman trying to block him and do your job, you're offending him and ticking him off and he's going to do whatever he can to try to put you back."

See the whole article at Pitt Trib. Review.

Sean Lee cares not for your desire to block him! It only increases his RAGE!I am going to tackle you so hard! RAAAAAA!

GO STATE! TRY TO GET AS FIRED UP AS SEAN LEE!