Nick Saban Can Eat A Nut

I received this angry email from a long-time friend and lover of the blue and white, The Brewer Patriot.

Anyway, apparently Mr. Saban ruffled The Brewer's feathers and I received the following rant in my email as a result. Enjoy.

“Coach Paterno is probably one of the greatest coaches of all time in college football,” Saban said during his press conference, “not in terms of how many games he’s won, but how he’s contributed to the game in so many positive ways.”

The first part is bad. "Probably one of the greatest"? Get over yourself, just say that he is one of the greatest and move on. And the second part about "not in terms of how many games he's won" is shitty too. It IS in terms of how many games he has won, by it's very definition. He has done so many other things as well, but is also the winningest D-1 coach in history. It is something I see a lot of people say, that he has helped college football which is obviously true, but they pass over just how good a football coach he is too.

His quote would be much more accurate by these simple changes, "“Coach Paterno is one of the greatest coaches of all time in college football,” Saban said during his press conference, “not just in terms of how many games he’s won, but also how he’s contributed to the game in so many positive ways.”

In other news, I like getting fired up about small things.

Yes, yes he does.

LET'S GET FIRED UP (over small things)!

GO STATE!

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!

Miscellaneous News and Beyond!

Traditionally, and by traditionally I mean in the last 3 weeks, Fridays are spent breaking down one of PSU's 2007 opponents. This week Michigan is in our sites, however, since 87% of you think Michigan will be Penn State's biggest test this year I'm saving the preview for Monday. I'm also trying to make it something special so you can put away your ravenous hate of Michigan and let it simmer over the weekend.

BSD has an excellent post on the Shaw situation and what not to tell recruits. I shall now weigh in on some things I think you shouldn't tell a prospective player:

10. I sure hope you brought your sunblock. It gets sunny as shit around here!
9. Here at Penn State we really like to open things up on offense. I mean we like to get CRAZY!
8. Hey guys, get a load of this: The kid thinks he is going to start this year!
7. We've replaced loading our playbooks into NCAA College Football 2008 with scrawling the plays in feces on your dorm room wall.
6. Dude, your Mom is SMOKING hot!
5. Jay Paterno once drank 64 beers in the locker room before a game.
4. Mike Bradley actually killed, and then ate, Jerry Sandusky to gain his wisdom.
3. When I went to Penn State WE didn't know the goddamn words....You guys Totally know them! FAKERS!
2. We've adopted the FSU approach to excellence. (cheating, cheating, and BOWDEN!)
1. I hope you like Ohio State because we fucking love them!

GO STATE! RECRUIT HARD!