Penn State Proud

[maddlingo]

I was fortunate enough to be one of the 109,000 people at the game on Saturday Night to see my alma mater defeat a higher ranked Ohio State team. Despite the wet weather, the atmosphere was electric and the sounds from the crowd hit highs of 110 decibels at some points of the game (10 decibels lower than that of a jet engine).

Joe Paterno is a class act and has done more for Penn State than anyone can imagine. Whatever his football record in any given year, Joepa's contributions to the university and his past dedication to the sport of college football should give him the right to leave the game when he is ready.

Next week will be another test when we visit the Big House in front of a huge Michigan crowd.

[palmer]

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Hey ska was there... he has picz.

I wish I could make it out there for a game. Fucking Pitt sucks and just isn't drawing a crowd to heinz field this year.

[asdf_admin]

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Penn State has sucked over the last few years. This was a big win. They looked good.

[skahound]

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Get it right madlingo it was 109,838. :wink:

Here are some pics I took:

From atop the stadium:


The band before the game:




The "White Out" in the student section:

[skahound]

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Some of the band came and played in our suite:


1/2 of the almost 110,000:


Post-game celebration:


Scoreboard:

[asdf_admin]

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it was a good game.

[rewing3]

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Glad to see Penn State a top the big ten again. Joe is a class act but I think he needs to hang it up after this season. He is getting to old.

[skahound]

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I am only 28!

[asdf_admin]

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^^^ I know.

[maddlingo]

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Hey Ska, those are some great pics. I'll see if I can post some that I took then as well. Is that your company's luxury box. If it is that is a great fringe benefit.

[skahound]

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It's my father-in-law's. What an electric night. The only thing I have to compare it to was when I was at Ben Hill Griffin to see Florida play Florida State about 10 years ago and that game wasn't half as incredible as PSU vs. OSU. The stadium was literally shaking when everyone would bounce. Definitely planning on going again and hopefully PSU heads to the Rose Bowl because I've never spent any time in California.

[dtgunslinger]

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I guy I work with has a cousin plays defense, corner back I think, on the Nittany Lions. He bumrushed the field that night.
Ska your a dirty bastard!!!! Been waiting to get to one of those games for a lifetime. The first sports hat I owned was a Penn State hat, christmas gift when I was 5, then about seven years ago, physco girlfriend stole it and I never saw it again. BITCH!!!

[esef]

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little known fact:

i went to PSU and DJed at the Lion's Den bar.

i don't bleed blue and white though...

[picklemonkey]

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nosebleed section, eh ska?










figures... cheap bastard.

[skahound]

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figures... cheap bastard.

Speaking of which, start planning for WMC. This time we're going to try to cram 25 people into one of those rooms at the Kent.