2008 NCAA Football

ISUKappa · #1 11-08-2008, 07:49 PM

I hate Iowa. They're not even that good this year and pull off shit like that while my team can't win a game to save their life. So annoying.

nittanyalum · #2 11-08-2008, 08:44 PM

Thanks, Benz. Classy, dani.

This is me, so very, very sad. I hoped Joe would go out with an undefeated season.

kddani · #3 11-08-2008, 09:10 PM

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Classy, dani.

Lol, it's happened before, and he's announced it openly.

JoePa is like the Queen of England or something- royalty/figurehead. He just sits there in the booth staring down at the field.

The loss also accomplished something- it set up a very (very) remote possibility that Pitt and Penn State could play each other in a bowl game. A few things would have to happen to accomplish that, though. But that would be awesome. It would piss off JoePa so much since he refuses to play us with a fair arrangement. Pitt doesn't always travel well, but that game would have great attendance.

My husband has a very limited list of bowl games that I will agree that we can go to- we just added any Pitt-Penn State game to that list. (we just got back from Aruba, we're going to the Final Four in Detroit and we're going to Alaska in June- I had to put some sort of limit on things!).

blueGBI · #4 11-09-2008, 10:24 AM

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Thanks, Benz. Classy, dani.

This is me, so very, very sad. I hoped Joe would go out with an undefeated season.

Dani went to Pitt. I don't expect anything else from someone who went to Pitt.

Anyway, the Nits lost but its okay, I'm still repping PSU. I'm allergic to roses but I'd love to go to the Rose Bowl.

And to be honest, who expected to be 9-1 at this point at the beginning of the season, winning trips to Wisky and Ohio State? Two monkeys off the back (winning @ OSU, breaking the streak against Michigan). If the team handles its business against Indy and MSU, we're in Pasadena. And to be honest, most of us were hoping for Capital One Bowl at best, especially when Sean went out with the ACL injury.

GO STATE, BEAT INDIANA!

als463 · #5 11-09-2008, 08:31 PM

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Thanks, Benz. Classy, dani.

This is me, so very, very sad. I hoped Joe would go out with an undefeated season.

I died a little inside when I saw Iowa beat us by 1 point. I even cried-and I don't know that much about football...I just know that when an unranked team beats #3, that's a BAD thing. It said on tv that this is the first time in 18 years Iowa has beat a top 10 team. This is the equivalent of Michigan State or Michigan (I forget which school it was) getting beat by Appalachian.

So, sad for JoePa.

OHNOITSJESS · #6 11-09-2008, 08:54 PM

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This is the equivalent of Michigan State or Michigan (I forget which school it was) getting beat by Appalachian.

it was Michigan.

KSig RC · #7 11-10-2008, 06:12 AM

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I died a little inside when I saw Iowa beat us by 1 point. I even cried-and I don't know that much about football...I just know that when an unranked team beats #3, that's a BAD thing. It said on tv that this is the first time in 18 years Iowa has beat a top 10 team. This is the equivalent of Michigan State or Michigan (I forget which school it was) getting beat by Appalachian.

The last time Iowa beat a top 10 team was 2004. Iowa was rated in the top 5 as recently as 2003. Jesus Christ - you seriously don't know much about football . . . Like Appy State? I mean, according to computer projections, Iowa is either a top-25 team or just outside - it's not an embarrassing loss for the Lions, on the road in tough weather conditions in a pretty tough place to play.

The only way in which it could be considered a "bad" loss was that Iowa tried to give them the game multiple times, and PSU just didn't close it out in the second half. That happens, and that's why it's so hard to go undefeated in modern college football in the 88-scholarship era.

als463 · #8 11-10-2008, 11:57 AM

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The last time Iowa beat a top 10 team was 2004. Iowa was rated in the top 5 as recently as 2003. Jesus Christ - you seriously don't know much about football . . . Like Appy State? I mean, according to computer projections, Iowa is either a top-25 team or just outside - it's not an embarrassing loss for the Lions, on the road in tough weather conditions in a pretty tough place to play.

The only way in which it could be considered a "bad" loss was that Iowa tried to give them the game multiple times, and PSU just didn't close it out in the second half. That happens, and that's why it's so hard to go undefeated in modern college football in the 88-scholarship era.

Haha-No, you're right. I don't know much about football. In fact, that's why my boyfriend hates watching it with me because I ask too many questions. The only reason I said that is because that is what was on ESPN (when I watched with him the other night). It said that Iowa has not beat a top 10 team since 1990. Maybe I misunderstood what they were talking about but, I was pretty sure that was what was said. I don't claim to be some football fanatic who knows all the answers-so, please don't get too upset if my understanding regarding rules, regulations or specific times and dates isn't exactly top of the top.

KSig RC · #9 11-10-2008, 03:04 PM

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Haha-No, you're right. I don't know much about football. In fact, that's why my boyfriend hates watching it with me because I ask too many questions. The only reason I said that is because that is what was on ESPN (when I watched with him the other night). It said that Iowa has not beat a top 10 team since 1990. Maybe I misunderstood what they were talking about but, I was pretty sure that was what was said.

They probably said "top 5" instead of "top 10" since clearly, the top 10 thing happened in 2004.

The important thing, though, has nothing to do with the specific stat you quoted - to infer that somehow losing to Iowa is the same as Michigan losing to Appalachian State is just crazy talk (remember the PSU Big Ten title from 2005? Iowa tied for the title in 2004. And 2002.). PSU was probably a little overrated at #3, and Iowa a little underrated at just outside the top 25, so it's really just a tough loss on a cold day. Nothing for PSU fans to be embarrassed about.