PENN STATE CLAIMS LION’S SHARE OF FULMER CUP
Wait, wait. This is too metal for just any entry. We need…theme music for this update.
The charges in the long-awaited Penn State burglary/break-in/beatdown have come in, and they do not disappoint. The provisional score is simply indescribably large. If it were a tank battle of yore, it would be the battle of Kursk; if it were an ass, it would be the lab-created hybrid of Ki-Toy Johnson’s and Jessica Biel’s; if it were a food, it would be foie gras on toast points with a choice, dusty bottle of Bollinger.
The scores, so complex we had to crack out the rules just to make sure:
Anthony Scirrotto: felony burglary (3 points), felony criminal trespassing (3 points), two counts of criminal solicitation, simple assault (2 points) and harassment. (All misdemeanor charges, we think, totalling four points.)
Scirrotto’s total: eleven points
Chris Baker: felony burglary (3 points), felony criminal trespassing (3 points), simple assault (2 points), criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and harassment. (All misdemeanor, four points in all)
Baker’s total: eleven points.
Justin King, Jerome Hayes, Lydell Sargeant and Tyrell Sales: all charged with criminal trespassing, disorderly conduct and harassment. Misdemeanor total=12 points.
Felony trespassing gets three for being a felony charge, since pretty much any serious felony garners three points.
Holy hell: just back up and look at all that majesty. A single incident earns Penn State thirty-four points, the clear leader in the race for the Fulmer Cup. A score this big will no doubt fluctuate over time, but for the moment, Penn State is Lance Armstrong going up the Alpe d’Huez, and the rest of the field is Jan Ullrich desperately reaching for a vial of epo trying to catch up.
CORRECTION!!! As pointed out by several readers including Prof-fan, we undercounted by missing the felony bit on the four charged with trespassing. NEW TOTAL: 42 POINTS.
It’s…it’s an all-time high. We’re so overwhelmed that only Rita Coolidge can properly express our emotional state right now.









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DevilGrad says:
Still, it takes half the Penn State team to match the feats of Ellis T. Jones.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:04 pm
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drogue says:
A banner Mason/Dixon North day.
Take THAT Illinois.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
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italiangator says:
Just remember- it only took one day to reach this total, it can take only one day to defeat it. PSU thinks this is over- this isn’t over! We’re taking this into overtime! Comenayaaayha!!!!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
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Galen says:
Hey, at least Penn State is finally beating Michigan.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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Wooderson says:
PSU has given us a wonderful display of teamwork. We should celebrate this.
State Penn is close enough to the WVa border to start lighting couches on fire, right?
I mean, theyr’e both places you’d want to leave immediately if you hear a banjo playing.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
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Stranko Montana says:
Greatest. Video. Ever.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
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Dave says:
Is there any exculpatory evidence that these players were acting this way because they were turned into zombies after JoePa ate their brains?
April 27th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
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Leeroy says:
I’m sure all players will receive a stern one game punishment by the ghost of JoePa.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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Ry says:
I’m just glad Joe Pa wasn’t alive to see this.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
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Sean says:
Wow. Again, eclipsing Ellis T. Jones in the Fulmer Cup is an impressive step.
I’ll say it again: Last year 15 points was all it took for Marshall to win the Fulmer Cup. This year, that same score will get you third place, and that might not hold up!
The Conference That Can’t Count – The “higher academic standards” don’t lead to fewer stupid arrests, unfortunately. Could it be that the suspects are too slow to run away from the scene of the crime?
April 27th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
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kleph says:
i like judas priest and all but this video sucks.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
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Sean says:
#9 – Great quip!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
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nd1990 says:
The only think that could have made the story better is if the players had been caught hiding out in a McDonald’s playland with a gun a la Vick…
April 27th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
Is it okay that I’m giggling like a six year old girl and watching “Breaking The Law” for the third time?
Also, TAKE THAT, [NAME REDACTED]!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
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Rob says:
#11: I agree. Free Wheel Burnin is way cooler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yq7Bs-eJIY
April 27th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
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Whitey says:
kleph – ya beat me to it.
Welcome back State Penn… we’ve missed you.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
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RedDevilEA says:
italiangator-
+threeve points for “Comenayaaayha!!!!”
April 27th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
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Spanky says:
Don;t sell these boys short!
“Anthony Scirrotto: felony burglary (3 points), felony criminal trespassing (3 points), two counts of criminal solicitation, simple assault (2 points) and harassment. (All misdemeanor charges, we think, totalling four points.)”
3+3+2+4 = 12 points for Scirottototottoototto and Baker, upping the ante considerably.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
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Kenny says:
“We are … Incarcerated!”
Has a nice ring to it.
If only Joepa didn’t have that leg injury he could have surely somehow made this better. And had some brains.
FWIW: Wrong link in the story. Try this one: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/04/04-27-07tdc/04-27-07dweb-01.asp
The Collegian also has the complaint and a few other scorching web exclusives.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
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Bob Gomez for Presidint says:
Never mind the criminal charges, the half game suspension JoePa will give the is gonna STING!
April 27th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
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Billybob says:
We need a review of the cup points here. King, Hayes, Sargeant and Sales are tagged with 3 misdemeanors each. As I read the charges, they each have 2 misdemeanors and a felony trespass charge. That should move their collective total from 12 to 20. Total cup points should be 42, not 34.
April 27th, 2007 at 12:57 pm
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PROFANE says:
Ummm, the trespassing charges against King, Hayes, Sargeant, and Sales were ALSO felony trespassing, at least according to the Press Release released by the State College poliece department. This would make the total for the players other than Scirrotto and Baker at 20 rather than 12.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:00 pm
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Texas Gal says:
Slow clap for the Nitanny Lions. Good show, gentlemen.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
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PSUgirl says:
Jan, Jan Brady? is that you? you math checker you.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
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BDoc says:
I thoroughly enjoyed the theme music accompanying this post, though my Swingline stapler became an unfortunate victim of some serious on-desk air guitar.
We’ve still got a lot of weekends left that will be full of keg parties, assaults and gunfire before the start of the season. 30 points might be a drop in the buck by then.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
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Daniel says:
Response 9
Would have been funnier if not verbatim from a post on NDNation an hour earlier.
Your team garners Fulmer Cup points for plagiarism.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
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atepesm says:
So, if previous behaviour is indicative of future penalty, that’s 4 guys that will miss no game time, but be slapped on the wrists. And 2 guys that will miss the first half of the Florida International game. . . .
However, they will all play on Sept. 8, 2007.
Wow, that’s brutal. I guess Grandpa Formaldehyde will break another leg in fury over this one.
Classic.
And you wonder what gets into foreign kids at VT looking in at the jocks. Maybe its just jealousy. If only you were a scholarship athlete at the Big State School.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
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mark says:
JoePa suspended a linebacker 3 games in 2005 for making prank phone calls. why would he be so lenient with these fellas?
April 27th, 2007 at 1:22 pm
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socalirish says:
JoePa is rolling over in his grave….
April 27th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
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Michael says:
Holy hell, a Kursk reference! Outstanding! I’ll even overlook the fact that you missed the analogy that the German offensive and the bevy of charges both came as no suprise and had been anticipated for weeks. If only the authorities had delayed bringing the charges because they wanted to do so using some sort of new-fangled software that proceeded to break down all the time.
I’m probably the only one laughing at these jokes. Carry on.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
It’s true, the King / Hayes / Sales / Sargeant group gets five points each for the felony trespassing (3), harassment (1), and disorderly conduct (1). So that’s 20 points for them. 20 + 11 + 11 = 42.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:45 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Points corrected—it is 42. We missed the felony trespassing.
Holy hell, that is a lot of points.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
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Zook Line and Sinker says:
The Big Televen is finally kicking other conference’s ass at something (just not in basketball or football) and we haven’t had an OSU showing yet. There should be some kind of Southwest Conference Trophy for the most points by a conference.
April 27th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
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rob says:
http://www.bastardly.com/archives/2007/03/10/bastardly-booty-rating-jessica-biel-ass-picture-tribute/
friday cheesecake=biel ass tribute
April 27th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
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spartymike says:
I’m just throwing this out there, but the Big10/11 may want to look into setting up a secret offseason tribunal to curb this type of bad PR next year…not saying it would curb the behavior…a playa’s got to play, right?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
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Major Onions says:
PSU is relevant again. It took you long enough.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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sb says:
There has to be some JoPa v. Blobby Bowden achievement angle to this… c’mon, someone with a non-inebriated wit come through for me.
Still think that Blobby’s attempt to cadge the “most wins” acheivement award falls to JoPa’s win total at a Div. I school… I ain’t givin’ Blobby an inch, much less div II wins. After all, if you could count wins anywhere, wouldn’t Jerry Faust be right up there until he was hoist (up the Dome) on his own petard?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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rebel84 says:
All I know is that the Big Ten is running away with the Conference Cup this year. You would think that conferences would have a hard time keeping up with the law-breaking SEC, especially intellectually superior conferences such as the Big Ten. But right now, the Big Ten is making the SEC look like a conference of school girls and nuns.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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oc phil says:
If the answer turns out to be 42, then what was the question?
April 27th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
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rob says:
@30:
Nah, I get ‘em. But a Prokhorovka reference would = too much.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
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italiangator says:
[redacted] line and sinker, you don’t want tOSU getting involved in the Fulmer Cup, that’ll just ensure the SEC coming out of nowhere to take the title.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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sb says:
#34, now that is indeed a fine contribution… simple, yet extremely well balanced, a very good configuration with a supple smoothness, and finally an excellent finish. Bravo!
April 27th, 2007 at 2:10 pm
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drogue says:
Who gets drafted first? Leak or Smith
April 27th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
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Vairish84 says:
Its still early. A little activity down in Champaign or Ann Arbor, and they will be right back there. Michigan will never take losing to State Penn. Illinois thought they could win this year, at least off the field.
It does look like the usual run of pettiness that the SEC engages in is becoming passe. What good is the random gun possession/discharging, when you can have a whole team event.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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Run Up The Score says:
Also, it seems that the police and district attorney office up north don’t take the same “boys will be boys” approach as our friends to the south. If Cory Boyd or ol’ Keg Stealer McGee did that stuff at PSU, they’d be charged for it.
Not making excuses for the Penn State idiots by any means, but while some law enforcement authorites are more than happy to turn a blind eye, the zealots near PSU seem to take a perverse pleasure in prosecuting football players.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
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Nick says:
Sean you could be onto something on the speed thing. Knowledge Timmons was widely speculated to be possibly the most egregious offender, but he is a track star and thus must’ve outrun punishment.
April 27th, 2007 at 2:59 pm
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PROFANE says:
“If the answer turns out to be 42, then what was the question?”
6 x 9
April 27th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
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John says:
Penn State: Beating Tennessee in more ways than one.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
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Broom says:
#39
“If the answer turns out to be 42, then what was the question?”
What is the meaning of life?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
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Kecalf Bailey says:
I’m stunned no one has found a clever way to incorporate “State Pen(n)” into a quip. Yall really let me down today, but it’s friday so I’ll give you a break.
Also, comment of the day goes to “Holy hell, that is a lot of points.” by OS himself.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:49 pm
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voiceofcdeck says:
For my MNC I give the title to Wisconsin.
Has Florida ever heard of an undefeated season?
April 27th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
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PJ from NU in SF says:
The JoePa I grew up with is the kind of coach who wouldn’t kick the kid off the team, because that would be letting the little bastard off easy. That way, there’s the opportunity for lots of lectures in coach’s office, punctuated by stony glares.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:52 pm
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PeterPumpkinhead says:
#39 – EDSBS has managed to do what no one thought possible –
The ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is:
How many Fulmer Cup Points can Penn State score at one party.
Life makes so much sense now. I don’t know how we all missed it before.
April 27th, 2007 at 3:59 pm
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Jeff from LA says:
The race is over for #1, everyone is playing for second place now.
If only JoePa could still walk, those boys would be in some serious trouble.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:03 pm
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Doug The Power T says:
Orson, your blog never ceases to amaze me. 42 points! HOLY CRAPENSTEIN!
April 27th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
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PROFANE says:
Another potential adjustment – an AP story is listing the criminal solicitation charges as a felonies – which would bump up Scirrotto’s score by another 4.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:11 pm
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Lloyds Apple says:
How can Joe Paterno expect to discipline his team when he can’t even control his bowel movements?
April 27th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
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MM says:
RE 47
Shouldn’t that be 6 x 8?
April 27th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
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PAK says:
I was expecting good things out of this post, having seen on another site that the charges had been filed.
You gents did not disappoint. Good show. I now have an acceptable earworm for the night.
Breakin the law! Breakin the law!
April 27th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
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tOSUBuckeyes says:
For those of you who would like to read the detailed report, here you go: http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/04/04-27-07tdc/pressrelease.pdf
Sorry if already posted and I missed it.
Here’s the problem I have with the fulmer cup. It is far more disturbing for players to be driving around with semi-automatic weapons, brandishing them at will, and discharging them in public, than for a bunch of guys to get into a brawl, old school style. Not that I am defending the players at Penn State, but seriously from a societal standpoint, wouldn’t you rather worry about the occasional bar room brawl than players toting heavy duty weapons and discharging them at random? Or DUI’s, those are far more dangerous in terms of what I would worry about as a citizen minding my own business.
Seriously, 42 points and not a single firearm discharged, no drugs, that we know of, no rape, theft, nothing, just a good old fashion ass whipping. That might be the most overrated ass whipping ever.
I could see if these guys just picked a random house, kicked the door and beat everyone to a pulp, and then robbed and rapped the victims. But this is just an old fashion brawl, just like in the good old days.
In terms of being a menace to society, I worry more about the guy with the loaded 9mm and a bag of dope, than I do about these guys.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:28 pm
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tOSUBuckeyes says:
by no means am I trying to say these guys are saints or excuse their behavior, but it just seems to be that we should be more alarmed by the player who is carrying around a loaded semi-automatic weapon and is willing to shot it at random in public areas – that’s the guy I’m worried about. Let’s be honest, we can all out run those slow Penn State players, but much like Bo Jackson throwing people out from the left field warning track, you can’t outrun a bullet.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:35 pm
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d. tensor says:
It’s the ones with lint rollers that I really worry about.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
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kleph says:
i think you need to re-read the accounts of the incident…
Police say the men forced their way into an apartment and attacked several people attending a party, including one individual who tried to break up the altercation and was knocked unconscious after being hit in the head with a beer bottle. While unconscious, police say the man was repeatedly punched in the head.
April 27th, 2007 at 4:44 pm
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Jason says:
Bar room brawl? These thugs busted into a private residence and kicked the shit out of 3 people.
Down here in Florida, all 6 of those punks would have been shot, and no charges would have stuck on the shooter, because it is very reasonable to fear for your life when 6 HUGE dudes break into your place.
April 27th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
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rob says:
@#64:
Yeah, that or Florida’s great “Shoot First Ask Questions Later Law.”
April 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
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FCFS82 says:
Wanna bet they’re all back by the Notre Dame game? Any takers?
April 27th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
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italiangator says:
tOSU, we live in a world where a school shooting provokes people to say it would be prevented if everyone had had guns. I agree with you in principle, but in Amurica, guns are the only way to freedom. Or, in Mo’s case, a hatchet.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:08 pm
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Geaux Irish says:
Re: #’s 64 & 65:
“Shoot first, ask questions later.”
That sounds like a place run by a member of the Bush family.
April 27th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
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Chadwick says:
While this crushes our season, at least this site can make me laugh through the tears. “an all time high”
April 27th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
#60, guys driving around with guns and dope are what makes a SEC athlete superior. Your fears are shared by your team, and we exploit that on a yearly basis.
April 27th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
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JB says:
While I usually enjoy it when PSU runs up a high score this is not one of those times. This day is almost dark enough to rattle my faith in PSU’s undeniable superiority to other programs….almost!
GO STATE!
April 27th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
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Stacy Keibler Luvs Me says:
The Chair!!, The Chair!! Dept – Memo to Self and Yourself:
If you are going to committ a crime in Florida, and get THE CHAIR, you might end up burning like a marshmallow.
http://www.angelfire.com/ia/justice/067510.html
April 27th, 2007 at 8:53 pm
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Turf says:
Big Ten Network = Court TV
April 27th, 2007 at 9:00 pm
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Billy says:
tOSUBuckeyes,
Maybe it’s just me, but I’d have to say one or two guys accidentally firing a gun (as in the TCU case and at last year at florida) is less shocking than twenty guys breaking into your apartment and beating the shit out of you and sending you to the hospital. Maybe I’m just crazy is all.
April 27th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
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Jordan says:
Just wait. Penn State announced today that 20 more players will be facing punishment for this incident. Looks like it will only be the one point variety, but this will put us so far ahead that no one will touch us…EVER! We might break in to tripple digits before all is said and done. Just you wait.
April 28th, 2007 at 11:08 am
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Out of Conference says:
Wait, is tOSUBuckeyes really Delaney making fucking excuses again!?? Wake up call – you don’t have to make excuses for coming in 2nd again, you’re ahead!
April 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
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Nate says:
Bravo, #39. Bravo.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go get my towel. There’s Vogons about, and the word is they’re reading poetry again…
April 29th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
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andrew says:
#47 and #58 – umm, yeah, that would be 6 x 7…
WE
ARE
STATE PENN!!!!
April 30th, 2007 at 7:10 am
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Jmuthaf'nT says:
#78, you are devoid of humor. I think #47/58 were mentioning prison cell sizes (in feet), not the actual multiplication of numbers needed to reach a solution of 42. Go back to your sad excuse for existence and never visit this site again
April 30th, 2007 at 10:18 am
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Seth says:
#73 “Big Ten Network = Court TV” now that’s funny. The Big Ten is kicking some serious ass (both figuratively and literally).
April 30th, 2007 at 10:59 am
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Big Red says:
Wasn’t there a Beavis and Butthead episode where they watched the “Breakin the Law” video?
May 2nd, 2007 at 10:20 am