Primarily about Penn State football, this is a tale told by idiots, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Mills Lane’s words kick off this Orange Bowl edition of The Nittany Turkey: Let’s get it on!
The Orange Bowl kicks off in less than an hour, which means an end to all the prize fight posturing. The hype and the smack will give way to combat on the field. All the bullshit from pundits, pseudo-pundits, and buffoons is now over except that which will be slung at you by this Turkey. [Read more…]
The Turkey doesn’t want to sound like a total douche bag, but isn’t it high time that we eighty-six the dubious tradition of dumping a cannister of Gatorade on a winning football coach? Watching the victorious Ohio State head coach, the geeky looking Jim Tressel, endure the cold, orange shower and show up for a TV interview with his soaked signature scarlet sweater vest dripping the sticky liquid summarily reinforced my negative feelings about this ritual.
Dan Patrick, in his ESPN radio show today, revealed that his older brother had a conversation with Joe Paterno in the lobby of the team’s hotel in Miami Beach during which Paterno had said that the one thing he regrets is not speaking up when people started calling him ‘JoePa. ??? ???? ????? ’ He said that he doesn’t like the nickname and he regrets that it has stuck. ???? ?????
OK, so The Turkey will not be using the nickname henceforth. ???? ???????
