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Down from the Boone Docks

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App State Visits Rebuilding/Reloading Nittany Lions

Are we “rebuilding” or “reloading”? Only the sports writers know for sure, and they are always wrong. Besides, both metaphors suck and who cares?The Appalachian State Mountaineers, now coached by Scott Satterfield, come to St. Joe Memorial Stadium at Beaver Field to take on the mighty, rebuilding, recharging, or reloading Nittany Lions on Saturday, September 1 at 3:30 in the PM. You know I’m going to be watching from the comfort of Jackstand’s sofa.

Appalachian State is famous for two things: beating Michigan in 2007 and liver mush. The former needs no explanation. The young upstarts beat Fifth Ranked Big Blue back in the Lloyd Carr era. Carr retired after that. The latter — well, it has to be experienced. However, I have provided a photo of the delightful breakfast dish being served by a delightful waitress at the delightful Boone Drug Company during a visit by Artificially Sweetened and this turkey back in the summer of 2008, when the spirit of victory was fresh and the mush was sweet. Or whatever liver mush is.

Sampling the liver mush in Boone.

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The Turkey Lives

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We’re just a month away from the big App State game, and here I am, tickling mein Das Keyboard with some out-of-left-field bullshit about Penn State Football — and even a little bit about the beleaguered Urban Meyer, over at tOSU. [Read more…]

NFL Scouting Combine Musings

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Penn State Speed?

Saquon Barkley
Saquon Barkley

We all had high expectations for Saquon Barkley’s NFL Scouting Combine performance this past weekend because he is a very special player who will not accept anything short of perfection from himself. All the NFL Network announcers were all ga-ga over Saquon’s 40-yard dash time of 4.40 seconds, his vertical leap of 41″, and his 29 reps on the bench press.

Other standout competitors from Penn State include Marcus Allen, Mike Gesicki and DaeSean Hamilton,  but we also saw a superb performance from an unheralded and unexpected late bloomer. Riddle me this: Barkley’s superb time of 4.40 was beaten by only one running back at the NFL Scouting Combine, but he wasn’t the best in the 40 from Penn State. So, which of the PSU participants beat him? [Read more…]