Lawn Boyz Poll
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If the guys came up with it on their own and are having a little fun, who am I to be a wet blanket? Just make your blocks, hold on to the rock, and hit the hole hard and fast. Beyond that, knock yourself out.
Part of me really wants to agree with you, but when it looks like PSU is trying to mimic ThugU in any way, it grates at this old JoePa acolyte.
If the kids like it I’m all for it. Who am I to nitpick something so trivial...
If JF is onboard with it...so am I. He is the HC at PSU...nobody else is. If this somehow impacts your life or thoughts on any of those young men....you're probably the issue...not them.
Understood. My thought is, Joe is at rest. The big principles I think are in capable hands. Beyond that, it's a new day.
It looks stupid as hell but so does the guy I work with who pins his pants up to mid-calf level. What can you do?
I think that while Joe would not have allowed it while he was coach, he would have been ok with it with any new coach and the current athletes. He would not have been a fan of it, but he would say 'it's their team' and, perhaps grudgingly, would have just gone with the flow. He would be far more concerned with Success With Honor, and we still emphasize that.
Imo, bringing Joe into this is unfair to him, his family, his legacy, and most certainly to the current team and coaches. We want our PSU athletes to understand why JVP was such a great coach and leader, not dwell on some distraction over how strict he was wrt 'flash' because he grew up in their grandparents' era.
Edit: Great-grandparents' era!
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Great post. Stuff like this just exposes that we still have a segment of the fanbase that believes that only their era matters and that every era going forward must conform to their beliefs and standards. I’m 40, grew up watching PSU and Joe and all the admiration etc. but that era is over and people will never accept it. The current student body, players and coaches, this is their time
Love the Lawn Boyz chain. Great to see there’s good chemistry between the 4 RBs and they have something fun to bond over. My honest opinion is that all 4 will not finish their college career at PSU, but hopefully things like this can keep them together and satisfied.
No way! Let's go back to plowing fields with horses, smoking during pregnancies, and child labor. The good old days!
Joe's legacy centers around Success With Honor and all that implies with student-athletes, post-playing days careers and families, etc. I have no doubt that he would adapt, just as he adapted throughout his coaching career.
Most of the 'old-time' values don't change substantially, if at all, and that transcends fads and trends and whatever current cool stuff. Like football itself - offenses change, rules change, etc., but success still comes back to blocking and tackling and preparation and execution.... the 'old-time' values of the sport.
While I’m not a big fan of it, I find the stupid patches on the uniform much more annoying (the 150 - especially as the ncaa will try and ignore Joe, the big ten logo - enough said, the lion logo is unnecessary, the Nike swoosh is alright I guess).
I'd be happy with drinking at lunchtime.No way! Let's go back to plowing fields with horses, smoking during pregnancies, and child labor. The good old days!
I like the hammer the Levis threw down. I'm up for seeing that a dozen or so more times this year!!!!
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Why do people who workout carry around a gallon of water with them 24/7? Now, that to me is strange.
Agreed...it’s their team...let them have their fun.
Wanna bet the results will be different should we take a loss?
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.
-George Orwell
They're just kids, with technology that records everything they say and do. They wanna be lawn boys let them be LawnBoyz.
Down in front!
Voted hate it (a bit embarrassing actually to me), but indifferent as to the kids having fun with it. Guess I’m officially a member of the off my lawn crowd... just don’t get it
Didn’t Joe Paterno eventually have to accept tattoos and facial hair? And, by golly, was still successful.
I agree with the player who tweeted, and I paraphrase, the team plays really well and gets a big win, and this is what the talk is about the game?
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I agree with the player who tweeted, and I paraphrase, the team plays really well and gets a big win, and this is what the talk is about the game?
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I don't like it (just because I think it's dumb).
But fortunately it's not for me. It's harmless, so I say let them enjoy it.
But fortunately it's not for me. It's harmless, so I say let them enjoy it.
As of this writing, a staggering 33.9 percent say "hate it." That would be 1 out of every 3 Penn State fans! Thank goodness this message board community is not reflective of the fanbase as a whole....
That means 66.1 percent are neutral to positive about it.
The average age around here is 68. That might have something to do with it.
I’d settle for going back to beating average Michigan State teams!No way! Let's go back to plowing fields with horses, smoking during pregnancies, and child labor. The good old days!
So if the average age is 68, and 2/3 of those folks think it's ok or are neutral about it, sounds like we have a very open-minded bunch of fartes d'olde! I like to think I'm one whether it is about some fad such as this or about important things. I voted neutral, btw.
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