1. Attending PSU when there were many guys attending school on the GI Bill after spending sunny days in SE Asia?
2. Driving cross country before all the interstates were built out? America was a different place.
3. The USA looked so different before we had 200 million or 150 million people. The suburbs did not ramble beyond the townships ringing the cities. There was a much clearer deliniation between country and city.
4. the real old timers among us can remember when those old derelict train stations we drive by were once filled with people and that’s where people caught the trains to other cities or to college. Forget about cheap air travel and crowded city sized airports.
5 Watching Band of Brothers over the July 4th holiday I was struck about how many of the men were Pennsylvanians. Back then 10% of the US population lived in PA! Now it’s less than 4%.
6. I remember Mike Reid, Onkotz, Smith and Smear. Back then it was tough for an opponent to cross the 50 yard line. Reid was such a force. His impact was far beyond that of Lavar, Ham, Poz and other greats we had. He dominated the line of scrimmage with his strength and quickness. Nobody else we have had comes close. The best player ever. Ranking above Saquon, Cappy, Trace, and Clarke.
7. The Penn State offensives lines were once our strength. A year did not go by without a preseason AA mention in the magazines.
8. Our coaches did not permit taunting, stupid displays like Lawn Boyz necklaces, and dumb play. Our players showed class and intimidated teams like Miami, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. When people played us they knew we would not make mistakes and hand the game over to them in the last few minutes. We forced our opponents to do that for us. Players knew the down and distance and you did not see them failing to take a knee when the situation called for it. That Penn State taught discipline and it produced results.
9. I remember my first job when I was proud to work for my employer. He did things right. He did not put up with dumb *** behavior and he expected the job to be done right. He gave us opportunity and put the tools and resources in our hands to get things done. My observation was that over time more people attended business school and acted and talked like they did. Instead of being leaders they became managers, looking for problems and correcting people whenever they had an opportunity. Shakespeare was wrong. “First thing we do is kill all the MBAs”.
10. I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong, but I think PSU was the first national champion to gain more offensive yards by passing the ball than running the ball.
2. Driving cross country before all the interstates were built out? America was a different place.
3. The USA looked so different before we had 200 million or 150 million people. The suburbs did not ramble beyond the townships ringing the cities. There was a much clearer deliniation between country and city.
4. the real old timers among us can remember when those old derelict train stations we drive by were once filled with people and that’s where people caught the trains to other cities or to college. Forget about cheap air travel and crowded city sized airports.
5 Watching Band of Brothers over the July 4th holiday I was struck about how many of the men were Pennsylvanians. Back then 10% of the US population lived in PA! Now it’s less than 4%.
6. I remember Mike Reid, Onkotz, Smith and Smear. Back then it was tough for an opponent to cross the 50 yard line. Reid was such a force. His impact was far beyond that of Lavar, Ham, Poz and other greats we had. He dominated the line of scrimmage with his strength and quickness. Nobody else we have had comes close. The best player ever. Ranking above Saquon, Cappy, Trace, and Clarke.
7. The Penn State offensives lines were once our strength. A year did not go by without a preseason AA mention in the magazines.
8. Our coaches did not permit taunting, stupid displays like Lawn Boyz necklaces, and dumb play. Our players showed class and intimidated teams like Miami, Notre Dame, and Ohio State. When people played us they knew we would not make mistakes and hand the game over to them in the last few minutes. We forced our opponents to do that for us. Players knew the down and distance and you did not see them failing to take a knee when the situation called for it. That Penn State taught discipline and it produced results.
9. I remember my first job when I was proud to work for my employer. He did things right. He did not put up with dumb *** behavior and he expected the job to be done right. He gave us opportunity and put the tools and resources in our hands to get things done. My observation was that over time more people attended business school and acted and talked like they did. Instead of being leaders they became managers, looking for problems and correcting people whenever they had an opportunity. Shakespeare was wrong. “First thing we do is kill all the MBAs”.
10. I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong, but I think PSU was the first national champion to gain more offensive yards by passing the ball than running the ball.
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