Hey Franklin haters, is a playoff game a big game? Win or go home. Elimination. Season ends.
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This post begs the question, if you actually believed what you wrote, why would my opinions bother you to the point where they'd make you question your board participation?
You think it is weird? That is your opinion... and it is wrong. It's perfectly normal.
one can care about winning and other aspects like the stadium or statue. They are not mutually exclusive.
so what suggestion to better unite different generations of the fan base? Brow beat them on a message board? Parade the they hate Franklin strawmen?
tell the boomers why they should invest in a program that refuses to recognize the life time they already invested? You see, they were contributing and building this program when you were in diapers. Maybe they don’t want to be part of the “culture problem” Penn State says they created and won’t refute.
On Christmas Eve, why do you seemingly hate another board participant?
It’s so unseasonal and non- Christian.
The Lord, who happens to have a birthday tomorrow, desires you to do better.
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I generally think it's not ok to let people gatekeep on being a fan, or inventing silly and arbitrary criteria to determine who gets to critique something.I can't believe this purposely divisive thread has garnered 216+ responses.
I'm thinking of going over to the old board to resurrect the MOAT.
Anyone can be a fan. This is how easy it is: "I like X." And that's it. That's the only qualification.
Some of us prefer a bit more in depth discussion and analysis, and part of that is criticism. People need to have it explained to them that this criticism isn't coming from a place of hatred because they obviously cannot figure this out for themselves.
Why on earth would you ignore @LionJim. He's the most gracious and probably most likable person on this board. We should all strive to be more like him.
I will admit the old board has more sports discussion.I can't believe this purposely divisive thread has garnered 216+ responses.
I'm thinking of going over to the old board to resurrect the MOAT.
I visit both often.
I know, it's too bad that recruiting rankings weren't part of the playoff equation. I'm sure that will get fixed for next year.
The face of the Statue movement sold his suite to SMU fans last weekend. Bet Joe would have loved that.
Unfortunately for many on here, coaches aren’t pounding a nail, they’re building a house. They make hundreds of decisions in a game and they’re going to make so called mistakes when fans judge the decisions after the fact. And just because you watch a game doesn’t mean you’re qualified to spot mistakes….just decisions you might not agree with….that doesn’t make them mistakes.
Not getting to the playoffs for Franklin is considered not in the mix, so how is not getting to the top 2 for Paterno considered in the mix?Very well reasoned and rationale commentary.... are you sure you belong here?
Old timers will recall that through 1994 we were in the natty mix pretty much every 4 years since the late 1960s
After the 1982 national championship, people were by and large happy with that
I feel blessed to have been in college in 1986....what a season, especially after the disappointment of losing to those steroid boys from Norman, OK the year before
P4 teams are not the blue hens as much as you want them to be.
Yes because Joe the drywaller certainly has more knowledge than a D-1 football coach.
@laKavosiey-st lion doesn't provide "criticism" ... he's just an ignorant child spouting off the same antagonistic mantras over and over again in an attempt to look cool.
And he also thinks it's OK to toss the n-word at folks, so eff that guy. He's loathsome, at his core.
Let me simplify it for you….the post said that Paternon was in the mix every three to four years….but he wasn’t in the mix other than a few times…you had to be in the top 2 to be “in the mix”.
Yes.
No.
False.
It's cherry-picking and misinterpretation of data to further a preconceived bias (at best).
It's quite acceptable to state that his record is poor against a certain subgroup of teams. Because that's what it is. But when doing so, you need to also compare that to the record of others. And otherwise put it into proper context.
And if you then take that information, and use it to constantly berate his overall performance, and downplay any success he does have, and to overlook the positives, and to try to paint everything in the light most negative, and just keep repeating it in a condescending way ... well, then you can eat a bag of d's.
And there are a number of people who do this.
And, then, when called on it, you act like you're not doing what you're doing, trying to play innocent ... well, then, you're just trash.
Really? 4-17 is 19% not 8% genius
19% is bad but far better that your math skills
He doesn’t know what “retired” means, or that the n-word is offensive … you think he’s going to be able to divide?