We have a big game on Thursday (1/9/25). What are you doing to prepare?

[BobPSU92]

I’m balancing workouts with rest and am also hitting the carbs hard at the training table. Otherwise, I’m watching a lot of nd game film and feel confident with what I want to do on offense and defense. To be clear, I will go both ways on Thursday night.

You?

 

[psuro]

 

[LionJim]

Working on Boolean rings. These are commutative rings where x^2=x always. And now I’m going to shovel snow, what a pain in the butt, got six inches out there, just now stopped snowing.

 

[psuro]

a pain in the butt, got six inches out there

Well, this statement could easily be miscontrued.....

 

[BobPSU92]

I’ve offered Franklin my services.

 

[LionJim]

Well, this statement could easily be miscontrued.....

Damn, wow, that was a bad one.

 

[PhillyBillyReprise]

Took down the Christmas decorations

 

[BeerLion]

Took down the Christmas decorations

This seems premature, looking at my julian calendar it is telling me that Christmas is tomorrow.

 

[Lionville]

I’m balancing workouts with rest and am also hitting the carbs hard at the training table. Otherwise, I’m watching a lot of nd game film and feel confident with what I want to do on offense and defense. To be clear, I will go both ways on Thursday night.

You?

Going both ways?!?!?

Yikes!!!!!!

 

[Bones80]

I’ll be driving cross country Thursday and Friday. Will be listening to the games on Sirius XM. Hope to get to hotel Thursday night before the game ends. Eleven hours driving both Thursday and Friday. It all gets down to when we can hit the road Thursday morning (more influenced by the Mrs than me) and road conditions on I80 in Wyoming and Nebraska.

 

[psuro]

I’ll be driving cross country Thursday and Friday. Will be listening to the games on Sirius XM. Hope to get to hotel Thursday night before the game ends. Eleven hours driving both Thursday and Friday. It all gets down to when we can hit the road Thursday morning (more influenced by the Mrs than me) and road conditions on I80 in Wyoming and Nebraska.

Drive safe.

 

[Bwifan]

 

[manatree]

Working on Boolean rings. These are commutative rings where x^2=x always. And now I’m going to shovel snow, what a pain in the butt, got six inches out there, just now stopped snowing.

The only rings I'm thinking about are onion. Cumulative, not commutative.

Although upon further reflection, given that the rings will go straight to my waist no matter what, they might be commutative.

 

[Mr. Potter]

Sticking with routine. I'll wear my Penn State Pajama Pants the night before the game.

Shalom

 

[psuro]

Sticking with routine. I'll wear my Penn State Pajama Pants the night before the game.

Shalom

 

[Catch1lion]

I’m balancing workouts with rest and am also hitting the carbs hard at the training table. Otherwise, I’m watching a lot of nd game film and feel confident with what I want to do on offense and defense. To be clear, I will go both ways on Thursday night.

You?

Or a Thursday too.

 

[LaJollaCreek]

Nothing. The game only counts if we lose. Go Blue Hens!

 

[1995PSUGrad]

I am booking a hotel in Atlanta as I prepare to watch the game on Thursday!

 

[PSU Mike]

No sex day of game - it’s bad luck. Now that I think about it we could schedule a game with an hour’s notice and still be safe.

 

[Nitt1300]

bacon wrapped bacon

 

[ILLINOISLION]

No sex day of game - it’s bad luck. Now that I think about it we could schedule a game with an hour’s notice and still be safe.

Mike, that helps me understand why your wife’s always out here in Barrington HAHA!

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Nothing. The game only counts if we lose. Go Blue Hens!

I just scouted ND, not a single TD earned. We just dominated 2 with lane discipline. If we PUNISH 13 like we did 2, ND got nothing for us. I guarantee a lions win.

 

[step.eng69]

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[ILLINOISLION]

Gotta limit ND’s QB’s rushing yardage / first downs. Planned or scrambling!

 

[Tgar]

Tgar is finishing spending a week in Sri Lanka ( where Tgar did see an elephant on the beach ) and a week in the Maldives. He spent the entire time enjoying safari, snorkeling, hitting the gym every day, Watching the sunsets, enjoying tea, island cocktails, eating fresh prawns and grilled fish etc etc. So, he is prepared for the game.

Unfortunately he is returning Thursday on Qatar Air and will be holed up in Business Class drinking, dining and following along online as that airline has great WiFi. He lands Friday morning early for a four hour drive home. Bring home a victory boys and girls!

 

[LionsAndBears]

I'm reading FB and starting to realize that we're the bad guys in this game. Then Franklin does his presser in a camo hoodie and it's like we've become the 86 Hurricanes. Hopefully we have a better outcome.

 

[laKavosiey-st lion]

Catholics v ?. I hate to think.

 

[LionsAndBears]

Catholics v ?. I hate to think.

Think the worst and you might be close. Of course, ND has no room to talk but they don't see it that way.

 

[SouthHalls410]

I signed up for an extra hour of Eucharistic Adoration. they aren’t the only Catholics around.

 

[Tgar]

I signed up for an extra hour of Eucharistic Adoration. they aren’t the only Catholics around.

Tgar signed up for the Booze Cruise……

 

[RockyMtnLion]

Having Achilles tendon repair surgery tomorrow morning.

 

[LionJim]

Having Achilles tendon repair surgery tomorrow morning.

Sorry, I just had to laugh out loud. Best wishes for a successful surgery and recovery!

 

[RockyMtnLion]

Sorry, I just had to laugh out loud. Best wishes for a successful surgery and recovery!

No problem, Jim. It was meant to a comedic, though painful, response to the question.

 

[ApexLion]

Tgar is finishing spending a week in Sri Lanka ( where Tgar did see an elephant on the beach ) and a week in the Maldives. He spent the entire time enjoying safari, snorkeling, hitting the gym every day, Watching the sunsets, enjoying tea, island cocktails, eating fresh prawns and grilled fish etc etc. So, he is prepared for the game.

Unfortunately he is returning Thursday on Qatar Air and will be holed up in Business Class drinking, dining and following along online as that airline has great WiFi. He lands Friday morning early for a four hour drive home. Bring home a victory boys and girls!

We live thru you @Tgar fosure.

 

[ApexLion]

I'm doing the same thing I did last week and the week before. Read BWI.

 

[Catch1lion]

Have my appt. set for my LTFI tattoo. Or I might just have a couple of Amstel drafts .

“See you in Indianapolis!” a fan shouted in Franklin’s direction as the head coach stood in the tunnel with his team, ready to take the field. Of course, Indianapolis was in reference to the host city for the Big Ten Championship Game. Michigan beat Ohio State and all Penn State needed to do was beat Maryland to make the conference championship.

What the fan couldn’t have foreseen was the head coach hearing him and then sharply responding.

“We’re focused on f— Maryland,” Franklin said as he looked at the fan. “Lock the f— in.”


The message has been well received.

Lock the f— in, or LTFI for short, has become a theme for Penn State’s Playoff run. It embodies Franklin’s 1-0 mantra but with a less corny and more edgy delivery. LTFI has become a hashtag used by Penn State fans on social media when mentioning the next game. Like their head coach, they’re not looking past any opponent. It’s also a message that’s been printed on merchandise with Penn State’s NIL collective, Happy Valley United.---Audrey Snyder The Athletic

 

[PSU1969A]

Working on Boolean rings. These are commutative rings where x^2=x always. And now I’m going to shovel snow, what a pain in the butt, got six inches out there, just now stopped snowing.

x= 0 or x = 1.

 

[WVilleLion23]

I have tried not to think too much about it last few days. I think if I was flying down to game, it would be much more on my mind.

 

[ApexLion]

There’s a game this week? Who are we playing? I thought the OP was talking about Pitt synchronized swimming this week. They have 108 titles.

 

[LionJim]

x= 0 or x = 1.

More specifically, it can be a direct sum of copies of Z_2. In particular, we have to have x+x=0 always. Here’s why. If x^2=x then 1+x=(1+x)^2=1+2x+x^2=1+2x+x and you cancel out 1+x from both sides, get 0=2x. You also have x(1+x)=x+x^2=x+x=0, so you have a whole bunch of zero divisors and only one unit, 1. In the first sentence I said it can be a direct sum of copies of Z_2, and I’m trying to figure out if this is always the case. If the ring is finite I am positive that it has to be the case (I need a proof) but what if it’s infinite? I’m not trying to be a show off here, it’s just that I find this stuff gloriously fascinating.