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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)



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They doubled down on it! :slappy: :slappy: :slappy:


That's almost worse. I mean, the stat is kinda neat... when you lead with it... not when you get raked over the coals and every sports talk radio show has been blasting you and sayin "why didn't you just say 50 outta 55" Hope they hang on to that media team as long as scUM hangs on to Matty ... or longer.
 
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Anyone care to list who these fuckers are?
I mean, who else was gonna do it.....

1967 - Dave Robinson, LB, Green Bay - HOF, 3 Pro Bowls, 1 All Pro
1967 - Hatch Rosdahl, ??, Kansas City - Worthless
1968 - Dave Robinson, LB, Green Bay - HOF, 3 Pro Bowls, 1 All Pro
1969 - Ralph Baker, LB, NY Jets - Starter
1969 - Glenn Ressler, LG, Baltimore - Worthless
1970 -
1971 - Glenn Ressler, LG, Baltimore - Worthless
1972 -
1973 -
1974 - Bruce Bannon, ??, Miami - Worthless
1975 - Jack Ham, LB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 8 Pro Bowls, 6 All Pro
1975 - Franco Harris, FB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 9 Pro Bowls, 1 All pro, 1 ROY, 1 Walter Payton MOY, 1 Cardboard Cutout
1976 - Jack Ham, LB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 8 Pro Bowls, 6 All Pro
1976 - Franco Harris, FB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 9 Pro Bowls, 1 All pro, 1 ROY, 1 Walter Payton MOY, 1 Cardboard Cutout

1977 - Ted Kwalick, ??, Oakland - 3 Pro Bowls, 1 All Pro
1977 - Dave Rowe, NT, Oakland - 1 Pro Bowl
1978 - Tom Rafferty, RG, Dallas - Starter
1979 - Jack Ham, LB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 8 Pro Bowls, 6 All Pro
1979 - Franco Harris, FB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 9 Pro Bowls, 1 All pro, 1 ROY, 1 Walter Payton MOY, 1 Cardboard Cutout

1979 - Tom Rafferty, RG, Dallas - Starter
1980 - Jack Ham, LB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 8 Pro Bowls, 6 All Pro
1980 - Franco Harris, FB, Pittsburgh - HOF, 9 Pro Bowls, 1 All pro, ROY, 1 Walter Payton MOY, 1 Cardboard Cutout

1980 - Matt Bahr, K, Pittsburgh - Kicker
1981 - Chris Bahr, K, Oakland - Kicker, Matt's brother
1981 - Matt Millen, LB, Oakland - 1 Pro Bowl, Loves WRs
1981 - Scott Fitzkee, ??, Philadelphia - Worthless
1981 - Bob Torrey, ??, Philadelphia - Worthless
1982 - Matt Bahr, K, San Fran - Kicker
1982 - Pete Kugler, ??, San Fran - Non-starter
1983 - Larry Kubin, ??, Washington - Worthless
1983 - Rich Milot, LB, Washington - Starter
1983 - Jimmy Cefalo, WR, Miami - Technically Starter
1983 - Paul Lankford, ??, Miami - Non-starter
1984 - Chris Bahr, K, LA Raiders - Kicker, Matt's brother
1984 - Matt Millen, LB, LA Raiders - 1 Pro Bowl, Loves WRs
1984 - Jim Romano, ??, LA Raiders - Meh
1984 - Larry Kubin, ??, Washington - Worthless
1984 - Rich Milot, LB, Washington - Starter
1985 - Jimmy Cefalo, WR, Miami - Non-starter
1985 - Paul Lankford, ??, Miami - Non-starter
1986 - Mike Hartenstine, DE, Chicago - Non-starter
1986 - Matt Suhey, FB, Chicago - Starter
1987 - Brad Benson, LT, NY Giants - 1 Pro Bowl, Starter
1987 - Jeff Hostetler, QB, NY Giants - 1 Pro Bowl, Non-starter, TRANSFERRED TO WVU
1988 - Rich Milot, LB, Washington - Non-starter
1988 - Ralph Giacomarro, ??, Denver - Worthless Punter
1989 - Pete Kugler, ??, San Fran - Non-starter
1990 - Pete Kugler, ??, San Fran - Non-starter
1990 - Matt Millen, LB, San Fran - 1 Pro Bowl, Loves WRs
1991 - Matt Bahr, K, NY Giants - Kicker
1991 - Jeff Hostetler, QB, NY Giants - 1 Pro Bowl, Non-starter, TRANSFERRED TO WVU
1991 - Bob Mrosko, ??, NY Giants - Worthless
1991 - Shane Conlan, LB, Buffalo - 3 Pro Bowls, ROY
1991 - Mitch Frerotte, ??, Buffalo - Worthless
1992 - Andre Collins, LB, Washington - Starter
1992 - Tim Johnson, DT, Washington - Starter
1992 - Matt Millen, LB, Washington - 1 Pro Bowl, Loves WRs
1992 - Mike Alexander, ??, Buffalo - Worthless
1992 - Shane Conlan, LB, Buffalo - 3 Pro Bowls, ROY
1992 - Mitch Frerotte, ??, Buffalo - Worthless
1993 - Shane Conlan, LB, Buffalo - 3 Pro Bowls, ROY
1993 - Mitch Frerotte, ??, Buffalo - Worthless
1993 - Keith Goganious, ??, Buffalo - Worthless
1994 - Keith Goganious, LB, Buffalo - Worthless
1995 - Eric Jonassen, ??, San Diego - TRANSFERRED TO D2 BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
1996 - Darren Perry, FS, Pittsburgh - Starter
1996 - Eric Ravotti, ??, Pittsburgh - Worthless
1997 - Sam Gash, FB, New England - 2 Pro Bowls
1997 - Todd Rucci, RG, New England - Starter, Father of Wisconsin Badger Nolan Rucci
1998 - Marco Rivera, ??, Green Bay - 3 Pro Bowls
1999 -
2000 - Terry Killens, ??, Tennessee - Worthless
2001 - Sam Gash, FB, Baltimore - 2 Pro Bowls
2001 - Kim Herring, SS, Baltimore - Starter
2001 - Kerry Collins, QB, NY Giants - 2 Pro Bowls
2001 - Joe Jurevicius, WR, NY Giants - OK
2001 - Brandon Short, ??, NY Giants - Meh
2002 - Rob Holmberg, ??, New England - Worthless
2002 - Kim Herring, SS, St Louis - Starter
2002 - Tyoka Jackson, ??, St Louis - Meh
2003 - Joe Jurevicius, WR, Tampa Bay - OK
2004 - Shawn Mayer, ??, New England - Worthless
2005 - Shawn Mayer, ??, New England - Worthless
2005 - Justin Kurpeikis, ??, New England - Worthless
2005 - Eric McCoo, ??, Philadelphia - Worthless
2006 - Jeff Hartings, C, Pittsburgh - 2 Pro Bowls, 1 All Pro
2006 - Matt Kranchick, ??, Pittsburgh - Worthless
2006 - Bobby Engram, WR, Seattle - Starter
2006 - Joe Jurevicius, WR, Seattle - Starter
2007 - John Gilmore, ??, Chicago - Meh
2007 - Robbie Gould, K, Chicago - 1 Pro Bowl, 1 All Pro
2008 - Jay Alford, ??, NY Giants - Worthless
2008 - Kareem McKenzie, RT, NY Giants - Starter
2008 - Kyle Brady, TE, New England - Starter
2009 - Sean McHugh, ??, Pittsburgh - Meh
2009 - Scott Paxson, ?? Pittsburgh - Worthless
2009 - Levi Brown, RT, Arizona - Starter
2010 - Edward Johnson, ??, Indianapolis - Meh
2011 - Andrew Quarless, TE, Green Bay - Meh
2011 - Jeremy Kapinos, P, Pittsburgh - Punter
2012 - Jimmy Kennedy, ??, NY Giants - Meh
2012 - Kareem McKenzie, RT, NY Giants - Starter
2013 - Navorro Bowman, LB, San Fran - 3 Pro Bowls, 4 All Pro
2014 - Jordan Hill, DT, Seattle - Son of my in-law's mailman
2014 - Michael Robinson, FB, Seattle - 1 Pro Bowl? What the fuck?
2015 - Brett Brackett, ??, Seattle - Worthless
2015 - Garry Gilliam, ??, Seattle - Worthless
2015 - Jordan Hill, DT, Seattle - Son of my in-law's mailman
2016 - Jordan Norwood, WR, Denver - Worthless
2017 -
2018 - Stefen Wisniewski, LG, Philadelphia - Meh
2019 - Sam Ficken, K, St Louis - Made 1 FG and 10 XP for this team, was not on SB roster
2020 - Jordan Lucas, ??, Kansas City - Worthless
2020 - Stefen Wisniewski, LG, Kansas City - Meh
2020 - Kevin Givens, ??, San Fran - Worthless
2020 - Robbie Gould, K, Chicago - 1 Pro Bowl, 1 All Pro
2021 - Stefen Wisniewski, LG, Kansas City - Meh
2021 - Chris Godwin, WR, Tampa Bay - 1 Pro Bowl
2021 - Donovan Smith, OT, Tampa Bay - Starter
2021 - Justin Watson, WR, Tampa Bay - Worthless
 
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So, some thoughts

1. 2019's lone SB participant was Sam Ficken....who sucked as a fill in for injurred super kicker Greg Zuerlein. He was on the team for 2 weeks in September. I have no idea how many of these schlubs were just like Ficken....I don't have the mental strength to keep looking at Penn Staters who have found success, albeit minor.
2. 1995's lone SB participant was a guy who transferred to Division 2 Bloomsburg (Go Huskies). That's fucking lame.
3. There are 77 individual players.
4. I bolded players who I thought were exceptionally good...based either on awards won or just remembering them.
5. Data was gathered from pro-football-reference.com.
6. I'm assuming Franco only has 1 cut out. It's likely he has dozens.
 
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What's the message? "Go to Penn State and you'll make it to 50 of the next 55 super bowls"?

I think it sounds more like, "Go to Penn State where your 3-4 years won't be interesting enough for us to mention, and then you and your teammates will be scattered around the NFL well enough that there's a 50/55 chance each year that ONE of you or your PSU predecessors will make it to the Super Bowl."

And how did that work out for Hackenberg? 3 years at Penn State, and I think he left before 2016, so 0 wins against Ohio State, and 0 Big Ten championships. 0 pass attempts in the NFL? He tried to play in the Dingdong Football League (I forget what that was called) and led his team to 0-3 or 0-4 before being benched, and his backup brought his team from behind to win.

I mean, yeah, I'm cherry-picking data points. But isn't that what Penn State is doing? "Your claim to fame will be what you do AFTER you're at Penn State. So... you should come play for us."
 
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