Lazy... Saturday? Have some links.

We all know that this time of year things are slow. We're also working on some other things that are taking longer than expected. We can't let the site idle, so here's some stories you may or may not have come across recently.

The captains of the football team recently held a press conference. Little did we know, the Collegian does stuff in the summer. They have a nice write-up on the whole event. -The Daily Collegian-

I can't speak for the rest of the staff here, but I read every article written in The Collegian during the 2004 and 2006 calendar years.

Here's the link a lengthy transcript of the conference. -GoPsuSports.com-

Scirrotto was asked about team exercise on and off the field and had this to say:

A lot of guys are doing a lot of community service, doing great things, helping people out. A lot of guys are working, so it's real exciting to know what we've got going on and its exciting to see how everything pans out.

There was no mention as to whether or not the community service was court ordered or volunteer.

and now that we've taken a quote out of context, we feel like real journalists.

Official off-season program of the PSU football team.

Next up, Comcast and The Big11Ten Network reached a deal that will allow people in Big11Ten country to get it. Honestly, we don't know one single person who had the network last year. If we wanted to watch a game we had to get inside, or go to Frat-tastic Bill Pickle's. -bigtennetwork.com-

We read the article and are trying to figure out who gets the channel. It says expanded basic, which to us isn't very basic at all. Once you expand basic, isn't it no longer basic? Regardless, Comcast picking up the network is good news for every fan.

Last week, Penn State announced their schedules through 2012. -GoPSUSports.com-

We really love out of conference play and are thrilled to see three games a year against the Charmin Bears.

Toughest Non Conference Opponent Available

Playing Alabama doesn't cancel out the combo of Kent State, Youngstown and Temple.

On ESPN.com, Joe turned up in an article about football legends.
Kind of a no brainer. -ESPN.com-
Look for the same article about every sport at the beginning of their respective season.

Duke sucks at football. o rly? -Courier-Journal-

Notre Dame is going to bring their exceedingly average program to NBC for 8 more years. -Mediocrity-

Like us today, Mark Schlabach mailed in this article about faces to watch during the coming season. Tim Tebow? Really? Pat White? Way to go way out on a limb with those predictions.
-ESPN.com-

Again, look for this article just before NFL season starts. Swap some names, and some dude has a another article.

And finally, we close with this. -Weird People and their pets-
We're going to skip straight to the pumpkins. First, that's not a pet. Second, if you're going to decorate a pumpkin, isn't cutting it almost a requirement? Painted pumpkin = fail. Put on your man pants, and get out the knife.

MRob: Sideline Reporter

2005 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and current San Francisco 49er Michael Robinson has long had an interest in working in sports broadcasting. In April, E!SPN gave him the chance to try his luck as he filled in as a reporter at a women’s softball game between Baylor and Texas.

Of course, as some of you local to the State College area remember, this isn’t MRob’s first foray into the world of television. You may recall his past work with this man:

Great, Great Guy.

Anyway, it looks like MRob did a solid job. We’re sure it’s not an easy thing to be on camera during a live broadcast. The only thing we would’ve done differently is not ask Jay Paterno for advice. Hopefully MRob will get another shot when his football days are over.

Finally, this news gives us an excuse to show you MRob’s finest performance ever shown on TV. Enjoy:

The Rules

*watching TV, Greg stops on ESPN*

Will: No, I don't wanna watch ESPN.

Greg: You don’t like ESPN?

Will: I have a vague recollection of ESPN before it turned into E! Network, but that was a long time ago.

Greg: You think you can do better?

Will: (Will looks at Greg)

Greg: What?

Will: What?

Greg: What was that look?

Will: What look?

Greg: You gave me a look?

Will: What kind of look?

Greg: I know that look. I’ve seen you make that look before.

Will: Then what was it?

Greg: Why should I tell you?

Will: Well, you're the big look expert. I wanna see how smart you are.

Greg: Trust me. I know the look.

Will: What?

Greg: What about the look?

Will: I don't know.

Greg: You’re up to something.

Will: Sometimes I get some crazy ideas. Don’t you?

Greg: Things occur to me from time to time.

Will: Yeah, me too. Well, you can't keep watching and reading the same old crap from the same old outlets.

Greg: No, of course not.

Will: Yeah, we pretty much know the landscape of the sports media world.

Greg: We know the terrain. It sucks.

Will: No big surprises.

Greg: Nope.

Will: What do you think?

Greg: I don't know. What do you think?

Will: Well, maybe start our own blog, it’s something to consider.

Greg: Yeah.

Will: I mean, let's say we did start one. What’s the big deal?

Greg: What if.

Will: Is that like the end of the world or something?

Greg: Certainly not.

Will: Why shouldn't we be able to offer up what we think – our opinions – once in a while if we want to?

Greg: I know.

Will: I mean, really, what is the big deal? We get on there. (Points to the computer) We type up a column, maybe a couple stories. We log off. It's not complicated.

Greg: It's almost stupid if we didn't.

Will: It's moronic.

Greg: Absurd!

Will: Of course, I guess, maybe, some little problems could arise.

Greg: Well, there are always a few.

Will: I mean, if we end up like all the other lame sites, we're going to be laughed at, and that would be really bad.

Greg: Devastating.

Will: Because different is very good.

Greg: And comedy would be very good.

Will: That would be good too. The idea is to combine sports, comedy and make sure to keep from acting like bitter old beat-writers.

Greg: Yeah, we just wanna take this and add that.

Will: But of course, we'd have to figure out a way to avoid the things that cause the little problems. Maybe some rules or something.

Greg: Huh.

Will: A typical sports journalist has to avoid showing an obvious bias towards one team or another.

Greg: Well why should that be? I have an idea. We can root for our team and cover it at the same time. We're catering to people like us anyway.

Will: Beautiful. Let's make it a rule.

Greg: All right, sir.

Will: Here’s another problem I see. Not only do writers shy away from rooting for their own team, but they don't criticize the opposing team either.

Greg: Okay, okay. So we'll rip on the other team too! Rich Rodriguez sucks anyway, so why not?

Will: Well now we're gettin' somewhere. Yeah, bashing Rich will be fun, but there’s nothing I like better than ripping on Ohio. Remember that one time we beat them?

Greg: Oh, I sure do. What an awesome game to be at!

Will: Yeah, don’t remind me.

Greg: Ohhhh, snap! Don’t worry, I’m sure it looked good on tv.

Will: Fine. Well, how about the way that sports media is so uptight and boring. Nothing fun gets said. It's always "It is what it is" and that other bs. We're going to avoid that.

Greg: Yeah. We're going to cover the team, but we won't be afraid to say what is on our minds. Keep it honest, light, and funny.

Will: Sounds good.

Greg: Alright then. What about criticizing our own team?

Will: With that in mind, let's not be afraid to bash our own team. Hold them accountable, ya know?

Greg: Yes. Everyone treats Penn State football as such a sacred thing, so we can't let them off the hook if they do something stupid.

Will: Yeah, we need to stop celebrating mediocrity.

Greg: Exactly. Why would someone buy an "Alamo Bowl Champs" T-Shirt?

Will: I don’t know, the same reason they keep showing highlights from the ’05 season during games?

Greg: Okay, so that leaves one more thing….

Will: JoePa…

Greg: It seems like people either worship the guy or want him fired.

Will: He's bought himself a lot of leniency with all those past wins and those libraries... but he needs to get back to some consistent winning.

Greg: …and some forward passes.

Will: Whatever, he's the coach and he's a legend. You can't make people out to be the hero one week and the goat the next.

Greg: But if Morelli comes back to watch a game from the sidelines, we can blame anything on him.

Will: Right.

Greg: So you think you can handle this?

Will: Definitely.

This is your warning.

Welcome to We Want the Lion. This is a Penn State sports blog, with the primary focus on Nittany Lion football. Like you, we are only fans, expressing our thoughts and opinions on the blue and white world. And while we are passionate about the team and want to see them win, we also find humor in many situations that revolve around the team. We're not afraid to throw punches at our Alma Mater and it's organizations -- we've given them enough money so we feel it's alright. For instance, we might say that Anthony Scirotto is also not afraid to throw some punches (see file photo).

We will talk about fight club.

In previous years we might have said that a certain running back was able to get penetration (there will be no 'shop for that joke). So, if you're easily offended, you might want to head over to ESPN. They can provide you with the same old snooze fest -- if that's what you're into, but we'd rather try and make things interesting.