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Penn State Has a Cool New Tradition

By Jason -30 April 2012
25 Comments
- Football

Bill O'Brien tells #psucaravan crowd that a new tradition will be the team singing the alma mater on field after home games
— Jeff Nelson (@GoPSUJeff) April 30, 2012

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GlueFingers Lavelli on 30 Apr 2012 - 1:28pm #

Sounds new. I'm holding back any bad jokes I have out of respect for Joe Paterno.

Dustin Fox was our leading tackler as a corner.... because his guy always caught the ball.

hodge on 30 Apr 2012 - 1:28pm #

WE ARE...

unoriginal

Grayskullsession on 30 Apr 2012 - 1:42pm #

I am interested to see what their alma mater is. I imagine its something by Michael Jackson.

Sorry, I could not stop myself....

"if irony were made of strawberries, we' d all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now."

flipbuckeye on 30 Apr 2012 - 1:44pm #

What a novel idea!

BrewstersMillions on 30 Apr 2012 - 1:45pm #

Nor should you Gray. To hell with Penn State as a team and an institution.

4-6 seconds from point A to point B and when you get to point B, be pissed off

tennbuckeye19 on 30 Apr 2012 - 1:47pm #

I'm surprised they weren't already doing this. I thought this was pretty much a standard practice among most teams. Do you think someone suggested this to O'Brien with the words 'Hey coach I think if we sing the alma mater after home games it will really unite the team and the fan base in the wake of, well you know what happened in the showers, back there (and points to the locker room).'

Northbrook on 30 Apr 2012 - 2:33pm #

They need to drop some of the old traditions like pedafilia.

Bucks43201 on 30 Apr 2012 - 2:43pm #

I bet the previous coaching staff would have done this with a 1980-something Econo-Creep Van, with a painted ski mural on the back windows. Okay, I'm done.

"You win with people." - Woody Hayes

Denny on 30 Apr 2012 - 2:50pm #

The PSU alma mater's lyrics are mostly about fracking, right? Because that's all that surrounds the town at this point.

Taquitos.

Squirrel Master on 30 Apr 2012 - 3:10pm #

I think that is a great idea. They should also have the band spell Pennsylvania on the field. or they could all drive up to lake Erie, boat out to the middle and jump in and drown!

O'brien is starting to look like a dumbass and I am loving it. Here's to 10 years of kicking their ass over and over again!

Ohioste on 30 Apr 2012 - 3:27pm #

Eh, I don't have much of a problem with this. It's a cool tradition that Tressel started doing, but I'd be pretty surprised if we were the first team to do this.

If we are, I'll eat crow but not sure why we are on our high horse if we were not the first ones anyways...

Conroy on 30 Apr 2012 - 3:31pm #

Don't have any problem with this at all. Singing Carmen after a win or loss is always great, and I'm glad other students will get to enjoy doing the same thign elsewhere.

ThirdLegLouie on 30 Apr 2012 - 3:33pm #

As long as they're not singing Shaggy's "It Wasn't Me"..

If you ain't a Silver Bullet, you're a target

tankman on 30 Apr 2012 - 3:42pm #

Yea, we all know all PSU players are rapists because an old coach is, some of these posts are completely written by -ppl i disagree with-.

tankman on 30 Apr 2012 - 3:46pm #

Yea, "what a novel idea"... we started doing this like a whopping 10 years ago. Gimme a break people.

OSUBias on 30 Apr 2012 - 4:58pm #

My favorite PSU gameday tradition was the obligatory pick 6 they threw (or TAINT, for those of you who read Simmons) every time we played them. This tradition was started and perfected by Anthony Morelli (i think he had 3-4 in 2-3 years as their starter) and McGloin (he's got MOXY though!) kept the tradition alive two years ago. Here's hoping they re-institute that tradition this season!

When told OSU set school record for 50+ games this year, UFM said "That's good. We're gonna break that next year."

Squirrel Master on 30 Apr 2012 - 5:02pm #

Hey, I was just joking about the other traditions but still think O'brien is an idiot. The pedifile stuff should be left alone, just like those kids should have been!

Northbrook on 30 Apr 2012 - 5:05pm #

Tankman has given us our comeuppance. Shame on you guys.

razrback16 on 30 Apr 2012 - 5:49pm #

@Brewstersmillions

Absolutely. Man, I hate Penn State. Hate their fans so much. The only fanbases they compete with for "most classless" are LSU, and Wisconsin. And of course Michigan. :)

BritishBuckeye on 30 Apr 2012 - 5:51pm #

Carmen Ohio is the best alma mater in the country...no doubt in my mind

Trig Lazer on 30 Apr 2012 - 6:56pm #

O'Brien added later that the new tradition will include holding hands while singing, cuddling, and hot chocolate in the locker room after the game.

Irricoir on 30 Apr 2012 - 7:16pm #

@Trig at least it isn't in the shower.

I don't always take names when I kick ass but when I do, they most often belong to a Wolverine.

GABuckeye on 30 Apr 2012 - 7:30pm #

I heard a funny line the other day.. on a scale from casey anthony to jerry sandusky, how much do you like kids? I couldn't help but laugh, but that is awful!!