Note: projections will not include my predictions for the Big Ten basketball tournament, nor any March Madness predictions.
Follow paulmbanks2013 Big Ten Football Power Rankings: Hip Hop MCs Edition
July 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Can’t leave Big Ten football alone the game needs me. Notorious B.I.G. once said that he raps about the ghetto because that’s what he knows. And…”if I worked at McDonald’s, I’d be rapping about Big Macs and fries.”
You write and talk what you know and live. And I know Big Ten football. We’re still a ways away from Big Ten football media days. Well, less than two weeks now. The preseason is indeed here, time for some WAY TOO Early Big Ten football power rankings
Follow paulmbanksJoe Paterno’s Family Appeals Penn State Sanctions
August 4, 2012 By 1 Comment
Don Van NattaJr., ESPN.com is reporting that the family of Joe Paterno has sent a letter of appeal concerning the NCAA‘s Penn State sanctions. The letter, received by the NCAA on Friday, asks that the sanctions against Penn State and Joe Paterno for covering up the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal be appealed.
A copy of the letter has fallen into the hands of ESPN’s Outside the Lines, a podcast that airs Sunday mornings and is available for download here.
Follow paulmbanksPenn State players defecting en masse
August 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Four Penn State players are gone. Redshirt safety Tim Buckley transferred to NC State. He was the first. Then came star tailback Silas Redd who rushed for over 1200 yards last year. He’s now a USC Trojan.
Junior TE Kevin Haplea is expected to transfer to Florida State. Only had 3 catches, and 1 TD but was an integral part of their blocking scheme.
Follow paulmbanks2012 Big Ten Power Rankings: post media day edition
July 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
These are highly subject to change. Brady Hoke remarked at Media Day that UM was picked fifth in their division a year ago; and just outside the top 25 in the year they won their last national title- 1997.
So maybe these rankings don’t really mean all that much? Of course, that won’t stop you from reading them and commenting, right?
Follow paulmbanksIllini Coach Tim Beckman addresses issue of recruiting Penn State players
July 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Newly minted Illini head Coach Tim Beckman addressed the issue of the day surrounding his program, and the Big Ten conference in general, the Penn State football roster being re-opened for recruiting.
Beckman took the topic head on with the opening statement in his time at the podium:
Follow paulmbanksWill the Big 10 give Penn State the boot?
July 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky trial and the cover-up by Penn State officials of the fact that Jerry Sandusky was sexually abusing children, there has been much speculation on what the future holds for the Penn State football program.
What sanctions will the program face?
Will the Paterno statue be taken down?
Will the NCAA remove the football team from the school altogether for a period of time (the Death Penalty)?
However, few have asked what the Big Ten will do with the program. Could the Big Ten decide to remove Penn State from the conference?
Follow paulmbanksMore Penn State coaches say they showered with young boys
June 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Just when you thought the details of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, and the Penn State cover-up of his alleged child rape couldn’t offend your sensibilities and morals any further, we learned today during the Sandusky trial that other coaches, in addition to Jerry Sandusky used to shower with little boys in Happy Valley.
Yes, this only gets creepier, sicker and weirder. Apparently, it was common practice for grown adult men to be showering with young boys in the PSU college football program.
From the Miami Herald:
Follow paulmbanksMike McQueary to sue Penn State, seek whistleblower status
May 9, 2012 By 1 Comment
Former Penn State wide receivers coach Mike McQueary is filing a whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State. The paperwork was filed today on behalf of his lawyer Eliot Strokoff. That is his name- how unfortunate that we are not joking. You have to admit that’s funny.
Genuinely funny, not dark humor like how Jerry Sandusky is being represented by a man who impregnated a minor who was about a third his age.
A writ of summons for a civil case was filed in county court today; giving Penn State University notice that he’s suing them.
Follow paulmbanksPenn State spring football, life after Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno
April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It was the biggest fall from grace in sports history. Joe Paterno, the all time college football leader in wins, lives just long enough to see his reputation tarnished as an enabler of child rape, and the job he held for multiple decades terminated.
Before Paterno passed on, he stayed alive long enough to see his former right hand man, Jerry Sandusky, deservedly vilified in the media as one of the biggest monsters to disgrace the game.
And of course, this was all the biggest sports news story of 2011. As it should have been.
With Paterno deceased and Sandusky no longer a permanent fixture with the program, where does PSU go from here?
Follow paulmbanksPennsylvania almost evenly split on renaming PSU stadium after Paterno
March 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Polls in Pennsylvania show a pretty close to even split on the issue of renaming Penn State’s Beaver Stadium after Joe Paterno.
A Quinnipiac University survey found that 46 percent of those polled thought the school should rename Beaver Stadium, while 40 percent were opposed. But the margin of error is nearly 3 points among the 1,300 registered voters who were surveyed.
Follow paulmbanksJerry Sandusky Watched Paterno’s Last Game in Beaver Stadium President’s Box!
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
There really is no way to describe just how much Jerry Sandusky truly was an integral part of the Penn State program. Even up to the final days before his arrest, and the media sensation exploded, Sandusky was a college football institution in State College, long after his retirement.
From the Patriot News:
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