We should have taken Darnold. Not impressed by Gettleman.
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Giant fan here who was very disappointed with the choice of Barkley. I think he will be decent but is not worthy of #2 overall pick. There is a chance that he will be a complete bust because, as mentioned by others, many college defenses figured out a way to limit him.
Giants should have traded down in my opinion, to get more help on both sides of the line, and perhaps pick up a decent back who may not be as highly regarded as SB. I think that over time, we will see multiple RB's from this draft doing as well or better than SB
Giants should have traded down in my opinion, to get more help on both sides of the line, and perhaps pick up a decent back who may not be as highly regarded as SB. I think that over time, we will see multiple RB's from this draft doing as well or better than SB
Not great to follow "stupid" with "should have went."
How do you know he's not Walter Payton or Ray Rice (with Jimmy Brown and Gayle Sayers, my three favorite RBs of all time)?
I, too, would have preferred Darnold as their pick, but a lineman? This old lineman would have thrown a shoe at the TV if they had went for a lineman.
Of course. Why wouldn't they? As Jerry Seinfeld once pointed out, we root for laundry.
****** HC...not the greatest OL coach of all time but, a pretty damn good OL coach...
You said it....
Meanwhile, transfers from there lest prestigious location need a 2.4 to get in, I could get that sitting on the toilet if my major was something easy Like “leisure”
Say what you want but psu is regarded better academically and politically. sad because psu was a well known safety school in the 80s and 90s for nj kids
They are ranked a little higher than RU on USNWR but other ranking agencies differ. But SB comments on Maryland are idiotic. I also don't understand what you mean by politically.
Over the past decade, at least with the firm's I've geen at or associated with, RU has become a joke given its non sport headlines. Academically, psu is much more regarded.
All one needs to do is look at the type of recruiting that goes on. for wall street, u now see zero fo recruitment what top law firms, consulting, etc recruit there
All one needs to do is look at the type of recruiting that goes on. for wall street, u now see zero fo recruitment what top law firms, consulting, etc recruit there
PSU (main campus) is regarded better than RU academically in some areas, there is no arguing that fact. RU is more highly regarded in some areas as well. What does politically mean?
As for the pedophile nonsense, nobody, and I mean nobody cares about that anymore except on this board, that is a dead issue. Hate to say it, but a previous Penn State poster was correct, to be non hypocritical and consistent, I assume that every Catholic on this site who supports Rutgers no longer supports the Church, attends mass, or allows any immediate member of his family to attend mass, and if they do he/she will disown them. Because that is what I have heard from some posters, that if one of their children decided to attend PSU they would no longer financially support them and disown them. Can't have it both ways, the amount of sexual abuse of children within the Catholic church is far worse and more pervasive throughout the world than the what took place at PSU, and the response by the Church has been just as lame. And one other note, we all know that the abuse continues at some level in the Church, so how you could possible support that institution is beyond comprehension if you are a righteous and decent individual.
Sorry, Eli's big problem last year was running for his life due to poor protection. I was not overly impressed with SB. He was one of the top RBs in the B1G but I would not say the best.
Lets forget the fans/alumni etc at PSU. Some of those societal issues go beyond the campus at State College. It is the disregard for safety and decency that the PSU administration displayed with regards to Paterno and the football program as a whole. If this had happened at RU they would have shut the football program down for five years at least.
In the Big Ten, every school has excellent academics.
Barkley was just repeating what Franklin told him word for word. Franklin sold him a pack of lies about Rutgers and Maryland that he fell for hook, line, and sinker.
Barkley was just repeating what Franklin told him word for word. Franklin sold him a pack of lies about Rutgers and Maryland that he fell for hook, line, and sinker.
I agree, I have no empathy or sympathy for PSU fans or the institution itself, but just stating a fact that people have moved on just like Catholics move on from the mountain of child sexual abuse that has occurred within the Church. People rationalize and compartmentalize those actions and continue to support the Church. There are plenty of other forums to worship Christ, but people stick to an institution that has looked the other way countless times at child abuse and has actively protected those who have committed these atrocious crimes.
As a Maryland fan, his comment didn't bother me or make me think he's a dummy. I can only imagine how goofy I'd have sounded had I been interviewed all the time at that young age (and now, really).
Although I don't see it that way, there are many people out there who think that in terms of academics, Penn State>(Rutgers or Maryland). He's not an outlier on that topic.
Good luck to Saquon, glad our teams don't have to try to tackle him anymore!
Although I don't see it that way, there are many people out there who think that in terms of academics, Penn State>(Rutgers or Maryland). He's not an outlier on that topic.
Good luck to Saquon, glad our teams don't have to try to tackle him anymore!
My daughter had no issues getting a job after graduating from PSU ( actually she had four offers prior to graduating).
You should be very insulted by his comments. Maryland is a very good school academically and is statistically better than PSU. If he didn't want to go to UMD or RU cause of the football program or he just liked the campus at PSU better that's fine. But he is denigrating the academic reputation of RU/UMD by his statements. He is making it out that if he had gone to RU/UMD instead of PSU he'd be in worse shape to get a job in a field other than playing in the NFL. That is simply not true. I'd like to know if those are his true feelings or if they were fed to him. Either way he owes an apology to our Institutions and alumni. As a Giants fan I am rooting for the other running backs on the roster.
The facts are that recent graduates from all three schools are doing quite well. But young Mr. Barkley does not recognize this.
PSU is a better football program duh.
However, Franklin convinced him to go to PSU, and he wanted to major in journalism. I don't know Maryland recruited him, but Maryland is a top 10 Journalism school in country. He ended up majoring in "under graduate studies" Good thing that NFL thing worked out, because Franklin totally screwed up on that education.
This thread is stupid and childless. We are all here because we enjoy Rutgers Football. Enough is enough already where it counts on the football field we are a community college compared to Penn State. If we invested in our program like their alums in there school instead of just popping off at the mouth maybe we discuss football games and not this craziness. We can’t because they are simply better at every level. On the field on the sidelines and in the coffers. They pony up a minimum of 100 a seat per game and our die hard s complain about ticket prices and parking prices. Same dudes want to actually compete in this conference lol. Don’t worry most of you will continue to bring up creepy and evil coverup every time they beat us on the field and on the recruiting trail since that’s all we can say.
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There are very few to no jobs in the US that list a under graduate studies degree as a requirement.
You are dead wrong. Read any story on Penn State in national papers, ESPN, etc. Many of them have pedophile comments. They will never live that reputation down.
And your analogy/comparison to the Catholic church is way, way, way off base. PSU football, like any football team is a sports franchise. Penn State sold its soul under the guise of "success with honor," and allowed a pedophile who was observed multiple times doing inappropriate and/or criminal acts to young boys so that their beloved football program would not be impacted.
The Catholic church, on the other hand, is a religious institution that is one of the oldest religious institutions in the world, it has played a prominent role in the history and development of western civilization. There is absolutely no comparison to a silly football team. Do you want people to renounce their religious faith?
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To begin with the Catholic Church is not a faith, it is an institution as you stated. Christianity is a faith and there are plenty of avenues other than the Catholic Church to express your faith in Jesus Christ and his teachings. Now, excuse me, so the fact that the Catholic Church has been an institution of influence for a very long time gives it a free pass to look the other way, actively conceal individuals, and thwart investigations into tens of thousands of cases of Church personnel raping and abusing children? While at the same time you condemn a state institution who looked the other way and protected one individual who raped and abused multiple children? Again, how does the Catholic Church get a free pass? It is the essence and definition of hypocrisy,
Yes, there are similarities in the behavior, and the Catholic Church had a more widespread (perhaps "institutional") problem that was ignored for years. But at it's base, the Catholic Church is an enormous foundation of Christian faith that recognizes all humans are sinners and they can seek forgiveness. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that so many Catholics did not renounce their Church and/or faith (I understand the difference) when the scandal broke.
What does a college football team represent that is on par with a major Church. Yes, some of the cult worshipers put their beloved football team uber alles, but please indicate how a football team equates to a Church.
Not defending the Catholic Church at all, but not seeing how one can chastise Catholics for not renouncing their Church/faith when it is quite easy to toss aside loyalty to a stupid football team.
The truth here is likely somewhere in the middle. I think there is some truth in the belief that comments like these are more frequent and malicious on forums like this one, and those at Maryland and Pitt, for example. Sure, you'll always see some in the comments sections elsewhere, but to be fair, comments sections are more the home of the uneducated and trolls than they are reasonable adults. Outside of my immediate circle of friends who make jokes - and most of those people are RU grads/fans - I haven't encountered much, if any, negativity from people in real life. And I'd suspect that's the experience of most Penn Staters. The idea that companies aren't hiring new PSU graduates is absurd, and I'd wager that people who make comments like that anonymously on the internet either (a) wouldn't follow through on their threats in the real world or (b) aren't in a hiring position anyway.
Everything you are saying in defense of the Catholic Church is the reason why the Catholic Church's actions are a far greater injustice and crime against humanity. This is an institution that people put their faith and their families in, poor people donate the little they have to seek salvation through the supposed representatives of Christ within the Church who then turn around and betray this ultimate trust and sexually abuse their children. When abuse is first alleged all to often the Church's first reaction is to deny any wrong doing and then go about proactively covering it up to protect not the people it pretends to serve but the sexual predictors it employs under the cloak of Jesus Christ. What happened at Penn State was a criminal travesty and that institution should also be held accountable, but to condemn one and defend the other is hypocrisy. Again, you do not need to be a Catholic to follow Christ, to choose to continue to support an institution that has and still does protect sexual predators is unconscionable if you truly believe what you say about people who still support Penn State.
Division of Undergraduate Studies is apparently not a major, it's essentially "undecided"...so one would hope that as an academic junior that the information hasn't been updated on the profile to reflect what the declared major actually is.
Or, it's just the way they operate at tPSU where football players may be getting preferential treatment to help keep them eligible by stashing them there for longer.
No such luck for upperclassmen student athletes at Rutgers.
Or, it's just the way they operate at tPSU where football players may be getting preferential treatment to help keep them eligible by stashing them there for longer.
No such luck for upperclassmen student athletes at Rutgers.
Why are you telling other people how to worship? Tell that to the millions of Roman Catholics throughout the world. Are you an atheist or agnostic? Or do you not believe in forgiveness? It has been a long time since I thought about it/studied, but wasn't Jesus Christ the only human free from sin? All other humans are sinners seeking God's forgiveness--isn't this one of the tenets of the Catholic Church? I am asking, because I don't know and I don't care. I renounced Catholicism some time around the scandal.
Funny how you think I am defending the Catholic Church. Never did such a thing. Just said that a stupid football team and a major religion church were not comparable--which is different than the scandals being similar.
For certain Eli's protection wasn't great last year. But nobody in their right mind picks an offensive guard with the #2 pick in the NFL draft.
If you don't think Barkley was by far the best running back in the nation, much less the B1G, that tells us about you, not Barkley.
I don't care how people worship, that is their choice, but by defending the Catholic Church you are defending an institution, not a religion, that has actively covered up countless child abuses cases engaged in by their Priests and other employees throughout the world. If you believe in forgiveness then practice it by forgiving those connected to Penn State, again don't be hypocritical, judgmental, or selective in your forgiveness. You cannot condemn those who still support Penn State the institution and call it Ped U etc., and not condemn those who still support the Catholic Church. Condemn or forgive those who support the Catholic Church and those who support Penn State, but not one or the other.
By the way, I can't stand anything Penn State and I would love to sit here and join in the choir of never ending hate towards Penn State, but I am Catholic so I have moved on because to do otherwise would be hypocritical on my part.
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