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Originally Posted by DrOldSchool2
I was at a bar last night in Northern NJ for the Rutgers/PSU game (and ND/Purdue) with friends. When PSU came back to win, the PSU fans were going nuts. I mean like they won the national championship nuts. I turned to the table next to me and asked "you know it's only Rutgers you've barely beat, right?" The response: "SHUT UP ******* YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH."
Yeah pal, what you've been through. I figured I better not engage anymore with that line of thinking.
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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob
Penn State did not look good at all that game. Not much to cheer about.
That line of thinking gets thrown around on here and I've never understood it personally. Every game is its own story, and if you pull out an electric and exciting win you should celebrate irrespective of your expectations going in. It's a way of thinking that certainly doesn't exist the other side of the Atlantic anyway.
I have visions of some of you sitting watching your team every weekend in folded silk suits chewing on a cigar and dispassionately noting how a last second score in a barn burner 'pushes a team up a few spots in my powerrankings' fwiw.