Thursday, October 16, 2008

A little sensitive, are we?

Jay Paterno has a job, quarterback coach for his father, Joe’s, Penn State football team. But Jay volunteers for other duties — searching the electronic universe looking for people saying unkind things about the Nittany Lions.

"Jay tells us all the time," quarterback Daryll Clark said. "He goes on the Internet and prints out an article about something about somebody saying something about us. Then he comes back and tells us."

According to ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg, common are: can’t win on the road; inflated national ranking; weak nonconference schedule.

"This week, we were listed under the most overrated teams," center A.Q. Shipley, pictured at right, said. "Our goal was to prove that we're one of the best teams out there. We feel like we haven't gotten the respect that we deserve."

All together now: Awwwwwwwwwww …

Poor, poor Lions.

After Penn State beat up on Wisconsin 48-7, Shipley said, “We came out to prove something to the world.”

Hate to break it to you, Ship, but the world really doesn’t care. It’s got its own problems, and the delicate collective ego of the Penn State football team isn’t among them.

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