Why do I buy bananas?....(and other random thoughts)

We have quite a lot to get through tonight. I promise that if you stick with me, we'll get through it all.

First, why do I buy bananas? Really? Why? A strange potassium addiction? Honestly, I don't know. Quite frankly, I don't think that there has been anyone in America to finish an entire bunch of bananas in the last 50 years. Rumor has it Kobayashi can only eat 4 bananas at a sitting. I buy bananas at the store, and by the time I get them home they have morphed from green to spotted. By the end of the day they are completely spoiled. You would think that at some point I would have learned my lesson. Nope. Two are rotting in my kitchen as we speak. Good times!

Next, I am currently boycotting Wendy's. Not all Wendy's, just the local one by my house. I recently had a bad customer service experience there, and have been boycotting them ever since. Now, for those of you who know me, you will know that I take the boycott very seriously. The infamous State College McDonald's boycott of '98 is still being used as a case study at Harvard Business School. All I ask from each of you is that if you are trying to decide between a few fast-food establishments, don't go with Wendy's. Its all I ask. Thank you in advance for your understanding on this matter.

Finally, at the request of CWG here are my thoughts on the upcoming PSU football season. If I had to use one word to sum up my thoughts it would be this, optomistic. By the way, I am basing all of my thoughts on how well PSU has played in NCAA Football '07 for the PS2. (more on this in a moment)

Offense: Techmo Anthony Morelli might be the best quarterback in the history computerized gaming. An absolute cannon for an arm. More accurate than an atomic clock. As long as there are no pop-quizzes about long division in the huddle he should be ok. Tony Hunt will continue to be a stud tailback, with Austin Scott building on an impressive Orange Bowl showing. Hopefully he can pull it together and avoid being this year's recipient of the annual Lamar Stewart Woulda-Shoulda-Coulda Award. The offensive line worries me a bit. Replacing 4 new starters is not going to be easy. I put the over/under at 2 quarters on how long it takes for The Chad to find his offensive lineman who he will relentlessly rip for the remainder of the season. Past winners include John Blick, Greg Ransom, and Gus Felder. Wide receiver is a position that FINALLY doesn't worry me. We finally have some guys who COULD catch the clap in a whorehouse. Also, for anybody out there working on their 2008 NFL mock drafts, its Derrick with two "r's". Williams is scary good. He almost seems too good to be playing here. We never used to get this kind of athlete. Sometimes I think I am going to wake up one morning and find out that D-Wil was on Oceanic Flight 815, and this was all a big dream.

Defense: We'll start here on the D-line. I could see Jay Alford making a Tamba Hali-like leap to big time this year. The one thing holding him back? A constant reason to run the same 3 minute TV puff piece on him, ala the Liberian civil war last year. Ed Johnson gets my Danny Earl "Shouldn't He have Graduated 3 Years Ago?" award. Great to have you back. The secondary is another area that worries me. We lost a lot of talent there. I think Justin King will benefit from playing mainly on defense this year. Although I am waiting for them to use him when they pull out the old-school Chafie Fields reverse around the 3rd or 4th game of the year. Techmo Justin King has returned 6 punts for TDs through 5 games on NCAA '07. Congrats to Knowledge Timmons on picking up the Peerless Price "It seemed like a great name when we were drunk" award. Some valuable hardware there. I saved Linebacker for last. What else can you say about Posluszny? One story that I heard after the Orange Bowl was that in that game after he tore his knee ligaments he asked the trainers about his status. He asked them if he could go any more damage. When they replied no, he requested to be shot up with painkillers and wanted to go out to play the rest of the game. Wow. When you want to look up what it means to be a Nittany Lion, look it up in the dictionary under Posluszny, P. I think it would be great if Dan Connor could make the same leap Posluszny made last year from really good LB to off-the-charts wrecking ball. Finally, Tim Shaw collects the Mac Morrison "I can tell my grandkids I started with two other All-Americans at LB" award.

Overall: I see another solid season for the Lions. They aren't going to sneak up on anybody like they did last year. However, based on my play on the PS2 they will beat Notre Dame 97-0. I see them dropping 2 games: the Ohio State game on the road and then either Notre Dame or Michigan. Personally, the entire season would be a success if they could finally beat Michigan. I mean, even A.C. Green didn't go this long without getting some satisfaction. I see them at 10-2 and in the Capital One bowl.

Till next time

~Kevin