Roundtable Time

This week's roundtables are kindly hosted by Nittany White Out, a Penn State blog of questionable morals and talent. In other words, my kind of blog.

On to the questions!

We're approaching week 9 now, are you pleasantly surprised or already waiting for basketball season?

I am, actually, pleasantly surprised by the amount of fight that the Big Ten has shown. After another ho-hum slate of OOC games, the Big Ten has represented well. Penn State and Ohio State are both obviously in the top ten, Michigan State (despite whipping) is still a formidable team, and Minnesota and Northwestern have been pleasant surprises for all. Really, Michigan is a huge disappointment in terms of a "hur-hur B10 rules!" kind of argument, but that's about it. Top to bottom, the Big Ten is a competitive league with some teams that, given the right circumstances, could sneak into the title game (I'm looking at you, Ohio State).

Describe one specific play from this season you would alter for a different outcome if you had the chance to.

It's hard to determine one specific play that has determined a whole lot. to single one play out is to downplay the significance of the other plays that got to that situation. I suppose, if I were to single out one play, I'd like to take back a personal foul on the punt return during the latest Michigan v. Penn State game. It probably wouldn't have mattered given what happened in the 2nd half, but that late 2nd half TD for PSU hurt in a variety of ways. I guess I'd have liked to have made them work a little harder for it.

That said, it doesn't necessarily change the outcome of the game - as soon as the threat of Threet keeping the ball disappeared, so did the offense - but rather it would have made me happy going into halftime instead of nervous. Happy B2 is much more fun that nervous B2.

How could it (#2) possibly impact the way your season is going?

It could have improved the short-term relationship between myself and my girlfriend. And her family. And the dogs.

Big Ten player you just can't stand, why?

Without delving too far into the vitriol for which this medium is known, I am very scared of Terrelle Pryor.

Boo'ing your own team (we've seen quite a lot of this across the Big Ten this season), your feelings on this.

This question seems an awful lot like a veiled shot at Michigan, but whatevs. I don't boo, and I will tell people in my immediate vicinity to stop booing, but for me that's where it ends. I'm not going to crusade against it or anything, because there will be dumbasses everywhere, and an angry dumbass is in no way ready to be converted to the patient-type. I'm more of a "thousand yard stare" type of loser anyways, and too inconsolable to really get worked up enough to "stop" the booing.

Number of beers or alcoholic drinks consumed by week 8 (or a good estimate)

Drinking leads to all sorts of socially deviant behavior, and is a sign of poor breeding. For shame, NWO, for shame.

Most annoying commercial seen this season

"They're heeeeeeeerrreeeeeeee"

"Frank TV, vurry funny"

Your prediction for the next coaching change in the Big Ten (Joe Tiller exempt)

Wisconsin will have a new coach before too long. Mark it.