Today, I got an email with the subject line: SECRETS. The good old Gmail account for this here site informed me that the message was from someone named Lecha Hampton. I do not know anyone named Lecha Hampton, and frankly, it sounds made up.
The message read: I love your blog. Your identity is not a secret. You look much better in person. Have a wonderful day stranger. I have been up way too long. It was a very long weekend.
Chances are this is just a nonsense email from one of my stupid friends to confuse the hell out of me. Mission accomplished. I have no idea who Lecha Hampton is or who the potential culprit of this fake email could be, so any information from anyone who may or may not know of a Lecha Hampton's existence or the funny guy who is playing a joke on the dear Reverend would be much appreciated. Thank you.
Let's get some links …
-This video would be much more enjoyable if Josh Hull was edited out:
-This video, on the other hand, is perfect just the way it is:
-Abe Koroma is transferring to Western Illinois.
-Dante Cunningham is signed, sealed and delivered with Portland.
-Michael Beasley has checked in to rehab.
-KG dunk mix, just because:
Showing posts with label abe koroma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abe koroma. Show all posts
Monday, August 24, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Abe Koroma Has an Entire Year to Smoke Pot Now
See this guy?
You may remember him as one of the three Nittany Lions suspended last season for a little incident involving marijuana. Well, apparently, Abe Koroma has been suspended for a year, meaning his junior campaign is over before it even started. Well done, Abe. Whatever you did (on weed), it was worthy of a year-long suspension, your second suspension in as many years, and quite possibly ended your football career. You're almost as stupid as Maurice Evans.
You may remember him as one of the three Nittany Lions suspended last season for a little incident involving marijuana. Well, apparently, Abe Koroma has been suspended for a year, meaning his junior campaign is over before it even started. Well done, Abe. Whatever you did (on weed), it was worthy of a year-long suspension, your second suspension in as many years, and quite possibly ended your football career. You're almost as stupid as Maurice Evans.
Friday, September 26, 2008
So Penn State Should Be No. 1 Right?
If my deduction skills are correct, Penn State is the best team in the country. Hear me out. USC was No. 1 in the nation heading into last night's game at Oregon State. Oregon State beat USC 27-21. Penn State plowed the Beavers (see what I did there?) 45-14, and truthfully, it wasn't even that close. So naturally, Penn State should be No. 1 in the country, at least if they take care of business at home against Illinois tomorrow, right?
Obviously, I know that's not how college football works. The Nittany Lions, no matter what they do on Saturday, have no shot at vaulting 11 spots to No. 1. But we may have learned an awful lot about the 12th ranked Lions in USC's loss at Oregon State. The once invincible Trojans have, for the second straight year, lost to a losing team (at the time) on the road in the Pac-10. It's becoming a habit for Pete Carroll's boys.
But make no mistake about it, Oregon State flat-out beat USC. The Beavers didn't have this game handed to them. They took it. Offensively, Jacquizz Rodgers gashed the vaunted USC defense all by himself, gaining 186 yards and scoring twice. He did gain 99 against Penn State, but most of it was in the second half against backups. And as a team, Oregon State rushed for just 92 yards at Beaver Stadium compared to 176 against USC.
But on offense is where the real difference in statistics lies. Last night, the Trojans managed just 86 yards rushing and fell behind 21-0. Penn State steamrolled the Beavers on the ground, to the tune of 239 yards, and jumped out to a 28-0 advantage. For the game, USC finished with 313 yards of total offense while Penn State wracked up 454. And the scoring differential—21 for USC, 45 for Penn State—shows just how legit the Nittany Lion offense is.
Now I know that playing on the road vs. playing at home in college football are two very different things. Much more so than in the NFL, college teams truly do get a home field advantage. Student sections go berserk, and college players truly feed off that energy. Penn State had a very distinct advantage playing Oregon State at home, with the Beavers having to travel all the way across the country and play in the biggest (this year) and one of the noisiest stadiums in the nation. Meanwhile, USC had to play a Pac-10 rival and deal with the Oregon State fans, who were surely on top of their game against the No. 1 team in the land.
But still, this has to bode well for Penn State. USC was hands down considered the best team in the country before last night. They embarrassed Ohio State on national television and looked like a well-oiled machine. And if any comparisons can be made, it looks like this Penn State team is for real. With the way USC manhandled the Buckeyes and stumbled against Oregon State, it truly gives hope that Penn State could actually toppled Ohio State and win the Big 10, although they do have to play in Columbus, a place where the Lions haven't had much success. Plus, they have to take on a very good Wisconsin team in Madison, and as we've seen in the past, anything can happen in league play.
Well, the journey begins on Saturday night when the Nittany Lions take on No. 22 Illinois at home. It certainly won't be an easy game, unlike Penn State's first four contests, but it is a game they should win. And reinforcements are on the way. Suspended starting defensive linemen, tackle Abe Koroma and All-American end Maurice Evans, are going to play:
"Both will play. I've kept them out of three games and the Judicial Affairs people have indicated that there's nothing that they're going to do that says they can't play, so they probably will play," Paterno said during his call-in radio show Thursday night.
That's certainly good news for Penn State, because the Lions will need all the help they can get in Big 10 play. And by the looks of things, they may just be a team to be reckoned with in the Big 10 and beyond.
Obviously, I know that's not how college football works. The Nittany Lions, no matter what they do on Saturday, have no shot at vaulting 11 spots to No. 1. But we may have learned an awful lot about the 12th ranked Lions in USC's loss at Oregon State. The once invincible Trojans have, for the second straight year, lost to a losing team (at the time) on the road in the Pac-10. It's becoming a habit for Pete Carroll's boys.
But make no mistake about it, Oregon State flat-out beat USC. The Beavers didn't have this game handed to them. They took it. Offensively, Jacquizz Rodgers gashed the vaunted USC defense all by himself, gaining 186 yards and scoring twice. He did gain 99 against Penn State, but most of it was in the second half against backups. And as a team, Oregon State rushed for just 92 yards at Beaver Stadium compared to 176 against USC.
But on offense is where the real difference in statistics lies. Last night, the Trojans managed just 86 yards rushing and fell behind 21-0. Penn State steamrolled the Beavers on the ground, to the tune of 239 yards, and jumped out to a 28-0 advantage. For the game, USC finished with 313 yards of total offense while Penn State wracked up 454. And the scoring differential—21 for USC, 45 for Penn State—shows just how legit the Nittany Lion offense is.
Now I know that playing on the road vs. playing at home in college football are two very different things. Much more so than in the NFL, college teams truly do get a home field advantage. Student sections go berserk, and college players truly feed off that energy. Penn State had a very distinct advantage playing Oregon State at home, with the Beavers having to travel all the way across the country and play in the biggest (this year) and one of the noisiest stadiums in the nation. Meanwhile, USC had to play a Pac-10 rival and deal with the Oregon State fans, who were surely on top of their game against the No. 1 team in the land.
But still, this has to bode well for Penn State. USC was hands down considered the best team in the country before last night. They embarrassed Ohio State on national television and looked like a well-oiled machine. And if any comparisons can be made, it looks like this Penn State team is for real. With the way USC manhandled the Buckeyes and stumbled against Oregon State, it truly gives hope that Penn State could actually toppled Ohio State and win the Big 10, although they do have to play in Columbus, a place where the Lions haven't had much success. Plus, they have to take on a very good Wisconsin team in Madison, and as we've seen in the past, anything can happen in league play.
Well, the journey begins on Saturday night when the Nittany Lions take on No. 22 Illinois at home. It certainly won't be an easy game, unlike Penn State's first four contests, but it is a game they should win. And reinforcements are on the way. Suspended starting defensive linemen, tackle Abe Koroma and All-American end Maurice Evans, are going to play:
"Both will play. I've kept them out of three games and the Judicial Affairs people have indicated that there's nothing that they're going to do that says they can't play, so they probably will play," Paterno said during his call-in radio show Thursday night.
That's certainly good news for Penn State, because the Lions will need all the help they can get in Big 10 play. And by the looks of things, they may just be a team to be reckoned with in the Big 10 and beyond.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Mo Evans, Abe Koroma Charged With Possession
Ugh. Not good news coming out of State College today. Suspended Penn State defensive tackle Abe Koroma and All-American Maurice Evans have been charged with possession of marijuana stemming from the incident a few weeks ago.
Surely the two won't get anything more than a fine and community service for this misdemeanor, but it's certainly not good news considering the scrutiny Penn State and Joe Paterno have been under lately. (Thanks ESPN!)
It should be interesting to see what Paterno has in store for his two defensive linemen, especially since they are two players Penn State could surely use when the Big 10 schedule commences next week.
Surely the two won't get anything more than a fine and community service for this misdemeanor, but it's certainly not good news considering the scrutiny Penn State and Joe Paterno have been under lately. (Thanks ESPN!)
It should be interesting to see what Paterno has in store for his two defensive linemen, especially since they are two players Penn State could surely use when the Big 10 schedule commences next week.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Three Nittany Lions Suspended, One Kicked Off the Team
Consider me officially depressed. This program, which has gotten a bad rap overall, simply cannot hide from this one. And it hasn't. Joe Paterno has suspended three Penn State players for Saturday's game against Oregon State.
Turns out, in the incident involving marijuana, preseason All-American defensive end Maurice Evans, tight end Andrew Quarless and defensive tackle Abe Koroma were involved, and all three have been suspended.
All three players were required to take drug tests, and further punishment could be doled out of any test positive. Hopefully that won't be the case.
The one piece of good news is that A.J. Wallace, also a resident of the room where the weed was found (along with the other three), will not be suspended because he was not there or involved in the incident. Wallace will play Saturday.
But while one cornerback has managed to stay out of trouble, another has not. Backup corner Willie Harriott has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules.
"Willie got himself into a jam the other night and won't be with the team," Paterno said.
The state of the program seems to really be at a crossroads. I don't like to overreact like this or use some broad-sweeping statements, especially because I truly believe the Penn State program and players are pretty much just fine. But the perception is quite the opposite, and as we all know, perception is reality.
It's no secret that things like this happen everywhere, on every college campus in America. Truth of the matter is, having marijuana in an apartment, especially a party, is a pretty common thing for college students, whether they are athletes or not. On the scale of things that are serious, this would rank pretty far down the list. But when a program like Penn State has already been under the microscope, thanks in large part to an absolutely bogus, sabotage job by ESPN, you have to tread lightly. Especially when you are key players to a big time program.
Maurice Evans has never been in trouble before. Hopefully he never will be again. But as the undisputed best player on a talented Penn State defense (with Sean Lee out for the year), he should be smart enough not to put himself in these types of situations. For Andrew Quarless, he should simply know better. Quarless has had discipline problems before and been suspended before. You only get so many chances. Especially under Joe Paterno. Say what you want about his cranky demeanor and lack of control, but if Quarless' test comes back positive, you can bet your life he'll be gone. Forever.
The sad part of it is, none of this is the coach's fault. But everyone wants to point the finger at Paterno. They say he's lost control, lost touch. Players don't respect or fear him. None of this stuff happened in the past. Well, that's a bunch of bullshit, to be quite honest with you. You don't think Kerry Collins was out drinking and partying and getting in some skirmished back in the early 90s? Really? Or Matt Millen? Or Jack Ham? Or anyone?
The fact of the matter is, these athletes are still college kids. They'll do dumb things. I did some incredibly stupid things when I was 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 years old. Like, way dumber than having weed in my apartment. Most people have. The coach can't control all his players 24/7. It's impossible. But when you really look at the facts, Penn State has paled in comparison to some programs with the severity of the trouble its players have gotten in.
There are programs with players who have backgrounds of dealing drugs, cheating, lying, stealing, taking incredibly large gifts from boosters and raping women. Incidents like that haven't been common at Penn State. Even in this era of the program getting "out of control." There have been a few domestic abuse situations and plenty of DUIs, but those happen at pretty much every program as well. I'm not saying it's right, but it's not solitary to Penn State. And when you look at the most publicized cases for the Lions, they involved players getting in fights, most of which were provoked by the other parties involved, or underage drinking. I dare anyone to show me a college campus where fights and underage drinking don't go on.
That's what happens when you put 42,000 students together in a town, in a college and party atmosphere. But when all of the sudden more players start getting caught doing these things, thanks in large part to a town and campus crackdown on drinking, drugs and violence, the media starts calling for heads to roll. And when Paterno takes these situations on a case by case basis, like any logical person would, he gets criticized for not addressing it with a broad, sweeping brush. That's simply bullshit.
While it's troubling to see more players get involved in incidents they shouldn't involve themselves in, it's a fact of life. Things are going to happen. But to tell Joe he should do things differently is asinine. Why should a guy who graduates his players, cares about his players and cares about his university be forced to change simply because society tells him to? Where's the outcry for the rest of the programs across the nation? Like Iowa? Or Georgia? Nowhere. And you know why? Because they don't have old, stubborn coaches that do it their way, media be damned.
The players have certainly had their troubles in the last few years, but Paterno is hardly to blame. When you truly look at it closely, you'd see Penn State hasn't really changed all that much in the football landscape in the last 40 years. Society has. Maybe that, not Paterno, is the reason for this perceived change. Or maybe everyone is just overblowing the significance of college kids acting like college kids.
Turns out, in the incident involving marijuana, preseason All-American defensive end Maurice Evans, tight end Andrew Quarless and defensive tackle Abe Koroma were involved, and all three have been suspended.
All three players were required to take drug tests, and further punishment could be doled out of any test positive. Hopefully that won't be the case.
The one piece of good news is that A.J. Wallace, also a resident of the room where the weed was found (along with the other three), will not be suspended because he was not there or involved in the incident. Wallace will play Saturday.
But while one cornerback has managed to stay out of trouble, another has not. Backup corner Willie Harriott has been dismissed from the team for a violation of team rules.
"Willie got himself into a jam the other night and won't be with the team," Paterno said.
The state of the program seems to really be at a crossroads. I don't like to overreact like this or use some broad-sweeping statements, especially because I truly believe the Penn State program and players are pretty much just fine. But the perception is quite the opposite, and as we all know, perception is reality.
It's no secret that things like this happen everywhere, on every college campus in America. Truth of the matter is, having marijuana in an apartment, especially a party, is a pretty common thing for college students, whether they are athletes or not. On the scale of things that are serious, this would rank pretty far down the list. But when a program like Penn State has already been under the microscope, thanks in large part to an absolutely bogus, sabotage job by ESPN, you have to tread lightly. Especially when you are key players to a big time program.
Maurice Evans has never been in trouble before. Hopefully he never will be again. But as the undisputed best player on a talented Penn State defense (with Sean Lee out for the year), he should be smart enough not to put himself in these types of situations. For Andrew Quarless, he should simply know better. Quarless has had discipline problems before and been suspended before. You only get so many chances. Especially under Joe Paterno. Say what you want about his cranky demeanor and lack of control, but if Quarless' test comes back positive, you can bet your life he'll be gone. Forever.
The sad part of it is, none of this is the coach's fault. But everyone wants to point the finger at Paterno. They say he's lost control, lost touch. Players don't respect or fear him. None of this stuff happened in the past. Well, that's a bunch of bullshit, to be quite honest with you. You don't think Kerry Collins was out drinking and partying and getting in some skirmished back in the early 90s? Really? Or Matt Millen? Or Jack Ham? Or anyone?
The fact of the matter is, these athletes are still college kids. They'll do dumb things. I did some incredibly stupid things when I was 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 years old. Like, way dumber than having weed in my apartment. Most people have. The coach can't control all his players 24/7. It's impossible. But when you really look at the facts, Penn State has paled in comparison to some programs with the severity of the trouble its players have gotten in.
There are programs with players who have backgrounds of dealing drugs, cheating, lying, stealing, taking incredibly large gifts from boosters and raping women. Incidents like that haven't been common at Penn State. Even in this era of the program getting "out of control." There have been a few domestic abuse situations and plenty of DUIs, but those happen at pretty much every program as well. I'm not saying it's right, but it's not solitary to Penn State. And when you look at the most publicized cases for the Lions, they involved players getting in fights, most of which were provoked by the other parties involved, or underage drinking. I dare anyone to show me a college campus where fights and underage drinking don't go on.
That's what happens when you put 42,000 students together in a town, in a college and party atmosphere. But when all of the sudden more players start getting caught doing these things, thanks in large part to a town and campus crackdown on drinking, drugs and violence, the media starts calling for heads to roll. And when Paterno takes these situations on a case by case basis, like any logical person would, he gets criticized for not addressing it with a broad, sweeping brush. That's simply bullshit.
While it's troubling to see more players get involved in incidents they shouldn't involve themselves in, it's a fact of life. Things are going to happen. But to tell Joe he should do things differently is asinine. Why should a guy who graduates his players, cares about his players and cares about his university be forced to change simply because society tells him to? Where's the outcry for the rest of the programs across the nation? Like Iowa? Or Georgia? Nowhere. And you know why? Because they don't have old, stubborn coaches that do it their way, media be damned.
The players have certainly had their troubles in the last few years, but Paterno is hardly to blame. When you truly look at it closely, you'd see Penn State hasn't really changed all that much in the football landscape in the last 40 years. Society has. Maybe that, not Paterno, is the reason for this perceived change. Or maybe everyone is just overblowing the significance of college kids acting like college kids.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Seriously Guys, Can't You Stay Out of Trouble for JoePa's Sake?
Not good news coming out of Penn State today. Apparently, police are investigating an "incident" at Nittany Apartments, where many athletes, especially football players, live.
No one has been charged or arrested, but here's some grim news:
Police entered apartment 5204 late last night for unknown reasons. According to the directory, defensive end Maurice Evans, cornerback A.J. Wallace and defensive tackle Abe Koroma live in apartment 5204.
That's not good. Not good at all. Mo Evans is widely regarded as the best defensive end in the Big 10, and A.J. Wallace is a starting corner and return man.
The rumors are flying that this is marijuana-related. Let's hope these guys aren't as dumb as it appears and it's all one big misunderstanding. Seriously guys, can't you just behave for a semester and cut Paterno some slack? Damn.
No one has been charged or arrested, but here's some grim news:
Police entered apartment 5204 late last night for unknown reasons. According to the directory, defensive end Maurice Evans, cornerback A.J. Wallace and defensive tackle Abe Koroma live in apartment 5204.
That's not good. Not good at all. Mo Evans is widely regarded as the best defensive end in the Big 10, and A.J. Wallace is a starting corner and return man.
The rumors are flying that this is marijuana-related. Let's hope these guys aren't as dumb as it appears and it's all one big misunderstanding. Seriously guys, can't you just behave for a semester and cut Paterno some slack? Damn.
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