That ESPN story on Saquon Barkley made me throw up in my mouth. One thing that really stands out: He STUDIED for the Wonderlic test. Have you ever seen the questions? They're things like "What is the 12th letter of the alphabet?" You need to STUDY for that? LMAO.
Studying for the Wonderlic
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It's OK. According to the Sports Illustrated article on Barkley, Curtis Martin still crushed him in Chess.
And Barkley has a long way to go to catch Martin on the field. But it's OK, he's a future Pro Bowl starter. Or the next Ki-Jana Carter.
I bet if he had played for Clemson you wouldn't have brought this up. Pitthetic.
Another definition of pathetic is a PSU fan posting 3,647 times on a Pitt board.
Pittiful. Try again. I have been posting on here since the board started in 2001. I even had a shirt with your logo on it. If Saquon Barkley played anywhere but Penn State no one would be whining about him being drafted so high.
Wow! And over 17 years! Posted every year between our victories, and while creepy valley was being brought down. Again....wow!!
And has super cool neato words like “Pitthetic” that he learned from a hoopie. And he gets all warm and fuzzie typing and showing nitter friends. Nitter friends - activate!!!
But seriously. Wow - 17 years! I see that handle once in a while saying stupid stuff but didn’t know the obsession was that great. Damn! 3700 posts!
“Pitiful” - another super neato nitter friends word.
(Insert next little super cool neato nitter post below)
And the same nonsense doesn't occur about Pitt on the Penn ST BWI board?? Oh wait, far less in fact because we're banned there almost as
soon as we post. I'd suggest you use the "democratic spirit" you're
receiving here and stop whining.
Here you go branch campus dummy. Bradford, I presume?
See how well you can do with a sample test.
Without studying for it.
http://wonderlictestsample.com/50-question-wonderlic-test/
Without studying for it.
http://wonderlictestsample.com/50-question-wonderlic-test/
Right on cue! Nitter friends - activate!!!
(But no, I went to Pitt main for both for undergrad and grad. But seriously, the branch campus dummy line? About Pitt? C’mon even you probably know Pitt doesn’t use the branch campus dummy model. Being serious here)
Next in a long line of great Nit backs drafted in the 1st round:
Blair Thomas
Curtis Enis
Ki-Jana Carter
Saquon Barkley
Blair Thomas
Curtis Enis
Ki-Jana Carter
Saquon Barkley
Hilarious, considering that PSU wrote the manual on branch campuses.
We won't get into how MOST of your main campus grads started off in
a branch campus (that is NOT the case at Pitt). Getting into those PSU
branch campuses require little more than a Pennsylvania h.s. diploma.
nfl teams use these tests to determine value so yeah, if I was a college player trying to up my value, id study for them too. no different than working on your 40 time or your bench reps, broad jump, working on your interview skills, etc..
Peyton manning hired consulting firm at Tennessee to help with his public speaking, probably paid off a thousand times over
Peyton manning hired consulting firm at Tennessee to help with his public speaking, probably paid off a thousand times over
First of all I purposely didn't read that article because it automatically makes me throw up in my mouth when I read or hear anything NIT. Second of all do you realize some of these scholar-athletes fail miserably on that test.
They all prepare for the Wonderlic test in some way. It’s hard. It also means a lot to their future careers and earnings....
I hate PSU but man you guys reach sometimes.
I hate PSU but man you guys reach sometimes.
I've never taken the test given to NFL hopefuls, but I have seen copies of the test, and I always thought Jr and Sr high school was all of the preparation needed.
Boring Saturday night in cow-kicking land?
Considering there has only ever been one NFL perfect on the test, I'm pretty sure the questions are harder than people are claiming. Considering John Urschel got a 43/50 on it, who also missed a perfect SAT score by 20 points, and I'd bet at least 1 limb that he's smarter than anyone on this board.
Who knows? But if so, it apparently had no effect on his quarterback play, did it?
It’s a hard test. I can see how studying can help with time management because you only get 20 minutes for 50 questions. It’s seems like the questions start out easy and get hard and then easy again. So if you try to hard on tough questions in the middle you run out of time when easy questions come around again. It’s all about making snap judgements under pressure.
Every prospect does. You are an idiot if you don’t. It no different then taking an SAT prep course. It also a lot different taking the test for real then looking at the sample question or taking a test for fun.
Blair Thomas was a solid starter in the NFL but got hurt. He wasn't All-Pro or anything but more in the Ironhead Heyward Pantheon. Carter may have gotten hurt in his first game. I think it was against the Steelers. I remember that he held out, then came in and looked very underwhelming. Curt Warner was probably going to be the best ever from PSU. Franco is one of the most overrated players In PGH sports history IMO.
Heyward: 11 seasons, 107 starts, 4301 rush yards, 4.2 ypa, 30 tds, 1559 receiving yards, 8.8 ypc, 4 tds
Thomas: 6 seasons, 36 starts, 2236 rush yards, 4.2 ypa, 7 tds, 513 receiving yards, 7.2 ypc, 2 tds
One of those is a lot better than the other.
SB is just another Ped-U bust, he just hasn't busted yet. Give him a year or two. He is a combine warrior who disappeared against good defenses. He avoids contact.. His entire career is based upon racking big yards against inferior teams.
Psu will nevervrecoverjj
Sure it would be easy for you because you were once the smartest man in Morgantown!
Haven’t seen you around in awhile, wasn’t sure if you’d heard the unfortunate news about our mutual acquaintance Dave Malinsky?
BFo8 I found out he was missing on Sunday the day after he didn't come home.He's sister put the word out and asked for prayers for him.A sad, very unusual ending for a good kid.I knew what Dave's career would be when he was in the dugout during HS games.He was always giving odds on whether a pitch was going to be a ball or strike and then taking bets on it.RIP Dave
