Al Golden's 'secret' plan to beat Penn State

... First 'official' practice starts Aug. 6 ...


By Mike Gibson
I don't know who started this Al Golden Twitter thing, but my guess was it wasn't Al's idea in the first place.
Don't get me wrong.
Nobody keeps up with current internet and texting trends like Golden, still one of the youngest head coaches in the NCAA.
Today, I applaud Al's "tweet" because it references former Owl football coach Spencer Prescott and mentions that all of our thoughts and prayers are with him.
Indeed, they are.
We've chronicled the Spencer Prescott story here in the past. Page down to get a link to Don Hunt's piece.

Some Al Golden recent tweets:

July 20, 7:56 p.m.: "Our kids are working really hard in summer school and our freshman are getting used to classes..."

July 16, 7:15 p.m." "Team is really working hard in preparation for the 2009 season!!"

I'm guessing, though, that "tweeting" wasn't Al Golden's idea because I've been reading some of his other tweets lately and they are not exactly scintillating.

Here are just a couple:
July 20, 7:56 p.m.: "Our kids are working really hard in summer school and our freshman are getting used to classes..."
July 16, 7:15 p.m. "Team is really working hard in preparation for the 2009 season!!"
Hmm.
If Al really wanted to make news with twitter, he'd liven some of these up.
It'll be good fodder for the fans to read in the upcoming weeks.
Some Al Golden tweets we'd like to (but will never) see:
Aug. 5, 7:16 p.m.: "Practice is going well. We're putting two offenses in. One for Villanova and one for Penn State. The Nittany Lions will never know what hit them."
Aug. 6, 7:25 p.m.: "It's getting dark early. Had a "pro-set" day with Charlton running it in preparation for Villanova. Tomorrow we go to our Penn State offense."
Aug. 7, 7:32 p.m.: "We've got Chester Stewart and Chris Coyer running the old Texas wishbone for Penn State. It's early, but coach Rhule has Ahkeem Smith in as fullback and Joey Jones and Kee-Ayre as the halfbacks."
Aug. 8, 7:45 p.m.: "I'm leaving the defense up to coach D'Onofrio as usual. He's doing a great job. I don't think Villanova will be able to block us."
Aug. 9, 8:10 p.m: "My God, this offense we have in for PSU is looking spectacular. PSU will go for the QB and Chester will pitch to Joey or Kee-Ayre and they'll be gone. Plus, they have to watch Ahkeem on the belly series. I can't wait until we shock the world on Sept. 19."
Aug. 10, 8:01 p.m.: "Yeah, I know we have a game on Sept. 3. We planning for both PSU and Nova, but we're thinking just Nova, believe me."
Aug. 11, 7:32 p.m.: "Back to the triple option today and it's scary. I know we needed three weeks to get ready for Navy. Joe will need more than that when we pull this secret weapon out of the E-O hanger."
Aug. 12, 8:12 p.m.: "I'm so glad our practices are closed. I don't think Joe gets twitter, either. Thank God."


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