The two winningest active coaches (359 Bowden to 354 Paterno) after the game play on vicariously through their young athletes. A missed field goal by a freshman kicker with only seconds to go put an end to the possible regulation win by Penn State. It has been a great defensive battle thus far.

It will all take place in the Florida State end zone because Penn State won the toss and decided to defend so that they know what they will need to do. Each team gets the ball with alternating possessions from the 25 yard line. Beginning on the third possession you MUST for a two point (run or pass) conversion.

I’ll put any details or thoughts on the overtime here:
Florida on Offense —
Screen Pass 9 yards.
First down with three additional yard (his ninth carry tonight for a total of six yards)
Handoff, loss of yards, 2nd and 13
Weatherford scrambles, holding on Florida State, their 13th penalty that was accepted.
Replay 2nd down from the 28
Pass to the corner of the end zone, nearly intercepted … fantastic defense
Incomplete pass to same sideline in the end zone …
Florida State will have to try to kick.
No good from 44 yards, drifted to the right ….

Penn State can now do a chip shot to win and capture the win.
Florida State’s freshman quarterback should probably have gone for a first down instead on that play.

Penn State football on offense —
run on first down, 2 yards, 2nd and 8
quarterback draw fails to gain much yardage for Penn State, 3rd and 7
another draw to the center of the field … how imaginative
Here comes redemption if the freshman kicker can put this one through.
Florida State takes a time out to let them think about it.

Penn State is praying, from 38, wide left … “the game goes on”

Bobby Bowden actually thinks they made it from his angle and was on his way to congratulate Joe … not so fast Bobby, more coaching to do, even if it is past my bedtime.

Funny credit card advertisement on … Simplicity Card … making fun of how you have to talk words into the phone to get anywhere these days instead of just calling and talking to a person. Trust me that hit home as I did it with Paypal yesterday and the guy says, “oh, I guess the site is broken, engineers are working on it”. Twenty minutes for that.

Here we go, second overtime. Does Penn State have another kicker to go to soon? This guy looks like he so wants to cry.

Penn State on Offense —
first down completion 6 yards
second down into the end zone, narrow miss
third and four, pass, to the two yard line on a completion, Kilmer on a crossing route
Penn State to the one on the right hash mark now.
2nd down pitch, Austin Scott Scores! His first touchdown of the year.
Can the kicker make the play? No problem Kelly for a point, 23-16

Florida State on Offense, up the middle, Fla State, first down to the 15.
Complete to the 1.5 yard line on a jump ball to the corner. Carr connects on the catch.
First and goal. Sneak, still on the one.
A fumble could end it all …. but it is four down territory. 2nd and goal on the two.
Touchdown BJ Dean … an extra point away from overtime number three and I need to go to the bathroom …
should I go or wait? Lets take a vote. 23-23 on the scoreboard.

Now mandatory two point conversions. Unless it is field goals, kickers can relax, or can they?

Four hours and 26 minutes into the game … Overtime number three.

Florida State ball, Weatherford for 5.
He is now limping a little. But he’ll be fine.
24 completions on 41 attempts. 26 rushes for 26 yards. Pass ruled incomplete. It was a catch, but he bobbles when he hits the ground, good call. Being reviewed however. It won’t be overruled. Fortunately they appear to have learned from the Michigan, Nebraska game. Play upheld on review. 83 Penn State plays so far, that should favor their defense. Here comes a 38 yard field goal attempt.
Yikes, Gary Cismesia bounces it off the right upright. One kicker goes right the other goes left.

Third chance at redemption for the Penn State Kicker, or will the senior quarterback get it done. Imaginative (NOT) play call loses a yard.
Screen pass for 9 yards, 3rd and one.
Kicker is on the field. Paterno is going for it, kick in case of a bad snap.
On the right hash. And the kicker goes back to the sideline.
Offense back on the field. Unbelievable with a struggling kicker and two plays to make two yards. Go for the first down Joe Paterno.
Good decision Joe, Robinson keeps for a first down on a right sweep. A Florida State player is down. either cramps (hot night or a knee). Time to stay hydrated, because who knows how long this thing might go …

First and 10 from the 13, Austin Scott for one yard and another Florida State player goes down on this the 87th play for their defense.
2nd and nine. 29 yard field goal attempt form the right hash, game over, Penn State finally wins, 26 to 23.

“The season of renovation ends with exhilaration.” Did they dream that up, or do they have writers? Congratulations to Penn State!

What a great matchup, but that will not be the headline will it. The grandpa bowl between Joe Patterno and Bobby Bowden … the freshman kicked it wide left. What will happen in overtime? We will now fine out.

What a great game so far with 12:00 minutes to go in the fourth quarter, it is anyones game. Penn State just got a safety off of an intentional grounding call. The defense for each team is amazing. The entire third quarter … if my hearing is correct … not a single third down conversion, even on a fourth down try by Florida State.

Ever since I was a college athlete (and I was not a football player), I have had the greatest respect for Joe Paterno. He is just hard work epitomized. What a great coach. Bobby Bowden has plenty of years and success under his belt as well.

Enjoy the rest of the game.

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4:08 to go and Florida State ties it up with a fieldgoal. 16 to 16. We are in for an exciting finish tonight. Penn State had a nice drive going with their prior possession until they fumbled at about the five yard line. Another drive like that will put them in position to win. Time (all 4:08 of it) will tell.

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Penn State ignites it on two consecutive pass plays. Florida State now needs to take a time out to preserve the last 1:27. Penn State caught them snoozing in a hurry up offensive play with the wrong personnel on the field. From the 45 of Florida State to their 11 yard line. Did you see Assistant Coach Kevin Steele? When Bobby Bowden asks him what happens, he motions to himself and said we messed that up. He did not blame it on anyone or on his athletes. The amazing thing is Bobby shakes his head and says okay. Impressive control! Will Penn State make something happen on 3rd and 13? Will they kick the field goal next? How much time will be left on the clock for the kickoff? Can Penn State keep put their whole team on one side of the field (or wait that was Nebraska 🙂 ). Here comes the kick. Fourth and eleven. Forty seconds left. What a great game!

While on the Duct Tape Marketing site, I found a plug for Basecamp, a project management/collaboration tool. As this came right after his prior post on “give something away for free and do not wreck it with small print”, I was drawn in to give it a try and see what kind of hooks this had. The free version of Basecamp is very “basic” compared to some other versions, but still very powerful. It is to be distinguished however from the thirty day trial of the more significant versions.

I immediately put a fast moving project I am working on into my free copy of BaseCamp. I am sufficiently impressed, that I may buy a bigger version to manage each project that I have going. It really makes a project managable …

It allowed me to create todo lists (I don’t like the fact that once I create a list I cannot simply delete it). It took me a minute to catch on. You create a list and then add items to each list. You can add and delete the items while they are pending, but not after they are completed. My client can also add todo items (I gave her permission to do so). She was sending me emails and each email might have had one or more todo items in it. I was having to take those from her email to my list. This is much better. In addition, I have been waiting on her for a couple of todo’s on her end. I was able to assign those to her so that she could see I was expecting something from her.

It has a message system built in and a milestone feature in the free version. Best of all, it is monthly should I decide to buy it, so I can upgrade as I put more projects on and need more, and downgrade as I finish projects and need less. My only concern is that as a Web 2.0 type of site (where the site hosts my content on their servers in more or less a utility), what happens if I discontinue the program. They have archiving of projects, but can I then download that in some useable format for a later time. I am off to find out, but I would like those with experience to drop us some comments if they would be so kind.

At year end, everybody and their brother (and sister) issue the best of lists. There are hundreds of them. Somehow by following a link in one of them from some guy named Red, I wound up over at a site called Duct Tape Marketing. Now as may be obvious, I am not all that much into marketing (you can donate to keep htmlfixit up and running by the way — how is that for actually marketing us?), but I followed the link because I like duct tape — in fact, it has often been described as man’s best friend, and I happen to agree.

Two interesting things struck me, first, the lead story suggested that you give something away to get people into your location. The best part of the advice, to my way of thinking, was what he said — do not ruin a free offer with small print. That is something we do well here at htmlfixit.com. We give away our statistical hit counter and a download script free of charge. There is no hook, period. You can use them freely, modify them, give them away to friends at the holidays if you are strapped for a gift (and you didn’t find a good idea in da Yoopers song, everybody can use some back bacon, eh?). Our only hope is that you either donate volunantarily to us, or that you buy one of our advanced scripts (that are only $10 by the way). I am not sure if we do a good job of selling you something once you get here — although that also isn’t our primary purpose, but we do need to pay the bills to stay up and running.

This just in, a team of scientists recently performed a post mortum autopsy on an alien being discovered near Roswell, NM. The team was flabbergasted that the being seemed to have no internal structure.

Of course for full details or to figure out what is really going on, read this post. Who says that isn’t a silly and fun place to work?

I guess the little guy tuckered out pretty quick. He is gone and the regular logo is back. Google Doodle #10 looked promising, but I thought it ran out of steam on the last day to be honest. Maybe it is more my disappointment with the pastel finish instead of with the concept itself. I await the next doodle …