Timm MacDonell

Penn State's offensive line coach showed up to spring practice in a black cutoff shirt with the word "Dogs" on it. His hat said "Dogs. Offensive Line." His office door has a sticker that says "Beware of Dog." This is not a bit. This is Ryan Clanton. And most Penn State fans have no idea who he actually is. Clanton did not start playing football until his junior year of high school in Bakersfield, California. He went completely unrecruited. Ended up at City College of San Francisco — where he lived in a garage for two years — and became a junior college All-American. That earned him a scholarship to Oregon. He became a captain under Chip Kelly. Won the Rose Bowl. Won the Fiesta Bowl. Went 36-4 as a player. Got invited to NFL training camps with Tampa Bay and Green Bay. Then he coached his way from his high school alma mater to Ventura College to Northern Iowa to Iowa State and now to Penn State. Every single stop earned on merit. Nothing handed to him. At Iowa State his offensive line went from 108 rushing yards per game to 174.5 in three seasons. His linemen got drafted. He turned Campbell's run game into one of the most physical in the Big 12. Now he is standing in Holuba Hall telling Penn State players they are either a human shield or a hammer. "You have to be violent. You have to want to be violent. You have to want to run through somebody's face." Last week during a drill a 331-pound tackle named Malachi Goodman punched him in the chest so hard he felt it in his back. Clanton's response: "That's exactly what I'm looking for." Penn State's offensive line has been soft for years. The standard has been to protect. To absorb. To survive. That standard just changed. Dogs only. We Are. 🦁

The bottom pie chart is still missing a lot of pieces. 😐

🇺🇸 80 years ago today, the Marines landed on Iwo Jima. Semper Fidelis! (Graphic by Michael Leitenberger)

I’ve had a top secret clearance for many years and have clearances that themselves are classified. That said, FAR too much information is made “classified”. If something is easily found online or patently obvious, it should NOT be classified. This impedes effective communication within the government.

Welcome Home, @zacvanmeeteren 🔵🟡 #GoJacks🐰🏈

Martial artist Victor Marx is the current world record holder of the quickest disarm - with him taking possession of the gun and emptying the magazine in just 0.8 seconds. x.com/i/status/18034…

Some asked what could have been done differently in LA - I do lunges for a living and even I can figure this out: 1. Have existing reservoirs filled. If repairs are needed do them during rainy season or after new ones are built. 2. Build the new reservoirs Californians voted to fund in 2014 - not one is complete. 3. Stop using tax payer dollars to fund crazy sh!+ like drug kits to the homeless and fund desalination plants. 4. Increase funding to the fire department - don’t cut it. 4. Do prescribed control burns! 5. Create fire breaks. 6. Divert the water for the smelt fish back to urban areas. - when the fire retardant and fire waste washes into the ocean those fish are screwed way worse. 6. Get nut farmers out of Cali and into another state. It takes 1.1 gallons of water to grow an almond. 7. Make sure during fire season the mayor is in LA so someone can declare a federal emergency - this way the navy choppers that drop water could have been deployed immediately. Not days later. 8. Call in the National guard before all of LA is on fire and being looted. 9. Force the privately owned utility companies to update their 100 year old equipment so it doesn’t fail and start fires and kill people and animals. 11. Recall Gavin Newsome.

@chriscfore Linfield at Rio Hondo Prep. I love how the corner of the end zone curves up

Man, I miss running the Wing T! And watch this fun little fake PAT!

This is worth everything!

Outside of the battlefield, the American football field has done more to turn boys into men, and young boys into young men than anything else in history. There ain't a close second. RT if you agree.

Yesterday we finished our 11-Man Team Camp in Madison! Congratulations to Murray County Central for being the winners of the Trojan Challenge! Congratulations to Gavin debeer for being named skill player of camp! Congratulations to Rob Begalka being named Lineman of camp!

I could use your help reaching my fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference. gofund.me/b5c64574

“SMART SPLITS”. IVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. HOW BOUT YOU ?? I would say “ MAN IN THE GAP-THERE IS NO GAP” THIS AGAIN IS FROM 2004 almost 20 yrs ago.

Murphy cited on 2023 Allstate AFCA Good Work Team® nominee list dsuathletics.com/news/2023/7/12…

Gavin has raised most of the money needed to represent the USA at the IPF Sub-Junior World Championships in Romania. We would love for you be a part of the GET GAVIN TO WORLDS TEAM. You can donate at gofund.me/d8f86fc6

He deadlifted 341 lbs (155 kg) on one leg!🤯

"Immaturity looks at instruction as a power struggle/blame game..Maturity looks at it as correction needed to grow"

Gavin Maag a Freshman at Hamlin High School was selected to compete for the USA at the IPF Sub Junior World Championships in Romania. He is honored and excited to bring home a medal from Worlds. help him get there by donating at gofund.me/e9fde675

Failure is part of the process. Frustration is part of the process. Setbacks are part of the process. Get up. Learn. Remember why you started. Believe. Take the next step. Keep showing up.

Growth mindset! 🌱