Jared Allen Retires

[Skippy]

The ISU alum with the most successful NFL career is hanging up his spurs after 12 seasons. I'm sure there are some mixed feelings over his "School of Culinary Arts" intros, but he did pay for the remodeling of the weight room and he was ISU's most visible rep -- for good or bad -- for a dozen years. Greatest ISU player ever???

PS--Appropriately Jared announced his retirement in a video where he sits on a horse and turns to "ride off into the sunset. But seeing how there's no sunset, I'm just going to ride off."

 

[spartan]

did he graduate?

 

[PBP]

Does it matter with the career he had? (to say nothing of the money he made...)

PBP

 

[spartan]

yes it matters.
if he graduated then he 'represents' Idaho state
if he didn't then he's just some body who passed through - like thousands of others
lots of people make money.... that don't mean shit.
(unless you worship that kind of thing)

 

[Skippy]

I'd say Jared is probably the most recognizable "representative" of Idaho State since pianist Roger Williams. And he didn't graduate from ISU either -- he was enrolled in the V-12 program during WW-II. I have no idea if Jared ever graduated, but he will be forever linked to Idaho State as its most accomplished football player. And I don't think anybody with the university is going to disassociate themselves from him. Especially since he's in the Ring of Honor.

 

[PBP]

yes it matters.
if he graduated then he 'represents' Idaho state
if he didn't then he's just some body who passed through - like thousands of others
lots of people make money.... that don't mean shit.
(unless you worship that kind of thing)

I don't "worship" it but the fact that he and his family are set financially for the rest of their lives and probably his children too certainly means something with or without a degree.

Let's put it this way, there are a number of people who graduated from ISU (or any other college you care to name) who are struggling to find work right now and make ends meet.

In this economy, today in this country, maybe getting a degree doesn't mean what it used to. "Representing" a school when you can't pay your rent or are living with your parents doesn't mean shit either.

PBP

 

[bhumble]

yes it matters.
if he graduated then he 'represents' Idaho state
if he didn't then he's just some body who passed through - like thousands of others
lots of people make money.... that don't mean shit.
(unless you worship that kind of thing)

I don't "worship" it but the fact that he and his family are set financially for the rest of their lives and probably his children too certainly means something with or without a degree.

Let's put it this way, there are a number of people who graduated from ISU (or any other college you care to name) who are struggling to find work right now and make ends meet.

In this economy, today in this country, maybe getting a degree doesn't mean what it used to. "Representing" a school when you can't pay your rent or are living with your parents doesn't mean shit either.

PBP

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[up for the challenge]

Who paid for the Weight Room Spartan? Jared Allen... He did not have to do that. Nice guy to do that.

 

[otis campbell]

Does the weight room have a title, like School of Culinary Arts Training Center? He didn't HAVE to fund it. Just wondering after all the years of his backhanding ISU on national TV.

 

[PBP]

He funded it because he felt he owed something to the school that gave him the chance to go into the NFL and earn a great living for he and his family.

And the "School of Culinary Arts" is a joke, always has been. Lots of guys do things like that on the national telecast. I took no offense by it at all.

PBP