{"id":16603,"date":"2012-02-27T20:05:08","date_gmt":"2012-02-28T01:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=16603"},"modified":"2012-02-27T20:05:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-28T01:05:08","slug":"guido-delia-is-gone-from-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/02\/guido-delia-is-gone-from-penn-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Guido D&#8217;Elia is gone from Penn State!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackshoediaries.com\/2012\/2\/27\/2829271\/penn-state-marketing-guru-guido-delia-let-go\">Penn State Marketing &#8220;Guru&#8221; Guido D&#8217;Elia Let Go <\/a> &#8211; <em>Black Shoe Diaries<\/em><br \/>\nWe found out today that <strong>Guido D&#8217;Elia<\/strong>, who was in charge of Football Communications and Branding for Penn State football, is GONE! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/FightOnState\/status\/174268477207625728\">@FightonState<\/a> tweeted this great news.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this means the end of &#8220;theme games&#8221; like tie-dye day and piped in music like &#8220;Sweet Caroline,&#8221; &#8220;Livin&#8217; On a Prayer&#8221; and &#8220;Don&#8217;t Stop Believin'&#8221;. D&#8217;Elia may have been a competent video producer with the Penn State Football Story, but his gameday experience was very minor league and not collegiate. I&#8217;ll give him credit for doing well with the Joe Paterno Memorial Service, but that&#8217;s about it. I got tired of driving for hours and spending hundreds of dollars to hear the same generic piped-in music that he dumbed-down Beaver Stadium with for the last several seasons.<\/p>\n<p>There is only one way to celebrate this news:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ep0RCji333s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope whoever takes over respects the traditional Penn State and college football experience overall. Let the Blue Band shine!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> This may mean the end of the Penn State Football Story as we know it since D&#8217;Elia&#8217;s company, Mind Over Media produced it. If that happens, so be it, AND BRING BACK TV QUARTERBACKS. I bet<strong> Fran Fisher<\/strong> still has those loud blazers in his closet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WEjB9841YMo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not his loudest jacket, but you get the idea&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Also, can we get the contrasting trim back on the jerseys?<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2011\/02\/and-for-no-reason-penn-state-football-uniforms-are-being-modified.html\"> D&#8217;Elia claimed it was his idea to make the Penn State football jerseys less elegant and more cheap looking<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penn State Marketing &#8220;Guru&#8221; Guido D&#8217;Elia Let Go &#8211; Black Shoe Diaries We found out today that Guido D&#8217;Elia, who was in charge of Football Communications and Branding for Penn State football, is GONE! @FightonState tweeted this great news. 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