Nebraska vs. Penn State: Scandal Overshadows Football Game
by Jon Johnston on Nov 8, 2011 11:37 AM CST
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PrintHonestly, I find myself in a quandary with how to deal with this. I want to focus on the football game, but it's really a secondary issue right now.
Joe Paterno was supposed to have had a press conference today, but it was cancelled by Penn State University President Graham Spanier. Paterno's retirement is said to be imminent. It's hard to believe that Paterno would be gone without Spanier also exiting the university, but we'll have to see how this all plays out, and hopefully that will all occur before Saturday.
There seems to be some question about whether or not we'll be playing a game this weekend. Penn State has to deal with this issue, and they must do it quickly, before the damage gets much worse. People want answers to the questions - what did Paterno know and didn't know, why did no one call the police, ever - basically how was this allowed to happen over so many years?
Should this game continue, I want to make something clear. This scandal has little to nothing to do with Nebraska, nor does it have to do with the Penn State players. If there is a game this Saturday, I will try my best to focus on that football game despite a growing feeling that it shouldn't take place.
In the meantime, all we can do is watch the events unfold before us, pray for all those involved, some to heal, and some to do the right thing.
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Well Said......
Hopefully the right thing is done. I believe that playing the game is better than not, especially for the Penn State players. How sad that things like this happen………..somewhat speechless.
by Huskerinthedesert on Nov 8, 2011 11:53 AM CST reply actions
It wouldn't surprise me if they called the game off.
This things seems like it’s getting worse by the hour, and now, even local PSU media are starting to think the programs staff needs to start from scratch (all new staffing, obviously)
Definitely a bad day for college football.
A Bad Day For Football Indeed
I sure hope they don’t call the game off. That would just be so bad for those Penn State players, getting punished for something they had no part of.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 8, 2011 12:01 PM CST up reply actions
I agree
This is simply horrific. There is no way that this university can move forward in any area (especially football) until this is totally resolved, and the house is cleaned. They need a completely fresh start to get past this, as in 2012.
I feel so bad for the current Penn State players. They are yet another casualty of this mess. An 8-1 season where Jo Paterno set the all time record for wins for a division 1 coach is completely meaningless in the face of this. Nothing they do from this point forward will be able to get them out of this ugly shadow.
And the fans…how can they go to the game this Saturday and support their university? They can only support the players on the team, but not the coaches and not the university. If I were a Penn State fan I don’t think I could even go…it would just be too painful at this point.
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Can we just all agree
that this whole thing is horrible, and we all hope and/or pray for healing, justice and self-reflection for the appropriate people. Let the judicial system take care of it. Let PSU clean house now that the best disinfectant, sunshine, is on the people involved.
Now let’s not talk about it again, at least in this space.
I Started To Comment About "If There Was A Bright Side"
Being an optimist and all, but….there isn’t any.
This just stinks.
It’s the kind of thing that makes you feel bad for everybody, and there is not even the satisfaction to be derived from having all kinds of (really, really insensitive) ammo to fire back at those obnoxious Penn State fans.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 8, 2011 12:05 PM CST reply actions
as a fellow optimist
The only bright side I see:
If the game does go on, at least we won’t be reminded by commentators every 5 seconds of our horrible performance last week as they will have other fodder to discuss. Sad situation up there.
Yeah, One Other Bright Spot
Might be the with the vulture factor so high it might get bumped to ESPiN Game Day. Or the cameras might be off of Bo for once and on the other sideline.
"Were there monkeys? Some terrifying space monkeys maybe got loose?"
by UltimaRatioRegum on Nov 8, 2011 1:25 PM CST up reply actions
I'm guessing ESPN will put the kibosh on anything related to this.
They may be ethically questionable, but even they know when something is far too radioactive to screw with.
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by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 3:25 PM CST up reply actions
I keep thinking
Maybe we are all just over reacting. Maybe this isn’t as bad as it seems.
Then I think about it more, and what actually happened. And I realize that no one is overreacting. This is a case where it is as bad as it seems.
Here’s a link to a the Grand Jury Presentment in the Sandusky case for those of you who haven’t seen it yet. It’s gruesome and awful, but if you want to understand why this is so bad, read it.
http://enews.attorneygeneral.gov/uploads/Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Presentment-11-4-2011.pdf
The same man who was caught in the act multiple times was still on campus as late as last week. If you saw a grown man raping a boy in a shower at your work place, and nothing happened to him and years later he was still coming to work (with more little boys)…inaction is a crime. Go to the police. Stab him in the freaking eyeball. DO SOMETHING. Joe Pa knew about it. The Administration knew about it. But they let it keep happening for the sake of their own reputation. It’s sick.
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What will the NCAA do
If they gave SMU the death penalty for turning a blind eye towards booster cash, then what will they do to a program that turned a blind eye towards child molestation?
How on earth can you NOT call the police???? Even if it is your duty to report to your boss….a person with any sense would say “if you do not report this to the police, then I will”.
I dont think the NCAA will do anything
This is kind of out side their jurisdiction and did not involve Student Athletes.
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
Exactly.
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by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 3:27 PM CST up reply actions
I know this is not popular...
but Paterno had 2nd hand info, and for all he knew, the police could have been developing the case and/or didn’t find anything. And since the AD and Admin were willing to lie to the grand jury, they could have just as easily lied back to Paterno. For all Paterno knew, just because Sandusky wasn’t arrested doesn’t mean that it wasn’t investigated by the police and dropped.
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but protocals for handling this stuff are very standardized and come from the Feds. In fact, I would bet that every state school follows a similar protocal by law. And since Paterno certainly isn’t a law expert, I can see him coming to the conculsion that this protocal is the best response for handling this situtation for it was designed by the people were are trying to best handle situtations like this. I can see him honestly coming to that conculsion which is why I gather there isn’t a legal case against the Paterno.
I dunno. If was was in Paterno shoes, I would open up the procedure books from the school/feds and follow it to the T for I would be terrified that doing something else could potentially f everything up for some unknown reason. Maybe going to the cops can f everything up, tip off Sandusky for all I know. I don’t know anything about the law, so I am going to trust the rulebook written by the people/gov’t who know this stuff. I am assuming (potentially very incorrectly) that is what Paterno did.
But I dunno, all of this is so horrible.
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by meatybob on Nov 8, 2011 3:46 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
From the post
about this on Black Shoe Diaries:
§ 6312. Persons permitted to report suspected child abuse.
In addition to those persons and officials required to report suspected child abuse, any person may make such a report if that person has reasonable cause to suspect that a child is an abused child.
He did the “right” thing by passing it up the ladder, but it is absolutely inexcusable and there is no reason, legally or otherwise, for him to not call the damn cops himself.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
If this all happened last week I can see your point
but it happened 9 years ago… i guess rubbing elbows with a kid toucher for all those years didnt bother Joe Pa.
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
by Amonra on Nov 8, 2011 3:56 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I don't think I really
understood the magnitude of what went on and for how long until I read that report. It’s pretty hard to believe how many people knew or suspected something bad was going on with a person that had such regular access to very young children.
As it related to the football program, it will come down to who knew what and when. If they wanted to, some important people can walk away from this relatively unscathed. In the end, I believe this is simply too big and went on for too long to not require a complete wash of this university. I hope hope hope the state of Nebraska is never associated with something like this. to think I was once worried about Eric Crouch having a free lunch.
Wow.
Thanks for the link, although now I need to go vomit.
Unbelievable.
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GO BIG RED!
it is
possibly the worst thing I’ve ever read.
and you’re right, once you read it, it’s stuck with you.
So…. just a warning to others. Some things cannot be undone.
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by Jon Johnston on Nov 9, 2011 12:01 AM CST up reply actions
It was awful
The fact that it’s up to almost 20 victims in light of the report makes me sick. This is just plain awful…
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by KennardHusker on Nov 9, 2011 10:18 AM CST up reply actions
I think there will be a game on Saturday
I doubt the school would take an action that would primarily punish the players. But for better or worse, Nebraska’s team is going to benefit from the mother of all off-field distractions. The game itself is going to be a sideshow. I’m betting it will be more interesting to watch the protests in the stands.
I wonder how Penn State players will respond
There’s a lot of different ways it could go
1) Do they go out and play their best for Joe Pa since it will could be his final game? The players are likely giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point, and I’m sure that he has convinced them that he did what he thought was right at the time and he is innocent. (true from a legal standpoint).
2) Do they play hard for their fan base who is hurting in a big way?
3) Will they be determined to prove that they aren’t distracted and play very focussed football?
or 4) Do the distractions cause them to completely implode along with their coaches?
I doubt they are going to have their home field advantage. The crowd isn’t going to know how to cheer. It’s kind of a bummer that we have to be the first team to play them after this mess.
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Well, as for #1
I’m not as certain Joe, Mike McQueary and potentially Joe’s son Jay will be at the game. Joe might be gone by this afternoon. If you’d like some speculation just for the discussion’s sake, I think the players will go hard no matter what happens. But in-game strategy will suffer with fewer coaches available and less prep time, even with the bye week. We won’t throw the ball much if at all, and there internal pressure to get the game over with as quickly as possible may affect the playcalling. It can’t be long until the Vegas books stop action on the game.
Was wondering
think you guys could take Graham Spanier back with you on the plane? kthanxbye.
by PSU Mudder on Nov 8, 2011 12:24 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
I'd be for that
drop him off over Iowa……
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by Jon Johnston on Nov 8, 2011 12:38 PM CST up reply actions
Hey!
I have kids man.
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
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No parachute.
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
Or one made of gold.
You know, solid gold.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 4:57 PM CST up reply actions
We have lots of empty fields for him to land in,
but try for Ames, seeing as how he is an ISU grad.
Watching the Cubs piss it away for 31 years.
Rec'd that...
…except we don’t want him either!
I feel bad for you guys, I really mean that. What a shame. There is no how-to manual for coping with this.
Prayers for the kids involved.
Any chance
Nebraska decides not to go to Penn State, taking a neutral stance and not wanting to be in the middle of this on Saturday? What happens to Penn State if they don’t play. Forfeit, or does it go down as a non-played game, or worse, hurts our chance at winning out……..(not meant to be selfish)……..just have no idea what will happen in case. That said, I hope the players/victims can recover.
by Huskerinthedesert on Nov 8, 2011 12:26 PM CST reply actions
Another dynamic
Could this possibly be a distraction to OUR players. I follow a bunch of them on twitter, and I’m starting to see more and more tweets from our players about this. They need to focus on the game, not what’s happening there.
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I had the same thoughts
(after I was finished throwing up at the thought of what was ALLOWED to happen there)
Crystal Ball
A quick look at my crystal ball says that Joe Pa will be gone before this weekend (along with a few other coaches) but the game goes on.
It also says Ferentz will coaching at Penn State next year and Mike Stoops is the new Hawkeye coach.
But it also said Nebraska was going to win last week so….
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
McQueary is a coward!
They all are, but he walked in on Sandusky and didn’t stop him. He ran off to go call his dad to see what he should do? What kind of a man are you? Hope that your actions haunt you for the rest of your life.
How can you not
Just go up and knock the living S@#T out of a man doing that to a child. To leave to tell someone else…….It should have stopped right there! With Sandusky out cold on the floor. Police/child services/phyc dr’s called right away afterward!
by Huskerinthedesert on Nov 8, 2011 1:29 PM CST reply actions
It was probably just pure shock
A comment from someone over at Blackshoediaries raises a good point…
You hit on my main thought on the entire situation. Outsiders are looking at this situation as if they would have prevented Sandusky if they walked in on him. People don’t take into account the emotions they will feel upon seeing the unexpected. McQueary was probably (realistically) too shocked in that moment. I hope in retrospect he would love to get another shot at handling the situation and call the police, stop Sandusky, something. But for those that thing they would have handled it differently are extremely naive on human emotions.
When people are in shock, the logical portion of their brains shut down. When you see something like that, it’s easy to say what you’d do when you weren’t the one who saw it. Obviously it would have been great if he had just beat the living daylights out of the guy, saved the child, and called police. Instead he got some advice from his father, who told him that legally the best thing to do was report it to the higher ups so they could do something about it.
BUT the second response, days, weeks, and even years later of not making sure that this sick man got put in prison and was never around little boys again is the failure and why he is just one of many who needs to be fired immediately.
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According to the Grand Jury report
Sandusky and the kid saw McQueary and ran off. So there was nothing to stop, just McQueary standing there by himself trying to comprehend what he had just seen.
You should re-read the report.
Sandusky and the child saw McQueary, then McQueary immediately left. It says nothing about the kid and Sandusky running off.
Is there anything solid...
to suggest that the game won’t be played? I haven’t seen it yet.
No
but it’s only Tuesday. By Friday, Penn State University might implode.
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State College is devastated
I’m on a one-year visiting appointment at PSU now (I’m looking at that massive stadium as I write), and I can tell you this town and university has been completely rocked by this. It is totally surreal.
I’ve been looking forward to going to this game since I got here. If they play it (I haven’t heard mention that they might not), I have no idea what to expect. It is going to be weird to say the least. Part of me is afraid to go at all given how utterly somber the mood is around here.
Huh?
Why wouldn’t there be a game? I agree all of this is bad, and it could very well mean an ungraceful end to a distinguished career but what does that have to do with the football game? At the very least wouldn’t the Big Ten and networks have something to say about that?
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
This is the worst thing that could've possibly happened to JoePa
Imagine, all of that respect and all the years of coaching. And this is how he’ll end his career. Sad.
Could you imagine if TO had to go out like that?!?
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
Again, yes its really too bad
But I guess I’m not following why calling off the game is in order. Pardon my callousness, but it’s not like the country’s been attacked or some nut shot up their campus.
Maybe I just really, really want to win the game, but from my point of view, this is Penn State’s problem and much of it is self inflicted…if they have to play the game with 3 coaches still on staff, then so be it.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
If anything, Penn State could bench the football program and forfeit their games due to simply not wanting to be in the spotlight.
I’m not saying they will, but I could understand why they would want to recuse themselves from the national spotlight, at least as much as possible, while they sort this out.
I’m guessing a football game is the furthest thing from the minds of the administrators and PSU supporters.
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by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 3:35 PM CST up reply actions
"I’m guessing a football game is the furthest thing from the minds of the administrators and PSU supporters"
If that were true, Joe Pa would already be fired.
So I tried the Barbasol and Rotel dip and I was very dissapointed!
I'm guessing since Spanier is doing an A+ job of managing this story, it's reasonable to expect some delays in common sense steps.
I doubt Joe Paterno will be fired.
Who will fire him? The AD? Wait, no, he’s already out. Spanier? Fire the guy who has built your university’s image in the last oompty-squat years? Yeah, I’m going to wait until I have all the details.
If anything, Joe Paterno will retire.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 4:09 PM CST up reply actions
Apparently
the board of trustees voted to ask him to resign and he said no, so they probably have to fire him. They can’t let him stay can they?
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
I don't think so
Regardless of how much he knew, Paterno employed a child predator for 23 years and allowed him to be in situations where he could abuse children. Companies have been taken to the cleaners in civil claims for far less.
If Paterno stays, the national media will really pull out the knives I think.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
I didn't know that.
I guess if the BoT has that power, then so be it.
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by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 4:58 PM CST up reply actions
This is just simply too devastating for the program
They need a completely clean slate. The fans and alumni are shocked. Their program is under more scrutiny than any program has ever been in NCAA history. If they cancelled the game, it would give everyone a chance to just breathe, and it might take some of the spotlight off a bit as they figure things out and hit the reset button. This season is already completely tainted in this mess, as is Joe Pa’s career.
I’m not totally advocating they cancel the game, I’m just trying to explain some of the reasoning behind the idea.
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I suppose
I mean this is basically the equivalent of TO being forced out (as Brian said above) and, idk…McBride being the creepy pedo? I understand why it’s hard on PSU, but it’s very much their problem. If they wanted to cancel, wouldn’t they basically have to forfeit the game?
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Yes, it would be a forfeit.
But if the problem is large enough, the university may have their hand forced.
A Cornhusker through feast or famine. Get up, dust yourself off and run the ball. That's the Nebraska way.
by Salt Creek and Stadium on Nov 8, 2011 4:10 PM CST up reply actions
Well that would suck
I’ve been looking forward to this one all year. This is going to be a very interesting week I think. Fortunately I haven’t heard a single person in the media report that cancelling the game is a possibility at this point. It’d certainly be a very odd environment on Saturday. Hopefully our players stay focused.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
This game is ruined
As this article says, the scandal completely overshadows the game. It isn’t even necessarily about who wins or loses. It’s about it possibly being Joe Pa’s last game (if he makes it that long), it’s about what Penn State will do going forward. If Penn State wins that’s nice for them but they still have this huge thing hanging over them. Obviously, we need to win this game a lot…but who knows what its going to be like. As you said, hopefully our players can stay focused because this is a massive distraction.
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Yeah, not sure what good can come from the game with the big, dark cloud looking over Happy Valley
It would be like enjoying Thanksgiving dinner after uncle Jerry died of a massive stroke while carving the turkey.
Eh
I think I could find it in me to enjoy it if we kicked them all over the field. Ditto on everything else.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
I agree
but I think the game will just have this weird vibe to it, especially if the shitstorm continues unabated from now until then and more stuff comes out/gets uncovered.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
Getting in late
But it was right at 20 years ago when there was the mass shooting on Iowa’s campus the week of their game at Michigan. If memory serves, they played the game. Not that it should serve as precedence, but I would be shocked if they don’t play the game.
by Todd Wolverton on Nov 8, 2011 8:45 PM CST up reply actions
The Gang Lu shootings at the Van Allen building.
I think we actually played on the road and won at Ohio St, which is very rare for Iowa to win there.
Yes, but...
The shooter wasn’t a long-time, influential defensive coordinator, and the shooting wasn’t subsequently partially ignored by a 46-year coaching legend who is idolized by the State of Pennsylvania and the entire world of college football.
Much, much different. Shit can be mourned and dealt with when the tragedy was committed by a single crazy man; No, this is way more fucked up than that.
Oh God....
Sandusky is married and has six adopted children.20 He also took in foster children.
I hadn’t heard that before. Nauseating.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
Sandusky
Hope this was not a recurting way for Sandusky,wonder howmany player were recurited by him and how many are playing now
I think there was.
Funny observation on the grand jury document that was linked above:
The report makes it a point to use “Victim 1” and “Victim 2” to protect the identities of the kids involved.
But then it goes on and states that “Victim 4” or whatever, had a video made about linebackers, and then had a photo taken with Sandusky for Sports Illustrated. I may be reading that wrong, but it seems like they did a lot to help people figure out who that victim was. And it sounded like a PSU player?
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
GO BIG RED!
Imagine being the "victim"
then finding yourself facing this guy on the field your entire collegiate career. That’s the only way this could really get much worse; I can’t get creative enough to think of anything worse than what’s happened.
JoePa is a total afterthought in my mind.
Sandusky's autobiography
I don’t know if you guys have seen this yet. We all know that Sandusky is one sick man, but the title of his autobiography takes it to another level.
It’s almost as if he thought it was funny that nothing ever happened to him, and his book title kind of shoves it in the face of those who did nothing, as well as his victims.
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Touched: The Jerry Sadusky Story.
“The people who bought this also bought a roll of duct tape, a panel van, and children’s toys”
sick bastard.
by SteveW0720 on Nov 8, 2011 5:14 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
More allegations.
Now this report is saying it’s more than double the original eight.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
i imagine
that this is only going to get worse.
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What a mess
I wouldn’t be surprised if many more came forward. His charity was founded in 1977. Right now he is being charged for victims from 1998-2002. That’s 21 more years that he had access to young boys through his charity that we don’t know about.
I wonder if he started the charity with the specific purpose of gaining access to young boys, or if he just fell into that behavior over time. I’m sure we’ll find out eventually.
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Yeah, I'm sure there are more
Predators don’t just get up one day and decide “hey I’m going to molest a kid today!” It’s something that’s very much a part of their psyche and sexual preferences. I believe I read somewhere that it’s believed that the average pedophile in prison has at least twice as many victims than those the authorities know about. It’s a very hard crime to prosecute because victims tend to keep quiet about it, but child molesters have among the highest rates of recidivism and repeat offenses as a class of criminals. /thankspsychology101.
With the extreme amount of media attention focused on this thing, I think the sky’s the limit as far as what we’ll find out about this sick bastard’s activities the last 30 years.
"My hardest job is to convince the people of Nebraska that 10-1 is not a losing season." - Tom Osborne
What really is pissing me off is
Joe Paterno being portrayed as a victim.
Seriously?!!?!!!
by CrazyBoutTheGreen on Nov 8, 2011 9:37 PM CST reply actions
Did I see a video this morning of a bunch of students rallying behind JoePa?
I couldn’t hear because of the kids excitement over the snow in Iowa this monring, but I swear I saw a vid of Joe getting massive support and cheers from a crowd of students. Stupid ass kids.
BTW, Did anyone see (former Nittany Lion) Matt Millen’s response on ESPN? Sounded like he wanted to drive to State College, and tear Sandusky and Paterno’s face off with his teeth. I didn’t expect that on television.
"Not the victory but the action; Not the goal but the game;
In the deed the glory"
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I have some links for you
Support for Paterno
Matt Millen On ESPN: Presented Without Comment
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PSU
Hi Corn nation, I’m a Michigan man but just wanted to wish you the best this weak and kick this sick twisted university in PSU. I read all 23 pages and swear if PSU is not kicked out of this conference , Jim Delaney will have failed in my book. PSU is not bigger than the B1G and what they have done is immeasurable, if you have read that report, I do not want them representing the B1G, God Awful. By the time they are done with this even Joe Paterno is going to look even worse, and all he had to say today was, " I wish I would have done more" REALLY! Look Forward to are many, many battles together, MICHIGAN VS NEBRASKA Dam that just has greatness all over it. Take care Corn Nation
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