Penn State

[twballgame9]

Wow, I always thought that 99% of the country was retarded. Never knew so many of them lived in Happy Valley. Thought they were all occupying something that I didn't notice.

[claver2010]

All of it is based on the fact that this retarded old man that was never very good at coaching in the first place stayed way too long. Any other coach would have been shitcanned years ago. Paterno is a clown and everyone will realize when football at PSU is fine in 12 months. Fuck that old piece of shit.

This.

He's been a figurehead at a mediocre football program in a shitty conference for a while.

[bignick33]

Why is the PA State Police if not the National Gaurd already not there en masse?

[PhillyandBCEagles]

To be fair I think a lot of them are just rioting for the sake of rioting

[claver2010]

Why is the PA State Police if not the National Gaurd already not there en masse?

Let them burn it down, even more people will see how stupid they are.

[ryrob]

Why is the PA State Police if not the National Gaurd already not there en masse?

Let them burn it down, even more people will see how stupid they are.

No one knew this was happening. No one alerted the police ahead of time.

[nerd]

espn said the students are upset that Paterno was fired over the telephone. Ironic, since it's essentially a telephone that got him fired in the first place. Specifically, the telephone he didn't pick up and use to call the police when he was told that his assistant coach was raping a 10 year old boy.

[HustlinOwl]

If this thread didn't revolve around young boys being raped in showers I'd nominate it for immediate induction to the hall of fame. Since it revolves around young boys being raped in showers it should probably be deleted before God finds out it's here.

[bcnyceagle]

BREAKING NEWS!

Joe Paterno's wife walks out of the house, looks emotional, goes back in the house!

[Onyx Blackman]

JoePa has boobs.

[ryrob]

To be fair I think a lot of them are just rioting for the sake of rioting

I don't think so man. I'm sure you have as many PSU friends/acquaintances as I do - read Facebook and see the reactions of some of these people.

Also:

SPORTSbyBROOKS SPORTSbyBROOKS
I can confirm there will soon be new, major allegation involving child sex abuse in Sandusky case. Told tonite it could come before Saturday

SPORTSbyBROOKS SPORTSbyBROOKS
If what I was told tonight about the details of the new allegation in Sandusky child sex case is true, it will horrify the public.

@MarkMaddenX
Mark Madden
Don't believe this can get worse? Give it 72 hrs. People really digging into Second Mile. Even more shocking revelation is ahead. Yikes.

[2008Eagle]

Not lumping all the PSU students together, but most of the ones out there tonight made complete asses of themselves in front of a worldwide audience on CNN. Flipping over TV trucks, chanting "Fuck the trustees," shouting questions during the Q&A of the press conference, and saying stupid shit to the media like "JoePa was randomly fired," "there's no crime here," and "Paterno should be here for life." Really just a total embarrassment.

[rktbrkr]

Heard an TV interview on this last night the lawyer said JoPa should have reported it to police not up the chain of command but never said the grad assist who claimed to have seen it should have reported it, it's all hearsay after that. JoPa should have told the witness to call the police, it's a really sad situation all the way around, lives destroyed in different ways.

Ummm, what if Sandusky isn't guilty?

[nerd]

Not lumping all the PSU students together, but most of the ones out there tonight made complete asses of themselves in front of a worldwide audience on CNN. Flipping over TV trucks, chanting "Fuck the trustees," shouting questions during the Q&A of the press conference, and saying stupid shit to the media like "JoePa was randomly fired," "there's no crime here," and "Paterno should be here for life." Really just a total embarrassment.

At Penn State, Joe Paterno > Father + Son + Holy Spirit

I can't imagine it would be easy to accept the fact that someone you literally worshiped (see the video of the students who gathered around his house on Tuesday night, they were bowing their outstretched arms at Paterno) involved a tragic fall. But then I think, what if it was Doug Flutie or Jerry York who was involved in a similar situation? I wouldn't expect BC students in that case to rush to get torches and pitchforks and join the angry mob against the person they idolized for so long, but I really hope the reaction would be to shut the fuck up and stay out of sight, and not to send a message to the world that the person they used to worship is more important that child molestation.

[DavidGordonsFoot]

But then I think, what if it was Doug Flutie or Jerry York who was involved in a similar situation? I wouldn't expect BC students in that case to rush to get torches and pitchforks and join the angry mob against the person they idolized for so long, but I really hope the reaction would be to shut the fuck up and stay out of sight, and not to send a message to the world that the person they used to worship is more important that child molestation.

This shouldn't be a concern of yours. What happened with the PSU students last night is a matter of culture, not circumstance.

[claver2010]

Carton ripped a PSU journalism student a new one on Boomer & Carton this morning when she said that Paterno should be allowed to coach on Saturday.

It really is scary that the vast, vast majority of the studnents out there assign minimal blame to him.

[JesuitIvy]

amazing people riot over someone who did nothing about child rape.
So Tom Bradley is coaching their team - but haven't there been rumors of some sort about this guy that have kept him from ever being an HC?

[PhillyandBCEagles]

To be fair I think a lot of them are just rioting for the sake of rioting

I don't think so man. I'm sure you have as many PSU friends/acquaintances as I do - read Facebook and see the reactions of some of these people.

I really haven't seen too many pro-JoePa posts, there definitely are a lot of people who are backing him but IMO probably half the rioters were just out there to riot. Still leaves quite a few retards.

Also:

SPORTSbyBROOKS SPORTSbyBROOKS
I can confirm there will soon be new, major allegation involving child sex abuse in Sandusky case. Told tonite it could come before Saturday

SPORTSbyBROOKS SPORTSbyBROOKS
If what I was told tonight about the details of the new allegation in Sandusky child sex case is true, it will horrify the public.

@MarkMaddenX
Mark Madden
Don't believe this can get worse? Give it 72 hrs. People really digging into Second Mile. Even more shocking revelation is ahead. Yikes.

Jesus. The second tweet is probably the worst....the public is already horrified, this seems to imply that what's about to be announced will make what we already know seem like nothing.

[PhillyandBCEagles]

Not lumping all the PSU students together, but most of the ones out there tonight made complete asses of themselves in front of a worldwide audience on CNN. Flipping over TV trucks, chanting "Fuck the trustees," shouting questions during the Q&A of the press conference, and saying stupid shit to the media like "JoePa was randomly fired," "there's no crime here," and "Paterno should be here for life." Really just a total embarrassment.

At Penn State, Joe Paterno > Father + Son + Holy Spirit

I can't imagine it would be easy to accept the fact that someone you literally worshiped (see the video of the students who gathered around his house on Tuesday night, they were bowing their outstretched arms at Paterno) involved a tragic fall. But then I think, what if it was Doug Flutie or Jerry York who was involved in a similar situation? I wouldn't expect BC students in that case to rush to get torches and pitchforks and join the angry mob against the person they idolized for so long, but I really hope the reaction would be to shut the fuck up and stay out of sight, and not to send a message to the world that the person they used to worship is more important that child molestation.

Hell, our football coach didn't cover up and enable child rape and I still want him fired anyway.

[b0mberMan]

All of it is based on the fact that this retarded old man that was never very good at coaching in the first place stayed way too long. Any other coach would have been shitcanned years ago. Paterno is a clown and everyone will realize when football at PSU is fine in 12 months. Fuck that old piece of shit.

This.

He's been a figurehead at a mediocre football program in a shitty conference for a while.

He's been a figurehead who also happens to be a cash cow for the university. They just lost their best fundraiser by far. That's why he's been at State College for as long as he has and that's why he's gone now. Being the "legendary coach" of Penn St got people's checkbooks open, but now just being the old man who let a child molestor on his campus for 30 plus years likely won't.

[eagletx]

Are we to believe that not one of the members of the board of Trustees knew anything about this 8 year debacle??? I for one am tired of the lack of moral responsibility of "institutions" who can sanctimoniously "protect the interests" of the institution when issues of simple individual decency are ignored. Paterno should have been fired for a lapse in moral responsibility as should the president. Powerless victims destroyed by those who wanted to protect the "institution";

However I am a little put off by the manner in which a man who has personally donated $4M to the institution, raised money for facilities and faculty, and served the best interests of the university is dismissed with a simple, impersonal phone call. Don't you at least owe the guy the decency to confront him face to face? Hell no, he put "the institution" at risk!

Ah yes, but we live in a world where church leaders in the same circumstance are rewarded with Vatican positions in the best interest of the "institution", where the institution of Congress can't focus on the best interests of citizenry over their own self serving interests, when banks sit on trillions of uninvested capital while small businesses wither and die, and people have homes foreclosed upon, etc...etc..etc...But it's OK as long as these decisions are "in the best interests of the institution".

[flyingelvii]

Honestly, fuck Paterno and Penn State. He didn't deserve shit after all this came to light.

[bignick33]

Are we to believe that not one of the members of the board of Trustees knew anything about this 8 year debacle??? I for one am tired of the lack of moral responsibility of "institutions" who can sanctimoniously "protect the interests" of the institution when issues of simple individual decency are ignored. Paterno should have been fired for a lapse in moral responsibility as should the president. Powerless victims destroyed by those who wanted to protect the "institution";

Given how far the BOT is from day to day operations of the university, I doubt they knew. In fact, they were probably amongst those from whom the horrifying details were kept, because they were an an entity that obviously had the power to act upon the info.

[SeaCaptim]

Maddsen (sp) the Pittsburgh based writer who has written about PSU story for some time, indicates that two prominent columnists are working a related story about Joe Paterno's football program. The story being investigated, involves the potential "pimping" of young boys-to large Penn State donors. Also, Dennis & Callahan read that the state (Pennsylvania) authorized $8 million for Sandusky's Second Mile organization-money that was targeted for a housing facility for troubled boys.

[EagleWolverine]

Has anyone mentioned that Francisco Spazerelli, Penn State graduate with deep PSU ties, motivator and mentor of young men, who studied under renowned disciplinarian and former marine core sniper Tobias O'Brien, is the perfect man to come in and clean up the mess in Happy Valley?

[b0mberMan]

This press conf is painful

Real transcript

[bignick33]

Listening to the Fan in Pittsburgh, the host mentioned that the filthy ginger is being protected by a whistle blower law. I hadn't heard anything about this. Is this even possible?

[bignick33]

Also, look at the date on this:

http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/s ... f6878.html

[2001Eagle]

Mike and Mike had Bill Curry on the radio this morning (yes I know thet suck but sports radio in Chicago blows) and when asked by Golic what his thoughts were on the firing of JoePa, Curry said that only the PSU BOT and current/former plays were in a position to comment on it and then went off on a ramble that concluded with him saying (this is almost a direct quote) "99% of people have regrets about a situation in which they could have done more or helped more and only those people who are 100% perfect can pass judgment."

I mean what the fuck?

[tallsy]

Maddsen (sp) the Pittsburgh based writer who has written about PSU story for some time, indicates that two prominent columnists are working a related story about Joe Paterno's football program. The story being investigated, involves the potential "pimping" of young boys-to large Penn State donors

Rumor is that Second Mile kids were sent to large donor's houses unsupervised, which is unheard of. The implication not being good.