Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State

[Monkeydad]

Apparently the Big Ten was considering removing Penn State's membership in the conference. They just decided to take the $13million/year in Bowl money instead.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Indiana Hoosiers rip them apart on the gridiron every year from now on.

Looking over their schedule, they open with the Ohio Bobcats, a good team...not the usual cupcake opener.

Then Virginia, Navy and Temple before the Big 10 teams.

They could lose every game.

I especially want Navy to blow their doors off...a program with real role models, unlike PSU.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Apparently the Big Ten was considering removing Penn State's membership in the conference. They just decided to take the $13million/year in Bowl money instead.

I'm looking forward to seeing the Indiana Hoosiers rip them apart on the gridiron every year from now on.

Looking over their schedule, they open with the Ohio Bobcats, a good team...not the usual cupcake opener.

Then Virginia, Navy and Temple before the Big 10 teams.

They could lose every game.

I especially want Navy to blow their doors off...a program with real role models, unlike PSU.

I imagine they'll be competitive this year with seniors and juniors choosing to stay. It'll be the depth and the future teams that will most likely cause the PSU program to suffer. Not like PSU was that great to begin with. Over the past decade, I think they've average 8 wins a season? Pretty mediocre if you ask me.

[firstdown]

Do we know if anyone beat the statue with a flip flop?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Do we know if anyone beat the statue with a flip flop?

Someone on the local talk radio station just suggested the melt the bronze statue down into some kind of commemorative coins and sell them with the profits going to charity since a lot of people would want a piece of that statue.

Sounds OK aside from the sick part about selling that statue to the twisted Paterno-worshippers, even if they money will do good.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Sounds OK aside from the sick part about selling that statue to the twisted Paterno-worshippers, even if they money will do good.

My preccciooouss!!

[SmootSmack]

Penn State president: Program faced multiyear shutdown – USATODAY.com

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Exactly my thoughts, especially the last paragraph.

Although I'd be more for a 14-year hiatus...matching the KNOWN length of the cover-up. If we find it went further back than 1998, extend that break. If PSU really wants to show they're more concerned about the victims than football, I think not having football for a while would be appropriate. Even with their dismantled teams, the fans and school are still going to put their football team first. PSU fandom is a disease.

While I agree, I think you are underestimating the impact these punishments will have on the next breed of PSU fans/football players. The older diehards will remain, but you need to keep the supply coming. Sure their kids may be fans, but after the team suffers for a decade, why would the next decade support the team as much? Younger HS players rarely care about loyality, especially if it means associated yourself with a tarnished name.

I have several good friends and family that went to PSU so I know exactly what you are talking about, but I guess I just feel the impact will be a bit more than a slap on the wrist.

[Monkeydad]

The football program, from top to bottom, maybe even including players since some of this happened in the team locker room, all covered up Sandusky's sins. The football program was punished as it should have been.

Of course fans and current players will be impacted by ANY punishment to the football program. You can't avoid that and shouldn't consider it when taking appropriate disciplinary actions against the guilty party...the football program.

I'm sick of the fans, students, media and anyone else whining about "punishing innocent people". The football program did this and the football program was punished. Any collateral damage...too bad, it could not be avoided.

These crybabies should consider themselves lucky that they'll have ANY games to see this year.


Breaking news: The "boy in the shower" just came forward and said he's suing Penn State and he has voicemails recorded from Sandusky "confessing his love" for the boy.

At least we know he is still alive, unlike the DA who was investigating him.

[NC_Skins]

Penn State Nittany Lions -- Trustees to file appeal, federal lawsuit upon denial - ESPN


These new BoT assholes the alumni have voted in are pathetic. At this point, I wouldn't care if they carpet bombed the place into oblivion.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Penn State Nittany Lions -- Trustees to file appeal, federal lawsuit upon denial - ESPN


These new BoT assholes the alumni have voted in are pathetic. At this point, I wouldn't care if they carpet bombed the place into oblivion.

typical, let sh*t calm down and then we will fight it tooth and nail.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

typical, let sh*t calm down and then we will fight it tooth and nail.

Well, if a representative of Penn State accepted the deal, to save Penn State from a multi-year death penalty. Then Penn state reneges on the deal...

[Monkeydad]

I decided to redesign PSU's football uniforms for them.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

Well, if a representative of Penn State accepted the deal, to save Penn State from a multi-year death penalty. Then Penn state reneges on the deal...

My thought exactly.
Ban'em.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

My thought exactly.
Ban'em.

.....again I believe this should have been done from the start,the death penalty.We have one of these idiots at work ,a manger graduated 4th in his class at PSU...and still thinks they are being picked on.The death penalty will stop this ,no games , no tailgating....etc.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by Giantone

.....again I believe this should have been done from the start,the death penalty.We have one of these idiots at work ,a manger graduated 4th in his class at PSU...and still thinks they are being picked on.The death penalty will stop this ,no games , no tailgating....etc.

I'm with you.

As long as these cultist PSU fans have games to go to so they can have their regular Saturday parties, they're not going to grasp that they did something wrong. They're crying over the statue coming down and no Bowl Game winter vacation for a few years and they still don't seem to understand WHY they're being punished.

I wanted the death penalty for them so they're forced to stop and think about what happened instead of living in their blue and white football fantasyland.

I'm a huge football fan myself, but Penn Staters treat it like a religion. I have Skins stuff hanging up in my house but I don't have literal shrines to the coach, it's disturbing. Even worse, if our coach or team did something like this, I wouldn't leave those shrines hanging up. It's sick.

They're treating these punishments as a rally call to help the team and school. They're going to show up and cheer for their losing team, they're vowing to increase their contributions to help pay for the fines...they just don't get it. Shut it down and they might.