Paterno Statue Down/PSU Penalties?

IrishBoognish

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You have to look at the motivation. The very reason they orchestrated the cover-up was to protect their football brand. They feared the backlash and fines and in the end they got a slap on the wrist and almost all of their punishments were undone.


I truly don't understand how some people still don't get this.

The cover up, which led to countless more kids getting raped, was done solely to protect the football program.

This isn't hard.
 

DomerInHappyValley

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I will get hate for this but I don’t know what a bunch of atrocities committed by old men has to do with Penn State’s record on the field. The sanctions were an overreach by the NCAA.
Paterno was on his way out in the early 2000's.
The 2005 team that went 11-1 saved his job.
2003 and 2004 he missed being bowl eligible and the local media was making a lot of noise that the game had passed him by. At a school that historically is happy with 8 or 9 win seasons with the odd 10+ win season thrown in.

Noah Spence dropped Penn State from consideration as soon as the news of the cover up broke and he was considered a Penn State lean at the time.

I'm going to assume that if they had reported this in 2001 about the actions of a coach emritus like Sandusky was that 2005 team isn't exactly the same.

Do Posluzny and Connor end up at Penn State?
Willams probably doesn't since he was from D.C.
 

Irishdrunk

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I truly don't understand how some people still don't get this.

The cover up, which led to countless more kids getting raped, was done solely to protect the football program.

This isn't hard.
Do you realize the principal and assistant principal of the first victim stayed on their jobs despite telling the kid’s mom to “think about” not reporting on Sandusky. Incredible
 

Jiggafini19Deux

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That place is a complete cult. It’s actually scary how deluded they are about this.

I really didn't get a true understanding of how correct this is until I saw the Happy Valley documentary on Netflix. Some of the stories and op eds I'd read over the years didn't really do it justice until I saw Happy Valley. It gives you a real visual of just how sick those people really are.
 

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Why are there so many sex criminals in the B1G? Maybe we should go to the SEC if we do end up having to join one.
Come on! We're more into seducing morally challenged, slightly tipsy sorority girls, not all that pedo/homo B1G nonsense. Plus, you could play Kelly and LSU each year, get to party with Joey Freshwater, and eat like kings all season long at all the tailgate parties. I'll even teach you how to correctly use y'all and bless your heart. Best of all, if you win a championship, all the other teams will celebrate and chant "SEC!!!" even though they hate your guts and hope you die. 😄🏈
 

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Come on! We're more into seducing morally challenged, slightly tipsy sorority girls, not all that pedo/homo B1G nonsense. Plus, you could play Kelly and LSU each year, get to party with Joey Freshwater, and eat like kings all season long at all the tailgate parties. I'll even teach you how to correctly use y'all and bless your heart. Best of all, if you win a championship, all the other teams will celebrate and chant "SEC!!!" even though they hate your guts and hope you die. 😄🏈
If seducing morally challenged, slightly tipsy sorority girls is wrong...I don't wanna be right.
 
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GATTACA!

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Come on! We're more into seducing morally challenged, slightly tipsy sorority girls, not all that pedo/homo B1G nonsense. Plus, you could play Kelly and LSU each year, get to party with Joey Freshwater, and eat like kings all season long at all the tailgate parties. I'll even teach you how to correctly use y'all and bless your heart. Best of all, if you win a championship, all the other teams will celebrate and chant "SEC!!!" even though they hate your guts and hope you die. 😄🏈
Do we get the 1 SEC loss rankings buff?
 

Irish#1

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I will get hate for this but I don’t know what a bunch of atrocities committed by old men has to do with Penn State’s record on the field. The sanctions were an overreach by the NCAA.
What happened was criminal, but they (school, coaches and athletes) are members of the NCAA and the NCAA has bylaws that include conduct. PSU, Paterno, Sandusky failed in that area. NCAA didn't reach far enough IMO.
 

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As a guy in NEPA, I have a soft spot for PSU. I just can't bring myself to hate the university given the amount of friends and family I know that went there.

That said, this round of recruiting is delicious after the CFP win. Pitt is Penn State's little brother who is ND's little brother.
 

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PSU football is broke because they spent a lot of NIL money to keep Singleton, Allen, and Allar (I heard from a PSU friend acquaintance the three were in the $8 million dollar range for this upcoming season) Could have easily not paid one of the RBs and they wouldn’t have skipped a beat for this upcoming year IMO, and they’d actually have recruiting funds.
 

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Win a league title seems important to nobody.
And will only continue to increase in meaninglessness if their plan to have as many as four teams get into the playoffs goes through. Yeah, Ohio State won the national championship, but Oregon won the Big 10. Which one is the real prize?? Some real Bo Schembechler vibes there.
 

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