They know not what they do...
The fans are in denial, they have no perspective, and they feel the world has cornered them. For some of them, it might be a couple days, or a couple weeks, or a couple months, but they'll get over their emotional attachment to the football program and to JoePa and actually gain some perspective on just how disturbing this story is, and they'll probably regret their actions from tonight.
The way JoePa has spoken is also quite disturbing, but he's in denial just as much as the fans are. He may still be in denial about the whole thing, going all the way back to 2002. He and the fans have without a doubt lost perspective, but I think for the majority of those fans, it's a temporary lapse, and not something I would judge them too harshly on.
Does go to show why there's a pretty good case to be made for PSU forfeiting this Saturday... They currently just don't have any clue what this really is...
No doubt there are fans in denial. Just hope they come to the realization someday they made a mistake protesting like this. We will always have "those fans", that will protest. It would have happened here also if the same events happend just the way our culture is. I'm sure and hope the majority of Penn State fans are thinking more clearly. Hopefully this is just a small bunch of fans.