Penn State Scandal Thread

[Mierin]

http://deadspin.com/...ue-this-weekend

Reports that the statue is coming down this weekend

They're going to need an armed guard

 

[NUance]

"Joe Paterno's a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can't take away the greatness of this man," Pinkel said. "He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can't erase all that this guy's done. You can't do that. Nobody can do that."LINK

lol. Oh Gary. You crack me up sometimes. :lol:

 

[huKSer]

"Joe Paterno's a friend that I got to know professionally, and you can't take away the greatness of this man," Pinkel said. "He was a great man. However you analyze this, you can't erase all that this guy's done. You can't do that. Nobody can do that."LINK

lol. Oh Gary. You crack me up sometimes. :lol:

I was going to post that . . .

 

[Nexus]

It's official. Paterno statue coming down.

LINK

 

[Nexus]

Via @centredailycom:

 

[Nexus]

(CBS News) CBS News has learned that the NCAA will announce what a high-ranking association source called "unprecedented" penalties against both the Penn State University football team and the school.
"I've never seen anything like it," the source told correspondent Armen Keteyian.

Continue Reading

 

[manitobahusker]

Apparently tomorrow at 9AM the NCAA is going to drop the hammer down on PSU.

 

[HuskerFowler]

http://www.cbsnews.c...nst-penn-state/

Says there will be unprecedented penalties announced tommorrow.

 

[HuskerFowler]

@schadjoe: Penn State sanctions expected to be extremely harsh and could even be perceived as more damaging long-term than "death penalty"

@schadjoe: Penn State facing loss of bowl/s and scholarships, but not so-called death penalty

@schadjoe: Sanctions were not self-imposed or agreed to. This is Emmert taking a stand he felt he had to due to horrors in Freeh Report

A guy on another site says his brother got called up..meaning national guard stuff...for riot protection

 

[huKSer]

Ooooo, the JoePa apologists will be coming out of the woodwork.

 

[Excel]

@schadjoe: Penn State sanctions expected to be extremely harsh and could even be perceived as more damaging long-term than "death penalty"
@schadjoe: Penn State facing loss of bowl/s and scholarships, but not so-called death penalty

@schadjoe: Sanctions were not self-imposed or agreed to. This is Emmert taking a stand he felt he had to due to horrors in Freeh Report

A guy on another site says his brother got called up..meaning national guard stuff...for riot protection

I really doubt the guard bit.

 

[HuskerFowler]

Tearing down the statue as we speak

I dont doubt it, better to be prepared then wish you were.

Didnt know you were a Braves fan Bucky, thats a point for you in my book....your up to -4 lol

 

[cscott2win]

Whatever happens it will have a ripple effect throughout the B1G. As NU's protected cross division rival it could affect us a lot.

 

[HuskerExpat]

Looks like our crossover game is about to get significantly easier in the future...

 

[Excel]

I heard the NCAA was planning to move PSU to the ACC and the powers that be in State College opted for the death penalty instead.

Yea so...time to call ND.