Set a good example? What do you mean? Rioting? Flipping-over vehicles? Causing random property damage?
Isn't that the "Success With Honor", Penn State Way of doing things?
Boycott the game?
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Isn't that the "Success With Honor", Penn State Way of doing things?
Maybe he meant to go worship at the house of a hypocritical football coach who enabled a pedophile. Make sure you genuflect and carry a lit candle out of respect for the almighty.
It won't be on national TV...it will most likely be a noon kickoff on ESPN 2 or something similar.
The buccos have a night game that Sat so a noon kick is almost a guarantee....pathetic
Yeah it was
and talk about boycotting or not playing the game is one of the screwiest things ever written on these pages........and SMF posts here
I'm just pragmatic. I never impose "higher standards" on myself, I figure out the minimum requirements and look for "angles" to circumvent things, I don't play "spirit of the rules" BS. That's not cheating. Then again, if all our competition is cheating, then standing at the podium and holding the trophy, going to meet the President, being paid million$, being celebrated and NEVER being punished, I'd rather fight fire with fire than be at the bottom of the heap bragging about how moral I am.
I kind of have to figure out how I would explain this to my son who is heading to Pitt in August after telling him for years how great this rivalry was...
Dad: Pitt has decided to boycott and not play the game against Penn State.
Son: Why?
Dad: Because it looks like Joe Paterno had a longer history of covering up Sandusky's pedophile crimes for a much longer time than anyone ever imagined.
Son: What does that have to do with Pitt?
Dad: Son, despite my efforts to pre-program you to resist the effort to base everything in life on emotion and feigned self-righteousness (to politically approved opinions only) and the never ending desire to find offense everywhere that you will find on campus, it constantly will surround you. So, in conclusion...The game involving kids and coaches that had nothing to do with any of this on both sides and looked forward to for years by hundreds of thousands will be boycotted so that others can pretend to feel good about themselves...
Son: that sucks
...Why? That's STUPID! Why exactly, to placate the "holier than thou", like yourself! RIDICULOUS, it's a BIG PAYDAY/MONEY MAKER for the team and school, and renewing the rivalry just makes so much sense any way you look at it. You're not interested, fine, go find some quiet place and cry for the victims in private, lots of PITT FANS are sick of hearing about it.
Unfortunately, it is not only about what happened in the past. That University still has a great sickness that is pervasive throughout its fanbase and administration. I don't want to have anything to do with it in exchange for a few hours of beating them on the gridiron.
you have no idea as to how pervasive it is throughout its fan base or its administration...you know of a bunch of online comment section warriors and message board knuckleheads...
Honestly, WHO CARES? Who appointed you or Pitt or any of us to cure their "great sickness".
Better to just go out and curb stomp them while they're down. I know how Narduzzi and Dantonio used to get their players revved up for the Michigan game. It's happening here too. Duzzi knows the motivational value of a rivalry and being the underdog in it. He started smack talking PSU the second he was hired.
Hopefully we see "40 minutes of unnecessary roughness" to quote Narduzzi after his defense put a physical beatdown on Michigan a few years back.
and WTF is this nonsense about "Pitt using the scandal to extend the series" bullsh!t? What the hell are you even talking about?
You're cluelessYou do realize that the only reason this 4 game series is happening is because of the Sandusky scandal, right? Pitt is taking advantage of Penn State's misfortune for a few extra dollars, which I find repulsive. But look on the bright side, maybe the latest revelations will lead to another extension of the series.
Pitt has tried to get this game on the schedule since the last time it was played
The vindictive egomaniac blocking it is dead.
There will be future games if not annually and that is a good thing
That's not true, most Pitt fans aren't obsessed with this anymore. Most are LIKE ME, ready for the big game with Penn State and never thinking about the "scandal" anymore at all.
Why do you care? It seems like you are somehow trying to make them bow down, apologize and agree with you? Who cares?
Well - you must care what we think since you've taken the time to be on the PITT message board, posting.
I like coming here to hear about pitt football. Instead I see this crap. If it was me in that locker room with Sandusky I beat the shit out of him and drag him to the cops. Any sensible father/human being knows this. I don't know what happened and the truth will come out. No sensible psu fan wants to cover up child sex abuse because of football. Again that's all it is, football. I'm going to this game in the fall and expect to be treated with respect and some razing. If I hear a ped state chant I will record it on my phone and send it to my local media. Now that being said my family went to both psu and pitt, we will be tailgating together in the gold lot. Hope to see all of you there as well enjoying an old rivalry. All this crap is ruining the game.
Jerry would have kicked your a$$ all over that shower room, then dragged YOUR puny bones out to the dumpster, or more likely, as appears to be your preference, you would have recorded it on your phone secretly and quietly to later send to the local media.to garner the attention that you so ravenously desire. At that point you would have come to the realization of whom you are and what this might do to the "WE ARE" delusion. You would have spent the next ten years telling your little secret to drunken friends, while deriding the victim and discussing the only really important issue: the next football game.
PITT Girl, I just googled worst fans bases.. nitwits #3 and mention of urine balloons...
The 10 College Football Fan Bases With The Worst Reputations
CS Staff
3. Penn State Fans
Twitter/PSU
Let’s be clear – long before the Sandusky scandal, Penn State fans had a bad reputation. There are plenty of stories that involve absurd cheers, projectiles, and, yes, urine-filled balloons. This year, Ohio State players accused Nittany Lions fans of blowing air hornsoutside their hotel the night before their game.
Most Penn State fans condemn everything that happened related to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including the possibility that Joe Paterno may have been an enabler to the situation. But not all Nittany Lions supporters seem to be on the same page, and the whole fan base gets killed for it.
When the Sandusky scandal first hit, much of the criticism centered around the idea that Penn State had a cultural problem – mainly that the football team was far too protected. Since, we’ve seen a number of fans continuing to praise the late Paterno, and whether that’s right or wrong, it’s casting a bad light on the group. There have been shirts sold in his honor. There have been (and will be) statues built in his honor. Heck, when PSU was taken off of its sanctions just a few months ago, students were seen on video chanting his name. So yes, while much in Happy Valley has changed for the better, there is still a bit of a stigma placed on the school and its fans.
CS Staff
3. Penn State Fans
Twitter/PSU
Let’s be clear – long before the Sandusky scandal, Penn State fans had a bad reputation. There are plenty of stories that involve absurd cheers, projectiles, and, yes, urine-filled balloons. This year, Ohio State players accused Nittany Lions fans of blowing air hornsoutside their hotel the night before their game.
Most Penn State fans condemn everything that happened related to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including the possibility that Joe Paterno may have been an enabler to the situation. But not all Nittany Lions supporters seem to be on the same page, and the whole fan base gets killed for it.
When the Sandusky scandal first hit, much of the criticism centered around the idea that Penn State had a cultural problem – mainly that the football team was far too protected. Since, we’ve seen a number of fans continuing to praise the late Paterno, and whether that’s right or wrong, it’s casting a bad light on the group. There have been shirts sold in his honor. There have been (and will be) statues built in his honor. Heck, when PSU was taken off of its sanctions just a few months ago, students were seen on video chanting his name. So yes, while much in Happy Valley has changed for the better, there is still a bit of a stigma placed on the school and its fans.
Actually debating selling my tickets for the PSU game. Oklahoma State is the next week and probably going to head there instead. Much bigger game that will likely get national coverage given Oklahoma State is ranked in the teens and likely to climb.
The 10 College Football Fan Bases With The Worst Reputations
CS Staff
3. Penn State Fans
Twitter/PSU
Let’s be clear – long before the Sandusky scandal, Penn State fans had a bad reputation. There are plenty of stories that involve absurd cheers, projectiles, and, yes, urine-filled balloons. This year, Ohio State players accused Nittany Lions fans of blowing air hornsoutside their hotel the night before their game.
Most Penn State fans condemn everything that happened related to the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including the possibility that Joe Paterno may have been an enabler to the situation. But not all Nittany Lions supporters seem to be on the same page, and the whole fan base gets killed for it.
When the Sandusky scandal first hit, much of the criticism centered around the idea that Penn State had a cultural problem – mainly that the football team was far too protected. Since, we’ve seen a number of fans continuing to praise the late Paterno, and whether that’s right or wrong, it’s casting a bad light on the group. There have been shirts sold in his honor. There have been (and will be) statues built in his honor. Heck, when PSU was taken off of its sanctions just a few months ago, students were seen on video chanting his name. So yes, while much in Happy Valley has changed for the better, there is still a bit of a stigma placed on the school and its fans.
Just curious--where do the hoopies rank on that list?
It's all too familiar isn't it?...this cultist garbage doesn't want any reminders of their coaches' and administrators' cover up and enabling of decades of child rape for fear of it ruining his football weekend. I sure he also doesn't want reminded of the steaming pool of filth the current coaching staff and school leadership was plucked out of. He thinks the DC news media would consider his pussy phone recording newsworthy even though the Post has been eviscerating his ilk. What an completely out of touch, self-absorbed loser. He'll deserve every single single reminder he and his fellow trash gets and probably much more so.
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" If it was me in that locker room with Sandusky I beat the shit out of him and drag him to the cops. Any sensible father/human being knows this " ... and what would you have done if you were the second person to hear of Sandusky in the locker room and came by this information from someone who had no reason to lie?
You ALWAYS take advantage, whenever you see an opening, TO GET PAID $$$$$ ! Pitt did exactly what you should do. Playing them and GETTING THE BIG PAY DAYS it will bring is the ONLY right thing to do. USING their scandal for leverage is SMART BUSINESS, and that's what matters. DOESN'T MATTER what the victims might think! JUST GET PAID!
Just a little tip, though I doubt that you have missed this low fruit: There is always at least a little money in the poor boxes in churches. And this one's right up your alley : selling the organs from unclaimed corpses. Adolescent and infant parts pay particularly well.
I heard from a very good source that the Paterno statue will be melted down this summer and will be made into mini statues which will be given out to the first lucky 409 fans before the Kent State game this year.
The statues will be bronze but the head will be made so Joe can look the other way when needed.
The statues will be bronze but the head will be made so Joe can look the other way when needed.
You've put your finger on the whole problem with UPS, and why so many consider it to be a cult. McQueary was brought up inside the program, pretty much, and revered it and the people involved so much that, rather than do what you or I would do, he went to dear old dad, who concluded that they needed to talk to Joe. That is the problem, and the cult of personality that Paterno built encouraged that sort of reaction, rather than the reaction that any normal person would have.
