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[Cyan]

If there is one thing to learn from this incident and others is that you should always go to your city/county police if you are in serious trouble. Never go to university police. They will always cover it to try not to hurt the university's reputation.

Though it won't necessarily help. Wasn't it the actual city/county people that buried the Jerramy Stevens rape case at UW?

My point is we don't know what happened yet. For all we know the conversation could have went like this:

JoePa: Tim, you won't believe what I just heard about Sandusky.
Tim Curley: Oh shit, no way. I will get a hold of Gary Schultz and we will take care of it.
JoePa: Thanks for looking into this.

You forgot the next line in the script.

JoePa (to self): Now that I have fulfilled my legal obligations, I can safely ignore the implications of this and act as though everything's a-ok!

 

[samus i am]

Fucking Christ.

No, this is about fucking children. Way worse IMHO.

 

[KHarvey16]

Boy, is this guy right! I'm going to read the rest now.



...he has been set up by raped children! What are this kids plotting???

You know what they say about raped children...give them six inches and they take a mile.



That's terrible.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

No, this is about fucking children. Way worse IMHO.

amen.

 

[ProtoCents]

I can't tell who is a Penn State alum in this thread or if they really care about Joe Pa. Who gives a fuck about him. Let him eat Sandusky Blitz.

 

[Sanjuro]

You know what they say about raped children...give them six inches and they take a mile.



That's terrible.

 

[Buckethead]

 

[Schmitty]

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[samus i am]

You forgot the next line in the script.

JoePa (to self): Now that I have fulfilled my legal obligations, I can safely ignore the implications of this and act as though everything's a-ok!

Kind of my point. At this point we would have to be mind readers to know Joe was trying to cover it up. Let's just wait for all of the facts to come in.

 

[ZedIndyLil]

Boy, is this guy right! I'm going to read the rest now.



...he has been set up by raped children! What are this kids plotting???

Har...har har. OK, using "set up" obscured my point. What I meant is that there's this narrative being put forward that it's all about Joe Paterno, which certainly sells in the media, when the problem seems much bigger than that. Many more heads than Joe's should roll.

 

[Sanjuro]

Har...har har. OK, using "set up" obscured my point. What I meant is that there's this narrative being put forward that it's all about Joe Paterno, which certainly sells in the media, when the problem seems much bigger than that. Many more heads than Joe's should roll.

Well the fact he is set to coach this weekend is a pretty big deal.

Penn State students at JoePa's house now with supporting signs

What could they possibly say?

 

[Cyan]

Kind of my point. At this point we would have to be mind readers to know Joe was trying to cover it up. Let's just wait for all of the facts to come in.

Actions speak louder than internal monologue.

Or in this case, lack of action.

 

[C Jones]

Actions speak louder than internal monologue.

Or in this case, lack of action.

Easy. JoePa wears many hats, but none of them give him time to make a couple of phone calls.

 

[Schmitty]

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[Sanjuro]

We love Joe, stuff along those lines.

Sickening. Probably the same occupy crew.

 

[Maxim726X]

We love Joe, stuff along those lines.

We love Joe for protecting child molesters?

Gotta stand up for something, I guess.

 

[samus i am]

We love Joe for protecting child molesters?

Gotta stand up for something, I guess.

Not sure if you read this, but he alerted University officials when he got the news.

 

[Sanjuro]

Not sure if you read this, but he alerted University officials when he got the news.

Hey, uh, you get that rape thing I sent ya?

 

[venne]

Not sure if you read this, but he alerted University officials when he got the news.

Good show, face of the university. Way to give it 110%.

 

[Maxim726X]

Not sure if you read this, but he alerted University officials when he got the news.

I heard something about it... But he runs that school. He should have said something then. Just firing him and letting him abuse someone else is just as wrong.

 

[schuelma]

Joe Pa holding some sort of surreal off the cuff PC outside his window

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Joe Pa holding some sort of surreal off the cuff PC outside his window

Pretty historic in a college sports sort of way.

 

[Sanjuro]

Joe Pa holding some sort of surreal off the cuff PC outside his window

What the fuck is this shit?

 

[brucewaynegretzky]

Joe Pa holding some sort of surreal off the cuff PC outside his window

Seriously, this entire thing seems so out of character for him. Everything about him has always exuded class (sorry NHL-Gaf...). If he did do something wrong I would be willing to bet it was a crime of carelessness rather than intent.

 

[Schmitty]

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[samus i am]

Wow, it just hit me. Paterno is finished.

 

[Fenderputty]

Hey, uh, you get that rape thing I sent ya?

NO no man ... his job is too important to be bothered with following up on a rape cases. No way his mind was in the right place. Clearly thinking of the X's and the O's ... the important thing ... Penn State Football.

 

[BertramCooper]

Joe Pa holding some sort of surreal off the cuff PC outside his window

This is so fucking bizarre.

 

[Maxim726X]

Seriously, this entire thing seems so out of character for him. Everything about him has always exuded class (sorry NHL-Gaf...). If he did do something wrong I would be willing to bet it was a crime of carelessness rather than intent.

Bullshit. Paterno fires him and now he's free to continue abusing children.

No fucking excuse.

 

[yankeehater]

Wow, it just hit me. Paterno is finished.

Mike Missanelli host a sports talk show on 97.5 in Philly and he is a PSU alum and he said today that from talking to people with the university there is no way Joe Pa keeps his job.

 

[samus i am]

Mike Missanelli host a sports talk show on 97.5 in Philly and he is a PSU alum and he said today that from talking to people with the university there is no way Joe Pa keeps his job.

I'm starting to see that now.

Now I'm thinking about going to Beaver Stadium for the Nebraska game. Should be super historic.

 

[Sanjuro]

What is with your vendetta against JoePa?! I get it, you think that he didn't do enough but don't you think a man who has been around for that long and has done many great things for the university deserves some reasonable doubt?! He wasn't the one who did the crime. He did what he thought was expected of him.

Yes, morally he could have done more, and so could have all of the other chain of command.

I think you should read more into it.

 

[Schmitty]

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[AlteredBeast]

I'm starting to see that now.

Now I'm thinking about going to Beaver Stadium for the Nebraska game. Should be super historic.

Won't be good for the coach to go out with a loss...

 

[Sanjuro]

Well I was on point with my "occupy" comment. Fucking idiots.

 

[Novid]

What the fuck is this shit?

A legend destroyed. Nuff Said.

 

[BertramCooper]

Saturday's game is going to be crazy.

I've read about no fewer than four different student movements in preparation for the game, including:

-A Blue Out
-A Teal Out (teal being the color for victims of sexual assault)
-Don't show up
-Be silent during the game

Et cetera, et cetera. It will be interesting to see if any take hold.

 

[Novid]

Saturday's game is going to be crazy.

I've read about no fewer than four different student movements in preparation for the game, including:

-A Blue Out
-A Teal Out (teal being the color for victims of sexual assault)
-Don't show up
-Be silent during the game

Et cetera, et cetera. It will be interesting to see if any take hold.

ESPN on the case... years too late.

 

[Dude Abides]

I wonder if and how the reaction would have gone differently if we weren't in the middle of CFB season.

 

[Sanjuro]

Saturday's game is going to be crazy.

I've read about no fewer than four different student movements in preparation for the game, including:

-A Blue Out
-A Teal Out (teal being the color for victims of sexual assault)
-Don't show up
-Be silent during the game

Et cetera, et cetera. It will be interesting to see if any take hold.

I would imagine that would be enough to make a athlete cry.

 

[Maxim726X]

I have.

Have you? In a situation like this (assuming he knew) there is only one right way to handle it. And it wasn't handled that way.

 

[schuelma]

Saturday's game is going to be crazy.

I've read about no fewer than four different student movements in preparation for the game, including:

-A Blue Out
-A Teal Out (teal being the color for victims of sexual assault)
-Don't show up
-Be silent during the game

Et cetera, et cetera. It will be interesting to see if any take hold.

I just do not see how Paterno will be the coach Saturday. This thing is just insane.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

I just do not see how Paterno will be the coach Saturday. This thing is just insane.

Maybe he'll be in the box? Unless he's been in the box already most of the season and not on the sidelines.

 

[Novid]

Well I was on point with my "occupy" comment. Fucking idiots.

and then people stated I was silly when i called these guys out on there motives. Not the idea or the message - the motive.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I don't know about that. If what people here believe is true then maybe. But I wouldn't be surprised to see JoePa come out pissed and tell people he actually did follow up and was lead to believe it was investigated and that Sandusky was innocent. JoePa seems pissed. If that's the case you have to believe there's a reason he feels like he's being thrown under the bus.

If he thought the investigation was done and Sandusky was innocent why did he keep McQuery on his staff? If Sandusky is innocent doesn that make his WR coach a liar?

 

[schuelma]

Sigh. PSU students chanting seven nation army outside Joe Pa's house. A regular fucking pep rally.

 

[Novid]

Sigh. PSU students chanting seven nation army outside Joe Pa's house. A regular fucking pep rally.

This is the biggest joke in the games history.

 

[Maxim726X]

Sigh. PSU students chanting seven nation army outside Joe Pa's house. A regular fucking pep rally.

Yeah... Not sure I get it. Chance to get on TV maybe?

 

[mambadragon]

Yeah... Not sure I get it. Chance to get on TV maybe?

It's just a common song played by the band at the games. There's no reason other than idiots looking to have a party.

 

[schuelma]

Yeah... Not sure I get it. Chance to get on TV maybe?

I think its more kids are stupid and they love Joe Pa. I doubt they are thinking very rationally at the moment.