this will make us stronger in the long run (2 seasons from now). but this season is very concerning.

You know, I am really torn by this one. As much as I’d love for these guys to stay off thw\e police blotter, how bad is this in the grand scheme of things? It’s a stupid mistake. Nobody got hurt. A second chance is in order.

What struck me more than any other comment in Joe’s weekly presser was the comment on Ware’s weight. Hell, how many schools would play kids to get what they can out of them. Joe seemed genuinely concerned about Ware’s weight – not for the sake of the team – but for the sake of the kid’s own health now, and later in life.

I’m sure he cares about the these two kids, also, and will give them a second chance.
Did they goof up? Sure, but they paid their dues. Evans will have paid, literally, in dollars when draft time rolls around.

I get, the less I care about stuff like this as well. However, I think people need to stay consistent and give other programs who have kids get in trouble the same understanding. I don’t know that PSU fans are very good at doing that.

This guy on FSU had the same thing as Evans and Koroma and a gun, and he received two game suspension. Utilizing the disciplinary policy of Paterno’s only comparable contemporary, had Evans and Koroma possessed firearms, they could have been on the field last week.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_college_fsu/2008/09/with-preston-pa.html

Unless things have changed during the past 10 years or so, in Centre County, under “section 17” you can plead no contest to this charge and pay a few hundred dollar fine and get six months of probabtion. If you stay out of trouble for a full year, the charge gets expunged from your record. I think you’re only eligible for section 17 if you have a clean record, but I bet these guys do.

In any event, as section 17 illustrates, centre county, believe it or not, is fairly lenient on pot smokers, for their first offense at least. I trust Joe will be too (relatively). As other have pointed out, three weeks is a fairly long suspension for something like this in college. Hopefully, they’ll be back for the big ten season. Although mostly, I just want a firm date as to when they’ll be allowed to dress again.

…I’d call that tool up at ESPN, explain to him exactly what he (Joe) did to his kids here, then have a list prepared of everything that has happened around college football this season, and list the penalties, and tell the dude to get the hell off his lawn. Really, this is a joke. If Joe is 50, this doesn’t happen. Period.

As far as I’m concerned, yea, maybe Joe doesn’t have the vice-grip he had on this program before, however, I still think he exercises a lot more control than a lot of other big time coaches. I’d much rather have a guy that is losing a little control that a dirtbag who CHOOSES to have no control over his kids.

interesting……….that aint much.

The cutoff for the charge of possession of a small amount of marijuana is 30 grams. Penn State assistant police chief Thomas Sowerby said the amount associated with the charges against Evans and Koroma was roughly "less than a gram per person."

about some dope/underage drinking/fights if they are seperate incidents. These are college kids 18-22 and things happen when you are young and dumb.

Here is my problem, these jokers know that the team is on the radar of the coaches/police/etc…and they still keep doing stuping things. Not good judgement.

Since they have sat for two weeks already, I am guessing that JoePa knows something we don’t. Probably also something the police don’t know.

Either

1. The other people they were worth are criminals.
2. The drug test showed more than weed.

I am still leaning towards the probability that Joe is just sending a message to the rest of the team. Screw up and have fun riding the pine.

I don’t care how good they are. they represent penn state, and with all of the players that have gotten in trouble over the past few years you can bet that they have gotten the speech from the coaches over and over again. Not only were these guys stupid enough to get the cops called to their apartment, but they were even dumber in still having pot in their house after the 40 minute delay it took the cops to get a warrant. I say screw them; I don’t care how long they sit. They message needs to be sent to the rest of the players that if you play for Penn State there is no tolerance for this bullshit.