Tom Bradley Officially Interim Head Coach, Press Conference At 11
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 11:05 AM EST
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Tom Bradley has acted in this capacity before, and will speak about doing so again in a couple of minutes. You can get the feed from the Big Ten Network here. The corporate exodus has begun, starting with the backdrop, but not ending there.
The release, which is likely familiar to you:
As announced by The Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees Wednesday night, Tom Bradley will assume head coaching duties for the Penn State football team for the remainder of the 2011 season, replacing long-time head coach Joe Paterno.
In his 33rd season on the staff and 12th supervising one of the nation's top defenses, Bradley has played a large role in the success of the defense and recruiting efforts during his tenure. Bradley helped develop four All-Americans in the secondary. In addition to the defensive backs, Bradley also has coached five other positions, including outside linebackers and defensive ends, coordinated the special teams and served as recruiting coordinator, bringing numerous prep standouts to Penn State throughout his tenure. Shane Conlan, O.J. McDuffie, Kim Herring, David Macklin, Bryan Scott, Alan Zemaitis, Justin King, Lydell Sargeant and D'Anton Lynn are among the standouts he has coached.
Bradley was a football letterman at Penn State in 1977-78, a graduate assistant in 1979 and became a full-time staff member in 1980. He is a graduate of Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, Pa.
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This is unacceptable to me.
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by Swiggs on Nov 10, 2011 11:12 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
agreed
If the media should go after someones job it should be his.
Is the feeling around there
that everybody will be gone after the season? Yes, new AD and coach bringing in new people and all, but I mean will the regents push for a complete sweep of everybody? Or is it too early to tell?
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by chitownhawkeye on Nov 10, 2011 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
Everyone is gone
They’ll probably find out from the BOT in a text message after an “emergency pancake breakfast” at IHOP.
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 11:24 AM EST up reply actions 16 recs
I just laughed for the first time today.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
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by Adam Collyer on Nov 10, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
Sadly it was said with as much vitriol as human possible to put on the internet
I mean really SBN, you have Strikethrough but not Vitriol?
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Like I said in the now absent post
Sadly, I think there is a very big chance that this is 100% accurate
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Yes, I just laughed for the first time today as well
Thank you!
"That's why you don't play! 'Cuz you're no good!" -Joe Paterno
No, they don't have enough class for text messages.
They’ll gather everyone at the practice field and hire a pilot to pull one of those banners with “YOU ARE ALL HERBY TERMINATED FROM YOUR POSITIONS – SO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE MEMORIES.”
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:38 AM EST up reply actions
I was thinking more along the lines of:
“This message will self destruct in…”
Only they’d forget to put in the warning.
"This is being a Penn State fan. We’ll prove it, or we won’t. It’s not about proving it to them, it’s about proving to ourselves."
by mvrck on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Screw them all forever.
I didn’t go to Penn State and I hate them for what they’ve done to the reputation.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
actually it will be a note
“If you’d like to know the status of your job, send F@CKED to 44233”
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 6 recs
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Thank you
I just laughed for the first time in a while
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by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Too early to tell
On one hand, I think a lot of people want a fresh start. On the other, he was at or near the top of JoePa replacement candidates a week ago.
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Beat Nebraska.
My statement is geared toward the scandal...
Anyone who knew anything about this needs to go right now. You can’t just fire Joe and Spanier. McQueary also had a hand, you can’t let Joe go without kicking Mike to the streets as well. Letting him coach is a mistake.
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Well, nobody fired Spanier.
So there’s that.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Nov 10, 2011 11:28 AM EST up reply actions
Or Curley
"That Craig James gets such prominent assignments remains a mystery on the D.B. Cooper scale."
Richard Deitsch on Craig James, who allegedly killed 5 hookers while at SMU.
by Pete the Streak on Nov 10, 2011 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
That's infuriating
If Joe deserves to be fired, Curley deserves to be drawn and quartered. I’m not sure either deserves any punishment, but we shall see
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by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 11:30 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
wait...what?
He’s no longer the President, though…are you saying b/c he agreed to resign?
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
He resigned and issued a statement that he never did anything wrong.
But rather, even though he was in no way responsible, and a great president for PSU, they happened to need all new leadership to whipe the slate clean.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
so after all this only Joe was fired?
thats what 60 years of loyalty gets you.
I used to think the best move Joe ever made was turning down the Patriots head coaching job in the 80s. Now it looks like his biggest blunder.
I'm sure he was given the opportunity to resign.
He even did, just not fast enough.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
Yeah, fire the whistleblower
That’ll turn out well for the University.
by PSU Mudder on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
They pretty much just did that
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
by jman07 on Nov 10, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
good luck convincing people
that “only” telling the administration and the head of police constitutes whistle blowing. he clearly left out the step where he notifies governor lepetomaine and gets a big harumph out of the board.
by swiggy04 on Nov 10, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm glad we've reached the snarky humor part of grief.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
What step is that again?
Im glad we were able to point some anger at ESPN last night.. I think that helped…. somewhat…
by archerbullseye on Nov 10, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
I think it goes as follows: denial, anger, rioting, outrage at rioting, snarky humor, acceptance
by VVeRPennState on Nov 10, 2011 12:14 PM EST up reply actions
Im glad we are all almost done then..
If I have another week like the last one I prbly wont have a job after it.
by archerbullseye on Nov 10, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Acceptance will take years.
I almost feel like I’ve lost a family member.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
in many ways we have
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by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
And I knew years ago I would feel like this
Which is why I don’t know if I’ll ever forgive the BoT for making this so much worse.
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by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
Me neither.
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by SarcasmJam on Nov 10, 2011 1:59 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I try to explain this to people
I get, “That’s what I thought, but read the GJ report”…ummm I did…Joe is mentioned 3 times I think? the other dozens in the ONE account…he appears to be the only one that did anything right…efffff I’m so pissed off at everything, everyone, all of it
"That's why you don't play! 'Cuz you're no good!" -Joe Paterno
And he defiantly practiced saying “do to the ongoing investigation” before this started.
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 11:10 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Ron Vanderlinden and LJSR will be co-d cords. We now have four coordinators.
Haven’t heard any questions about JayPa, surprisingly.
LJ calls the rush defense
Vanderlinen calls the pass defense
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 1:11 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Scrap doesnt wear a headset
Everyone yells at McQuery. (Kind of a low blow, sorry)
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Will there be football games after Saturday?
Seriously? That was a question? Are we just going to close the whole University too? Well, I guess we had a sexual predator, time to shut down Penn State for good.
"This is being a Penn State fan. We’ll prove it, or we won’t. It’s not about proving it to them, it’s about proving to ourselves."
by mvrck on Nov 10, 2011 11:16 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Yeah, i thought that question was absurd. If the University thought last night was bad, imagine if they announced they were cancelling the last two games?
I can hear the students now?
Is class cancelled?
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
But why would they cancel games?
I’ve heard others suggest shutting it all down for a year (self-imposed death penalty so to speak). Why would anyone…anyone…want to hurt the current student athletes? They’ve done nothing wrong and should not be punished for the transgressions of others.
"Illegitimus non Carborundum!" (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
Not getting it
PSU may not have an athletic dept when this is all said and done.
You guys are not getting the gravity of the situation.
I get the gravity
But there’s no way the athletic dept goes away. People may change, but athletics will remain…count on it. Too much revenue from football.
"Illegitimus non Carborundum!" (Don't let the bastards wear you down)
Also
Most people involved with athletics did nothing wrong. It would be unjust to punish all the student-athletes, who had NOTHING to do with this scandal. We still need to have investigations to find out how many employees in the Athletic Department aside from Curley knew about this, and if they did, they need to be fired as well. But you can’t wipe out all sports because of this.
Let's Go State!
by Gopher Broke on Nov 11, 2011 1:35 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah
He’s basically Luke Fickell only 10x more qualified and prepared for this. He’s been groomed for this for a long time, it just happened sooner than anyone would have liked
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
The fact that Bradley won't be retained is just another bit of icing to this crap cake.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
I hope they retain him.
However if it ever came out later that he knew somethng…wash rinse repeat.
Ah...there's the ten million dollar question.
Did Scrap know anything? As a defensive coach in the building, I almost say how could he not know. As I look back at all the rumors over the past years about discord on the coaching staff, could some of it be because of this…coaches knowing and wondering why Sandusky gets to use the facilities while others turn a blind eye? Ich.
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by RWReese on Nov 10, 2011 1:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
So it's impossible to tell, but if we're asking questions.
The fact that Sandusky was kept around the football building seems more damning to me by the minute.
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
(realize that’s not a question, I guess we should put a “why” in front of it and rearrange the words or something)
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 1:59 PM EST up reply actions
McQueary
should be gone.. and it seems inexplicable to me that he is not. Did he know that he wouldn’t be fired and that’s why he bought a new house here not too long ago?
by AlmostAYardShy on Nov 10, 2011 11:17 AM EST reply actions
He is a native, lived almost his whole life in State College
I would hope he has purchased a house by now.
But on a side note: if he came to my high school to recruit one of my boys I would think twice before I shook his hand.
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by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 11:19 AM EST up reply actions
it seems the majority of the people here would disagree with me but
Contingent on assuming the BOT fires mcqueary, I think the board of trustees did the right thing. I don’t see how you could kick out spanier immediately but let paterno finish the season. Its sending the message that you make exceptions for football.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m upset that Paterno is gone and I wish they would have at least let him coach against nebraska.
However, if mcqueary is on the sidelines Saturday, I rescind my statement of the BOT doing the right thing.
Let me know where I’m wrong :)
Tim Curley
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Spanier.
Was not fired. Sent in a letter of resignation in which he stated he did nothing wrong, but understood an entire change of leadership was necessary at a time like this. But seriously, he did nothing wrong.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Nov 10, 2011 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
TIM CURLEY AND GARY FREAKING SCHULTZ
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:06 PM EST up reply actions
^ Yes ^
what’s ‘known’ in the ‘supposed’ chain of command of reporting breaks down here…
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by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
What is also known
is that Jerry told Joe that he was a molester and that Joe willfully told no one. And told MM that if he wanted a job he wouldn’t tell a soul.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
according to mark madden
joe and jerry were pimps or something. the “news” is getting even more outlandish than i could ever imagine.
Im waiting for Rittenberg to post on twitter “Report: Justin Bieber one of the victims, will take another paternity test.”
Ask yourself what's more likely
That Mark Madden is telling the truth about something PSU related, or that Mark Madden has been raping little boys for the last 30 years?
I kid. Not really.
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Beat Nebraska.
Watch yourself, man.
Mark Madden is more subhuman than the Irish, but still, watch yourself.
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by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I'm not kidding. I could believe the latter long before the former
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This will go well
Jason Whitlock is trying to get a hold of Mark Madden for more information.
by Chris Grovich on Nov 10, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions
I usually like Whitlock
but he’s been so far off on this one it’s ridiculous.
I think the logic of why I feel the way I do is pretty sound, but the fact that I agree with David Jones more than Jason Whitlock is disturbing to me.
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He is apparently going to be on the O'Reilly factor tonight to talk about the scandal.
I am not sure if there has been a half hour of TV that I would want to see less than that.
by VVeRPennState on Nov 10, 2011 12:32 PM EST up reply actions
Don't get me started on O'Reilly
I agree with the guy about 60% of the time, but his thought process is so ridiculous and different from my own that I wish he would just shut up as to not take credibility from my opinion
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Are they trying to set a record
…for most poorly sourced report of all time?
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
by jesse. on Nov 10, 2011 12:45 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
they want it to be true.
10/9/11 - the day the music died.
by Esteban d' Amur on Nov 10, 2011 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
I would rather watch paint dry
Or grass grow.
Or Rambler pick his nose.
That is going to be some kind of awful.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Nobody can roll and flick a booger in one fluid motion like Rambler.
Nobody.
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by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
Well ESPN can switch your race for you apparently
so maybe they can work together on that issue.
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 1:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
the "What if Michael Vick was white?" thing
few months back. But lets let them judge morality.
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He didn't used to be. He used to be the best
No idea what happened there
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trying to make a name for himself
like so many others who used this as a chance to do some moral grandstanding.
let's go state
Meh - he called this week's events back in April
so, hmmhah.
Mark Madden is no source at all
It’s worse than quoting Howard Stern as an authority.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
I'd put those two as peers
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by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I consider Howard Stern to be far more trustworthy actually.
But they are peers, in that are on the radio for entertainment purposes only.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
by jesse. on Nov 10, 2011 12:21 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I consider a cat to be a better, more trustworthy source than Mark Madden.
I might even consider Tim Curley a more trustworthy source, if Tim Curley was actually capable of thinking.
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by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:22 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
oh i am not even giving what he said a shred of thought
im merely using it as an example of how these “journalists”, you know the ones who worked so hard to get us to understand what a scumbag joe was, are now pulling ridiculous headlines out of their rear ends in hope they make a name for themselves.
From Howard Bryant: “Wilson Ramos disappears in Venezuela. The question now becomes what did Joe Paterno know and why didnt he notify more people? If it was his venezualen catcher that disappeared, you think he wouldnt tell anyone?”
Where did you read that?
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by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
should have used sarcasm font
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
phewwwwww
/shakes off the curve ball
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by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 12:19 PM EST up reply actions
audio link
anyone have a link for the press conference other than BTN? It’s not working for me
Mike should step up...
…and step down. The fact that he is willingly coaching makes me more angry.
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by UPSUPhilly on Nov 10, 2011 11:20 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
"Get me coffee and drive me home from Mad Mex during the week"
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Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 11:23 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
Thank you
I needed that laugh.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
I dated a bartender at Mad Mex during college
She told many stories about serving Bradley legendary amounts of alcohol during the week, when the place was virtually empty.
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Beat Nebraska.
This doesn't surprise me.
I told you he was a boss.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
I'd love to hang out with him
Just not so sure I want a steady diet of soft zone for the rest of my life
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Beat Nebraska.
/watches Penn State run aggressive coverage and blitz against Iowa, watches Penn State shut down NW in the second half, prepares to post picture of suck it dog
I don’t know what it will take to convince you that Penn State’s defense is the best possible system in college football.
As if it all matters. Bradley is a man of integrity, but I highly doubt the BoT will keep anyone from the staff.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
Sigh
Smart QBs with receivers who catch the ball will always slaughter the soft zone. I hate seeing that. That being said, I don’t disagree
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"always"
Wrong. Hyperbolic and wrong. Vandenberg is a smart quarterback and his receivers catch the ball.
When Penn State has smart, disciplined, and talented defenders, the “soft zone” is almost unstoppable. Mostly because it’s only soft when Bradley doesn’t have the players he wants and needs.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:49 AM EST up reply actions
USC 2009 disagrees
Classic pro-style systems always seemt o give our defense the most problems.
ND 2006, MSU 2007, Iowa 2009....
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USC 2008 wouldn't give us the same trouble this year.
That’s my whole point. Our secondary was mediocre all through that year and USC had giant wide receivers and freaking Mark Sanchez at quarterback.
People always look at the exceptions to the rule and grade our defensive scheme as a failure because of emotional reaction to painful losses. It’s a great defense, the best, the most disciplined, and I’m stunned and saddened when I think that yet another great part of Penn State football is threatened.
I find the lack of appreciation for how great Tom Bradley is even worse now.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:55 AM EST up reply actions
There's no lack of appreciation
Seriously. The guy fielded a truly great defense every year from 04-09, and a solidly above average one in ‘10 in spite of youth, injuries, and a brutal schedule. It’s great again this year. It’s a great system, and he’s a great coach. You would have to be an idiot to not realize this.
That being said, I think commitment to that system has cost PSU a few games in recent years.
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Beat Nebraska.
I agree his system cost us a few games,
but it also won us several more games that our offense didn’t deserve to win.
by VVeRPennState on Nov 10, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
Go talk to Pete Carroll. With the players we had, I guarantee you he’ll say USC could have found a way to defeat it.
When Penn State loses because of the defense, it’s generally the fault of some problem that can be fixed within the context of the scheme itself – because the scheme is innovative and takes advantage of our usual talent and discipline.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:00 PM EST up reply actions
We didn't play the soft zone on Vandenberg
It was crazy. Like, for one game, which happened to be Iowa who owns the PSU staff, the PSU coaches stepped out of their soft zone box.
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I find you incredible.
You are hyperbolic about one thing: Penn State’s defensive coverages.
To say Penn State rarely steps out of a soft zone box ignores the reality of what Penn State actually does with their coverage schemes. Penn State is afforded multiple looks, plays, blitzes and the like from the basic cover 3 scheme. Ask Bradley – you won’t have him for much longer. And then when some guy comes in with “an aggressive blitzing scheme”, the whole fanbase can melt him when he has a mediocre defense with guys who can’t cover in man to man because the blitzers aren’t in coverage.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
I know you're right
You are right. It’s just that watching games like 2006 ND and 2007 MSU is incredibly frustrating.
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Beat Nebraska.
Stop being emotional then!
‘Cause that’s exactly how we got in this mess in the first place.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:01 PM EST up reply actions
Much as I want to just scream loud noises and go Pennlive-level-retarded on everyone
you’re right about this too
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Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
+1
for going “Pennlive-level-retarded”. That’s one step below OTA-level-retarded, right?
by kijana's acl on Nov 10, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
I'm going to have to think about that one
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good to see you two arguing about this
AGAIN. makes me feel like we are returning to normalcy.
by swiggy04 on Nov 10, 2011 12:07 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Everybody needs a hobby...
we have sports, but when sports are your job you need another outlet. Without a wife to nag him about drinking too much, he should be out enjoying the life the rest of us married folk dream about.
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Why do they keep asking Bradley questions about what he knew?
A. He’s not going to tell them
B. I don’t think he knew anything. I seriously doubt ANY of the assistant coaches knew
Defense wins championships
nevermind
“did you know anything about the allegations in 2002?”
“NO”
so there you go
Defense wins championships
by psu_all_day on Nov 10, 2011 11:31 AM EST up reply actions
if he did know anything
do you think hed tell them now? hed be fired before he finished the conference
yeah but he could have kept saying "I'm not gonna comment"
he actually came out and said “NO” when they asked if he knew anything
Defense wins championships
by psu_all_day on Nov 10, 2011 11:53 AM EST up reply actions
Slip up for who?
He was obviously advised not to speak, but if he really didn’t know anything, I think saying so is relevant and important.
by VVeRPennState on Nov 10, 2011 11:57 AM EST up reply actions
He absolutely should not have commented on that. He has to be very careful.
If there were even rumors between then and now, he’ll be made out to be a liar and complicit.
im not gonna comment
sounds a lot more incriminating than a resounding “no”
Next time your wife or GF asks if she looks fat, answer her with a “no” Then try it with a “im not gonna comment” and see what the difference is.
by swiggy04 on Nov 10, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
…kinda like that Abe and Mary Lincoln commercial…
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
As mentioned above and worth repeating:
This is a damn strong performance. Authoritative.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
by SubLime on Nov 10, 2011 11:27 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Did you really expect any less from Scrap?
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
Thank God we didn't lose this guy over the winter.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
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Would have been an interesting decision to say the least.
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
What’s so hard about the answer is I’m not sure who would still be here if the staff had taken a hit.
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
Has Bradley yet stepped into the Lasch building and done the Borat "king in the castle" dance yet?
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Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 11:36 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Wholly inappropriate, I realize that
I still think it would be funny
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Beat Nebraska.
Really? It's about the least offensive thing anyone has posted here all week.
by Chris Grovich on Nov 10, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
No, I am pretty sure the post about kittens was less offensive
But that was pretty close.
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
its not the least offense by any stretch
I hit post too soon and just posted the word “the” at one point.
PERSONAL ATTACK!
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
I just had an awful thought...
I can’t imagine almost anything more depressing than having to clear out Joe Paterno’s office.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
Last night, when I was getting ready for bed, the words “Joe Paterno, former Penn State head coach” hit me in the head. God, it’s awful.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
Damn, now I just want to cry
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Remember that piece ABC did
Just prior to and following the 2008 Ohio State game? That song has been playing on a constant loop in my head.
i think if i watched that right now id have to leave my office
i should post it to FB and watch the firestorm of likes and angry comments it creates.
I can.
Watching the game with Joe in his living room Saturday.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Nov 10, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
Heck, that wouldn't be depressing.
You think Paterno wouldn’t cheer you up?
If Paterno was actually allowed to speak, things would probably improve. At least for us. Maybe not for the people who didn’t know about Paterno until now and currently believe Joe Paterno is the worst sexual predator since Ted Bundy.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:29 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't Bundy allegedly committ murder in the Stacks?
What does Joe know about that? There must be a link. I’ll fire up today’s pitchfork mob.
"It was an attrition football game and you know we like that."
My wife actually brought this up
very sarcastically, “OMG WHY DIDN’T JOE DO MORE FOR BETSY AARDSMA?”
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Beat Nebraska.
Horse trader Jack Armstrong was murdered by a Delaware tribesman in the 1700s near present day Jack's Narrows in Central Pennsylvania.
Joe Paterno lives in Central Pennsylvania.
Why didn’t Joe Paterno do more?
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions
I bet he'd have enought Old Grand Dad to share...
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 3:06 PM EST up reply actions
Would you even want to use Paterno's office?
I wouldn’t feel fit to sit in his chair.
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I would totally be OK with Bradley being coach next year
If we can’t get Urban or someone like that….but I dunno if they will do that
"It's not just linebackers. This is Penn State linebackers, man. We're a certain type. We've gotta be aggressive, relentless, focused. Don't talk. Don't talk at all. We don't showboat or anything. We just play hard and get the job done." -Khairi Fortt
Not out of the range of possibilities to name him interim HC in 2012 too, depending on how long the President and AD searches go (if they even initiate that rather than converting all the current interims).
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
I havent been a huge proponent of Urban
mostly because I just didnt want to think about Paterno not being our head coach next year, even though most of us thought that was inevitable. That said, what Urban does provide is probably the quickest way for Penn State to move on from all of this. Recruits will want to play for him and our “rebuilding” time could be negligible. And lets face it, winning makes everything better, even when it shouldnt.
I don't think we would get Urban
I don’t know if we would want to follow Joe after this. I wouldn’t want to take a coaching job after this. Do you think the NCAA will hit PSU with any penalty?
Maybe the University
But I don’t think they can do anything to the football team.
"It's not just linebackers. This is Penn State linebackers, man. We're a certain type. We've gotta be aggressive, relentless, focused. Don't talk. Don't talk at all. We don't showboat or anything. We just play hard and get the job done." -Khairi Fortt
NCAA has no jurisdiction here
Dept of Education investigating is very scary for the university, though. They could essentially shut the place down if they chose to.
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
They're not going to shut down Penn State.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
of course not
but they have the ability to flex their muscles and make things really uncomfortable. I’m just guessing here, but I’d bet PSU can’t issue a diploma that means anything in the US without DoEd blessing it…
I wouldn't trust old rooster me neither.
95,000 people
plus all the alumni in a swing state. I’m pretty sure they go light on the university.
Not to mention it’s some insane percentage of the central PA economy. Or the whole state’s economy, I don’t have any numbers but doubt that’s overlooked.
by Kevin Powers on Nov 10, 2011 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
So, if we win out, and win the Rose Bowl.
Does Bradley get to keep the job?
"This is being a Penn State fan. We’ll prove it, or we won’t. It’s not about proving it to them, it’s about proving to ourselves."
The status of Bradley's job
has absolutely nothing to do with the team’s performance
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
DJ Dozier speaking the truth on BTN
So proud of our family.
by Rogue Nine on Nov 10, 2011 11:44 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
What did he say?
I’m at work haha.
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
by Assorted Fruit on Nov 10, 2011 11:50 AM EST up reply actions
Pretty much the things everyone here as been saying
That they couldn’t have made that decision based on facts. And it wasn’t right.
In the press release from the new Temp President Erickson
I also urge you, as Penn Staters, to be patient, to avoid speculation, and to refrain from passing judgment until the facts are known.
No. Words.
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The complete opposite of what the BOT did.
unreal.
"It's not just linebackers. This is Penn State linebackers, man. We're a certain type. We've gotta be aggressive, relentless, focused. Don't talk. Don't talk at all. We don't showboat or anything. We just play hard and get the job done." -Khairi Fortt
by HighFlyers on Nov 10, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Is there an asterisk?
because…it would read “unless the media is out to get a particular individual, in which case you will be fire over the phone”
by Artiefufkin10 on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
People love due process and being reasonable
when it suits them. Good men love it when it doesn’t. That’s why Joe Paterno is a good man.
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Beat Nebraska.
There are literally no words in the English language to describe how angry this statement makes me.
When I simply look at it, my muscles tighten, my pulse races, and I feel an thirst to hit someone in the face.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
That should be bulletin board material for the team before Nebraska
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Beat Nebraska.
What victims?
His listeners?
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 3:09 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
One's skinny and one's fat!
Hilarity ensues.
Run.
by Bob Sacamano on Nov 10, 2011 3:18 PM EST up reply actions
This is insulting to my intelligence.
@JPosnanski - I saw a girl crying tonight. When I asked why she said: "Because everybody lost."
#OccupyESPN
by Adam Collyer on Nov 10, 2011 11:48 AM EST up reply actions
insulting to EVERYONE's intelligence
"Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good."
Joe Paterno
by NUPSU on Nov 10, 2011 11:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I read that
And literally almost punched my computer screen. Hypocrites.
I am a Penn State Nittany Lion, and I played for the legendary Joe Paterno, and more importantly, I am a man because of it. - Lavar Arrington
Do they want me to burn the campus down?
They are trolling us. HARD.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Did he blow a slide whistle after saying this?
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
by WorldBFat on Nov 10, 2011 11:54 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
No
the BAAAAOOOOOOGAAAAAA horn.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
I imagine the music from the end of The Price is Right
You know, when someone overbids on the Showcase Showdown?
by kijana's acl on Nov 10, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No.
He saddled himself and pranced around neighing because he’s full of horseshit.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 11:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Can he be put down like a horse too?
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Well, I don't know.
But I know he made me use a swear. That’s not good. I don’t like swearing.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:02 PM EST up reply actions
MY GOD, THE MAN EARNS HIMSELF A RABBIT:
And I still can’t read those words without wanting to strangle someone.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:03 PM EST up reply actions
First result for "hypocritical rabbit":
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:05 PM EST up reply actions
What?
“F**k the Board of Trustees” was taken?
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:12 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Is that Dr. Strangelove?
I love that movie.
(Correct me if I’m wrong)
A plateau is a high form of flattery.
by Assorted Fruit on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
I just yelled so loud after reading that
that the dog ran all the way down to the basement. It’s like they are in some parallel universe.
My take...
is that my faith in the University admin is shaken, possibly for the worse. I feel let down at every level from Big Red, to Joe all the way up to the Board of Trustees. Before I go making accusations, I’m waiting to hear those individuals speak for themselves.
Right now, I support this team. I support Tom Bradley, and most of all the victims and their families.
by Artiefufkin10 on Nov 10, 2011 11:52 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
Yep. That’s pretty much all of it.
by ChrisHarrell's_stache05 on Nov 10, 2011 11:58 AM EST up reply actions
FUCK YOU ESPN.
Playing sad music over the BOT press conference. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM. YOU HELPED CAUSE THIS.
by PSUEnrg02 on Nov 10, 2011 12:01 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Bradley looked good
Confident, strong, and not intimidated. Combine that with how I think the players are feeling right now (based on their tweets of course) and I feel a serious ass whooping is coming towards Nebraska this Satuday. I want a Remember the Titans moment when Bradley yells “All right, now, I don’t want them to gain another yard! You blitz… all… night! If they cross the line of scrimmage, I’m gonna take every last one of you out! You make sure they remember, forever, the night they played the Lions!” and then Still runs over to the sideline and points in the direction of the BOT (if they dare to show their faces).
Yup, that’s what I’m hoping for.
by lexi1031 on Nov 10, 2011 12:07 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
We don't need to blitz though.
Martinez makes Vandenberg look like a combination of Joe Montana and Johnny Utah.
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:09 PM EST up reply actions
Agave Juice
the most accurate description of Martinez ever
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I have no idea what that means
and still I don’t think anything could be a more apt description of Martinez as QB.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
He reminds me of Juice Williams because he sucks.
He’s Hispanic. Agave Juice.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:16 PM EST up reply actions
Ah
well played indeed.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Johnny Utah beat SC in the Rose Bowl...
by Artiefufkin10 on Nov 10, 2011 12:10 PM EST up reply actions
No Ohio State or Michigan team would *ever* beat USC in the Rose Bowl.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Even when Michigan did
the phantom TD did them in
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Yes, even the refs got in on the act of pre-PSU Big Ten teams losing in the Rose Bowl.
Bo’s last Rose Bowl was a failure because a successful Michigan fake punt in the 4th quarter was called back by a phantom holding penalty.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:15 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you for the Mexican Juice Williams comparison for Martinez
That has calmed me down a great deal for this game
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Sure, but you shouldn't have worried to begin with.
The whole state of Nebraska is like a fake Iowa.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:25 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
does
Any of these coaches have a shot at getting a job anywhere else now? Just sitting here thinking… LJSr., Bradley, Vand??? Not meant to be outta line…. Just pondering the “if’s”
Vandy will
Scrap probably will. I think most people assumed LJ Sr. would go into something like ministry or mentoring or something after a coaching change.
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Agreed
Vandy could be a DC at a BCS Conference school-he’s that good a coach. The only thing agaisnt Bradley getting a good job is his long association with PSU-but given his track record I think some school will hire him.
Reputation-Vile Thing! (Othello)
Tressel had a job in 3 weeks.
I think they can all get jobs, even MM. However, maybe nmore at a mid-level program.
Now, will they want to coach again. Not that they know much else.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
Officiating for the rest of the season
You know the Big Ten is going to make sure that Penn State doesn’t get anywhere near the Rose Bowl much less the conference title game. They don’t want the publicity that this will bring around them.
Prepare for awful officiating, circa 2000-6.
Well, we already knew that no one ever calls holding against the Badgers in Madison.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:23 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't even think about that one
“will they actually be allowed to use firearms?” is on the level that could be
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
They're probably just gonna stop us from playing and award the victory to Wisconsin.
RossWB: “Wisconsin once again proved why they were the most complete team in the Big Ten – and obviously the Big Ten was smart enough to agree.”
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:27 PM EST up reply actions
HEY! TRUSTEES! LEAVE THEM PLAYERS ALONE!
oh, god, make me wake up
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:26 PM EST reply actions
I understand why he did it and would have probably done the same
But I lost a little respect for Ben yesterday
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Beat Nebraska.
Who is this Ben and what did he do?
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
Ben Jones of BSD
went on ESPN
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Beat Nebraska.
If he didn't call them all effing sons of secessionist dogs, then, yeah, I've lost respect for him too.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:33 PM EST up reply actions
I don't fault him for playing the game.
He wants an audience.
by gumbercules on Nov 10, 2011 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
Ignorant.
He’s a senior, and wants to break into the sportswriting world. He’s going to need a job. And if you listened to him at all, you’d find that he’s being abundantly fair in his appearances.
by Chris Grovich on Nov 10, 2011 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
I get it man, seriously
Just disappointing in a very small, insignificant way
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Beat Nebraska.
He went on Scott Van Pelt
and was a voice of reason. Give him a break. It’s not like he went on and started making shit up the way ESPN did.
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 1:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm at peace with it thanks to IcersGuy
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Beat Nebraska.
Really?
He is a college reporter that has been one of the top authorities on this thing. “Legitimate” news sources have come to him for comment. The way he has handled himself guaranteed him a job after graduation. I think he did the exact right thing.
by VVeRPennState on Nov 10, 2011 12:34 PM EST up reply actions
I think he was being sarcastic
We all love Ben.
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"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:36 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
It sucks he had to sell out to ESPN, but hey, everybody does kills people, amirite OSU?
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I keep telling people
It’s not a sell-out. It was the first steps towards a BSD occupation of ESPN.
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
#OccupyESPN
Worst crime of all:
Thanks to the so far disgraceful actions taken, I don’t really want to follow Penn State wrestling either anymore.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:28 PM EST reply actions
Where does the BoT stop and Penn State start?
Obviously I’m not blaming our wrestlers or Cael, but I, a non-alum, have a seriously hard time being loyal to anything related to Penn State when they can handle Joe this way.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
I have the same problem
OK, so I go to the game Saturday and support this team while the BoT looks on at a full stadium and gleefully laughing? They deserve heat for this and it is impossible to give it to them because they’re a nearly faceless entity. I imagine a mostly empty stadium on Saturday would do that.
I agree that it does suck for the players, though.
by AlmostAYardShy on Nov 10, 2011 12:48 PM EST up reply actions
For this statement I’m sending Quentin Wright, David Taylor and Cael to your house they’d like to have a word with you.
I talked to j about it via email.
I think I’ll try. I think I’ll try. It’s going to be tough.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
Tweet from Joe Schad
“Mark Emmert tells SC: You build reputations by doing the right things and those reputations can be destroyed by doing the wrong things”
I hope hes not talking about joe.
What a smug asshole
No shit sherlock. Tell us something we don’t know.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
the only guy in this whole affair i am aware of that did the wrong thing
is sandusky. i dunno what his reputation was before this
Saw this over at EDSBS. Ddin't see the the segment, can anyone confirm?
On ESPN, former PSU All-American LB Michael Haynes just said that this has been well known in the community for years, and many had told him, including:
his mom, who still works at PSU
former players and teammates
Cowherd just said that some players were INVESTIGATED BY UNIVERSITY POLICE for harassing Sandusky over the phone… well before the GJ report came out. Dan Connor is included.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
by DrewRusse on Nov 10, 2011 1:05 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Dan, put down the phone
it never goes well for you
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Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 1:06 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
^this made me laugh...
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by TheMightyErik on Nov 10, 2011 11:13 PM EST up reply actions
WHAT?
So this is the former coach Dan Connor prank-phone-called?
by Artiefufkin10 on Nov 10, 2011 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
That's what it looks like
"It's not just linebackers. This is Penn State linebackers, man. We're a certain type. We've gotta be aggressive, relentless, focused. Don't talk. Don't talk at all. We don't showboat or anything. We just play hard and get the job done." -Khairi Fortt
I'm fairly certain
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Beat Nebraska.
In that case
he should have been applauded.
The plot thickens…although I’m not sure how you can get much thicker than a solid mass of shit.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
yea well he was investigated in 1998 for it
so im sure most people were aware of the situation. I dont think its that bad.
Didn't Joe say he was unaware of the 1998 investigation?
Or am I remembering incorrectly?
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
PUMP THE BRAKES
Hbeach just told me via twitter that this is wrong. The former coach harassed by Connor was Serra.
by Artiefufkin10 on Nov 10, 2011 1:15 PM EST up reply actions
If nothing else it exhibits a pattern whereby the Program
allowed former coaches access to the football facilities….
by '85Fan on Nov 10, 2011 1:18 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm fairly certain this is common procedure across the country.
Not saying with what we know now that Sandusky should have had access, but I’m saying that coaches across the country, as long as they don’t leave in disgrace are usually allowed free range, players too.
Sorry
Didn’t mean to sound combative, there were two ways you could have been leaning on that, I wasn’t sure which way it was.
FD: I think Joe is getting screwed.
There were plenty of ACTUAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE in the community who probably had more information than Joe did…. I’m not hearing about them getting fired…
by '85Fan on Nov 10, 2011 1:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
the coaches name in the connor case
was Joe Serra
this mike haynes shit is new to me
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
Interesting
All of the rumors on campus at the time were that it was Jerry Sandusky, but I don’t know anything beyond that
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Beat Nebraska.
It has been common knowledge since what 2005 or 2006 that it was Serra
Doesn’t he have Alzheimer’s or Dementia?
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 1:35 PM EST up reply actions
I really wasn't paying that close of attention
I’m just saying it was a rumor amongst students (which I was, then) at the time that it was Sandusky
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Beat Nebraska.
the likely explanation is/was
when “former asst d-coach target of prank calls” comes up….Sandusky at the time was the only one anyone had ever heard of. NO ONE knows Joe Serra
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
I have never heard of Joe Serra until now.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
Spell fail Joe Sarra
Was the D line coach at PSU before Johnson
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 2:34 PM EST up reply actions
Oh.
I think I remember this. Maybe.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
my bad
I played high school ball against a Joe Terra and was transitive spelling
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
I knew Joe Sarra
He was the hardest coach to work with at Football Camp.
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
"Hardest coach to work with"
As in a rigorous and demanding practice? Or he was a dick?
Run.
by Bob Sacamano on Nov 10, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
Not really a dick...
maybe that’s the sympathy talking, though.
I worked in housing for camps, and coaches were supposed to have their floor lists (kids that they following during camp) in by Saturday morning for Sunday check-in. Sarra would usually turn his in less than an hour before check-in started.
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 3:36 PM EST up reply actions
That's simply not true.
The name of the coach was published at the time of the incident. There is zero factual basis to this. None, zip, zero.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
Cowherd strikes again.
I really really want media types to have to face a punishment for just making shit up.
by STU Boy on Nov 10, 2011 1:38 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
yea that was my fault, I replied failed
But I can’t find any evidence that Haynes was on ESPN TV which appears to the original comment
"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams
That radio inteview was used on SC last night.
I had heard large portions of it last night.
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 1:42 PM EST up reply actions
he came in as one
then moved to DL his second year
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions
So the UP
are cool with child molestation but they draw the line at prank calls. Good to know.
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Yeah, sounds like it
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Nov 10, 2011 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
They can't be "policing" the entire campus.
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
by WorldBFat on Nov 10, 2011 1:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
?!?!
If true, why didn’t he do more?!
by AlmostAYardShy on Nov 10, 2011 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
Heres what Colin Cowherd did
noticed Dan Connor was suspended for making prank calls to an ex-coach
noticed Jerry Sandusky was an ex-coach
told everyone that Dan Connor was suspended for making prank calls to Jerry Sandusky.
Fits the ESPN narrative of this case
I was hit in the leg with a rock. I didn’t see what it was, but it hit me in the leg and it was a rock.
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 1:36 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yes.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:26 PM EST up reply actions
Haynes was on ESPN Radio in Chicago yesterday saying mostly the same.
He’s a smart, passionate guy. Coaching underprivileged kids down in Texas right now. He has no tolerance for this.
Blackledge was on ESPN Radio this morning and said that PSU did the right thing, as well.
by Chris Grovich on Nov 10, 2011 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
Of course
Of course they did. Otherwise, they would be labeled as child molesters themselves. No one wants to be called a child molester, right?
by Desert_Eagle on Nov 10, 2011 2:06 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
yea its like not wearing an american flag pin on your lapel
you are then determined unpatriotic.
If you support Joe Paterno, you are a child molester snd shouldnt be allowed to have kids, or so ive been told. (the kids part, not the molesting)
by swiggy04 on Nov 10, 2011 2:16 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah that's the general sentiment.
I work with children and was told I should have all access denied to them stat, among other very rational thoughts as well.
I tell those who think I am the one who should not have access to kids this:
Unlike you, if my kids were ever abused in this way, I would actually focus my anger and blame on the pedophile, not a third party who’s only role in this was hearing about it from someone else.
by swiggy04 on Nov 10, 2011 3:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
What about the cops who reportedly recorded Sandusky in the 90's
talking to a victim’s mother? Dont they still live and work (IN LAW ENFORCEMENT!) in the community? And knew Sandusky still had access to 2nd Mile and PSU facilities AND WERE ACTUALLY IN A JOB WHERE THEY HAD AUTHORITY TO ACT OR INVESTIGATE…..
Perhaps they should be fired too…
by '85Fan on Nov 10, 2011 1:23 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Here's Michael Hayne's radio interview.
http://sportsradiointerviews.com/2011/11/10/joe-paterno-fired-penn-state-sex-scandal-jerry-sandusky/
"I'm driven by greatness" - Derrick Williams
um....edsbs seems to have a little wrong
So it was assumed that Jerry Sandusky was just helping underprivileged kids?
"Why would you not [assume]?"
You have an interesting perspective Michael. You played at Penn State for Joe Paterno, and when Jerry Sandusky was still a coach. But your also a high school coach who works with at risk kids in Texas. So when you heard this what was your response?
"Clearly my initial response was shock. How can somebody, anybody abuse a kid? Let alone, someone you hold in such a high regards. It’s just absolutely shocking. I mean its devastating, obviously he [Sandusky] knows. I’m sure the kids and families, my hearts go out to them. Because I would never want that on anybody."
i dont think anywhere it says “he knew this was going on” or it was a well kept secret….
let's go state
thank you
this fucking rumor shit is making me unplug for a while
"my dad says Michigan used to be good"
I think people are starting use
extrapolations based upon facts as facts.
Let down by my football coach. Disgraced by my University.
Looks more like extapolations based upon assumptions to me...
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions
This 1000 times
extrapolations based on facts are facts
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Thanks for clearing it up
Like I said, I didn’t see/hear the segment in question, and I wanted to know if it was true.
"Every time you go to that cook-off you get drunk as a poet on payday!"
I heard Michael this morning
I thought it was on Mike and Mike. Heard Poz also.
You realize the the great majority of players that came through Joe’s program came out as good people. Both were very articulate and shared good ideas of the issue. Both were OK that Joe should not coach Saturday and beyond.
I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
Who'll stop the rain just came on the radio
could any song be more apropos?
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Steely Dan is just like this story - Ugly
seriously those are a couple of ugly dudes
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
Yeah I'm not criticizing their music, they're just a couple of scary looking dudes.
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
i was quoting reno 911
i think someone mention them being ugly to clem as she was a groupie for them and that was her response.
Whoa that link was weird
I thought I clicked on the official video when I linked it.
PSU never knew how good they had it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPv5NZR_Wtk
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
Wisconsin coach Brett Bielema on Penn State scandal. “Guess it’s a good time to be a badger fan”
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I wish to punch him in his smug face
a multitude of times.
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cannot wait until Minnesota embarrasses them again this weekend
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 2:10 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Someone send this tweet to all Penn State players on twitter...
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ben tweeted it
so half the world knows about it already anyways.
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 2:11 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
I'm ashamed this asswipe was ever a Hawkeye.
by Stay thirsty, my friends. on Nov 10, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Penn State was going to beat them by 10
now it will be by 30
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 2:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Ugh.
I want to rip out his face with a badger’s claws.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:28 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
how about a honey badger?
When in doubt, punt!
- John Heisman
by carolinaeasy on Nov 10, 2011 2:35 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
The football team is going to bring such concentrated amounts of hate this year
the 9 other teams we already played this year will be glad they dont have to do it now.
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
i hope he has the stones to run a play to the wide side of the field
that he is standing on. I then hope Hodges “falls” into his knee and breaks it in memory of Joe.
I kinda had the same thought
I want say I hope it happens, but still. Things happen.
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Everybody does
runs Bielma over, steps on him, kicks him in the groin. Whatever
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sorry i probably should have said what it was haha
long day at work. lotta catching up to do, since i did nothing so far this week.
Didn't think that was possible
but what did he say now?
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Tom looked good in his suit
He better damn well be wearing a tie on Saturday, not his usual logo garb.
and i better see those pants at least 3 inches above the ankle
by swiggy04 on Nov 10, 2011 2:31 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
simply outstanding, swiggy... rec
Follow @TheMightyErik
I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member
by TheMightyErik on Nov 10, 2011 11:18 PM EST up reply actions
from a friend
Mark Madden on WIP saying McQueary could provide evidence that JoePa perjured himself and that is why he hasn’t been fired… Uh oh
lol
Apparently Mark Madden knows everything!
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I seriously think Mark Madden is the guy BHGP's "Big Ron" character is based on
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Charles Robinson sez "expect Penn State to reach out to MSU's Mark Dantonio if/when it engages in a coaching search"
THE DARKEST OF THE NEWS
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
Right.
And Penn State will replace Pat Chambers with Merle Haggard.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
I would support both moves
not really, but a little
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I learned recently that the guy who made Crazy Heart initially wanted to make a movie about Merle Haggard.
I am sad now.
Also, his new version of Cocaine Blues is pretty boss. Again, Merle is an old man and has a smooth voice, but an old man voice. Listening to a crotchety old man sing Cocaine Blues is fun.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Charles Robinson sounds like a competent journalist with great sources
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 2:45 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah I assume there's nothing to it but I thought it was funny.
A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.
haha this guy is named Charles Robinson
I wonder if he is the one with knowledge. Bet he knows more about it than the media.
That is a fabulous mane
almost on part with Kiper Jr
"I don’t know what he’s done differently, whether he’s eating differently or Sue is making him happier, but he’s definitely a different coach out there" Devon Still
Yeah I know
Him and Wetzel are the guys to watch out for.
I’m having trouble accepting anything from anybody in the media at this point as something more than pure conjecture. Maybe its emotional. Maybe they are all just asshats. The already blurry line has continued to fade for me these past few days.
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 3:25 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sweet Christ, NO!
"I don’t know who to believe – A used car salesman or the OSU Chief of Compliance."
-rahpsu92
by leeharvey418 on Nov 10, 2011 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
The lesson from ALL OF THIS
Bret Bielema sucks.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:32 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
DO IT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XA8pxzawUGM
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
The best part about Bielema's comments
is that he’s setting himself up for a huge fall. My friends that go to Wisc have said that there have long been rumors that Wisconsin is paying for Bielema to own a house in Illinois where he takes all his female friends. That coupled with the time he stuck his hand down my friend’s friend’s pants during a picture tells me that he will really get his some day soon. And he will have earned every bit of the hate he gets.
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by Kyle_Martin on Nov 10, 2011 2:40 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Let's not mock his ONLY redeeming quality
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
Save your personal faults for the confessional
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 2:50 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Apparently Nebraska thinks that students are going to attack them
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/38242/nebraska-has-safety-concerns-at-penn-state
"It's not just linebackers. This is Penn State linebackers, man. We're a certain type. We've gotta be aggressive, relentless, focused. Don't talk. Don't talk at all. We don't showboat or anything. We just play hard and get the job done." -Khairi Fortt
Also, sorry is this has been posted in this thread already
I admittedly didn’t check first
"It's not just linebackers. This is Penn State linebackers, man. We're a certain type. We've gotta be aggressive, relentless, focused. Don't talk. Don't talk at all. We don't showboat or anything. We just play hard and get the job done." -Khairi Fortt
No, we're just going to beat them so badly it will feel like it
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
don't you have to complete a forward pass in order to do that?
or..?
by CornDogScandal on Nov 10, 2011 6:38 PM EST up reply actions
Against Nebraska's defense, no, it's not particularly necessary
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
lol do you remember when Alabama let you score a pity touchdown against them?
by CornDogScandal on Nov 10, 2011 7:05 PM EST up reply actions
Do you remember January of 2002
Because that’s the last time Nebraska’s seen a defense this good
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
by ckmneon on Nov 10, 2011 7:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Do you remember when you lost to Northwestern?
Even our “terrible” offense scored 30 on them.
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This guy looks like a curvier version of the guy who plays Ted in How I Met Your Mother
Joe, the reason we shout "WE ARE" and the reason the answer will always be "PENN STATE"
it probably depends
on how many “Joe Paterno is a child molester” jokes they try to tell. 1 being the limit.
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by skarocksoi on Nov 10, 2011 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Have you been to their blogs? Seen their comments? They will, because they aren't smarter than that
GO IOWA AWESOME, now and forever, unless PSU sees them in the B1G CG
Beat Nebraska.
I thought Nebraska fans were supposed to be nice people?
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I work with a Nebraska grad
He’s a very nice guy. He did express some concern to me the other day about some of the ‘rednecks’ that are Nebraska fans.
I have a feeling that the type of Nebraska fan that would be incindiary and make a pedophile joke has never left the state of Nebraska. I think the ones that travel will be decent people who will be very respectful of the situation.
Plus, they all had their dreams torn apart last week when they lost to jNW.
'Why would she have you meet her in a bar at ten in the morning?'
'I just figured she was a raging alcoholic'
by psuphysicist on Nov 10, 2011 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
Yes.
But God bless Phil Coulter. That song is awesome.
"General Lee, I have no football team."
by ReadingRambler on Nov 10, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
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