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When I'm King Of The World. Bombastic, arrogant sportswriters won't be able to hypocritically lecture the world while cowardly hiding from their own graphic, moral failings.

Fare Thee Well, Ron Vanderlinden? Last night, rumors began circulating about PSU linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden taking the defensive coordinator job at Maryland. It's a weird fit, given that Vandy was fired as Maryland's head coach roughly a decade ago. Regardless, it's undoubtedly a step up in pay grade. Not to mention, all of Penn State's current coaches are likely going to need new jobs soon.

And Like That, Poof, It Was Gone. No charges will be filed in the locker room fight between Matt McGloin and Curtis Drake, but you can see video of it here.

Cool Story, Ladies. A coaltion of women's rights groups have asked the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights to investigate how Penn State handles sexual assault allegations against its athletes by dragging up the names Anwar Phillips and Scott Paxson. Desperate much? You'll recall that Phillips was expelled for two semesters while charged with sexual assault, and was later acquitted. Paxson's sexual assault charge was thrown out by a judge. Oh, Paxson's lawyer? Joe Amendola.

Make Money Money, Make Money Money Money. Penn State's football program raked in $53,000,000 last year and was the third most valuable football program in the nation, although Forbes expects that ranking to drop due to, well, you know.

"It seems almost certain that Penn State's reign as a top-earning program is coming to an end," Forbes said.

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Penn State's program could lose $20 million to $30 million in the long term as a result of the scandal, according to Patrick Rishe, a Forbes contributor and Webster University economics professor, the magazine said.

The loss of alumni contributions and game-day income could reach up to $10 million per year and the team also is already losing some major high school recruits who have decided not to play football for Penn State, Forbes said.

Friends, Friends, Everywhere. BWI's Nate Bauer was on Yahoo Sports Radio a few days back. A very good interview, give it a listen.

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Good Grief

now a coalition of Women’s Right’s groups and FORBES piles on?

I guess the economy and a Presidential Election year will have to take second and third place to the state of PSU football. This much bad press has to be compared to a Tsunami caused by the realignment of the poles to some equatorial position placing State College at the epicenter of a global disaster predicted by the Mayans.

Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......

by aurabass on Dec 23, 2011 9:32 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

FTFY
Don’t those women have some cookies sandwiches to bake make or something?

"The only difference between a brown-noser and a shit head is depth perception"
-PSU_Lions_84

by dbl5030 on Dec 23, 2011 10:27 AM EST up reply actions  

Welcome to the top of the pile ladies

Did you need a ladder to get all the way up there?

by Brett Brown on Dec 23, 2011 11:17 AM EST up reply actions  

Ehhhh - they go after everybody; for example, their next topic:

…“Remember The 5ive!”

" 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 Dec 23, 2011 2:39 PM EST up reply actions  

…they just have some ‘snickerdoodles’ to finish baking first…

" 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 Dec 23, 2011 2:48 PM EST up reply actions  

I guess we know who will

be cast as Glass Joe in the upcoming big screen rendition of Punchout. He seemed like a natural to play Little Mac but recent events have caused the director to go a different way and give the part to Curtis Drake.

He completed 17 of individuals 26 passes for 192 lanscaping your yard and two touchdowns - Chan Luu

by rahpsu92 on Dec 23, 2011 10:15 AM EST reply actions  

I guess McGloin

can be glad it was Drake and not the other Curtis. I have to imagine if Curtis put up his Dukes, McGloin would be missing his head, not just a bump on the noggin.

I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl

by jman07 on Dec 23, 2011 10:24 AM EST up reply actions  

After the fight, Silas Redd tweeted, “You gotta crawl before you Brawl”

It should be part of the pregame warm-up that MM gets punched in the face.

"My kitchen is a mess y'all" Paula Deen

by Dr.TobiasFunke on Dec 23, 2011 10:58 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

saw this at Target last night

I’m an aspiring Joe Paterno Apologist®

by letsgopsu on Dec 23, 2011 1:11 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

some real quality posting here in recent days

I can’t keep up, I was driving from Fresno home to LA Wednesday and didn’t get my phone out in time to take a pic of Merle Haggard Drive in Bakersfield for Rambler. So I snapped the pic too late, and as i was putting my phone back down, missed Buck Owens Blvd after that.

Funny how BSD trickles down to a great deal of our lives.

"my dad says Michigan used to be good"

by hbeach08 on Dec 23, 2011 1:23 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

And then PSU makes a big name hire and people are like OMG PSU FOOTBALL

And we don’t worry about attendance and whatnot.

Also, it’s a good move for Ron. Don’t really want him at Maryland, but w/e, he deserves a place to go

Some guy at Penn State Hershey just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? Now Someone at PSU found something that could cure Leukemia. Coverage? None. THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines" you sanctimonious pricks!

by ICEICETHATGUY13 on Dec 23, 2011 11:11 AM EST reply actions  

I'm thinking the same thing.

The entire football program could end up kicking ass and taking names all over again—immediately—if they land a name like Munchak.

To paraphrase one of JoePa’s most used lines, ’you’re never as good as you think, and you’re usually not as bad as you think.’ The same holds true here…We are…not in a bad a spot as the world is telling everyone. Even if they hire a turd, that stadium will overflow next year just to satisfy the curiosity of all the fans that want to see the new product.

by rodney20 on Dec 23, 2011 11:52 AM EST up reply actions  

Wonder what Austin Scott

has to say about how Penn State handles sexual assault allegations against it athletes?

by ChrisHarrell's_stache05 on Dec 23, 2011 11:13 AM EST reply actions   2 recs

This Title IX investigation is a joke

They have decided to spring up an investigation based on something totally unrelated to pile on. If they really thought that this was an issue, they would have started with a number of other schools where this has been more prevelant.

If they find something, yeah, it’s good that it comes out. But I don’t think this was the place to start looking and I don’t think anything will come out of it (ask Phillips, Paxson, Scott, wrestler Andrew Long)

Note: Long removed himself from team, but I highly doubt that it was his own decision.

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Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back. -Joe Paterno

by Dan Vecellio on Dec 23, 2011 11:33 AM EST reply actions  

So you're saying that I was just awarded 20 solo tackles?

Sweet!

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by OBrienSchofieldismyHero on Dec 23, 2011 3:26 PM EST up reply actions  

To the entire anti-PSU crowd out there, I feel like my buddy once did years ago.

He was having a party at his house while his parents were away. For some reason he was not in the most festive of moods. So we’re all boozing it up in his kitchen and the phone rings. He answers it, talks for a minute or so, then hangs up and turns to all his guests and says:

“F*ck you all, f*ck you all. All I gotta say is, f*ck you all.”

(See? Breezy has the Christmas spirit!)

by J Breezy on Dec 23, 2011 11:47 AM EST reply actions   1 recs

Or in the words of Silky Johnson

“I hate you, I hate you, I don’t even know you and I hate your guts, I hope all the bad things in life happen to you and nobody else but you.”

I, for one, plan to continue my life long contempt for the powers that be and I fully expect to be disappointed with whatever choice is made. ~PSUgirl

by jman07 on Dec 23, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions  

///switches teams

I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug

by leeharvey418 on Dec 23, 2011 2:14 PM EST up reply actions  

Wait a second...

I’m speaking for WBF about switching teams.

Yeah, that’s it…

I’ll tell you why. Because we’re talking about Joe Freaking Paterno here.
-Jitterbug

by leeharvey418 on Dec 24, 2011 12:02 AM EST up reply actions  

Thats totally the only reason why I'm single

totally.

I'm on the Internet cause I'm an Internet thug.
#OccupyESPN

by skarocksoi on Dec 23, 2011 3:41 PM EST up reply actions  

That's right, it's ONLY the boycott!

My mom says I’m handsome!

A pandemic of cowardice sweeps the nation.

by WorldBFat on Dec 23, 2011 3:56 PM EST up reply actions  

So if three people are a threesome....

There has to be a reason people call me handsome….

All of our comments are irrelevant - LetsGoPSU

by jaytay13 on Dec 24, 2011 2:27 AM EST up reply actions   1 recs

Anti-PSU women's group = Ray Lewis.

It’s so ironic that these women have so much in common with the Baltimore Ravens famous “slasher.”

Seriously’, look at the similarities:

Pile on, pile on, pile on, pile on.
Talk really loud.
Always act bossy and obnoxious in public.
Annoy the hell out of everyone.
Act like you’re pissed off all of the time.
Act like you’re better than you are (at least in the past 6 years in Lewis’ case).

by rodney20 on Dec 23, 2011 12:04 PM EST reply actions   2 recs

Vicky Tripone

is cited in the letter as additional justification. Can’t wait to see how much weight her lunatic views carry.

Stop blaming Joe -- media mobs!
Nominate - Elect Franco Harris, Brandon Short, Jimmy Cefalo to BoT (and vote out incumbents for next three years)

by OlderBudweiser on Dec 23, 2011 12:04 PM EST reply actions  

What is her deal?

I know she was bitching about some things a couple weeks ago, and I read the allegations, but I kind of brushed it off.

Is she a nutjob or something?

by rodney20 on Dec 23, 2011 12:30 PM EST up reply actions  

Ex-employee who held a big grudge when Spanier chose Paterno over her

Many people inside the OJA came out and refuted her claims

Follow my antics: @djv5030

Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back. -Joe Paterno

by Dan Vecellio on Dec 23, 2011 12:32 PM EST up reply actions  

It really wasn't even Paterno over Triponey

it was that pretty much every facet of the school, from student groups, to the faculty, to the athletic department hated her because she was terrible at her job, and she eventually had to quit.

"We gon' get down. We gon' do the do. I'm going to hit these mother****ers" - Dock Ellis, May 1, 1974.

by OctaShields on Dec 23, 2011 2:32 PM EST up reply actions  

Phillips

The Women’s Law letter says he played in the bowl game while he was suspended. Is that accurate? I remember that being controversial, but don’t remember the specifics.

Yes, all of this reeks of piling on and we can question their motives (why just Penn State? Why now?, etc). But, if they’re right-let them go after it. Let’s take our lumps and get better for it. I’d rather they just all do it now rather than letting it drag out.

by speedomike on Dec 23, 2011 12:26 PM EST reply actions  

LaMichael James of Oregon

charged with physical harassment, plead guilty, only received a one-game suspension from Chip Kelly. Where was Title IX then?

Follow my antics: @djv5030

Its the name on the front of the jersey that matters most, not the one on the back. -Joe Paterno

by Dan Vecellio on Dec 23, 2011 12:27 PM EST reply actions  

That would not have been headline grabbing enough for them.

Some guy at PSU Hershey Med Center just discovered a virus that eats cancer. Where were the CNN trucks for that? THON will probably break $10 mil this year. Put that on "Outside the Lines".

by Ben16 on Dec 23, 2011 1:44 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm surprised PA NOW is not part of that coalition.

They demanded Joe be terminated back during the Anwar (or was it Scott?) thing. I’m sure they’ll jump on board if they can.

by CvilleLion on Dec 23, 2011 12:45 PM EST reply actions  

NOW is soooooo then.

They haven’t been relevant since…ohhhh, 1972.

by J Breezy on Dec 23, 2011 3:20 PM EST up reply actions   1 recs

To Be honest

I joined NOW… but really only so I could get the T shirt…

I liked the look on people’s faces when I wore it… like they couldnt tell if I was joking or just really butch…

All of our comments are irrelevant - LetsGoPSU

by jaytay13 on Dec 24, 2011 2:30 AM EST up reply actions  

I look eagerly look forward to the arrival of this coalition

just as soon as they finish up work in Iowa City.

"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein

by SubLime on Dec 23, 2011 5:09 PM EST reply actions  

Nice, subtle dig.

I wonder how many people even on this blog know what you’re talking about? My guess is not many.

"Woop woop." - Waylon Jennings

by ReadingRambler on Dec 23, 2011 9:20 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm sure it doesn't mean much...just like every other "source" in this PSU coaching search

but David Jones is saying that a PSU committee member has made 2 trips to Idaho within the past 8 days….and it doesn’t seem like it has been to purchase potatoes. (see what I did there?)

He also mentions PSU’s plan B options as the coaches from Wake Forest and Duke. So yeah…let’s hope it doesn’t get to Plan B.

by GMac14 on Dec 23, 2011 8:59 PM EST reply actions  

This would be an awesome hire for PSU and the B1G...

…the biggest reason to doubt:
1. For whatever reasons, he has been extremely resistant to leave the land of spuds.
rebuttal: A change in conferences has changed the landscape he works in, the other offers were to lesser opportunities.
2. I don’t see it taking the kittens nearly 2 months to settle on this candidate.
rebuttal: This would be the least of the stupid actions we have become aware of from the PSU administration.
3. His plan B is nuts – there are far better options looking to move up.
rebuttal: see rebuttal for item 2.

GL PSU – this would be a great hire!

Proud proponent of the 52 team Uber Conference

by ProveIt on Dec 23, 2011 10:40 PM EST up reply actions  

We should pray for this

Best coach out there not named Miles, Saban, or Meyer. Best fit for psu not named Bradley, who is getting screwed by all this more than most. Better recruiting ability out of the gates than Munchak. Recruits will love the name. this is the best possible choice, and an immediate game changer for the program.

by SkellerDweller06 on Dec 23, 2011 11:10 PM EST via mobile up reply actions   1 recs

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