No ****!!! [EDIT- the *'s are now auto added by a script. I indeed did say the word ****.]
WTF did we learn from, say, Michigan State, Ohio State, and Michigan? How the hell does the 10th "anniversary" warrant the resurrection of this crap and the continued denigration, improperly against Joe. Amazing how many still want to hate on Penn State and particularly Joe.
Here's some excerpts from this "anniversary" piece.
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The former Penn State assistant football coach was arrested in Centre County, Pa., on Nov. 5, 2011, on charges of molesting eight boys he had met through his Second Mile charity over a span of more than a decade. Some of the assaults occurred at Penn State’s football building, to which Sandusky still had access after his retirement in 1999. [PSU73 - Joe put in writing to not let Sandusky bring kids to use the facilities.]
In terms of the immediate fallout from Sandusky’s indictment, no event was more momentous than Penn State’s dismissal of the legendary Joe Paterno, who had worked at the university for 61 years and was head coach for 46 seasons. Although prosecutors made clear that Paterno would not face charges, critics said he should have done more to stop Sandusky, particularly after being alerted to a 2001 assault at the football building. [PSU73- WTF. Joe said he wished he did more in hindsight...because everyone else F'd it up so bad, not because he hushed it. He did just what was later said he was supposed to do.]
On Jan. 22, 2012, 74 days after he was fired, Joe Paterno died.
In July, a team led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh released a report commissioned by Penn State’s board of trustees. It concluded that Paterno, fired university President Graham Spanier and two other high-ranking administrators had actively concealed the allegations against Sandusky to protect the football program.
Spanier and the other administrators — former athletic director Tim Curley and vice president Gary Schultz — served time in jail. When they were sentenced in 2017, judge John Boccabella castigated them for not reporting Sandusky to the police. He did not spare Paterno. Paterno “could have made that phone call without so much as getting his hands dirty,” Boccabella said. “Why he didn’t is beyond me.” [PSU73 - so they couldn't pin this on Joe because 'they couldn't' yet this Judge essentially makes him guilty with his statement and the public pounces on it.]
Eleven days after the Freeh report was released, the NCAA announced sanctions. It levied a fine of $60 million against Penn State, banned the team from postseason play for four years and reduced its football scholarships for that span. It also vacated all of Penn State’s football victories from 1998 to 2011, costing Paterno 111 wins, and put the program on probation for five years. [PSU73- and Michigan St, Ohio St, and Michigan...'crickets']
However, the NCAA retreated from the sanctions in 2015 after a judge questioned whether it had the authority to impose them.
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The last money I ever sent to Penn State was a check for 2¢ to honor Joe, the greatest fundraiser they had in his time, who often said in his pleas that he wanted our money " but not our two cents". The check was cashed. I spent years living in Columbus having to deal with a-holes while the elite in State College treasured their diminution of Joe.
Penn State is only the name on my diploma now. My classmates and friends, my experiences, all the memories, and my love for PSU sports doesn't change. But as to my alma mater, eh.
