I doubt he’ll live to see it though…

Nothing would help PSU more than if all keystone staters would breed nonstop. They need recruits.

You know, because Michigan sucks.

I am not looking forward to Saturday one bit. I’ve actually considered the benefits of cancelling the game, even though that hurts the players who had nothing to do with this. Still, what can we expect? How do we know that someone angry at Penn State won’t try to do something stupid to people who shouldn’t feel their wrath (players… who are kids by their own right). This is just such a sad, infuriating fiasco, and I just cannot really come to terms with what will happen if Paterno is on the sideline come Saturday. I generally hate Chatelain, but he brings up a good point in saying that allowing Paterno to coach that game with the allegations hanging over his head and his admittance of knowledge of something is a slight to the victims. I don’t know… it just seems inappropriate for him to be there.

But that’s harsh.

And just to be clear, I’m referring to the implied reference of his impending mortality not the sarcasm directed at the quote from his retirement statement. The latter I get.

How are the Gophers going to keep Floyd if Iowa has a real coach?

If we’re going to run with the Ponzi scheme idea, can we at least try to tie in the new, old, BEST CyHawk trophy and Iowa Corn?

a bundled rape case involving his players and a bundled 13 player freak training thing…., and somehow he came out of both smelling like roses, or at the very least not smelling like shit.

and since he isnt getting good enough recruits to be another Tressel, that would mean he would be another Paterno, and i dont see it after the rape case. the rape case was Ferentz’s scared straight moment i think.

then again, if it can happen to JoePa…….

The administration could not handle the reporting of a crime. They apperantly knew that this investiagtion was going on for while and did not have a plan in place for when it hit the fan. And now they cant handle Paterno and tell him what will be happening instead of him thelling them what will happen.
Welcome to the dark ages Penn St.
With this kind of track record, I am sure that PSU fans are confident that a new, qualified regime will be hired quickly and things will be right back on track.

It’s too late. PSU needed to have itself ready for every detail last week. They apparently gambled it all on this story being ignored.

And I love how Paterno mentioned in his press release that the BoT ‘should not spend a single minute discussing my status’, so as to undermine any decision they would potentially make regarding his status. Because, you know, that would mean they had discussed it.

He may be 84, but he’s still a wily, crafty old bastard.

Do I need to keep goin’…

Paterno may still face charges. Michael McCann, Sports Law Professor, explains the various legal dealings that may play out.

If the federal Dept of Justice gets involved (several lawmakers are alleging a violation of the Clery Act), then he now has to face a prosecutorial team that may not be as understanding. There is still a possibility he may be charged.

Given this I would expect the PSU BOT to not allow him to coach another game.

That said, I feel he is every bit as much to blame as everyone else, if not more so. He did the right thing initially by telling Paterno. When he later saw that nothing came of it – i.e: the chain of command failed, he should’ve gone to the police directly. Maybe not legally, but morally. And that needs to be the law from now on.

Furthermore, Sandusky has been coming and going from football facilities for the last 13 years, even as recently as TWO WEEKS AGO. For more than a decade, McQueary has on undoubtedly a regular basis seen a man he saw anally raping a 10-year-old boy in the shower. And he did nothing.

Or perhaps Paterno will get fired tonight. If he isn’t, it’s a statement that Paterno is more important than the University. There are a great many people on BSD who believe he is.

These people have lost their minds if they’re going to put themselves on national TV this week, in their current condition.

/amirite?

What he is doing is attempting to dictate the terms of his withdrawal to the BoT. What he is doing is presuming that being on the sidelines this weekend is good for PSU. What he is doing is going over the heads of his BoT to the public.

At the same time his resignation declares that Sandusky is guilty (this, from the most famous man in Penna) so I have no idea where they try that guy now, while he also states that he should have done more (which just doubled their civil liability, at least).

It will be interesting to see if the BoT still cares to be told what to do. It must be bedlam inside that board room and on the conference calls. They clearly do not have their shit together — and one reason is that they long-standing president didn’t tell all of them what was going on before last Saturday.

I mean, there’s people calling for a clean-house and there’s not even a trial yet. On one hand, you’ve gotta keep PSU open and running, and athletics is a minor part of actual operations. On the other, all of your top people are dropping like flies, the president’s future is uncertain, and there’s nobody to fill the void.

As for JoePa – He’s in a Catch-22. Either he stays and provides some stability in the athletic department and football team that’s needing all the support they can get – OR – he resigns immediately and cuts another major string holding the whole university together. Regardless, he’s the face of PSU, for better or for worse, and it’s looking like there are no good options