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The statue of Joe Paterno is destined to be removed. PSU fans

  • will roast me for saying so, but, with recent revelations, it is just a matter of when.

    The 101

  • PSU fans just need to own it. This is their chance to slowly turn on Joe Pa. If they don't that whole university will simply be seen as Thailand West.

    fsufsu

  • fsufsu said...

    PSU fans just need to own it. This is their chance to slowly turn on Joe Pa. If they don't that whole university will simply be seen as Thailand West.

    there will be a movement once the freeh report is released but if those emails are the most damning thing they have against joe it won't happen, they actually dont prove anything more than we already know... but i do think more will come out and it will be taken down

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  • The 101 said...

    will roast me for saying so, but, with recent revelations, it is just a matter of when.

    Some PSU fans will roast you for it. Many won't. It's a legitimate argument. It's also been played out in multiple long threads on here in the past week.

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  • shavisimo2 said...

    Some PSU fans will roast you for it. Many won't. It's a legitimate argument. It's also been played out in multiple long threads on here in the past week.

    This. That horse has been dead for weeks.

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    MsnBama

  • Give me a sledge hammer and a case of beer, I'll take it down

    LScootU

  • I will poop on it

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  • Super Scooter said...

    Give me a sledge hammer and a case of beer, I'll take it down

    Right there with you

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    tuskstider

  • I would be fine with it being removed.

    The tidbits of the Curley email is pretty damning. I can't see how Paterno is innocent of more than just "not doing enough". Nothing concrete has come out saying that he actively covered it up, but I would be absolutely shocked if something did not surface.

    getmyjive11 ●

  • It's a damn shame. I'm not naive enough to think anyone is as squeaky clean as he portrayed himself, but to have it happen like this... I wish he were alive to answer to this.

    Yeah, I said it.

    shalvoy

  • shalvoy said...

    It's a damn shame. I'm not naive enough to think anyone is as squeaky clean as he portrayed himself, but to have it happen like this... I wish he were alive to answer to this.

    That would be worse. Would you want to see Joe Pa in handcuffs?

    The guy flat out lied to a grand jury.

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    devidee

  • devidee said...

    That would be worse. Would you want to see Joe Pa in handcuffs?

    The guy flat out lied to a grand jury.

    I think seeing him in handcuffs, while heartbreaking, would be a huge wake up call and probably enough to yank the few who still believe in the strength of his character back to reality.

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    MsnBama

  • rolBAMAballs said...

    handcuffs or maybe a noose

    In handcuffs and facing the consequences would be enough to bring many of them back to reality.

    Sad.

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    MsnBama

  • MsnBama said...

    I think seeing him in handcuffs, while heartbreaking, would be a huge wake up call and probably enough to yank the few who still believe in the strength of his character back to reality.

    Coming from rivals, I think there are a lot more than just a few who still believe in him. If you even question his involvement on the PSU rivals board, you will be called all kinds of derogatory names. The people on that board live in their own little world

    aubie25

  • I say leave the statue up, just put a PedoBear mask on it.

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  • devidee said...

    That would be worse. Would you want to see Joe Pa in handcuffs?

    The guy flat out lied to a grand jury.

    I think that would be completely appropriate, I would like to have seen him have to do the perp walk. They better hurry up and change the name of the B1G championship trophy, too.

    Yeah, I said it.

    shalvoy

  • shalvoy said...

    I think that would be completely appropriate, I would like to have seen him have to do the perp walk. They better hurry up and change the name of the B1G championship trophy, too.

    I agree. It's a complete disgrace having his name on it.

    EDIT: The B1G took Paterno's name off the trophy back in November.

    This post was edited by devidee on 7/5/2012 at 11:26 AM

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  • aubie25 said...

    Coming from rivals, I think there are a lot more than just a few who still believe in him. If you even question his involvement on the PSU rivals board, you will be called all kinds of derogatory names. The people on that board live in their own little world

    That's because Rivals is a cesspool of idiocy.

    There are many penn State fans around here who were devastated by the recent revelations and have finally thrown their hands in the air where JoePa is concerned. Many are done defending him, I'm certain more will follow when the Freeh report is released later this month.

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  • shavisimo2 said...

    Some PSU fans will roast you for it. Many won't. It's a legitimate argument. It's also been played out in multiple long threads on here in the past week.

    You were one of Joe's biggest supporters on here just a couple of weeks ago. You kept saying we (outsiders) didn't know all of the facts and blah, blah, blah. You seem to have changed your opinion. What gives?

    This post was edited by wps88 on 7/5/2012 at 11:27 AM

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  • wps88 said...

    You were one of Joe's biggest supporters on here just a couple of weeks ago. You kept saying we (outsiders) didn't know all of the facts and blah, blah, blah. You seem to have changed your opinion. What gives?

    I'm not shav, but I think we have a similar outlook on this thing.

    When you grow up looking up to a man who was supposed stand for doing "the right thing", it's hard to think that he would fail so miserably. I'm pretty sure that shav just wanted to see all the facts come out before condemning Paterno. That is how the majority of PSU fans are.

    When the Curley email was leaked on Friday, that changed everything for me personally. It doesn't 100% say that Joe was trying to cover this up, but it sure does point in that direction. At best, it looks now that Joe was lying in his GJ testimony when he said that he told Curley and Schultz everything he knew and then let them handle it. It appears as though he talked to Curley again later and what he said is what made Curley change his mind about doing the right thing.

    That is why I can no longer give Paterno the benefit of the doubt. I think that when the Freeh report comes out, you will see a lot of Paterno's supporters turn on him. It doesn't mean that they were stupid before or ignorant... they just wanted to see proof that he wasn't the man he pretended to be. Now, I'm sure there will be diehards who still will support him, but they will be the minority.

    This post was edited by getmyjive11 on 7/5/2012 at 12:51 PM

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  • aubie25 said...

    Coming from rivals, I think there are a lot more than just a few who still believe in him. If you even question his involvement on the PSU rivals board, you will be called all kinds of derogatory names. The people on that board live in their own little world

    glad you made it

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  • Someone go wake joe up... he'll want to see this

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    swizz ●

  • The 101 said...

    will roast me for saying so, but, with recent revelations, it is just a matter of when.

    Wow

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    Man_A _War

  • The 101 said...

    will roast me for saying so, but, with recent revelations, it is just a matter of when.

    Not convinced. They idolize him.

    buff5280

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