by Travis Normand
There is a great article on ESPN.com’s college football page about Penn State titled “On Death’s Door: Inside the negotiations that brought Penn State football to the brink of extinction.”
I highly recommend it.
by Travis Normand
As of now, the number of football players who are transferring from Penn State has climbed to nine:
by Travis Normand
It has been my opinion that the NCAA, and President Mark Emmert, used their position to strong-arm Penn State into the heavy sanctions that were levied upon the school’s football program last month. I am sure most people will read this and interpret it as if I am saying that Penn State doesn’t deserve to be punished, which is an incorrect interpretation.
by Travis Normand
By now I am sure you are familiar with Penn State’s famous cheer “We Are … Penn State!” Over the past couple of weeks, this cheer has been twisted and contorted into just about everything imaginable. Even the 30 July 2012 cover of Sports Illustrated has changed it to “We Were … Penn State.”
Well, don’t look now, but the football team at Penn State has gotten in on the act. Yesterday, a couple of PSU players shared photos of themselves in t-shirts that read “We Are … Pissed off!”
I don’t know who came up with the idea for the shirt, but they are being sold here at PennStateClothes.com.
by Travis Normand
We knew this was going to happen. When the NCAA levied it’s sanctions against the Penn State football program one thing was certain — the current football team was going to be punished for what others had done years before.
PSU Linebacker, Michael Mauti, blasts NCAA
by Travis Normand
There is some clown on eBay.com selling t-shirts with an altered Penn State logo. Instead of reading Penn State, it reads “State Penn.” Further, the Nittany Lion logo has been changed to a shower head in reference to the Sandusky scandal.
You can see the auction listing here: Auction
Apparently the seller’s eBay.com user name is: craigmack55555 (268*)
The seller is obviously not anti-Penn State as he has other t-shirts for sale that are Pro-PSU. One of his other shirts displays Paterno’s likeness and reads “Legends Never Die!” No, its pretty clear that this guy is just out to make some quick cash off of a bad situation.
It is amazing what people will do for money even the worst of situations.
by Travis Normand
Penn State’s cheer is “We Are Penn State;” but what exactly does that mean now?
Going forward, what exaclty is the identity of Penn State going to be?
I know that Penn State’s mascot is the Nittany Lion. I know that Penn State has very traditional, plain, blue and white football uniforms. I also know that it is a large land-grant university. Oh, and I know that Joe Paterno was the football coach.
Penn State and Joe Paterno had arguably become one and the same. I am not sure where one stopped and the other started. In fact, now that Joe Paterno is gone, it is almost as if Penn State is the most plain and unoriginal university of them all. Without Paterno, Penn State has no identity — at least none outside of the current “scandal.”
I am sure that over time Penn State will once again find itself and its identity. At least, I hope so.
by Travis Normand
I don’t like copy/pasting articles to my blog that I find elsewhere. However, every now and then I have to make an exception. This is one of those times.
I wanted to share someone elses opinion on the corrections that have been made to the Freeh report. I posted earlier my thoughts on the changes, but I also found the following article and wanted to share it as well.
Please note: The following is not my own as it was originally posted on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s website (www.Post-Gazette.com). Please visit their website as they have much more coverage on the Penn State situation as well as much more! Link
by Travis Normand
The Freeh report, the weapon being wielded to destroy the legacy of Joe Paterno, is not without error.
[Click HERE to download a copy of the updated/corrected report]
Everyone from the NCAA to the general public has used the report as their factual basis in forming their personal judgments, yet the report is flawed. But have no fear, the report has been updated to reflect the correct information! Thank goodness the corrections were made before anyone rushed to judgment or did anything rash (like leveling unprecedented and unsupported NCAA penalties, or removing a statue).
by Travis Normand
While no criminal charges have been filed against former Penn State President Graham Spanier, he is not sitting on the sidelines waiting to act.
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