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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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lvbuckeye;2184515; said:
is it wrong to make a Laura Lovins fan page on facebook?
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This, my friends, is not bad.

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I don't see many, if any, current players leaving. They've been in the hive-mind for too long. And from what we've learned since last November, they apparently live in an even greater bubble and isolation from the regular student body than players at most big time programs.

Interestingly, the first thing O'Brien said to them was, "you'll still be on television" which just confirms my feelings on how important a tv ban was.

How any top recruit can still head to State College is beyond me though.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2184612; said:
I don't see many, if any, current players leaving. They've been in the hive-mind for too long. And from what we've learned since last November, they apparently live in an even greater bubble and isolation from the regular student body than players at most big time programs.

Interestingly, the first thing O'Brien said to them was, "you'll still be on television" which just confirms my feelings on how important a tv ban was.

How any top recruit can still head to State College is beyond me though.
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I think their goingt to lose their most important player...Silas Redd to USC. That is going to be damaging. Even if they do all stay, I expect them to suck. At best a 6-6 season.
 
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BuckJr;2184630; said:
I think their goingt to lose their most important player...Silas Redd to USC. That is going to be damaging. Even if they do all stay, I expect them to suck. At best a 6-6 season.
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It isn't this year as much as recruiting over the next few years. They'll still get some die hard PSU recruits, but they aren't coming to Ohio or even western PA and pulling out any players that OSU wants for the next decade. I expect a large amount of turnover in their 2013 recruiting class before any names are put to paper.
 
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exhawg;2184632; said:
It isn't this year as much as recruiting over the next few years. They'll still get some die hard PSU recruits, but they aren't coming to Ohio or even western PA and pulling out any players that OSU wants for the next decade. I expect a large amount of turnover in their 2013 recruiting class before any names are put to paper.
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I see Pitt, Temple, & Rutgers licking their chops over this for the next few years. I mean, people want to go those schools, right?
 
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The creepy thing will be when the roster is filled with 2nd and 3rd generation PSUers who would have been borderline offers otherwise. There will always be connections to the past, and I'd rather not hear about them when I watch a PSU game.
 
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buckeyegrad;2184629; said:
Sadly, an OSU professor wrote this piece of trash in the Chronicle of Higher Education this morning:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/innovations/the-penn-state-scandal-revisited/33727

Which includes this gem of a statement:
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The NCAA has never punished a school for criminal behavior.
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No, they haven't.

And from where I sit, PSU wasn't punished for criminal behavior.

They were punished for the coverup.

They were punished for allowing the football coach to effectively run all day to day operations for the entire university.

They were punished for not having any legitimate oversight of said football coach.

They were punished for not having any compliance department - not even a token, puppet office to fulfill the requirement.

They were punished for arrogantly thumbing their nose at the NCAA for so long, proudly proclaiming they had never been cited for a single NCAA violation, when everyone in town knew they were guilty. Not being punished does not equate to innocence.

Sure, it's painful for the fans and the current players. It sucks for them. But the NCAA HAD to come down hard on the University and the football program. They had to send a message to all the other colleges and universities and their administrators that if they are caught participating in a coverup, the NCAA will crush them. A slap on the wrist would've told everyone that it's allowable.
 
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