Eleven Warriors

NC, you can't judge a man by his one mistake. Joe Paterno is a legend and a great human. All he really did was look the other way when his most trusted LT raped kids in Penn State facilities. The man made on mistake, but he built so many men up from nothing! I mean, do you think Courtney Brown or LaVar Arrington or Curtis Enis would have EVER made it out of their respective rough lives had it not been for Joe? I mean none of those future top 5 picks would have been able to play ANYWHERE else but Penn State because Ol' Joe saw them for the diamonds in the rough that they are.

Sure Joe saw Jerry Sandusky (best guess-%58 or a little more than half of the days that passed) 3000 times from 1998 to 2012 (each time counting as a mistake in my book), but Joe did what he was supposed to do-he took it to his 'boss'. He'll always be a legend in my book. Who cares how much money he made off of his connections to Jerry's charity. Who cares about some kids...Joe helped SO many more...like LaVar! oh and Franco Harris! A future NFL player could ONLY succeed at PSU and thanks to Joe's tutelage, he became a great player and man!

Besides, its WAY too soon to make an opinion up. Not all of the facts have even come out. Grand Jury Testimony and a report by some FBI guy don't do it for me. He's the FORMER director of the FBI anyway-who cares what he has to say. Its just too soon to say anything about Joe-We'll never truly know the facts.

Thanks Joe. I hope it is very, VERY warm wherever you are right now.

As many have pointed out, if it was a kid in his family being violated, everything would have been very different. Other than that Joe was certainly a guy that looked out for the welfare of others....

Bukfan - I think you're in denial about Penn State being in denial. 

You are comparing apples and oranges bro. The Tressel stuff doesn't even compare with the Penn State stuff. No, I don't think Penn State fans support child rape, that's absurd. But you haven't been paying attention if you think only the "fringe" still love JoePa. The overwhelming majority of their fans think he did absolutely nothing wrong. Ever. They are in denial and they are delusional. 

The man made on mistake, but he built so many men up from nothing! I mean, do you think Courtney Brown or LaVar Arrington or Curtis Enis would have EVER made it out of their respective rough lives had it not been for Joe.

Give me a flippin' break.  They would have been just fine at any other large DI program that recruited them.  All Joe did is take people with a ability to play football and let them play football.  He wasn't Mother Teresa dealing with friggin' lepers.

Milk Steak - Trust me when I say that Brewster wrote those comments in jest. He was being sarcastic. 

I know sarcasm doesn't always come across through text\written word but I thought my piece was literally dripping with it-guess not.

My bad.  I've heard just that coming out of PSU fans overthe last couple weeks.

I will admit I hate the NCAA.  Those a**holes dropped the bowl ban as a birthday present to me, then when I read more about the "No-show" job DeVier Posey had, it seemed like he was there and working according to his co-workers, and was required to be paid greater than the NCAA max wage of $15 due to the fact that the job was a closed shop union job.  Therefore, (and I'm not excusing the stuff with the other players' real No-Show jobs) Geronimo did not do the incorrect thing with that one, because he obeyed Ohio and Federal Labor law by adhering to the contract he had signed with his employees' union that represented Posey for the duration of his employment.  Any actual law should ALWAYS take precedence over NCAA bylaws, even if the 5th amendment doesn't apply to them.

Welllll, obviously we have a RAPIST in State College. He’s climbin’ in yo windows, he’s snatchin’ yo people up, tryin’ to rape 'em. So y’all need to hide your kids, hide your wife, and hide your husband...cause they’re rapin’ everybody out here.”