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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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Olbermann actually called out The Cult and the PSU as the "Worst People in the Sports World" two days in a row. Natually, The Cult was enraged, claiming that Olbermann didn't know the FACTS and was just piling on with lies in a desperate attempt to get viewers. There was a large thread on BWI debating who should represent The Cult's point of view in a debate with Olbermann. Most of The Cult wanted Jay Paterno to teach Olbermann some FACTS and EVIDENTS.

Here is a link to Olbermann's other PSU rant:

 
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The Cult was also mad because they flooded Olbermann's twitter account at the time of his PSU rants, and he bitch-slapped the Joebots with a reply of "Son, you can think whatever you want about Penn St. But when the rest of the world hears the words 'Penn St." they think Jerry Sandusky."
 
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Trip report - Happy Valley.

I visited the PSU campus for a weekend because they hosted a regional tournament for a high school sport.

I had never been there before but had nostalgic expectations because I grew up in the backwoods mountains of Pennsylvania. I almost expected an eclectic Swiss style village surrounded by mountains. I kind of imagined I would see signs pointing to the new research facility on how to prevent child abuse.

I was disappointed. It seemed to be mostly flat land, all owned by the university. Control was given to the graduates of the school of urban planning. It reminded me more of rural Ukraine, governed by central planners. They had made assumptions about where people should be, what they should do, etc. When faced with massive lapses in "provided services" (e.g. the central planners fouled up), in my opinion and perception, no one was in charge, all protected their superiors, and it was always someone the fault of someone else.

To my shock, I can almost imagine Joe waiting till Monday to report. In my opinion, that was the culture that seemed to permeate.

Indeed, in limited discussions, my perception was that the average person on the street believed the scandal was a "political problem". No one seemed to put pressure on those in charge to view it any other way. There seemed to be none of the UFM "there is a problem, it is my fault, there are no excuses, I will fix it".

The watering hole I saw still had a poster of Joe Pa, with amazing written tributes to him.
 
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I repaired some cell towers in State College during the summer in the late 90s. PSU sluts on the roofs sunning themselves. In hindsight, I wish I had down more...

But now, I think back and how I drove for hours through nothing to get there. It is Deliverance PA, seriously, and it all makes sense...
 
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LordJeffBuck said:
Here's a few of my own:

Give a piece of The True Rail to every church in central Pennsylvania....

Force Dennis Franklin to stand next to Cardboard Joe on the sidelines....

Fire the Board of Trustees, hire the Big Uglies to run the university....

Replace the Lion's Roar with "Beat Nebraska!"

Tattoo "409" on every newborn baby in Centre County....

Wisconsin has Jump Around, Penn State fans should do the Paterno Quickstep right before halftime....

Rename the Road to Hell, start calling it the Paterno Way....

Free Koolaid for all cult members!!!
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Can they start a tradition where whole team run off the field right before halftime and then changes pants for the second half?
 
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I used to do some work about 10 miles north of State College, in Milesburg. It was about 2 hours of work a year, and it took me a long-ass time to drive there. We didn't get enough money for the job for it to be worthwhile. I took some time to drive to State College once. It was totally not worth it.

I laugh when they call the rest of the Big Ten stuff like "Midwestern Hicks". State College is nothing. They could disappear and no one would know for days. I looked up all 12 Big Ten schools a few years ago (before Rutgers and Maryland joined - probably before it was announced that they would join), and ranked all of the cities by population - both by the actual city and by the metro area. Penn State ranked #11 in both. (2 different schools were #12. Purdue and Iowa, maybe?) Maybe it was before Nebraska joined - I can't recall the timing. Anyway, second-to-last in both. The Big Ten may be "Midwestern Hicks", but State College is as small-town as you get in the Big Ten.

State College is like... Imagine getting rid of Columbus, and replacing it with Wooster, Ohio. Or Bellbrook. Then, to drive to Columbus, most people are coming from Cleveland or Cincinnati. You can't drive faster than 20 miles per hour. 100-120 miles at 20 mph. Yeah, you can drive faster than 20mph in Pennsylvania, but the roads are winding around more mountains, and there's farther to go. And there's nothing to do when you get there.
 
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Zurp said:
https://bwi.rivals.com/showmsg.asp?fid=36&tid=178899083&mid=178899083&sid=890&style=2

Penn State fans enjoy making fun of Rutgers fans for wanting to be rivals. Ohio State fans make fun of Penn State fans for wanting to be rivals.
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Wonder how long they'll let this post stand...
LOL at the PSU fans thumping their chests about "rivalry". How about trying to establish a rivalry against the true B1G boys of the conference? You're 7-11 against Michigan and 7-15 against Ohio State, with a whopping three conference titles, since joining the conference...
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MililaniBuckeye said:
Wonder how long they'll let this post stand...
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You conveniently leave out the games played against OSU before we joined the BigTen. We were 6-2 (.750) in those (that shows you the impact of BigTen officials) which takes the total series to 13-17. Congrats on being on the winning end of the numbers.
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So... the Big Ten officials are the reason you can't be rivals with us?

Dang - I need a BWI account. I doubt I'd be controlled enough to not get banned.
 
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