Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

[buxfan4life]

Bubba O'Barnacle is poking the bear:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9314339

Coach Obrian then went over game videos - good plays and bad. He says he needs the fans to be there with them all the time. There are so many young players and they are trying, but they need the energy of the fans. He noted that the first half was full of life and the second half was quiet He was irritated by that and rightfully so.

So, it sounds like he is paritially blaming the fans for not getting into the game. I guess he failed to realize that the pedsters were too caught up in FACTS and EVIDENTS to actually back a team not coached by a zombie.

 

[colobuck79]

I see his point. The fans should have been ecstatic about being outplayed 0-21 by a MAC team.

 

[Woody1968]

For the same reason that plenty of fans Ohio State, or USC, or [fill in team here], tried to spin stories of NCAA corruption and media bias or jealousy instead of having to recognize that something they respected wasn't as righteous and noble as they thought. The reaction in happy valley is more intense because their belief in the positives of the program were more intense, but it's more or less the same process playing out. Not excusing it, just like I don't excuse my fellow buckeye fans that blindly rallied around Tressel. But it's not hard to understand. Sports fans can get real irrational about their teams. I mean, the 4 letter word for poo on this website filters to "Mark May." Why? Because he doesn't ride the jock of Ohio State like most of the sports media?

Edit: In the case of this John Zeigler guy, it's clear he is obsessed with "exposing" mass media for indoctrinating the public. What little attention he got prior to this was from ranting and raving that the media engaged in some orchestrated, conspiratorial plot to make Sarah Palin look stupid. This is just part of his stupid, senseless, quixotic crusade.

Bull Mark May...

:tongue2:

 

[Jaxbuck]

Bubba O'Barnacle is poking the bear:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9314339



So, it sounds like he is paritially blaming the fans for not getting into the game. I guess he failed to realize that the pedsters were too caught up in FACTS and EVIDENTS to actually back a team not coached by a zombie.

Angry, irrational mobs never look for scape goats when things go bad dude.

Barbarossa O'Ballslap should be fine.

 

[NFBuck]

I see his point. The fans should have been ecstatic about being outplayed 0-21 by a MAC team.

No shit.

 

[exhawg]

Bubba O'Barnacle is poking the bear:

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=157&f=1395&t=9314339



So, it sounds like he is paritially blaming the fans for not getting into the game. I guess he failed to realize that the pedsters were too caught up in FACTS and EVIDENTS to actually back a team not coached by a zombie.

The cult just takes after Dear Leader. Loud in the first half and silent in the second when they need to speak up.

 

[Frohlich]

The cult just takes after Dear Leader. Loud in the first half and silent in the second when they need to speak up.

Just imagine if Urban took the PSU job (I know, I know...they didn't want him anyways). Some of his brutal honesty in press conferences and interviews would likely have him taken away like Joe Pa's statue. "We suck as a team right now and got man handled by a MAC school in Ohio"... would have turned out like blazzing saddles as they would have hung a man on his horse :tongue2:

 

[Jaxbuck]

Just imagine if Urban took the PSU job (I know, I know...they didn't want him anyways). Some of his brutal honesty in press conferences and interviews would likely have him taken away like Joe Pa's statue. "We suck as a team right now and got man handled by a MAC school in Ohio"... would have turned out like blazzing saddles as they would have hung a man on his horse :tongue2:

 

[Fungo Squiggly]

Rarrit!

 

[Muck]

Moved to the Sandusky thread.

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

For the same reason that plenty of fans Ohio State, or USC, or [fill in team here], tried to spin stories of NCAA corruption and media bias or jealousy instead of having to recognize that something they respected wasn't as righteous and noble as they thought. The reaction in happy valley is more intense because their belief in the positives of the program were more intense, but it's more or less the same process playing out. Not excusing it, just like I don't excuse my fellow buckeye fans that blindly rallied around Tressel. But it's not hard to understand. Sports fans can get real irrational about their teams. I mean, the 4 letter word for poo on this website filters to "Mark May." Why? Because he doesn't ride the jock of Ohio State like most of the sports media?

Edit: In the case of this John Zeigler guy, it's clear he is obsessed with "exposing" mass media for indoctrinating the public. What little attention he got prior to this was from ranting and raving that the media engaged in some orchestrated, conspiratorial plot to make Sarah Palin look stupid. This is just part of his stupid, senseless, quixotic crusade.

Mark May is an asshole pure and simple.

As for the first part of your statement, it's a little more complex than you present it. Any large, diverse fanbase is going to have a variety of opinions regarding an NCAA investigation/sanctions. I think our response was relatively balanced and mild relative to the Spoiled Children and in an entire different galaxy than the Paterno Cult's response. I personally keep in touch with about two dozen Ohio State alumni (friends from college, a couple from State and another dozen in Chicago), and no one thinks we were framed by a corrupt ncaa, thinks that we didn't deserve to go on probation or thinks that JT should have kept his job.

As for the ESPN role, you need to look at that as a very complex issue vis-a-vis the Big Ten's relationship with the network and more importantly the network's business interests of which their coverage of Tresselgate was only a part. They've attacked first and asked questions later regarding anything they can get their hands on against the Big Ten since the BTN was formed and they weren't invited to partner up in it. There is a complete ESPN bias against the entire Big Ten on the part of ESPN based upon the threat to their business interests that the BTN represents, and it's dictated their reporting and editorial content regarding any Big Ten school not just us.

 

[NFBuck]

Yeah, the tOSU fanbase response was rather tempered, IMO. We actually moved on rather quickly after the punishment was handed down. Granted, some of that may have to do with landing a Top-5 coach and native son as a replacement. I don't recall any wild conspiracy theories. But watch, the cult will rail about this for years. I think most of the Buckeye ire was directed to Gene Smith's clumsy handling of the situation, and a handful of goofy comments from Gee.

 

[exhawg]

Yeah, the tOSU fanbase response was rather tempered, IMO. We actually moved on rather quickly after the punishment was handed down. Granted, some of that may have to do with landing a Top-5 coach and native son as a replacement. I don't recall any wild conspiracy theories. But watch, the cult will rail about this for years. I think most of the Buckeye ire was directed to Gene Smith's clumsy handling of the situation, and a handful of goofy comments from Gee.

I think the biggest issue most fans had was to the bowl ban this season. Whether it was Smith not imposing a ban last year or the NCAA maybe going a little harsh and giving a ban at all. Regardless it's water under the bridge and the future has never been brighter for tOSU.

Ped State may never recover from these sanctions so their fan base is going to take it a lot harder. This is what happens when your whole identity as a school rests on one person that is actually a huge phony.

 

[MililaniBuckeye]

Rarrit!

The head coach is a pedo[BONG!]....

 

[Mike80]

Rarrit!

The head coach is a pedo[BONG!]....

I had to show this thread to my mother - we've compared the shithole I grew up in to Rock Ridge for over 20 years now