4skers89
Yes Man
ORD_Buckeye;2216833; said:To me, the brightest hope for the place is that NO students came out for it, and the student newspapers were ripping the cultists on Monday morning.
However, you still have to keep in mind that after the scandal hit (but granted before the Freeh report came out) the alumni voted in three trustees: 2 certified Paterno dead enders and a former player and sympathetic figure who (despite the fact that he ultimately turned his back on the cult) it could be argued was assumed would take a pro-Joe stance.
I don't think the cult is the entirety of the fanbase, but I think it's bigger and more dysfunctional than at any other school.
It's funny that the BWI crowd attribute the student's non-participation as apathy. That can't be the case considering how they turned out to riot after JoePa was fired. What has changed is the Freeh report came out and most agree with the reasonable conclusion. They are still young and their whole identity is not wrapped up in JoePa's legacy. The older fans who experienced the glory of Dear Leader when he won can't seem to let go. I'm still waiting for an explanation of how Jerr wasn't arrested until after JoePa got his record. That is one sanction the NCAA should not rescind, but it is what the cultist want back. I'll never let a PSU fan forget this point because I consider it an obvious indication of how out of hand that place was/is. I always think about this and how pervasive the football culture was for this to occur.
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