Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

[Steve19]

Can anyone cue the Titanic theme song?

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Meanwhile in James Franklin's VaTech office...

 

[CincyInterloper]

Meanwhile in James Franklin's VaTech office...

Getting fired by Penn State may be the best thing that ever happened to Franklin.

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

Getting fired by Penn State may be the best thing that ever happened to Franklin.

Ironic that there has been a more direct blowback and negative impact to the success of their football program for firing James Franklin than the Sandusky scandal.

I always felt like this pos program should’ve been totally nuked for that and they got a slap on the wrist imo

 

[Honor&Glory]

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

Meanwhile in James Franklin's VaTech office...

SIAP but I just saw this article diving deeper into Penn State

Ex-administrator believes some Penn State football donors held Joe Paterno grudge against James Franklin

Could the legacy of Joe Paterno have played a factor in James Franklin's downfall as Penn State football coach?

sports.yahoo.com

While it has long been debated whether or to what extent Paterno knew of Sandusky’s crimes, for which he was convicted to 30 to 60 years in prison in June 2012, the shadow of ‘Joe Pa’ looms large over Happy Valley.

So large, in fact, that it reportedly led to feelings of resentment toward James Franklin, who was hired as Penn State’s coach after Paterno’s successor, Bill O’Brien, left for the NFL.

“When Franklin took over in 2014, the school was still reeling from the tumultuous end of the Joe Paterno era and the Jerry Sandusky child-sex abuse scandal. And despite his good relationships with players and many within the school, other people — like some donors and others affiliated with the school — never took to Franklin, even after a 2016 Big Ten championship, which still stands as the high point of his time in Happy Valley,” The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman and Ralph D. Russo said.

We might’ve been a circus the past few weeks, but at least we landed our top target.

Unlike the pedsters…

 

[Jaxbuck]

SIAP but I just saw this article diving deeper into Penn State

Ex-administrator believes some Penn State football donors held Joe Paterno grudge against James Franklin

Could the legacy of Joe Paterno have played a factor in James Franklin's downfall as Penn State football coach?

sports.yahoo.com

We might’ve been a circus the past few weeks, but at least we landed our top target.

Unlike the pedsters…

They should call it like it is: Franklin is black.

Big strike against anyone up there.

Totally serious.

 

[Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux]

They should call it like it is: Franklin is black.

Big strike against anyone up there.

Totally serious.

I believe it. I've heard the term "Pennsyltucky" before.

 

[pnuts34]

They should call it like it is: Franklin is black.

Big strike against anyone up there.

Totally serious.

Thats why I think theyre so reluctant to pull the trigger and hire Smith. They may be forced to if the search continues

 

[SEREbuckeye]

What a depressing ass Christmas in Sad Valley… hate to see it.

 

[Gizmo]

Ironic that there has been a more direct blowback and negative impact to the success of their football program for firing James Franklin than the Sandusky scandal.

I always felt like this pos program should’ve been totally nuked for that and they got a slap on the wrist imo

I was about to post the same thing.

 

[Jaxbuck]

Hard to believe Mike Mauti died for this.

 

[pnuts34]

Ironic that there has been a more direct blowback and negative impact to the success of their football program for firing James Franklin than the Sandusky scandal.

I always felt like this pos program should’ve been totally nuked for that and they got a slap on the wrist imo

I remember I was hanging out in DC around the time of the Sandusky debacle. My buddy worked on Capitol Hill and we went out, and a couple of DAs were at a bar we were at, and we asked how bad they thought the NCAA would come down on the Pedsters. They just said, it's not an athletic issue, nothing they could really do to the program.
Unfortunately it's similar to the NCAA not being able to do anything to MSU in the Larry Nassar saga

 

[Thump]

I know a coach that is willing and ready;

 

[Jaxbuck]

I believe it. I've heard the term "Pennsyltucky" before.

I lived in the South for over 15 years and I have seen as many rebel flags in Pennsyltucky as I ever did in the CSA.

No bullshit.