Evan Almighty

"the rumor mill says that the grand jury testimony shows (not appearing in the indictment since these are not facts relevant to the indictments of sandusky, cey, schultz) that 3 days after mcqueary's meeting with cey/schultz, paterno followed up and was told that a full investigation was occurring. having heard nothing, approx. 3 months later, paterno followed up again and was told that the police and the DA were not going to pursue the matter. It is reported that Paterno's reaction was one of anger and that he demanded that Sandusky be barred from campus. Paterno was told that he didn't have that authority as the football coach. Paterno then said he was going to bar Sandusky from all football facilities and was told that he did have that authority. (4th hand from the AG's office. Assign veracity accordingly.)" http://pennstate.247sports.com/Board/18/New-Rumor-TFWIW-5601428/1 Maybe none of us know what's going on? Maybe it would be time to admit ignorance and let the facts play out? No, let's jump to conclusions, ignore 60 years of success with honor and damn Paterno to hell, and shut the whole football program down (btw, who does this punish exactly? The athletic department administration that has already been placed on leave and will be fired as soon as PSU can do so without being slapped with more civil suits? Or the 110,000 that showed up at Beaver Stadium last Saturday and raised money and awareness for child abuse?) You are all going to look pretty stupid when all is said and done, not that you don't already.

I love all the tough guys here who talk about what they would have done. Pretty easy to say that sitting behind the comfort of your keyboard. Yes, burn the entire program down for the sins of Curley and the administration. Paterno should have done more, and for that he should be gone at the end of the season. He should have been gone 10 years ago, as his mind has clearly deteriorated as evidenced by the fact that the program simply hasn't been as dominant as it used to be. But he is not the guilty party here. He notified his boss and THE HEAD OF CAMPUS POLICE. He obviously should have gone to the state police once he saw nothing was happening, but to not give his lifelong fans that have spent every fall Saturday of our lives with him in our living rooms is absurd. The amount of good he has done for PSU and for people in general is being swept under the rug here and it's a travesty. Killing Penn State Football won't help anyone, it will destroy one of the premier research universities in the world. The best thing that can happen is for Sandusky to fry and Penn State to rise above this and help victims of child abuse. There are a lot of good people in Happy Valley and to take away something that means so much to us won't help the victims. I deserved one last chance to say goodbye to a man I loved dearly and if you outsiders don't get it then you can quite frankly go to hell. PENN STATE FOREVER