New Penn State story

[Briancuse]

Speechless.

So was paterno.

 

[Cusester]

Are you familiar with Conrad Mainwaring?

No, I was not aware of this. I thought you were referring to Bernie.

 

[Nick44]

Hodne and Paterno are roommates in hell. Save a spot for Sandusky.

 

[Cuseregular]

OMG. I need to process this. Wow. For me it’s personal being looked at by PSU not too long after this era, knowing one of the PSU players personally that was mentioned in the article(!!) - this from being in the football fraternity my whole life and especially so back then, thinking of Paterno in the highest possible regard for most of my life pre Sandusky!

Man o man. This is going to blow up nationally in the very near future. More tomorrow. Just speechless.

 

[kcsu]

Whats hard to comprehend is the fan base.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

OMG. I need to process this. Wow. For me it’s personal being looked at by PSU not too long after this era, knowing one of the PSU players personally that was mentioned in the article(!!) - this from being in the football fraternity my whole life and especially so back then, thinking of Paterno in the highest possible regard for most of my life pre Sandusky!

Man o man. This is going to blow up nationally in the very near future. More tomorrow. Just speechless.

Crazy. It's a lot to digest if you don't personally know the people involved. The story is already in the Post and other media outlets. Penn State Football and Paterno will hopefully get crucified for this for not taking a tougher stance on their players. It's sickening reading the series of events. Especially about the judge who let this man remain free after conviction so he could go on and commit more crimes.

There was a serial sexual predator in the Penn State football program other than Jerry Sandusky

The atrocities committed by former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky are well-documented, but until now the crimes of a former defensive player in the program have gone almost entirel…

nypost.com

 

[Eric15]

The world would be a better place if everyone raised their sons to be like Irv Pankey. They should put a statue of him in the spot where the Paterno statue was as a symbol of doing the right thing when it's really hard and goes against a cult.

 

[RF2044]

I just read the story, and kind of wish I hadn't.

Scary.

 

[David321]

I don’t know how the average fan can root for that team and wear their merchandise, what happened was and should be a slam dunk deal breaker for every PSU fan.

 

[rrlbees]

Just spent about an hour reading that. Disgusting. Paterno is gone. Hodne is gone. But the Penn St football culture and program isn’t. Too bad people inside and outside Penn St don’t have the balls to torpedo that thing. I’m looking at you too NCAA.

 

[OttoMets]

Whats hard to comprehend is the fan base.

I mean, yes. I share everybody's disgust for Penn State's delusional, amoral fans.

But these problems are endemic; most head coaches would conduct themselves the same way Paterno (and his bosses-in-name-only) did, and most fans would gladly put their heads into the sand in a similar situation.

So in that sense it's very easy to comprehend.

 

[OttoMets]

Just spent about an hour reading that. Disgusting. Paterno is gone. Hodne is gone. But the Penn St football culture and program isn’t. Too bad people inside and outside Penn St don’t have the balls to torpedo that thing. I’m looking at you too NCAA.

Or in Harrisburg. Or affiliated with Penn State but outside the formal power structure. Or...

There's a lot of blame to go around.

 

[cliftonparksufan]

Or in Harrisburg. Or affiliated with Penn State but outside the formal power structure. Or...

There's a lot of blame to go around.

There is. But there is only one head coach. Only one Athletic Director. Only one school President. Only one Governor. Fortunately, some of them took hits with Sandusky.

Ten years after the Sandusky scandal, what did Penn State — and the nation — learn?

Former Penn State assistant Jerry Sandusky's conviction for sexual abuse of boys 10 years ago shook the university to its core. What is the lasting effect?

www.latimes.com

 

[Eric15]

I can't get over how insane that judge was to let Hodne out when he was clearly such a threat to society. That idiot has blood on his hands more than anyone besides Hodne himself.

 

[qdawgg]

I have a daughter, I couldn’t finish it.

 

[orangenauburn]

Wonder who his unnamed roommate was from upstate NY?

Guy clearly knew dude was a ticking time bomb

 

[JoeCollege]

I have a daughter, I couldn’t finish it.

I have two daughters. One in college, at a D-1 school, and I will be sending it to her. Sadly, we need to know what is out there and how the decks are stacked.

 

[pattycuse]

I have a daughter, I couldn’t finish it.

Same. Just horrifying.

 

[grepal]

No, I was not aware of this. I thought you were referring to Bernie.

I knew Bernie a little when I tried to play but was not good enough. Never got a whiff of anything scandalous. I never believed he was involved in any monkey business, can't prove anything but as far as I know he was given a raw deal. The stuff with his wife and players, well IMO seemed very wrong.

 

[Cuseregular]

I can't get over how insane that judge was to let Hodne out when he was clearly such a threat to society. That idiot has blood on his hands more than anyone besides Hodne himself.

Yep no doubt. That is the definition of privilege right there my friend. Just got convicted of rape, suspected in many others? Ahhh you go free because you're a PSU football player. Disgusting.

My family has been worked in law enforcement/the courts for 50+ years, never ever heard anything like this happen. EVER!

 

[Ringostar57]

Bad old Pedo Valley littered with Nittany pedovores. Sandusky wasn't the only one, lots of money came in from blackmail...

 

[Cuseregular]

I have two daughters. One in college, at a D-1 school, and I will be sending it to her. Sadly, we need to know what is out there and how the decks are stacked.

yep just so disturbing. Everyone I know from my local football past is talking about this today. Blown away by the horror of it all.

 

[Newhouser]

Or in Harrisburg. Or affiliated with Penn State but outside the formal power structure. Or...

There's a lot of blame to go around.

The judge who let him out of jail is the second biggest villain. What was he doing?

 

[Roger N]

The judge who let him out of jail is the second biggest villain. What was he doing?

Probably taken care of

 

[OrlandoCuse]

You have to wonder if Paterno was a childhood victim of sexual abuse, or physical abuse, and was just accepting of it as normal.