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[QUOTE="Orangemen, post: 319101, member: 106"]
Anyone else expecting a big letdown at 9 am tomorrow?
 
The PSU source says it 'worse than the death penalty'?
 
What else should he say? ' This NCAA penalty that hasn't been announced yet will be a walk in the park'?  IMO he knows not to  the probably-not-as-bad-as-it-could-be penalty that they will be receiving.
 
When was the last time the NCAA handed down a penalty that met expectations, or was deemed too harsh?  Now they've upped the ante with all of this talk of 'unprecedented' penalties.
 
I'm prepared for a major letdown.
 
There is a culture of PSU football that will not go away without the death penalty, there is no way around it.  This was cultural and institutional in every sense, and that culture exists today, and will still exist after 9 am tomorrow.
 
So what, probably no TV, not bowls, big cut in scholarships for a few years.  OK, it will hurt, but it won't stop beaver stadium from selling out.  It won't keep big recruits away in all likelihood.
 
Just look at IU bball, and USC fball.  Major sanctions just mean it's time for the fans, recruits,  and the school to circle the wagons and adopt an us against the world mentality.  
 
IU sanctions ended what, a year ago, or maybe 2.  Next season they will start ranked in the top 4, and regarded as a NC favorite.  This after selling out every game for the last 4 years.
 
USC was still under major sanctions last year, and it's clear how much they were hurt.  They went from being ranked #1 all the way down to being ranked #4.  Oh yeah, they're probably also a NC favorite this year as well.
 
Should PSU get the death penalty?  I don't know, but all this talk of' unprecedented' and 'prefer the death penalty' just makes me laugh.
 
You know how a PSU source would act if the hammer really came down?  'No comment', or 'I'm too faced from drinking in my own sorrow to comment at this time'.
 
Maybe the NCAA will surprise us all for the first time in 25 years tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath.
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