PSU still doesn't get it and never will!

Submitted by Hard-Baughlls on

After their huge upset of OSU, James Franklin proclaimed that now the "healing process" at PSU can take place.  Sure, that makes sense.  

Win a big home game as an underdog and all the PTSD, life problems, physical and emotional scars of anal rape can finally now begin to heal because the valiant Nittany Lions won a football game.

Yes James Franklin, this win probably helped you save your job and may help PSU's football program not continue collapsing into complete irrelevance.  But really?  Is that what healing is?  

I would like to say that I am amazed by the complete lack of perspective and sensitivity coming out of "Happy Valley", but I'm not, as once again that sick cult culture fostered at State College exposes itself.

 

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Acedpar3

October 23rd, 2016 at 11:43 AM ^

if offered a free ride to psu. i would send them to an off line school first. penn state is one mindless school. why not let the past be the past and shut the fuck up.

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CR7

October 23rd, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^

The obsession you people have with PSU and that whole scandal is incredible. Rich to say "let the past be the past" when it's YOU who keep bringing this shit up. Been 5 years. Enough. Move on. Stop talking about it any time PSU are in the news.



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MgoSteelersWol…

October 23rd, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^

Aside from a handful of administrators, let's be clear. Thousands (1/2 million?) of Penn State alumni, students and fans had nothing to do with the Sandusky issue. Lumping them all together as a group is no more fair than blaming all of UM alumni and fans for this: http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/washtenaw-county/university-of-michigan… Stop it with the sanctimonious statements.

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Hard-Baughlls

October 23rd, 2016 at 12:14 PM ^

The Joe Pa appreciation day?

Sorry, if you haven't been keeping up, but the alumni that care about football tend to be

Joe-pologists / Joe-hadists. It's not sanctimony to believe that the entire situation has been handled in a disgusting manner, after the allegations broke.  

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I dumped the Dope

October 23rd, 2016 at 12:19 PM ^

Football players (of any year) presumably never ever had anything to do with the Sandusky thing.

Current football coaches are 2 staffs removed from Paterno.

School admin, I can't say for sure but I think anyone who had any direct knowledge of what was happening are gone.

The fans didn't do that.

So who is left to hate?

I get the angle that some % of the fanbase still loves Paterno and that's an idealogical problem because of his involvement.  

But, I think Franklin is indirectly referencing that "big wins are present and future, not just in the past, and thus a win of this caliber can help us put greater distance between here and the past"  I think its reasonable to see that viewpoint.  He stated it poorly, because there's another viewpoint that could easily be inferred about "healing of victims of crimes" not "healing of football program's ability to win games" and they are obviously miles apart.  Occam's Razor applies, its Franklins job to coach football and win games, it would be wrong to think he would somehow be responsible for healing victims of crimes.

We play them in football, not morality, so I'm content to keep winning games against them.

 

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bluinohio

October 23rd, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^

I know a lot of people here have a total hatred towards Penn state. I personally don't, as you've stated these kids and coach had nothing to do with that. I just think it would be smarter if Franklin himself wouldn't bring it up. If the program is going to move on, he can't be tying big wins to the past



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NittanyFan

October 23rd, 2016 at 12:21 PM ^

I know it's been proven tough for him because (1) it's the 1000 lb elephant in the room, and (2) he's been directly affected by the scandal's fallout (remnant reduced depth and talent on his teams) ------ but Franklin (and the players) should just talk about football.

Leave all the continuing Sandusky/JoePa/trials/McQueary/et cetera staff for the PSU admins and such.  Those admins haven't been perfect, no, but I do think they've been more good than bad over the years.

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wolvemarine

October 23rd, 2016 at 12:59 PM ^

And they should have been ejected from the big ten. They can reflect about it for twenty years and consider restarting athletics. I would have shuttered the campus. But... That's just me.

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JTrain

October 23rd, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^

Absolutely Punish those who did wrong....to the fullest extent of the law. Then Move on. Don't punish today's kids. Don't punish the buildings on campus. Or The professors that knew nothing. Or The players for wanting to play football there because of something that happened before they were in grade school.
Someone for sure will eventually get midieval on Sandusky's ass when they get the chance.
Franklins' comments...well...I think he needs to be careful on paralleling what happened yesterday with anything that happened during the Sandusky era. There should be no association there. And he should know better.
Yesterday was a great win for their program and demonstrated why PSU is another great college campus full of great college students who love their school. Happy valley can be great again because of all the great people there. It's time the good people have a chance to overshadow what a few really really and people did.
People that go to school and play there now that had NOTHING to do with what happened during that dark time.



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Catchafire

October 23rd, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^

So they should just wallow in pain for crimes they did not commit? I agree with Franklyn that this is a start for the healing process... These guys did not commit the crimes and need to move on from it.

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Bando Calrissian

October 23rd, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^

And you'd start this same thread if he hadn't said anything about "healing."

At some point they'll get it. Better Franklin acknowledges that and pushes them in that direction than not.

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moredamnsound

October 23rd, 2016 at 8:22 PM ^

He said something along the lines of "this town has been through a lot." I was furious. I don't give a fuck about what the town has been through. Because no matter what they've been through, it doesn't and never will hold a fucking candle to what the victims went through. I'm sure some of Manson's followers went through some shit after the fact too, but I don't care about their plight and don't care about yours either.

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