PSU still doesn't get it and never will!
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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October 23rd, 2016 at 11:39 AM ^
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October 23rd, 2016 at 12:08 PM ^
What a bunch of delusional dill holes.
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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.
October 23rd, 2016 at 11:48 AM ^
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October 23rd, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2016 at 12:09 PM ^
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.
October 23rd, 2016 at 1:28 PM ^
none of us are rushing to defend that guy nor are we supposing there is some conspiracy against Michigan that is leading to those charges. There are a significant number of PSU fans in complete denial over what happened to this day
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.
October 23rd, 2016 at 1:12 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2016 at 4:31 PM ^
If you don't understand...
apparently you don't have kids
apparently, you don't have a moral compass
apparently, you haven't been around the JoePa worshiping delusional fanbase who thinks nothing happened.
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.
October 23rd, 2016 at 1:55 PM ^
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October 23rd, 2016 at 1:17 PM ^
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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October 23rd, 2016 at 4:29 PM ^
So what happens to the kids who had their lives destroyed?
October 23rd, 2016 at 1:54 PM ^
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^
At some point they'll get it. Better Franklin acknowledges that and pushes them in that direction than not.
October 23rd, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^
October 23rd, 2016 at 7:20 PM ^
Let alone be in the B1G
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.