BTN Hatchet job on Paterno/PSU

[AvgUser]

Watching BTN show about Sandusky scandal.
Only 15 minutes in so far but I think they are doing a disservice to Paterno . Same old BS.
Hopefully by the end they have the cajones to admit they rushed to their own judgement. I’m not holding out hope

 

[EPC FAN]

Watching BTN show about Sandusky scandal.
Only 15 minutes in so far but I think they are doing a disservice to Paterno . Same old BS.
Hopefully by the end they have the cajones to admit they rushed to their own judgement. I’m not holding out hope

Fargin' iceholes will never let it die. The Lions are to close to their beloved two.

 

[sylvanialion]

Agree ... they are clueless to the facts. Glen Mason is the only one who has facts straight.

 

[psuno1]

Would you expect anything else from BTN Delaney and his Ncaa buddy Emmert.

 

[Class of 67]

I rarely watch ESPN except for some live sports. I'm frankly very surprised the network still sees any value in producing a show on this topic. Glad I'm not watching.

 

[Ranger Dan]

Wait, the BTN has a show about Sandusky? Is that true, or was this just the 10 year historical retrospective?

 

[91Joe95]

Why would BTN produce a show about this? Is Ira Lubert trying to deflect again?

 

[Player2BNamedL8r]

Fargin' iceholes will never let it die. The Lions are to close to their beloved two.

 

[NittPicker]

I haven't seen the show but it sounds like the BTN is starting an astroturfing campaign. It's never too early to turn public opinion against a certain school in the event said school is competing with another conference school for a playoff berth.

 

[Nitwit]

No it's a show about the Big10 during the 2011 and 2012 eras. It wasn't just about PSU or JVP, and they do lots of these shows on different years and cover lots of teams during the show.

 

[Alphalion75]

Watching BTN show about Sandusky scandal.
Only 15 minutes in so far but I think they are doing a disservice to Paterno . Same old BS.
Hopefully by the end they have the cajones to admit they rushed to their own judgement. I’m not holding out hope

Clueless Al Michaels tonight was talking about Bill O'Brien's reformation projects and referred to the "whole Paterno Sandusky mess."......idiot.

 

[Ian]

When was the last time Al Michaels said anything of value? His best days were with the Reds in the seventies. He has really cashed in on his “do you believe in Miracles” line.

 

[kgilbert78]

I saw what they were doing and turned it off. That's the best way to handle it.

To be fair, the program wasn't just about PSU and if you are doing a history of that season, you have to mention it. Still....

 

[royboy]

No it's a show about the Big10 during the 2011 and 2012 eras. It wasn't just about PSU or JVP, and they do lots of these shows on different years and cover lots of teams during the show.

Yeah, and in looking at their original coverage, they weren't particularly fair to Paterno and Penn State. Not as bad as the Commish himself, but not good.

 

[Ct. Lion]

Have to justify keeping the 10 million bucks of our bowl money.

 

[denniskembala]

Have to justify keeping the 10 million bucks of our bowl money.

The bowl money grab was a disgrace and this is what Barron and the other idiots should be going after, not stupid PC crap. Delany should be a man as well and step up if Barron isn't going to do it. He could see the stolen monies are returned.

 

[bwifan]

The media will never let it otherwise it would be admitting they made a mistake or were reporting fake news. Perfect example Al Michaels last night during the Houston vs Kansas City game starts talking about the great job of all the reclamation projects BOB has taken on in his career. Michaels goes on to say his biggest reclamation job was at Penn State when he took on the head coaching job after the Joe Paterno and Jerry Sandusky scandal..... The media is lazy and doesn't want to read any of the things that have come after it and it would involve the media admitting they had a rush to judgement and got it wrong.... neither will happen in our life times.

 

[bdgan]

Nobody defended the honor of our university except Spanier and he had limited time to do so. The BOT sold us down the river in an attempt to keep their own noses clean.

Unfortunately it's not in the interest of any new people (Barron, Franklin, Barber, etc.) to risk their reputations by getting involved.

 

[Ian]

Is Barron any better than Rodney? Seems to be another BOT lackey..... Ditto for Sandy

 

[10 Years After]

Is Barron any better than Rodney? Seems to be another BOT lackey..... Ditto for Sandy

Keep in mind that the only reason we got lackey Barron is because their first lackey (lackey Smith) got caught with his hand in the cookie jar while at SUNY before he could be sworn in at PSU.

 

[Breeze90]

Watching BTN show about Sandusky scandal.
Only 15 minutes in so far but I think they are doing a disservice to Paterno . Same old BS.
Hopefully by the end they have the cajones to admit they rushed to their own judgement. I’m not holding out hope

Who the hell cares now

6-0 with Michigan on deck. Let's go.

 

[artsandletters]

If a genie gave me three wishes, one would be to have Tyson or Foreman (they can split duty) throw a nose-breaking punch in the face of those uninformed, ignorant bastards anytime they include Joe in the scandal. I would really really enjoy watching that.

 

[Zenophile]

Mr. Lokman is almost certainly penning his sternly worded response as we speak.

 

[getmyjive11]

Clueless Al Michaels tonight was talking about Bill O'Brien's reformation projects and referred to the "whole Paterno Sandusky mess."......idiot.

Well that’s exactly what it was. Be mad at Paterno for being part of the group that failed, not Al.

 

[getmyjive11]

Nobody defended the honor of our university except Spanier and he had limited time to do so. The BOT sold us down the river in an attempt to keep their own noses clean.

Unfortunately it's not in the interest of any new people (Barron, Franklin, Barber, etc.) to risk their reputations by getting involved.

Spanier was trying to cover his own ass.

 

[Zenophile]

Well that’s exactly what it was. Be mad at Paterno for being part of the group that failed, not Al.

As if on cue.

 

[bwifan]

Well that’s exactly what it was. Be mad at Paterno for being part of the group that failed, not Al.

Oh look who turned up in this thread post their drivel ... shocking

 

[pandaczar12]

Well that’s exactly what it was. Be mad at Paterno for being part of the group that failed, not Al.

It's just too bad that there weren't people trained in the field involved, say 3 years earlier than Paterno, that could have stopped JS but failed to do so. Then you could ramble on and on, posting SSDD about how they failed... oh wait.

 

[getmyjive11]

Oh look who turned up in this thread post their drivel ... shocking

Almost as shocking as the joebots being offended by the truth.

 

[Obliviax]

Funny....reading up on Harvey Weinstein today.

Meryl Steep and Hillary Clinton claim that they didn't know:

"One thing can be clarified. Not everybody knew. Harvey supported the work fiercely, was exasperating but respectful with me in our working relationship, and with many others with whom he worked professionally. I didn't know about these other offenses: I did not know about his financial settlements with actresses and colleagues; I did not know about his having meetings in his hotel room, his bathroom, or other inappropriate, coercive acts," she continued. "And If everybody knew, I don't believe that all the investigative reporters in the entertainment and the hard news media would have neglected for decades to write about it."
​

In the meantime, there were references to it on 30 Rock and the NYT spiked an article in 2004.

 

[JeannieNeedsAShooter]

Almost as shocking as the joebots being offended by the truth.

Well according to John Sneddon the federal agent who spent 6 months investigating the case: "there was no cover up because there was nothing to cover up". Congrats jive, you're part of the biggest rush to judgement in sports history!

 

[sylvanialion]

Did you even watch it? You and I will certainly disagree on who had the primary responsibility here ( I say it was the second mile and you say it was psu admins ) to report, but what the BTN did last night was run with a slanted version of the story that is undeniably incorrect. For example, they showed Joe's quote completely out of context no less than 4 times ... Anyone who places the words "I wish I had done more" without the most important part is driving an agenda regardless of the truth.

 

[bwifan]

Almost as shocking as the joebots being offended by the truth.

Not offended at all as you don't speak the truth. Yet you post on this board almost exclusively only on this issue and as if you're expecting to change someone's opinion and just troll.

 

[10 Years After]

Not offended at all as you don't speak the truth. Yet you post on this board almost exclusively only on this issue and as if you're expecting to change someone's opinion and just troll.

He/she is a hired troll.

 

[denniskembala]

He/she is a hired troll.

He/she is a Penn Live goofball, part of Jacobs following.

 

[Ranger Dan]

No it's a show about the Big10 during the 2011 and 2012 eras. It wasn't just about PSU or JVP, and they do lots of these shows on different years and cover lots of teams during the show.

That's what I thought... how could you have a show about those years without mentioning the scandal. I guess you could, but the elephant would still be in that room.

 

[kgilbert78]

That's what I thought... how could you have a show about those years without mentioning the scandal. I guess you could, but the elephant would still be in that room.

It wasn't that it came up. It had to. How it was handled? Didn't take me too long to figure out the slant--and turn it off.

 

[Madsol]

He/she is a hired troll.

This has to be the case with jive, along with a few others. Barely any posts in non-scandal threads despite a top 5 team and a Heisman candidate RB.

 

[eloracv]

Has anyone seen excerpts from next month's ATLANTIC and VANITY FAIR magazines? Both trash Penn State and Joe. The Atlantic says Joe Paterno is responsible for the young man dying in the fraternity.

 

[pandaczar12]

This has to be the case with jive, along with a few others. Barely any posts in non-scandal threads despite a top 5 team and a Heisman candidate RB.

He's not very good at his job. He talks in circles, can't defend his own position, and ignores all the tough questions. He just repeats the same crap over and over. But I guess it makes sense that someone who sucked at life would need a job like that... what else is he going to do?