Thanks. I think we need a few more threads on this topic with even more chances to get the article some clicks.
Former Wisconsin LB DeAndre Levy's "Proudest Moment" in College: Breaking Joe Paterno's Leg
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Sorry, but I'm not going to blame either Wisconsin, OR Michigan for this punk. Do I hate Wisconsin and Michigan? More than hell itself. Am I going to blame THEM? HELL NO.
This punk, and this punk alone is to blame for his words and somebody needs to address it, and Caldwell just lost my respect.
This punk, and this punk alone is to blame for his words and somebody needs to address it, and Caldwell just lost my respect.
And Sandusky got a mention on this week's NCIS-New Orleans along the same lines--that a character "should have known"....
...and this from Dan Bernstein, the ignorant hack from Chicago
"We are all DeAndre Levy."
My guess then is that Mr. Levy was never one of those Student-athletes that schools still like to brag about. Just another brainless jock with a sense of entitlement!
your guess is right
we are both from Milwaukee
we sat next to each other in math class Senior year high school
i cheated off him on one exam and got a C-
not the brightest guy
...his girlfriend must be fuming if hitting Paterno accidentally was his proudest moment in college...
I'm confused. All that article said was that Caldwell heard no rumors about Sandusky during his time at PSU. Nothing about Joe in it at all.
Hopefully hitting deandre levy will become someone's proudest moment in driving.
And I expect Mr. Levy will be hearing from Messrs. Odrick, Poszluzny, and Robinson on Sunday when the Lions play the Jags. Or Mr. Zettel from his own team.
He would look good wrapped around my Jeep bumper.
That clown seems to be a Nebraska fan -RU for NU to win.
If so, Lawrence Phillips says hi
What an odd thing to say.
So he knew Paterno was aiding a pedophile in 2006 and successfully tried to injure him because of it. That's quite an accomplishment! He's one of a handful people that could have had that opinion, and he's the only one that did anything. And it overshadowed anything else he did in college. Wow, this IS a big story.
Oh, you didn't know, DeAndre? Hmmm, that's kind of different. But did you try to injure Joe? Yes? Well then, you're an asshole. Oh, you didn't? Well then why are you proud of a random event? Can't you find something that you tried to do that makes you more proud?
What a stupid thing to say.
So he knew Paterno was aiding a pedophile in 2006 and successfully tried to injure him because of it. That's quite an accomplishment! He's one of a handful people that could have had that opinion, and he's the only one that did anything. And it overshadowed anything else he did in college. Wow, this IS a big story.
Oh, you didn't know, DeAndre? Hmmm, that's kind of different. But did you try to injure Joe? Yes? Well then, you're an asshole. Oh, you didn't? Well then why are you proud of a random event? Can't you find something that you tried to do that makes you more proud?
What a stupid thing to say.
How is this asshat the "most interesting man in the NFL?" Never heard of him, and he plays for Detroit. Don't you think he's being overpaid by plenty if his football career highlight is hitting a non-participant on the sidelines?
And it never occurs to these geniuses that there is something wrong with the narrative. Although it has been clearly demonstrated in other cases, it never occurs to these geniuses that pedophiles are masters of deceit.
Who the hell knew who Deandre Levy was before the article was published?The guy is a nobody who media is using to bait into more ratings. Caldwell supports Joe by his anecdotes and staying above dirt elements of the media. He gains nothing by this and particularly no win commenting on this as NFL HC. It will attract ESPN vermin. The truth was lost with acceptance of Freeh report. You can only personally defend Joe but then again none of our opinions would draw ESPN vermin. Jim should stay out of it until he is out of football professionally.
“That dirtbag…”
November 17th, 2016
Well, this one’s going to be a talker.
Seems current Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy, who played collegiately for Wisconsin and was involved in the sideline collision with then-Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno in 2006 that resulted in the coach’s broken leg and torn knee ligaments (you can view the video below), told Men’s Journal for an article that published today that that collision was the proudest moment of his Badgers career.
“That dirtbag, man,” Levy said in the article. “We’ve gotta stop prioritizing sports over humanity. Just because somebody can throw a football or coach football, they’re excluded from their wicked acts.”
There are going to be plenty of opinions going around on this, and I honestly wish I didn’t feel compelled to give mine. Say what you want about Paterno, but man…maybe I was raised differently. To say you’re proud of the fact that you (accidentally, mind you) broke the leg of a man just a few weeks away from turning 80? That’s classless. It’s also ignorant, because like I’ve said often in recent years, to truly believe Paterno truly is as at fault for what happened at Penn State as Jerry Sandusky is, you have to marry yourself to the Freeh Report that has not stood the test of time as far as being a comprehensive, unquestioned document. To believe Paterno looked the other way for decades, you have to take the word of the one defendant whose testimony Penn State’s president has chosen to speak out against publicly. To insinuate Paterno alone should have stopped Sandusky, you have to ignore the fact that there were so many institutional failures (Second Mile, CYS, other state agencies), and you also have to ignore the fact that the only person we know of without first-hand knowledge of Sandusky’s actions who reported an eyewitness account is indeed Paterno.
I don’t imagine DeAndre Levy looked that deep into the matter. I do imagine he did what a lot of people do: He took the little he knew about an incident and formed an opinion. Look, I don’t think Paterno is completely innocent here. He could have called the police after it was clear nothing was coming from the university of Mike McQueary’s report. He could have told Sandusky to keep out of the locker rooms or the practice fields or even Beaver Stadium. He certainly had the clout to do that, you’d think. But to suggest he’s as much to blame as Sandusky — and you’d have to, to make breaking his leg (accidentally, mind you) 10 years ago a proud moment — I don’t know. It’s a crazy world, man. A crazy world.
All that said — and I know this is going to be difficult for Penn State fans to do and it’s going to cause me some headaches from some fans who are going to tell me to do something that is not physically possible to do — please try to understand where Levy is coming from.
This is a guy who has done a lot of good — a lot of good — speaking out against rape culture in professional sports. In October, he led a fundraising campaign that raised more than $30,000 for a group known as Enough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault in Detroit), and that money is being used to test and investigate the results of 11,000 rape kits that were left untested in the Motor City.
He started a T-shirt campaign in Detroit to raise awareness for domestic violence. The proceeds from the clothing go toward educating the public that domestic violence is not just a women’s issue. The T-shirts and sweatshirts are emblazoned with the words “Our Issue.”
He spoke out, forcefully, against the “locker-room talk” that became part of the recent presidential election when old video surfaced of then-candidate and now President-elect Donald J. Trump suggesting he could grab women freely as one of the perks of his celebrity. I won’t use the same words the future president did.
Penn State fans can — and surely will — get angry about what Levy said about Paterno. But this might be a good opportunity for those who feel he wronged Paterno not to excoriate Levy, but to try to educate him on why they feel that way. Plenty of Paterno’s most ardent supporters have done fine work recently bringing to light the myriad institutional failures that enabled Sandusky, and that makes them a lot like Levy, honestly. As unfortunate as Levy’s words were today, everyone just might be on the same team here when it comes to the real issue that needs to be brought to light.
End of the day, let’s all try to remember one thing Levy said that should be emphasized above everything else.
“We’ve gotta stop prioritizing sports over humanity.”
I think the man is right on that count. I bet you agree with him, too.
And you can replace the word sports in that sentence with every other noun in every other language used around the world, and we’d all be better off.
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Fully agree.
The name Men's Journal is obviously mistaken. Jerks Journal may be more accurate in this particular incident.
“That dirtbag…”
November 17th, 2016
Well, this one’s going to be a talker.
Seems current Detroit Lions linebacker DeAndre Levy, who played collegiately for Wisconsin and was involved in the sideline collision with then-Nittany Lions head coach Joe Paterno in 2006 that resulted in the coach’s broken leg and torn knee ligaments (you can view the video below), told Men’s Journal for an article that published today that that collision was the proudest moment of his Badgers career.
“That dirtbag, man,” Levy said in the article. “We’ve gotta stop prioritizing sports over humanity. Just because somebody can throw a football or coach football, they’re excluded from their wicked acts.”
There are going to be plenty of opinions going around on this, and I honestly wish I didn’t feel compelled to give mine. Say what you want about Paterno, but man…maybe I was raised differently. To say you’re proud of the fact that you (accidentally, mind you) broke the leg of a man just a few weeks away from turning 80? That’s classless. It’s also ignorant, because like I’ve said often in recent years, to truly believe Paterno truly is as at fault for what happened at Penn State as Jerry Sandusky is, you have to marry yourself to the Freeh Report that has not stood the test of time as far as being a comprehensive, unquestioned document. To believe Paterno looked the other way for decades, you have to take the word of the one defendant whose testimony Penn State’s president has chosen to speak out against publicly. To insinuate Paterno alone should have stopped Sandusky, you have to ignore the fact that there were so many institutional failures (Second Mile, CYS, other state agencies), and you also have to ignore the fact that the only person we know of without first-hand knowledge of Sandusky’s actions who reported an eyewitness account is indeed Paterno.
I don’t imagine DeAndre Levy looked that deep into the matter. I do imagine he did what a lot of people do: He took the little he knew about an incident and formed an opinion. Look, I don’t think Paterno is completely innocent here. He could have called the police after it was clear nothing was coming from the university of Mike McQueary’s report. He could have told Sandusky to keep out of the locker rooms or the practice fields or even Beaver Stadium. He certainly had the clout to do that, you’d think. But to suggest he’s as much to blame as Sandusky — and you’d have to, to make breaking his leg (accidentally, mind you) 10 years ago a proud moment — I don’t know. It’s a crazy world, man. A crazy world.
All that said — and I know this is going to be difficult for Penn State fans to do and it’s going to cause me some headaches from some fans who are going to tell me to do something that is not physically possible to do — please try to understand where Levy is coming from.
This is a guy who has done a lot of good — a lot of good — speaking out against rape culture in professional sports. In October, he led a fundraising campaign that raised more than $30,000 for a group known as Enough SAID (Enough Sexual Assault in Detroit), and that money is being used to test and investigate the results of 11,000 rape kits that were left untested in the Motor City.
He started a T-shirt campaign in Detroit to raise awareness for domestic violence. The proceeds from the clothing go toward educating the public that domestic violence is not just a women’s issue. The T-shirts and sweatshirts are emblazoned with the words “Our Issue.”
He spoke out, forcefully, against the “locker-room talk” that became part of the recent presidential election when old video surfaced of then-candidate and now President-elect Donald J. Trump suggesting he could grab women freely as one of the perks of his celebrity. I won’t use the same words the future president did.
Penn State fans can — and surely will — get angry about what Levy said about Paterno. But this might be a good opportunity for those who feel he wronged Paterno not to excoriate Levy, but to try to educate him on why they feel that way. Plenty of Paterno’s most ardent supporters have done fine work recently bringing to light the myriad institutional failures that enabled Sandusky, and that makes them a lot like Levy, honestly. As unfortunate as Levy’s words were today, everyone just might be on the same team here when it comes to the real issue that needs to be brought to light.
End of the day, let’s all try to remember one thing Levy said that should be emphasized above everything else.
“We’ve gotta stop prioritizing sports over humanity.”
I think the man is right on that count. I bet you agree with him, too.
And you can replace the word sports in that sentence with every other noun in every other language used around the world, and we’d all be better off.
If one believes there's any merit to what Collins has to say, it should go to Levy from a former player. A fan or bedraggled alum who's had it with all this will do no good. Let a Tamba or somebody like that, a Jack Crawford, I don't know, give him some details about the "dirtbag" with some personal juice to it. It might just be a waste of time, I don't know but people like Levy aren't going to walk this back, he's proud of it, so we have to leave it there. But I think another player, a peer if you will, might be able to enlighten him some. As another poster said though, it doesn't really matter anymore.
What about Clemente, does he still speak to folks about this? I feel like Levy might respect something coming from him.
We could make that introduction on twitter, but DeAndre unfortunately doesn't have an account.
Maybe karma will strike Detroit or Wisconsin for that matter in the form of a broken leg to a major player.
Wasn't able to see any comments on my computer. Perhaps that's a good thing. I have a pretty decent blood pressure currently.
And how do we know he didn't?? These yahoos are quite capable of selective quoting.
