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Paterno Addresses the Goons

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Spring practice drills started today at 4 PM and the Turkey is here with some news reported by Scout.com about the morning meeting, in which head coach Joe Paterno kicked off the session by addressing the team with particular attention to the suspended players involved in various off-field incidents. It should be noted that the meeting started at 6:30 AM, which is pretty damn early, and it seemed that Joe was particularly irascible toward the troublemakers: Baker, Bell, Bowman, Quarless, Taylor, and Timmons. According to Scout.com:

Multiple sources said Paterno reviewed the list of pending legal issues facing the suspended players in question. He then stated that Baker, Bell and Timmons should consider transferring from PSU and also stated “The staff has no plans for [Chris] Bell,” according to the sources.

None of those guys will be practicing with the team until further notice. We’ll see what happens. Joe has been known to talk tough and then back off in the past.

Tyrell Sales was not on the shit list. The previously reported charges against him for an incident in a Pittsburgh bar have been dropped.

And now, back to JoePa speculation…

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I’ve been doing the three things I said I wouldn’t do as the off-season rolled around: dwelling on the Pryor recruitment morass, documenting off-field legal incidents, and speculating about the future of the head coaching position at Penn State. ????? ???? Call me a hypocrite, a liar, whatever. I answer to those names. Anyhow, with Pryor safely committed to tOSU and off-field incidents now just expected background noise, my attention has turned to the Paterno situation. ??? ???? ????

In this morning’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Ron Musselman wrote an overblown piece about that very issue, with the trigger being the PSU Board of Trustees meeting today and tomorrow at Washington DC’s historic Mayflower Hotel. All Musselman needed to sell some newspapers was the following quote from an anonymous trustee: “It’ll definitely be on the menu. ????? ???? ???? ??? ” So, we’ll just leave it with the facts. There’s a Board of Trustees meeting today and tomorrow. If you want vacuously embellished fluff, read Musselman’s piece.

So, you wonder why I opt for the distraction of American Idol with all this great stuff going on? Yeah, right, even the mindless American Idol is more entertaining than jumping to conclusions every time Curley or Spanier farts! Too bad Musselman doesn’t have that option.

Sales Arrested in Pittsburgh

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Here we go again! Nittany Lion linebacker Tyrell Sales, one of the guys whose name seems to come up in connection with off-field incidents from time to time, got his ass arrested in Pittsburgh Saturday for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. Little else is known about the Station Square incident, but a Daily Collegian story can be found here.

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And, yes, friends, Terrelle Pryor has indeed committed to the Ohio State University. May he find happiness in the halls where Art Schlichter and Maurice Clarett once roamed, a school that once had a legendary coach who once punched an opposing player in the throat on national prime-time television in the Gator Bowl.