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Posted on August 7, 2012 Written by The Nittany Turkey

Hey, Sports Illustrated. You’ve got another thing coming and we’re here to deal you a large load of Turkey poop. Your July 30 cover bites the big one.

“Is this the end for Penn State? Hardly. We aren’t going anywhere. We are, and always will be, Penn State.” —Rodney Erickson, Dave Joyner, and Bill O’Brien in a letter to Sports Illustrated

The blackness, the beat up helmet, and the prominent presence of the four words “We Were Penn State”, along with a quote fragment from the NCAA’s Mark Emmert’s pontification, “An unprecedented failure of institutional integrity…”, publicize the feature article by Alexander Wolff. It is entitled “Is This the End for Penn State.”

Wolff howls the following (the “moon” is implicit):

“With its loyal fan base and location in the heart of a state that loves the game, the program has a chance of recovering. But it’s going to take at least a decade, and in the meantime Penn State football will look a lot like Indiana football.”

Reports of our death are greatly exaggerated. This fine institution is not about to die because of a few football sanctions levied by the sinister NCAA after a rush to judgment. What a bunch of baloney! You’re just fueling the fire with the Penn State haters out there. You want to sell magazines? Put some 98% naked babes on the cover. (Oh, wait. You’ve done that for decades with the Annual Swimsuit Issue.) Leave Penn State out of the sensationalism.

Penn State has responded to this slur in a letter to Sports Illustrated by President Rod Erickson, AD Dave Joyner, and head football coach Bill O’Brien. Read more in StateCollege.com.

 

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Filed Under: Penn State Football, Penn State Scandal Tagged With: football, NCAA, Penn State, sanctions, Sandusky Scandal, Sports Illustrated

Comments

  1. Tom says

    August 7, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    I blame this on Rod for not fighting the sanctions to begin with. Apparently he did not speak for the BOT, who are the ones who should be deciding whether to appeal or not.

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    • The Nittany Turkey says

      August 8, 2012 at 1:21 am

      Or a fraction of the board, anyhow. This is going to get interesting, with the minority gadflies on the BOT, the Paterno family, and now some ex-players and an ex-assistant coach queuing up to appeal. Think they’re trying to get the attention of the DOJ?

      —TNT

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