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If you were a PSU fan, would you jump ship?

  • A pure hypothetical, but imagine you were born in PA, right in the heart of Nittany Lion country. Or maybe if your father was a diehard PSU fan and you followed in his footsteps. And you grew up and became a diehard yourself, never knowing anything else. Happy Valley, Beaver Stadium, and JoePa is everything to you.

    In light of all that has happened: Sandusky and his evil, JoePa and PSU Executives look the other way, PSU Fan and student reaction, with students rioting after JoePa is fired, fans on the internet forums/twitter/FB making absolute fools of themselves and the program with their pathetic attempts at rationalizing, the frech report being just as bad if not worse than everyone thought, the ncaa sanctions, possibly even worse than getting the death penalty itself, the PSU BoT making things even worse by attempting to challenge the sanctions, former PSU players challenging the vacation of wins, the administrators and civil lawsuits haven't happened yet, possible sanctions from the DoE, and depending of how this BoT challenging turns out, the program possibly getting a multi-year death penalty or kicked out of the NCAA.

    Things just keep getting worse and worse at PSU. Through all of this, there is one constant. The fans, students, some former players, and some current admins at PSU JUST DON'T GET IT!!!!!! Children were being RAPED and they DON'T CARE!!!! They do not see the seriousness of this situation at all, but many of them will still still say "O$U Cheats!".

    I would be utterly disgusted to be associated with this institution, in any form. The belligerent ignorance is just rampant at penn state right now. I would like to think that if I had been a fan of PSU all this time, I would see now that this school which I wasted so much time cheering for over the years is an absolute pathetic joke, the members of which do not care about human decency or exhibit any common sense. And either switch to a different school, or stop caring about college sports altogether. However, I might have been so heavily drawn to the allure of what once was a working myth of "success with honor", and "doing the right things", that after the smoke and mirrors were lifted and we all discovered the fraud that PSU really was, I would be in so much disbelief that I would try anything to rationalize it and pretend it isn't true, just like most of them are doing on the different PSU forums, and have been doing the past 9 months or so.

    So how about it? If you were a PSU fan all these years, would you weather the storm, or jump ship? (And if you'd did jump ship, I don't think any level headed person could blame you).

    Ohio State Football F*** the haters!

    BlockOFanatic

  • Well to be sure, their reaction to this whole ordeal is proof they have a sick culture, but living in Western Pa I didnt have to have the JS thing to occur to confirm that for me. Any time you have a football coach who literally and figuratively runs the school, there gonna be a problem. This is the kinda stuff you saw 40 - 50 yrs ago!

    Sure enough, there is an extremely backwards campus there and they dont get it...still. Its everyones fault but Joe and others. Its catholic church stuff all over again!

    As far as no longer being a fan, I dont think you go that far. It would be a super tough situation, but I dont think you give up. I just think they have to finally realize that they are not better than other schools and be content with just trying to be the best THEY can be.

    goby

  • Thats a tough one man.... I cant imagine being as big of a fan of anyone else as I am with Ohio State Ive been a fan since birth you cant change that over night...Being a fan seems alot like marriage to me ....you gotta put up with the tough times to get to the good....obviously that rings true with me ( Browns,Cavs and Indians fan here). I thin I would stick with them. The people that were responsible for this for the most part are gone.

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    davebucknut

  • Would u jump ship if the same thing happened to buckeyes?? No end of question..

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  • Not, but I would tune out much of the noise about athletics (skip games, occasionally check scores, etc.) and focus on fixing the institution. In PSU's case, that means cleaning out the entire BOT and starting over with a smaller, more hands group of leaders.

    surfscoter

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  • If you can "jump ship", I doubt you are much of a fan to begin with. I know because I'm a Bengals fan and I wish I could jump ship.

    "The only thing That Team Up North will be tasting this year is the salty tears of defeat" - UFM

    Gobucks187TTUN

  • You don't bail. You acknowledge it. You accept it. You take action to become part of the needed reformation. But it's impossible to truly cut such allegiances from your heart if they're genuine. Some aren't negotiable. My God is my God. My wife is my wife. My family is my family. My school is my school. Outside God, all will fail at some point, as will I. If I expect reciporacal loyalty from those parties when I fail, then I must stand firm in supporting them during their failures. In many cases, bailing is the easier choice. Staying firm refines character.

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    JCMLAS

  • Gobucks187TTUN said...

    If you can "jump ship", I doubt you are much of a fan to begin with. I know because I'm a Bengals fan and I wish I could jump ship.

    Yep and that bastard mike brown just goes laughing all the way to the bank.

    davebucknut

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    Ohio State Football F*** the haters!

    BlockOFanatic

  • Hells bells. I'm still a Bengals fan.

    SVCBuck

  • Dumb question... if tOSU was in PSU's position, I'd still be screaming and yelling at the TV on gameday! HELL NO! Real fans don't "jump ship" they ride that shit till the end!

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    12-0 Ohio State-ment! Untouchable!

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