blackshoediaries.com - 7/30/2008
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The ESPN segment on the Penn State football program (video here ) essentially can be boiled down to the following arguments:
1. Penn State's football program is filled with criminals.
2. Joe Paterno doesn't seem to care all that much about it.
3. Penn State coaches are intentionally recruiting players with questionable behavioral issues in response to the losing ...
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"You Got a Good Looking Witch Hunt Here, Don't You?"
Dawg Sports —
... pointing out (as you would suspect) that he doesn't even know how to send a text message.
17 Penn State players were charged and 9 convicted of criminal charges in 2007 alone.
Penn State has been recruiting less upstanding players over the past 4-6 years in an effort to compete in the Big 10, even according (sort of) to at least one former player.
Now, very little of this will be news to readers of SB Nation's fine Penn State blog Black Shoes Diary. Run Up The Score of BSD previewed this story on Friday, pointing out the ...
Media storm officially weathered
Zombie Nation - Penn State football blog —
... Yes, from the spring of 2007, right through the end of 2008, Penn State was college football drama at its nastiest, right down to the total hatchet job by Outside the Lines. But no more. At least, we hope. ...
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nittanywhiteout.com 7/30/2008 — Source here .
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Breaking: ESPN Posts "Outside The Lines" Clips
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Bleacher Report - College Football 7/30/2008
The 2008-2009 college football season is less than a month away, so here is my pre-season top 25. I'll be writing a different article every day for the next 25 days covering the strengths, weaknesses, key players, and more for each of my top 25 ...
