# It's time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 7, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167 "2011-11-07T14:23:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 311
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6203 "2013-01-06T01:28:17Z")
Well gosh, I’m sure all those things will vindicate Joe Paterno. Yup, definitely gonna happen. Any day now. Ayup. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6204 "2013-01-06T03:06:50Z")
Corbett’s a dick, he’s always been a dick, and considering his connections with Penn State, couldn’t this be seen as a conflict of interest? When is he up for reelection? ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6205 "2013-01-07T04:29:07Z")
> [@NoLittlePlans](#): > > - Paterno family putting finishing touches in discrediting leaps of logic used in Freeh report’s conclusions. If they’re just going to argue that the Freeh Report had leaps of logic, I don’t see them accomplishing much. They need new information. > [@Guinastasia](#): > > Corbett’s a dick, he’s always been a dick, and considering his connections with Penn State, couldn’t this be seen as a conflict of interest? What “connections”? AFAIK his board seat was by virtue of being governor, not a personal seat. Does he have some other connections? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6206 "2013-01-07T11:01:08Z")
The ‘screw classifiers’ are far more interesting than the ‘spiral classifiers’. And, if you look at the URL, the ‘vibrating\_grizzly\_feeder’ is extremely interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6207 "2013-01-07T11:49:47Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > The ‘screw classifiers’ are far more interesting than the ‘spiral classifiers’. And, if you look at the URL, the ‘vibrating\_grizzly\_feeder’ is extremely interesting. Okay, now would that be a vibrating feeder for grizzlies, or is it a feeder designed for the particular needs of those grizzlies who vibrate? That post just leaves so many questions unanswered. I really think we need to get to the bottom of this. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6208 "2013-01-07T14:17:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Okay, now would that be a vibrating feeder for grizzlies, or is it a feeder designed for the particular needs of those grizzlies who vibrate? > > That post just leaves so many questions unanswered. I really think we need to get to the bottom of this. I was replying to a spam post, and someone who reported it and commented on it. Both of those were deleted, leaving my post looking very odd without the context. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6209 "2013-01-07T15:30:00Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I was replying to a spam post, and someone who reported it and commented on it. Both of those were deleted, leaving my post looking very odd without the context. Well, we wouldn’t want that. Not in this thread, goodness knows. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6210 "2013-01-07T15:37:22Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I was replying to a spam post… Aren’t we all, here? Yeah, but you put us over the edge to **Page 125** (in the “default 50 posts per page view” mode, for you “Ooh, I read 437 posts per page” types). An eighth of the way, gang! I know with _ **SA** _ and _ **NLP** _ and _ **F-P** _’s help, we can do it! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6211 "2013-01-07T18:18:09Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Well, we wouldn’t want that. Not in this thread, goodness knows. FTR, it was a _really_ strange thing for a spammer to be advertising. Heavy equipment used in quarries (let’s not throw stuff down there) and mining. The funny thing is, I know what those things _are_. I’ve seen them running, and had to take samples of their output, to make sure they were doing what they are supposed to and meeting their specs. How did the spammer know? Here’s the link, from my history: [http://www.metofabrik.com/vibrating\_grizzly\_feeder.php](http://www.metofabrik.com/vibrating_grizzly_feeder.php) No paper towel tubes to be found on that site… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6212 "2013-01-07T19:13:27Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Aren’t we all, here? > > Yeah, but you put us over the edge to **Page 125** (in the “default 50 posts per page view” mode, for you “Ooh, I read 437 posts per page” types). > > An eighth of the way, gang! I know with _ **SA** _ and _ **NLP** _ and _ **F-P** _’s help, we can do it! _ **Holy SHIT!** _ You’re _right!_ I’m the magic 125th page poster!! We’re _well_ on our way to a thousand!!! Can we get it to _Over 9000???_ Do I get a gold-plated paper towel tube for my effort? That would be cool. I could masturbate like [del]a motherfucker[/del] **Starving for Adolescents**. Won’t _my_ sex life be improved!!one!!eleven!! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6213 "2013-01-08T02:00:49Z")
I got 5000th post, and I’ll see if I can get 10,000th if the time comes, and that’s the only sense of accomplishment I can reasonably expect from this epileptic elephant of a thread. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6214 "2013-01-08T11:19:27Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Corbett’s a dick, he’s always been a dick, and considering his connections with Penn State, couldn’t this be seen as a conflict of interest? > > When is he up for reelection? Next year. I’m waiting to see which Democrat runs against him; as long as the Democrat doesn’t fuck animals and doesn’t have a dead hooker in his garage, he can run on Corbett’s record. Corbett was a guest on a [local call-in radio show](http://www.witf.org/smart-talk/2013/01/radio-smart-talk-gov-tom-corbett.php#ad-image-0) last Friday. The sonofabitch couldn’t give a straight answer with a ruler, compass, protractor, and a plumb line. I heard a lot of the show and his answers were a wonderful display of backpedaling and invocations of confidentiality and executive privilege that could make Richard Nixon seem honest. (The show wasn’t only about Penn State and the lawsuit, but that was a large part of it.) And, of course, [no one is buying](http://www.witf.org/state-house-sound-bites/2013/01/corbett-fends-off-criticism-of-ncaa-lawsuit.php) that this lawsuit isn’t political. I said this upthread, and I’m saying it again. Corbett’s got reason to be afraid for his job in 2014, and he may even have reason to worry about legal action against _him_ for his “investigation” of Penn State when he was AG. I can see one or more of the victims suing because Corbett could’ve had Sandusky arrested sooner and didn’t, and I can see some penalty somewhere for whatever official feasance may apply to him, be it mis-, mal- or non-. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6215 "2013-01-08T12:02:03Z")
Paterno is a saint and Sandusky is a hero. Debate me! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6216 "2013-01-08T15:30:33Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Debate me! Are we allowed to use paper towel tubes to illustrate our points? ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6217 "2013-01-08T15:38:07Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Aren’t we all, here? > > Yeah, but you put us over the edge to **Page 125** (in the “default 50 posts per page view” mode, for you “Ooh, I read 437 posts per page” types). > > An eighth of the way, gang! I know with _ **SA** _ and _ **NLP** _ and _ **F-P** _’s help, we can do it! At this point the main thing keeping it going is all these I-hate-this-horrible-thread-but-feel-strangely-compelled-to-keep-posting-in-it posts. > [@drewtwo99](#): > > Paterno is a saint and Sandusky is a hero. Debate me! [Eight days, max.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15833555&postcount=6141) ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6218 "2013-01-09T02:09:27Z")
> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#): > > At this point the main thing keeping it going is all these I-hate-this-horrible-thread-but-feel-strangely-compelled-to-keep-posting-in-it posts.[Eight days, max.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15833555&postcount=6141) Called it! > [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > > [@drewtwo99](#): > > > > My new year’s resolution is going to be not to open this thread again. > > I just heard on the radio [yeah, really reliable!] that only 8 % of people actually _keep_ their New Year’s resolutions. You’ll be back… ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6219 "2013-01-09T02:27:52Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Paterno is a saint and Sandusky is a hero. Debate me! Oh, yeah. I forgot… the ‘debate’. OK, how about this. Paterno is not the ‘saint’ figure, rather he’s the ‘Christ’ figure. And Sandusky is the ‘Judas’. You have the saintly “Paterno”, and a Judas by the name of 'Sandusky". The “paper towel tub test”, err… The Kiss of Judas, condemned Jesu… err, _Joe_ Paterno to his crucifiction, once Judas Sandusky kissed the wrong kid. So you examine this, and the fact is the high priest in the Sanhedrin was really not guilty, rather the Judas (Sandusky) was the one who was responsible for kissing the wrong guy, and it sort of had something to do with gay sex, and… Umm. **Starving Artist** is an idiot… Yeah. I _proved_ that in what I just posted!!! I ain’t very good at this. I’ll stop now. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6220 "2013-01-09T18:21:11Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > I ain’t very good at this. I’ll stop now. C’mon, man, has that stopped _any_ of us in this thread? **NO!** Did the death of the person being pitted even slow us down? **NO!** ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6221 "2013-01-09T18:46:20Z")
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? NO! ---
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167/6222 "2013-01-09T18:48:24Z")
Or when the Japanese bombed Britain, FTM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-time-to-officially-pit-joe-paterno-and-the-penn-state-football-program/602167.md?page=312)