Penn St. players asked to wear white in support of Paterno.

Just read on twitter that Penn St coaches are asking players to wear white at Saturday's game as a show of support for Joe Paterno. I am on iPhone and cannot provide a link.

"asking for friends and family to wear white when a huge movement to have those in attendance wear blue to support victims of child abuse seems unsavory"

spin that. They shame the school more with every turn. consider the amount of people who don't watch football who will. Nice advert for the school.

It's TMZ: http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/10/penn-state-team-wear-white-support-paterno/

try to find more info. Here's a link, I guess no problem..

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/bigten/story/2011-11-11/penn-state-nebraska-security/51155790/1

And yes, Penn Staters use the First-Person Plural.

The players will be wearing their usual uniform. The report is from TMZ, too, which makes it extra questionable.

then what? Because I bet there are at least one or two who probably "get" the wrongness of that....

Support the fucking coach who never said anything and never did anything and allowed that abomination and the rape of those little boys to go unaddressed and unpunished?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!???!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?

WTF?????????????

Seriously???????????

At this point I think if I were Penn State I'd shut down football for the season, continue cleaning house, hire new folks, and start anew.

but they have that in common with football programs across the country.

If a player doesn't put somebody else in intensive care or kill him/her outright, it's all hushed up. Football is god.

"If a player doesn't put somebody else in intensive care or kill him/her outright, it's all hushed up. Football is god."

what the hell does that sentence even mean?
i don't get it.

Then we'll know exactly who stands where.

God, this thing has become a witch hunt...

that fans are being asked to wear blue in support of the victims.

I think the Big Ten and/or NCAA should factor in the behavior of students, faculty, and staff in deciding if something should be done to officially reprimand PSU.

and ear plugs.

This is grieving. They are grieving for the death of their fantasy version of Sandusky and Paterno. The riot was phase 1: anger.

Stage 2: Denial (wearing white). It may sound strange but I'm serious; this is a kind of grieving.

Football program are grieving for the victims. To this "grieving" for "poor coach Paterno" looks pretty bad.

stupid. And shouldn't be rationalized. :hi:

I could be super totally wrong because I'm all about backing the Badgers. On Wisconsin!

In baseball things are simple. Gray on the road (easier to keep clean), white at home. Technically, I think you're right, the home color is blue.

IIRC, home team chooses in football.
I know that Michigan wears blue whenever they can. The Steelers also generally pick black, although they chose white in Superbowl XL to highlight the fact that they had made it from the lowest seed in the AFC playoffs. In a similar fashion, PSU players might choose white to express feeling ill at ease or not at home by recent events or Paterno's firings.

But PSU has always been a bit flexible on this without there being a meaning to choosing to wear the away jerseys. There is a certain popularity of the strikingly austere effect of white jerseys on white pants. There is also a tradition of whiteouts among the fans, where the stadium is filled with white shirts.

it's a throwback. I was pretty sure that UofM did as well, as does my own personal favorite, WI. Along with NFL teams, which, at least the ones I follow (GB, Lions, Texans) wear their home colors and then an away, unless it's Battle Red day in Houston (which was really fricking stupid and led to a Houston Tampons nickname) or a throwback day. I am a pretty avid football fan and I did not know that Penn switches up their home and away colors.

Let's get it right. You should show support of the abused kids, not the guy who let it happen... :mad:

Right now - they're maintaining that they have none over this matter.

WTF????!!@#$% Is anyone at that school thinking about the SEXUALLY MOLESTED kids? Support Paterno? Unfreakin'believable.

to wear white. The story is from TMZ, which means that it's as likely to be completely untrue as it is to be true.

Unrecommended for posting incorrect information and not bothering to check it before posting.