Good to see that two years after the initial contact, his autobiography was titled "Touched."

The headline kind of sucks considering it was dudes.

kronicfeld: According to SbB (which I loathe citing), Paterno was letting this guy come to practices as recently as 2007, with a kid in tow. If that's true, then Joe Pa needs to have his old wrinkly ass tossed the f*ck out.

Brooks (*cough*hackjob*cough*) is just regurgitating the salacious points from the actual court documents (the indictment and investigation reports) that have been circulating all day. It's not as if he's breaking something wide open. He never does. He repeats and regurgitates. If it weren't in black and white and all over the net today, I'd have a hard time believing anything he's said, just on general principle. So don't confuse his tweets with actual investigative reporting.

Thu university knew that this guy was diddling little boys and did nothing to stop it? Who do they think they are, the Catholic Church?

Kind of weird that after all those years, after all the controversy, this is what might do JoPa in, not losses or health or lack of will.

This never would have happened if Joe Pa was still alive.

Ahh, the NCAA: Where covering up the sodomy of children on your own facilities is less of a crime then ignoring the ghastly crime of players trading their own belongings for tattoos.

Aren't they talking about giving Miami the death penalty for systemic corruption? What the fark is this shiat then?

vernonFL: I didn't know Penn State was a Catholic school.

This was the first thing that came to my head when I read this story too.

Does he think he's a Canadian youth Hockey coach?

Now we know how the two PSU QB's kept their jobs. They must have pictures or been victims

rynthetyn: kronicfeld: According to SbB (which I loathe citing), Paterno was letting this guy come to practices as recently as 2007, with a kid in tow. If that's true, then Joe Pa needs to have his old wrinkly ass tossed the f*ck out.

Well, we need to know whether Joe Pa was letting him come to practices because he assumed that since he reported what he'd been told on up the line and nothing came of it, that it meant it had been investigated and determined to be unfounded.

It'll be interesting to hear his side of the story once everything fully breaks. If he knew about it post-fact, then he is done and PSU might clean house completely. If that's the case though, you would think/hope that he would have gotten a charge against him as well. If he was told after reporting it that things were taken care of when it really wasn't (i.e. they lied to him but really just told the guy 'don't diddle again and we won't tattle') or told Joe Pa that it turned out things were unfounded; he's probably going to feel terrible for not following up further.

Either way, his press conference on it should be good unless they say no comments until the investigation is cleared.

This is probably worse than the tattoo scandal. Of course Joe Pa probably lied too and covered it up.

Dad, I just saw someone raping a ten year old boy. What should I do?

Call the head coach, son.

rynthetyn: Well, we need to know whether Joe Pa was letting him come to practices because he assumed that since he reported what he'd been told on up the line and nothing came of it, that it meant it had been investigated and determined to be unfounded.

And that's really the question. The Grand Jury finding is sickening to read as far as Sandusky is concerned but the part about Joe talks about how a graduate assistant called him on the Saturday morning of spring break, Joe had him over to talk, then Joe called Curley to his house on Sunday to tell him what he was told.

I get the impression Joe didn't take it lightly as he met with the graduate assistant on very short notice on a Saturday and called the AD to his house on a Sunday. I imagine he was told that it was under control from there.

Also, from reading the finding, it's pretty clear to me that Curley and Schultz just wanted the issue to go away. Sandusky had been investigated before, 1998, for similar conduct by the University Police but the investigation did not produce sufficient evidence of a criminal act. Why wasn't this one (2002) reported to the police? The Grand Jury found the graduate assistant to be compelling which, I believe, is why Curley and the VP were charged with perjury and failure to report - as they are apparently covered under the mandated reporter law here.

/can see Beaver Stadium from my kitchen window
//thinks we're looking at at least a new AD and maybe a new President by the end of next year

Funk Brothers: This is probably worse than the tattoo scandal. Of course Joe Pa probably lied too and covered it up.

I'm a huge fan of JoePa, and cheered Jerry at his farewell game, but this is all deeply sickening and disturbing. I hope that the lack of charges against Paterno indicate a lack of culpability and not merely a lack of evidence. Why would anyone cover this up? As great as he was at his job, there are other talented DCs that could have replaced Sandusky.

Those poor kids...

slykens1: rynthetyn: Why wasn't this one (2002) reported to the police? The Grand Jury found the graduate assistant to be compelling which, I believe, is why Curley and the VP were charged with perjury and failure to report - as they are apparently covered under the mandated reporter law here.

/can see Beaver Stadium from my kitchen window
//thinks we're looking at at least a new AD and maybe a new President by the end of next year

What I read earlier was that Shultz has authority over the University Police, that he may have embargoed the case.

factoryconnection: What I read earlier was that Shultz has authority over the University Police, that he may have embargoed the case.

Ohhhh.... wow.

People are going to be f*cked by this, and it won't just be innocent kids.

I hear his autobigraphy is interactive.

kronicfeld: According to SbB (which I loathe citing), Paterno was letting this guy come to practices as recently as 2007, with a kid in tow. If that's true, then Joe Pa needs to have his old wrinkly ass tossed the f*ck out.

Really? We just got through shiat like this with Tressel, and now we're gonna go on another witch hunt?

/...There's a reason why the SEC always wins...it's 'cuz they don't do shiat like this to their head coaches...

TheManofPA: It'll be interesting to hear his side of the story once everything fully breaks. If he knew about it post-fact, then he is done and PSU might clean house completely. If that's the case though, you would think/hope that he would have gotten a charge against him as well.

For what? Last I heard, no one on the Penn State football roster was a minor...

IlGreven: kronicfeld: According to SbB (which I loathe citing), Paterno was letting this guy come to practices as recently as 2007, with a kid in tow. If that's true, then Joe Pa needs to have his old wrinkly ass tossed the f*ck out.

Really? We just got through shiat like this with Tressel, and now we're gonna go on another witch hunt?

/...There's a reason why the SEC always wins...it's 'cuz they don't do shiat like this to their head coaches...

Mike Price would like a word with you.

factoryconnection: I'm a huge fan of JoePa, and cheered Jerry at his farewell game, but this is all deeply sickening and disturbing. I hope that the lack of charges against Paterno indicate a lack of culpability and not merely a lack of evidence.

JoePa was the first Penn State official told of the incident. His response was to call the AD, the next day. He never called the police. He made no effort to find out if the kid was OK. He just passed the buck.

His actions are inexcusable.