Optimus Primate: Sadly, the way Amendola is handling this case looks ripe for a mistrial based on the fact that he is a bumbling fool. I can't help but think that maybe he is INTENTIONALLY "throwing" the case to make sure it has to be re-tried (and thus forcing all the victims to recount the crimes AGAIN in court)

I wonder...

Victim #4 sounds like he's ready to give that testimony until the day he sees Sandusky locked away. These aren't little kids that can be pushed around any more, and this isn't the culture that blames the victim as much as it used to.

Sandusky is going down in flames... there are more of these guys waiting to pile drive Amendola and the case is already set. The administrative enablers will, too, and need to.

If McQueary's report had been handled by the book after he filed it, this would have ended in March 2002, no matter what he did or failed to do in the Lasch shower room. But it wasn't... something serious will come of that in the Schultz/Curley trial(s).

MisterTweak: But seriously, Sandusky is just one evil, sick, textbook definition of the word 'sociopath'. He wielded homophobia like a surgeon's blade, knowing exactly how much power he had over both innocent children, and, as you mention, some not-nearly-as-innocent hangers-on.

Everything that comes out about Sandusky fits the profile exactly... these predators are not clumsy tiger-traps; they're real-life, systematic abusers. They build up trust, they find exploitable kids with weaknesses and weak family protection, develop a public front all while scouting for more victims in their network. They get it to where not only the kids don't resist but then feel that they can't say anything to anyone... not necessarily out of fear of violence but instead fearing blame and ostracism for ruining "beloved Uncle Chester."

nekom: Why not do more? Because football! We can't do anything that might threaten football. It must be protected at all costs.

That is possible, but similar predators play entire systems of people without millions of dollars and dynasties on the line frequently. It couldn't have helped that there were financial considerations weighing on their minds, and they forgot that not taking decisive, painful action could (and apparently did) keep the window open for more victims to be found and abused.

Somewhat painful then.... no. They waited until "coronary artery rupture" level pain to come around.

Owangotang: College football and the fanaticism it creates is CREEPY. Heres hoping jerry drops dead.

Not me... I want that scumbag to live a long, deprived life in prison. He hasn't even, it seems, come to terms that he did anything wrong. He can't even seem to acknowledge that his "love of kids" put Penn State onto the rocks and shut down his decades-old charity!

Him dying with a clear conscience any time soon? To hell with that.

Weidbrewer: Court of public opinion and all, but I've considered him unquestionably guilty since he did that interview with Costas and was asked if he was sexually attracted to children.

There's sensationalism, and gotcha questions, and mob mentality... but on the far end of the scale is the question "Are you sexually attracted to kids?"

"No." "No!" or "Not at all." Simple. Sandusky admitted guilt on national television, all while showing that he doesn't even feel guilty.