college-football Stories - Inhistoric
Why It Isn't Wrong To Attack The Recently-Departed JoePa
If there's one generalization that I've found applies to everyone in life, it's that no one truly knows how to deal with death. There really is no right way to address it, and a lot of times, people will only focus on the positive aspects of a person's life as a sort of memorial. On the one hand,...
O'Brien Bitching: Where PSU Fans Senselessly Gripe About Their New Coach
I'm going to be honest: I know almost nothing about Bill O'Brien. I know he was/is the offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots, but the only time I had heard of him before now was when Tom Brady shrieked at him during a Redskins game. (Perhaps provoking O'Brien to look for new work, me...
Penn State fans need to stop trying to change the subject by blaming the media
I go to Penn State, and I've heard many idiotic defenses of Joe Paterno over the last few days. I've read Facebook manifestos by PSU loyalists claiming that the media is to blame for making Paterno the headliner over Jerry Sandusky. I've heard people claim that he's being made a scapegoat, that...
The necessity of morality
I very rarely link to videos in an article, but I think this is worth watching because it's about the closest parallel I can find to the Penn State scandal. (Embedding was disabled, before you ask.) The video I'm referring to is about David Cash, a man who, in 1997, witnessed his best friend beat,...

