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And now it reaches into possible murder. I'd say probable You are correct. How ESPN is not all over this detail boggles me.

How has that not been reported on ESPN or the national news yet? That's a HUGE aspect of this story.

And now it reaches into possible murder.

it's a former football coach (not a current one, which is important) and the two people accused of crimes are the athletic director (who oversees the football program, but is not a part of it) and another administrator not connected at all to the football program. there is a third person who arguably may be held legally accountable, the school president, who again is not part of the football program. after this occurred, sandusky was banned from bringing kids to the football facilities (it's believed that he did take a kid years later to a football practice, but there's no evidence that further sexual abuse occurred on campus). clearly the response (to simply bar him from football facilities) was inadequate, but it's not really similar to the case where the active head basketball coach at baylor was making tuition payments for active players, covering up false drug tests, committing recruiting violations and then lying about the circumstances of a player's murder. that falls much more under the realm of ncaa guidelines than a head coach and grad assistant who fulfilled their legal obligation to report an incident involving a former coach using football facilities, but (many argue) failed their responsibilities in a moral sense. I understand your logic here except for the part where, once informed, the people who were told did not call the police, and therefore allowed more crimes to happen due to their inactivity. That alone should be enough.

All I'd like to know is Truffle's reasoning on why he thinks crimes committed within athletic facilities and covered up by the University does not fall under NCAA jurisdiction.

Fight fight fight fight....

lol I know, I know, your football coach, AD and president let a predatory pedofile wander around with only a token attempt to stop him from his continued molestation and rape of children. That's not really *that* bad, is it? Most of it has nothing to do with football or the football program. there is no cause to even be punished by the NCAA, so yes, your statement was comical. If this is true, I don't understand how "crimes committed within a football facility and covered up by the University" does not fall under NCAA jurisdiction.

And Paterno didn't literally enable a child rapist, and there isn't literally a plausible case that Paterno actively covered up for him by downgrading the seriousness of the allegations when he reported it to the AD and President. Oh wait, those are both literally true. Literally?

I'd be a-ok with this if KC picks up most of the contract or we get some quality talent back in return.

Here's a link in case anyone is interested: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/sports/ncaafootball/penn-state-said-to-be-planning-paternos-exit.html?_r=2&hp

Bowser should coach third base. He could breathe fire on any opposing runners coming around to score.

True. I have no clue what the hell happened. It can't be just the losses of Collins to injury and Jenkins to FA. I'm not a football guru but I don't know what's wrong, but I do know that something is terribly wrong and needs to be fixed, pronto.

Oh, absolutely. All it takes is the offense to be out of sync one game in the playoffs and we're done if the D doesn't get it together. We will NOT win the Super Bowl this year with the D being this bad. It just won't happen. It has to improve significantly if we're going to repeat. I dunno, the Packers have won 14 games in a row including the playoffs. And in those 14 games, Rodgers has had a +111 QB rating 12 times. The 3 lowest QB ratings in that span all came against the Bears (55.4 - NFC title game, 89.7 - Week 17, 111.4 - Week 3 this year). So as long as you avoid the Bears in the playoffs, I'd say it's likely the offense does not get out of sync for any playoff game. Awwww.... but it's so fun to beat the Bears in the playoffs! :( Maybe this time you guys can play defense all game. And beat our starting QB. And maybe you guys could actually beat our (relatively) healthy defense instead of a few starters and a bunch of 2nd string guys. :)

Oh, absolutely. All it takes is the offense to be out of sync one game in the playoffs and we're done if the D doesn't get it together. We will NOT win the Super Bowl this year with the D being this bad. It just won't happen. It has to improve significantly if we're going to repeat. I dunno, the Packers have won 14 games in a row including the playoffs. And in those 14 games, Rodgers has had a +111 QB rating 12 times. The 3 lowest QB ratings in that span all came against the Bears (55.4 - NFC title game, 89.7 - Week 17, 111.4 - Week 3 this year). So as long as you avoid the Bears in the playoffs, I'd say it's likely the offense does not get out of sync for any playoff game. Awwww.... but it's so fun to beat the Bears in the playoffs! :(

Oh, absolutely. All it takes is the offense to be out of sync one game in the playoffs and we're done if the D doesn't get it together. We will NOT win the Super Bowl this year with the D being this bad. It just won't happen. It has to improve significantly if we're going to repeat.

Hrm, if only there were some way to block the posts from people you don't like..... :-k :-k :-k

I don't know about Barton. He doesn't impress me much. However, I think Gio is one of the most underrated pitchers in the game today and has ace potential. I think he'd thrive here, especially if Mike Maddux was hired as manager. Cut those walks down and you have a surefire #1.

Why is Jackson being thrown into every trade? I understand good young pitching is hard to come by, but the Cubs don't have a lot of up and coming bats in the system as it is. Plus, he's a high OBP player like Theo seems to like. Seems like one of the last guys we should trade. The obvious answer is that he's our top prospect and if you're going to get a decent player you're going to have to give up something of value. I'd be willing to give up some good talent for Gio Gonzales. The guy has had a few good seasons and is still young. He could be a rotation staple for 10 years.

Billy Beane says anyone except Jemile Weeks could be traded this offseason. What would it take to get someone like Gio Gonzales or Trevor Cahill for the rotation? http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/11/as-will-listen-on-anyone-but-weeks.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I wouldn't mind Jurrjens if we don't overpay. He could be a good middle-of-the-rotation guy.

Possessing that kind of movie can get you in an awful lot of trouble.

It's debatable, but the Twins asked for Braun to open the negotiations, because it's what teams do to open negotiations. Wow, the Twins asked for Braun in addition to getting Provus while the Brewers get nothing? What a rip! I'd offer the Brewers a peanut vendor to be named later.

Former baseball player death trifecta in play. Who will be next to fear the wrath of the reaper?

I didn't hate him as a person, but I hated him as a GM. If he gets a job within the organization that is far away from assembling talent, I'd be ok with it. Wait, how does somebody think Hendry is a good guy to be the face of the Cubs but not want him building the team? You think he should be some sort of figurehead? You can't be the face if you don't have any power, and if you are a GM type who isn't building the team in the future you have no power and can't be the face. What the heck does that phrase even mean? I thought Jim Hendry as the face of the Cubs epitomized everything that held back this organization during a decade when it could have and should have dominated its division. Hendry is a decent person and executive who wasn't interested in screwing people over and all that. But he couldn't do his job and be competitive against the other more modern executives in the league, let alone the more traditional ones who just got better results than he did. I don't read that as him wanting Hendry to be anything close to the face of the organization. I read that as he was ok with Hendry being one of the crosscheckers or something like that. And yes, in case there was any confusion, this is exactly how I meant it.

His career has gone from high school gym teacher to college baseball coach to scout/scouting director/gm. Why would you want him to go into PR? He's not a former player with legions of fans who will show up just to see him at a signing or something. He's a scout with a nice resume. Let him scout. So he can find the next toolsy left-handed leadoff hitter who can catch the ball? No thanks.