College Football, Penn State and Joe Paterno

I haven’t weighed in on this. So here goes: Penn State did the right thing in firing coach Paterno.

I am not a Paterno hater and never have been. For one, he has done an excellent job at helping his players graduate year after year.
Example

GoPSUSports.com reports that Penn State and Stanford have tied for the highest graduation rate among AP Top 25 football teams. The Nittany Lions’ graduation rate is also second in the Big Ten, behind Northwestern. Here are the top 10 Graduation Success Rates among FBS teams.

1. Notre Dame
2. Northwestern
3. Boston College, Duke, Rice
6. U.S. Naval Academy
7. Rutgers
8. U.S. Military Academy, Miami (Fla.)
10. Penn State, Stanford

A number of Penn State football players earned Dean’s List honors last year.

That is just one year, and it is not at all atypical.

His on the field record; sterling.

He started as head coach in 1966…when Vince Lombardi was coaching the Packers….the FIRST year of the Super Bowl.
He went: 24-12-1 in bowls
He had 5 undefeated teams
He had 6 one loss teams
He had 9 two loss teams
He won 2 national championships
He won 3 big 10 titles (remember Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1990).

And yes, he compiled these records against stout opposition; don’t take my word for it. Go to the historical results and judge for yourself.

Time and time again he matched football wits with coaches like Lou Holtz and Jimmy Johnson…and frequently bested them.

I admire his success on the field and his graduation rates.

But when he has one of his graduate assistants report directly to him that one of his coaches was raping a kid…and he doesn’t call the police?

The University couldn’t afford to have him on the sidelines representing the university in such a public way.

Believe me, as a football fan, I am saddened by this. Of course, I am more sad for the victims…much more sad for them. Here, one victim (of another pedophile) speaks out; he was a former Notre Dame and Green Bay lineman.

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Republican Debate
Normally, I don’t care for the “x things we learned from the debate” but this one at CNN is ok.

Paul Krugman and other liberals are delighted at Rick Perry’s implosion (couldn’t remember WHICH agencies that he would cut). Nate Silver says that while he isn’t completely finished, he is probably a second tier candidate now.

Statistics
Who believes Herman Cain? Well, here are two different polls, focus on the Republican men vs. Republican women:

In the Pew poll, Republican women are more skeptical of the charges. In the Gallup, the Republican women are LESS skeptical of the charges! What gives? Note: “n” is higher in the Gallup but “n” is still respectable in the Pew poll.

Can you guess the real difference? Surf to the article to find out.

Intrade: Perry has dropped to 4 percent, and Gingrich has “soared” to almost 10 percent.

Oh yes, Obama is over 50 percent again, at least as of this morning:

I need cheering up…

So maybe she will be subbing for my yoga teacher tomorrow:

Yes: this is from Girls in Yoga Pants.

cnbc Republican debate: Cliche Fest…and Perry can’t remember which agencies he’ll eliminate!!!

Topic One: Italy financial crisis.

Cain: doesn’t answer the question
Romney: let ‘em fail and those banks that have Italian bonds..
Paul: Let ‘em fail
Huntsman: banks are too big… (sounds like government regulation)

Auto Industry
Romeny: called out on his flip-flop on auto bailout.
Answer: waffles Claims that he doesn’t flip flop. Claims that the Obama is behind the flip-flop charge, never apologize for the USA. ????

Perry: asked if leaders need some flexibility. Says America will be America “again”???? Too big??

Gingrich: asked about Bernake’s statement. Asked about tax reform.
Gingrich responds: fire Bernake. Lower taxes, less regulation, no class warfare????
(*cuking idiot)

Bachmann: “taxes lead to jobs leaving the country”…speaks gibberish….why is this idiot here? “legalize American energy?”

Santorum: asked about his zero tax for manufacturing…..blames government in making us uncompetitive.

Cain: asked about the claims of sexual harassment (gets booed):
Response: shouldn’t be tried in the court of public opinion, gets cheered. Still didn’t say 9-9-9.

Romney: are you persuaded (boos). Says: Mr. Cain can respond, acknowledged cheers.

Huntsman: says he wants to be the President of the 99 percent AND of the 1 percent. Talks about the banks being too big to fail. No more bailouts, he says.

Romney: do companies have a responsibility to make money only. Lies about profit not enriching the executives: they get capital gains. What a liar.

Perry: his 20 percent flat tax….

Gingrich: takes a shot at the Occupy Wall street, academics and pundits. Yeah, he brings out a couple of exceptions and the idiots cheer. Gingrich is asked “what inaccurate reporting”; he can’t answer.

Blah blah….

My goodness; I think Bachmann is an idiot. I think that she and Santorum are there as props to make Romney look sane.

Paul is talking about interest rates being too low.

Seriously, the debate should be limited to Romney, Paul, Cain and Perry.

Now Romney is blaming the government for the bad loans….what a liar (or an idiot). Again, it wasn’t the government making banks loan to poor people that caused the mortgage crisis.

Huntsman is the only one making any sense at all; pity that he has no chance.

Repeal Obamacare question
Let’s see how anyone answers the preexisting condition
Huntsman: cost containment, states
Paul: medical savings accounts
Cain: HR 3000…”princess Nancy”
Romney: return to the states the uninsured…”more like a market”, “malpractice”
Gingrich: no 30 second answer he says.
Bachmann: Own insurance policies drive the prices down???
Santorum: claims that he lead on government out of the health care business…

Do these people do anything other than mouth stale cliches?

Highlights: Romney accuses Obama of putting his reelection ahead of problem solving (hypocrite). Perry: brags about poaching Caterpillar.

Vows to eliminate Commerce, Education and an agency that he can’t remember….he can’t name it!!!!!! FAIL…..

Gingrich will keep the payroll tax cut.

Romney whines about public service employees….

Some say that they disagree with the payroll tax cuts.

Bachmann: gibberish. cut her off…thank goodness.

Gingrich: blames student loans for cost……talks about administrator cost.

Mentions College of the Ozarks. This is the first “new” thing I took away.

Oh yes, Perry wants to do away with the Department of Energy (which controls nuclear weapons and nuclear power…)

Great: Perry of all people is telling us how to fix higher education.

Romney: calls out the Chinese for cheating….this was over a decision to buy parts from China to build parts for a California bridge.

How would you crack down on China?
Answer: call them currency manipulator. Tariffs to the Chinese.

Gingrich: blames American labor and regulations.

Huntsman: no easy answers. Talks about “applause lines”. Calls Romney’s policy pandering. Warns of trade wars.

Perry: can’t talk; breaks down into gibberish.