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"[PSU President Rodney Erickson] has committed the University to what is estimated to be something in the range of $72 million dollars in penalties, loss of continuing revenue from its football program (the least of our worries), and – most seriously – undisputed damage to the reputation of the University which could be forever in recovering. The damage he has done, in my humble opinion, is far worse than anything Graham Spanier ever came close to doing."

Man, they really don't get it. That's just sad.

What got me about that quote, and specifically the part I bolded, was that the author said that the current PSU president had caused more harm to the school (by agreeing to financial penalties and sanctions that would degrade the school's reputation in the future) than Spanier had (by ensuring that a victim of child rape was not sought out and provided treatment, and the perpetrator was treated "humanely" -- e.g., by not being turned in to the police, the local child welfare agency, or the Board of Trustees for Second Mile -- which "humane" treatment permitted the perpetrator continued access to PSU facilities, used (according to a jury of his peers) for the purpose of grooming and abusing future victims).

$ > Treating/preventing child rape. I don't get it.

I guess, more to the point, they don't get it. Truly sickening.

WR may be next. He was "second-leading" WR on the team last year, whatever that means:

And all the movement has caused another key player to take stock of his football future. Receiver Justin Brown told Rivals.com site SoonerScoop.com that he's received interest from Oklahoma. Brown was Penn State's second-leading receiver last year with 35 catches for 517 yards and two touchdowns. Oklahoma is in dire need of some experience at receiver after suspensions and academic issues have left the Sooners with just one receiver with a collegiate catch (Kenny Stills).

Losing Brown would be a huge blow to Penn State's chances to be competitive this year and might cause even more players to transfer. Redd was basically the entire running game and Brown is the best offensive target the Nittany Lions have left.

Looks like OT Ryan Nowicki will be transferring to Illinois.

All of them, they were trying to sell over 500 cars that day.

Why would you waste a scholly just to gameplan for a bunch of weebles? By the time the exodus ends, Penn State won't be competitive in high school football.

I think they'll be mentally beaten by that point. They'll win their opener against Ohio. Then drop at least 2 out of the 3 against Virginia/Navy/Temple.

Have to wait until 2015-16, which should be the worst PSU teams in 40+ years.

Oh, RS FR OG Ryan Nowicki to Illinois.

Quick breakdown of what this means.

8 total transfers have happened: Redd, Fortt, Nowicki, Fera, the safety I can't remember, Pollard, Bolden and the TE that's going to FSU. None are SRs.

PSU's "senior" class has 14 members.

That means, without another transfer, that PSU will lose 22 total players off their roster in '12 compared to '13. With the scholarship reductions in place, they can bring in no more than 15, leaving them at BEST 78 scholarship guys for the 2013 season. This also assumes that they were at the 85 man limit prior to this exodus starting; if not, well, lower that # appropriately.

There is no way that Hackenberg kid is going to PSU

I wonder if Lynch knows about the running back curse at Iowa?

Bolden's been trying to transfer for two years? Not an excuse at all. Haplea was looking at the end of spring after sliding down the depth chart. I was surprised by the lack of transfers we had due to a coaching change in the first place. If I remember correctly, we had one.

I don't understand why people are counting Buckley, since he wasn't a scholarship player.

Read Fera's exit statement if you think I'm making excuses.

I said everybody else hurts. And the worst could be yet to come. Lynch would be devastating.

Nobody has wanted Bolden for two years. But I never said we didn't want Fera, Redd, Fortt, or Pollard. All three either were playing a big role or would in the future. Anyone saying otherwise is in denial. I never said we didn't want Buckley, I just didn't get why he was getting such publicity on ESPN. Nowicki probably would have started one year or so, which is still contributing and important. The only other player is Haplea and I was never a fan of him.

So out of all the guys we lost there were two I didn't want: Bolden and Haplea. Bolden for obvious reasons and Haplea I never cared for.