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[Hannibal]

A list of Penn State transfers so far.

Rob Bolden (LSU)
Khairi Fortt (California)
Kevin Haplea (FSU)
Jamil Pollard (Rutgers)
Tim Buckley (NC State)
Silas Redd (USC)

Penn State's great class of '10 has been devastated, and their two classes since then haven't been very good. Unhappy times coming, it appears.

[entropy]

and none of them are staying in the bigten.

[Tony G]

Or could it be said the B1G schools aren't picking the bones of PSU?

[Hannibal]

Or could it be said the B1G schools aren't picking the bones of PSU?

This (other than Illinois, which probably backfired).

[Hannibal]

The Penn St./Ohio U game on the first weekend of the season looks really interesting now.

[THE_WIZARD_]

The Probation Bowl?

[Dr. Strangelove]

I can't believe LSU wanted Bolden. Are their QB's really THAT bad?

[WM Wolverine]

Apparently.

[lineygoblue]

Seems like Bolden would want to go someplace where he could get MORE playing time.

[entropy]

TMZ:

Montee Ball -- and several of his University of Wisconsin football teammates -- may have been involved in a fight several days before the 2011 Heisman Trophy finalist was attacked on campus yesterday ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... cops have received tips about a brawl at a UW football player's home roughly one week before Ball was jumped on campus.

According to our sources, cops have been told Ball was at the home ... and along with some of his teammates, may have participated in beating up a non-football player.

Cops were never called to the scene and no police report was ever filed.

But sources tell us ... investigators are now looking into the possibility that Wednesday's attack on Ball was in retaliation for last week's incident.

We've contacted the University of Wisconsin's athletic department -- so far, no comment.

10:39 AM PT -- Ball denies being involved in a previous fight ... tweeting, "The report that I was involved in a fight is totally false."

[lineygoblue]

"the report that I was involved in a fight is totally false".

Nope, it was his buddies who did the dirty work ....

.... sounds like they're taking notice of Dumbtonio's tactics ....

[entropy]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/story?storyId=8228641

More details around the PSU and NCAA negotiations.

[Tony G]

JeffreyRoss As Joe Paterno: Comedian Attends Comedy Central Roast Of Roseanne Dressed As The Late Penn State Coach
The Huffington Post
By Carol Hartsell
Posted: 08/05/2012 4:33 pm Updated: 08/05/2012 11:07 pm

Comedian and "Roastmaster General" Jeffrey Ross is known for his outrageous roast attire, but he outdid himself this time around. Ross arrived on the red carpet dressed as the late Penn State coach, Joe Paterno, flanked by boys outfitted with football helmets and gym towels.
Ross' entrance on the red carpet was met with both gasps and peals of laughter from the assembled reporters and photographers. But he wasn't just out to make a joke. He was a man on a mission the entire night: to stand up for comedy.
Explaining to reporters on the red carpet, Ross said that the ?P? on his jacket stood for ?People who can take a joke.? He went on, ?If they?re offended by what they see, they can do what Joe Paterno did ? look the other way.?
Ross has made his living by being a good-natured offender, so he seems to have taken it upon himself to defend comedians who have been criticized for jokes that went "too far." Dane Cook, Daniel Tosh, and Tracy Morgan among others have all famously apologized for material, a precedent Ross finds disturbing. Speaking to The Huffington Post last year, Ross explained that it "would be a real state of affairs in this country, if comedians started putting a filter on our brains."
He echoed that sentiment on Saturday in the closing line of his roast of Roseanne:

Roseanne, I?ll always love you for saying whatever you want, for never holding back. And in these alarming times when comedians are second-guessing their imaginations and sometimes even apologizing for jokes, I consider you a hero and a martyr and a friend ... Now I?m gonna take Seth Green and hit the showers!

Ross' stunt is just one of many moments in the roast that is certain to make waves when it broadcasts on August 12 at 10 p.m. ET. Jane Lynch, who served as Roast Master for the evening, kicked the show off with a bang by exclaiming, "Fuck Chick-Fil-A."

[lineygoblue]

Call me whatever you want, but I can't find any humor in what happened to the victims of Jerry Sandusky.

Then again, maybe I don't know great humor when I see it ....

[Tony G]

At the very least I think it's too soon.