Penn State Players Clean Up Their Stadium

And by “Their Stadium,” I mean “8 of 92 sections of the stadium.“  So essentially, the headline should actually read “Penn State Players Clean Up  a Little Less than 9% of Their Stadium.”  But that was a little wordy.

The Penn State football team cleaned up in Beaver Stadium Saturday, whipping Florida International 59-0 in the season opener for both teams. The Nittany Lions were at it again Sunday, this time literally cleaning up in the stadium.As part of head-coach Joe Paterno’s team-wide punishment for the involvement of several players in a ruckus in a State College apartment last April, the Lions were up bright and early Sunday to help clean the stadium.

They boarded four blue buses at Lasch Building at about 7:45 a.m., and 10 minutes later filed into the stadium. More than 100 players took part, including team captains Anthony Morelli, Dan Connor and Terrell Golden. Defensive line coach Larry Johnson and player development director Kermit Buggs also pitched in on the work detail.

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The players cleaned eight sections in the south end of the stadium, sweeping debris from each row of seats into the aisles, where it was scooped up with shovels and placed into white garbage bags. The bags were tied and thrown in the back of a pair of dump trucks. The athletes wore oversized yellow rubber gloves while doing the work.

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Paterno arrived and drove his car directly into the south end of the stadium, parking near the media room.

…which, of course, must have set off quite a panic as players leaped out of his way, trying to avoid his K-Car as best they could.  No fatalities have been reported.

8 of 92 sections cleaned up by over 100 people.  Way to really lay down the law, Joe.

Beaver Stadium