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.
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This is incredibly weak. I thought JoePa was doing something admirable in making these kids do some hard and gross work to make up for their mistakes in the offseason. Eight sections? Seriously? That’s ~12 guys per section. I bet it took all of 30 minutes to get it done. If you assume each section has 24 rows we’re talking each guy sweeping TWO WHOLE ROWS. Even if it was 4 or 6, that’s insanely weak. That’s not punishment, JoePa, that’s PR. Ass
You think THAT’S weak? I used to teach at Penn State. Check out this map of the Penn State campus:
http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/print/pdf/extended_color.jpg
They took FOUR BUSES from LASCH BUILDING to BEAVER STADIUM?!? That’s a half mile, three-quarters of a mile, tops. They wasted precious fossil fuels and contributed to global warming for a half-mile?
Someone explain to me why they couldn’t have walked.
And after that arduous bus ride they swept 1-2 rows of trash, each.
Man, that is some brutal punishment.
Way to go Joe.
Jennifer,
They could not walk becuae they were all eating Peacy Paterno Sundaes from the Creamery. No sprinkles though, Joe Pa is strict.