Yep, I would say that's about right. It's just horrific. The people I spoke with are sick to their stomachs about the whole affair, and just express shock and outrage over how many people let those kids down.
I saw some last nite and none of them mentioned this cheer. Was it that loud? Could they have been in a section far enough away to not hear it?
Assuming you mean the cheer during the prayer, it was extremely quiet absent 3-4 yahoos who shouted something out and were immediately quieted (as it didn't persist). The student section did cheer for Paterno a few times, although I didn't see any non-students joining in that. Can't say I can work myself into a lather over the somewhat immature worldview of college students...that's practically universal and expected.
Nevertheless, I must say that the tone of a lot of the posters around recently caused me to do something I never thought I'd do, root for Penn State (ahem, at least for the Nebraska game ;-) ). I think the term "spittle-flecked" describes the tone of many around here rather nicely.
I would agree...It's given my some new perspective on certain posters. I suspect if the "shoe were on the other foot" and this occurred within a Republican's office (for example) they'd be pointing out that this isn't representative of all Republicans. Too bad they can't extend the intellectual consistency beyond their narrow "favored" institutions.
Agreed.
The people at the game felt the crowd, considering there were almost 108,000 of them, behaved quite well.
I must say the meeting at the center of the field and the talk/prayer by Husker asst. Ron Brown gave me chills. A real lesson for a lot of young men on the day.