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FakeNoose

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10. Joe Paterno looked the other way

Reply to Cirsium (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 28, 2025, 05:35 PM

7 hrs ago

... and he didn't participate in the abuse as far as we know. He just shrugged and said it wasn't his problem. But really it WAS his problem when he failed to fire the coach that was doing it.

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Joe Paterno looked the other way FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #10

That IS participating Cirsium 6 hrs ago #12

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