Penn State’s bowl ban is lifted, which is absolutely cause for celebration. The kids playing football at Penn State are no longer being punished for the acts of a pervert they never met who will rot in prison for the rest of his life, or the role a coach they didn’t sign up to play for played in his actions. Penn State football has survived its harsh punishments, and its stronger than it was before. Go nuts. You deserve it:
Penn State students swarm streets to celebrate end of bowl ban
We know college students go nuts when their team wins a game. But what do you do when your team’s NCAA sanctions are removed? This, apparently.
The crowd at Old Main keeps growing and growing. pic.twitter.com/IR8d5bFoGF
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 "MAY NO ACT OF OURS BRING SHAME, TO ONE HEART THAT LOVES THY NAME!" pic.twitter.com/udmYTK4ame
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 Cell phones illuminate Old Main lawn as students celebrate the end of Penn State's bowl ban (photo: @rysChen) pic.twitter.com/ONQNi0bkdb
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 Scene outside Beaver Stadium pic.twitter.com/Gq5Q7DjDlf
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) September 9, 2014 The crowd on Beaver Ave is steadily growing by the minute. pic.twitter.com/XKeWzymXMY
— Garrett Ross (@garrett_ross) September 9, 2014 However, we think the kids *might* have gotten a tad carried away. Not dangerously so. Just a little bit:
The crowd at Old Main sings the National Anthem... because Penn State's bowl ban has ended. (photo: @hanleighbyrne) pic.twitter.com/jOavLzzgRq
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 America! Sure! Technically college football teams are American, but Penn State is also American! I guess there’s never a bad reason to chant the national anthem.
Now it's a party pic.twitter.com/b7Mbsy8n3x
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) September 9, 2014 SHIRTLESS MOTORCYCLE GUY! Shirtless motorcycle guy!
Chants of "USA!" "We Are Penn State!" and "We Want Rutgers!" echo through the lawn. pic.twitter.com/8Zo8nZwl7y
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 "We Want Rutgers" is hilarious when you remove the context that they're playing Rutgers next week.
A Joe Paterno cutout makes its appearance at an Old Main rally celebrating the end of the bowl ban. (photo: @rysChen) pic.twitter.com/xpnMsbcFlB
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 Oh okay I don't particularly like where this is --
Things turned more pointedly about Joe Paterno and his legacy as Penn State students chanted his pre-sanctions win total.
It's obvious which sanction the students want the @NCAA to repeal next. #409. https://t.co/nGfgZSAQlV
— Onward State (@OnwardState) September 9, 2014 This was a cool celebration of the great things that are happening to Penn State football in the present and the future. We’re a bit uncomfortable with the insistence on making it into a reminder of the past.
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