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True, but Navorro obviously had character issues too and he got to stay. So did a host of other players at PSU, who also had character issues as problematic as the issues which plagued Fields. YOU know that TAE.

Oh, and I don''t want to hear the excuse that Navorro was depressed because his HS coach or dog or whoever died, either. He made mistake #1 by using/possessing weed, was sentecnced and then blew off his probation for mistake #2, and also tested positive yet AGAIN for Mary Jane, which was mistake #3. Bowman had multuiple chances and NOTHING was done by Paterno in terms of suspensions or removal from the team. The Bowman case was indeed depth chart justice at its finest (or worst).

All I am saying is that Pitt should've taken a page from Paterno's philosophy "Player Discipline: MY Way", If so, Fields should still be playing for Pitt. Heck, if he was at PSU, he'd be team captain this season like Sciorotto was. I know that PItt's defensive packages vs. the spread offense would look A LOT better than they do now with Fields in the secondary, just like PSU's defense was A LOT better with Navorro on the field...

How many teams backed off Bowman in his college recruiting vs those that backed off Fields?

Titan has been making a lot of sense on here of late. Great point and a valid one. One thing I will say is that I will agree that Pitt is much quicker to discipline a kid heavily for getting in trouble while at school however, Penn State is a lot quicker to lay off a kid in high school for character issues, bad grades, ect. It is just two different philosophies used by the coaching staffs and athletic departments of both schools.

I can't believe I just posted that first sentence.

hahaha i can't believe that either.

Believe.

They're going to walk away with that conference with or without Elijah Fields. Those teams are awful this year.