Paterno and PSU=Cheaters
Posted: April 22nd, 2009, 2:23 pm
I LOL when the PSU faithful, led by old poopy pants himself complain about officials:
Read on...from the NYT, 2002...
"Then there are the Guman affairs -- as in Referee Don Guman.
He is the father of the former Nittany Lion Mike Guman and the grandfather of the current Penn State defensive back Andrew Guman, and he twice came under fire for officiating Penn State games in which the calls, well, went Paterno's way.
The first incident occurred in 1982, when the Nittany Lions defeated Maryland, 39-31, in a game that incensed Terrapins Coach Bobby Ross. Late in the game, Ross ran onto the field screaming that Penn State had 12 men on the field when Maryland punted.
Guman penalized Ross 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. At the conclusion of Penn State's ensuing 60-yard scoring drive, Guman made another pivotal decision. He ruled Penn State's Kenny Jackson had, indeed, held on to a touchdown pass, which Ross and the Maryland faithful believed had been jarred loose by a hard hit before Jackson had possession.
More memorable perhaps was the presence of Guman the next season on the crew that officiated Penn State's 34-28 defeat of Alabama at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. On the next-to-last play of the game, Crimson Tide tight end Preston Gothard appeared to catch a touchdown pass, potentially the game-winner, before falling out of the end zone.
But officials ruled that Gothard did not have possession. Guman did not make that call, but Alabama fans have forever felt robbed, especially because in the week before the game, Ray Perkins, then the coach of the Crimson Tide, had asked that Guman be replaced because his son played for the Nittany Lions.
The roll call of fortuitous calls in Penn State's favor goes on and on.
Pittsburgh fans believe Elliott Walker crossed a snowy goal line for what would have been the tying 2-point conversion in the final seconds of their 1977 game. Instead, the Nittany Lions held on, 15-13. The Nebraska faithful believe they were undone in a 27-24 loss in 1982 by a controversial catch by Penn State tight end Mike McCloskey. They swear he was out of bounds."
Read on...from the NYT, 2002...
"Then there are the Guman affairs -- as in Referee Don Guman.
He is the father of the former Nittany Lion Mike Guman and the grandfather of the current Penn State defensive back Andrew Guman, and he twice came under fire for officiating Penn State games in which the calls, well, went Paterno's way.
The first incident occurred in 1982, when the Nittany Lions defeated Maryland, 39-31, in a game that incensed Terrapins Coach Bobby Ross. Late in the game, Ross ran onto the field screaming that Penn State had 12 men on the field when Maryland punted.
Guman penalized Ross 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct. At the conclusion of Penn State's ensuing 60-yard scoring drive, Guman made another pivotal decision. He ruled Penn State's Kenny Jackson had, indeed, held on to a touchdown pass, which Ross and the Maryland faithful believed had been jarred loose by a hard hit before Jackson had possession.
More memorable perhaps was the presence of Guman the next season on the crew that officiated Penn State's 34-28 defeat of Alabama at Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa. On the next-to-last play of the game, Crimson Tide tight end Preston Gothard appeared to catch a touchdown pass, potentially the game-winner, before falling out of the end zone.
But officials ruled that Gothard did not have possession. Guman did not make that call, but Alabama fans have forever felt robbed, especially because in the week before the game, Ray Perkins, then the coach of the Crimson Tide, had asked that Guman be replaced because his son played for the Nittany Lions.
The roll call of fortuitous calls in Penn State's favor goes on and on.
Pittsburgh fans believe Elliott Walker crossed a snowy goal line for what would have been the tying 2-point conversion in the final seconds of their 1977 game. Instead, the Nittany Lions held on, 15-13. The Nebraska faithful believe they were undone in a 27-24 loss in 1982 by a controversial catch by Penn State tight end Mike McCloskey. They swear he was out of bounds."
