Joe Paterno Fired

gadad
Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:08:34 +0000

Is anyone else bothered by the use of the slogan “We are Penn State?” It draws from “We are Tech,” which Virginia Tech used in the aftermath of the 2007 massacre.



Nope - more likely the other way around. The chant “We are Penn State” goes back to the late '40s when the team refused to agree to a meeting with a Southern opponent to hear the latter’s concern about Penn State having a black player on their team:

[The History of “We Are… Penn State” - Onward State](The History of "We Are... Penn State" | Onward State)