And they will be disciplined for it.
"We are aware of the inappropriate behavior in the postgame," Helfrich said. "This is not what our program stands for, and the student athletes will be disciplined internally."
That's my initial reaction too but Bomani Jones thinks it's not a good look for them, which gives me pause since I usually agree with him about stuff like this.
They're being disciplined for taunting, which is to be expected (at least when it's caught on camera) but the fact that they chose this taunt makes me glad.
It's not as if Oregon isn't known for athlete rapists...
On a semi-related note, we saw Happy Valley. Can recommend it for anyone with even a shred of remaining interest in it (which admittedly might not be many). Nothing really new, but it has some very effective footage with Sandusky's adoptive son, as well as Paterno's sons. The continuing creepiness of Sandusky's goofy grin no matter the circumstances was quite unsettling. The evolution of the public mural is something else (not the statue, although that is covered, but rather a mural a local artist had painted, and modified several times as events unfolded).
4.6: Drawing a blank in this category, Alex.
It was the basketball team at Phil Knight University, not the football team: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/23/oregon-sexual-assault-basketball-players_n_5522915.html
http://www.uomatters.com/2014/05/gottgate-timeline-and-questions.html
9,10: Thanks! I think I managed to miss that story.
It took down their president, but it wasn't really big national news unless you follow academic news or oregon news. (I follow U of O news because I almost took a job there.)
In a case like this I'm fine for the most part with the hypocrisy.
Even if it can just be subsequently used as a "remember when you guys taunted Florida State" exemplar in the face of future incidents.
Yes, I think establishing a norm that this is something to be ashamed of is beneficial even if it ends up being hypocritical of any particular schools or programs.
15: I would like to think that, but the norm at work provides that winning means one can do or say anything one likes to anybody. Something haters something.
15, 16: it's not like there's some hypocritical history of eg players taunting the academic performance of opponents*. This is taunting in a new direction, an entirely salutary one. Maybe it doesn't stick, but I see no reason to think it's a bad thing.
*such taunting has happened when academic-focused schools have played general Ed schools, but that's a different (and awful) dynamic. AFAIK, fans of elite football teams never resort to non-athletic** taunts
**setting aside playful cultural taunts; I assume regionalisms and such are fair game
I would bet that Penn State opponents have made plenty of non-athletic, non-cultural taunts. United
It's alright, it's ok, you're gonna work for us some day.
5: when I picked my son up from a New Year's party at his friend's house, the host, my son's friend's mom, introduced me to a few people: "And this is J/ay P/aterno and his wife K/elly." Happy New Year!
20 -- giving rise to the old Penn State cheer -- "It's probably not/molesting/but I'd take my kid for testing .... Goooooo Penn State!"
Hearing the chant in 19 was only one of many worst things about going to Northwestern.
On the plus side, Evanston is very nice.
On the other hand, Ohio State students should learn to be nicer about such things.
17, 19:
I'm told that a small, business-y college tried 19 at a rugby game with Reed and got back "Us as wage slaves? Not a chance -- your taxes pay our research grants."
...possibly they've been having their revenge since then.
That was a funny taunt. I was disappointed by sportcenter for not putting it on TV when discussing the incident.