Nebraska vs. Penn State: It's Hard to Take the "Blue Out" Seriously after Riot

By now I'm sure you've all heard the heartbreaking news that is currently going on at Penn State. And has been going on for the last several years.

Former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky is accused of allegedly sexually molesting little boys for nearly two decades. Yesterday legendary head coach Joe Paterno was fired along with school president Graham Spanier.

This is only the beginning of the effects that will take place at Penn State over the next several months and years.

This is not something that will go away anytime soon.

But with all of the different feelings and opinions that are being shared around the college football world, surprisingly enough the Nittany Lions do have a game to play this week.

It's a big game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers and it will have a huge impact on the Big Ten conference.

The game will be held at Beaver Stadium on Saturday and was supposed to be a "white out," where the fans dress in white and create a sea of white throughout the stadium. It's usually done for intimidating purposes for the opposing team.

With the news being released that one of their former employees has been molesting children, students and alumni have decided to switch from the "white out" and go with a "blue out."

This is supposedly a stand against child abuse and a show of support of the victims that Sandusky prayed upon.

Although a lot of people have different feelings and takes for what is going on right now at the University, this is a big first step to help recover and spread awareness.

"In addition to being the color of our team's home game jerseys, blue represents the color of bruises that have too often been neglected," a Facebook post said. "Let's make national news for our collective actions to show solidarity with both the victims and our fellow classmates on the field."

T-shirts are also on sale that say "Stop Child Abuse, Blue Out Nebraska" and all of the proceeds will go to charities that help fight child abuse.

It may be hard to take the "blue out" seriously when a couple thousand students took to the streets in support of Joe Paterno when he was fired. But that handful of people don't make up the entire University. This picture shouldn't be painted with such a broad brush.

While everyone is mad at Penn State for what happened, Penn State students didn't have anything to do with the terrible actions of the Penn State staff. This is very honorable thing the students are doing and could be the first step in the right direction to help fixing the problem.

Randy Chambers is a B/R Featured Columnist that covers College Football and the NFL. You can contact him @Randy_Chambers or [e-mail]

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