Penn State has responded to some disturbing allegations regarding Sunday’s men’s basketball game between the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and Nittany Lions.
As mentioned by Jerry Carino of the Asbury Park Press, a message from the vice president of the Legion of Blue, Penn State’s student cheering section and organization, sent to group members accused some individuals who attended Sunday’s game at the Bryce Jordan Center of using vulgar and racist language toward Rutgers players.
The Scarlet Knights erased a 19-point second-half deficit to stun the Nittany Lions 59-56.
In a statement shared by Carino and also NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, Penn State Athletics said they’re “aware of the reported interactions between the student section and the Rutgers men’s basketball team” on Sunday evening. That statement insisted that “these reported actions are out of character” for the Legion of Blue group. However, Penn State did not say if it was investigating to find any guilty parties linked with “the inappropriate actions of some individuals.”
Noah Riffe, a photo editor with Gannett, tweeted a screenshot of the message sent by Legion of Blue vice president Noah Odige. Odige did not deny the message is real: