After ralliing Rutgers’ basketball team by 19 points to win Penn State 59-56 Sunday night, the vice president of Penn State’s student fan organization, Legion of Blue, sent a letter to group members chastising them for using profanity “directed at members of the Rutgers basketball team.” .
The letter also cited racial language, but a member of the Rutgers group sitting in court, when reached late Sunday night by USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey, said he did not hear any racial taunts amid what he described as a stream of vulgarity rained down on the team. throughout the game.
Pennsylvania Department of Sports officials issued a statement to USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey regarding the matter Monday afternoon:
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