More bad PR for Penn State

As Vinnie Jones says in the movie Snatch, "Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity." This is especially true of college students, because now two Penn State students are facing very damaging notoriety for their choice of costume, not to mention one student's refusal to apologize:

With fake bloody bullet holes in his head and Virginia Tech polo shirt, Nathan Jones knew his Halloween costume this year was controversial, and he doesn't intend to apologize -- "never ever ever."

"I will die before I do," he said.

As if the Ohio State/YouTube incident wasn't bad enough for Penn State's reputation, this is much worse. Essentially, two students dressed up as Virginia Tech victims for a costume party recently, and suffice it to say, the backlash against them has been vehement.

And it forces Penn State to say, in the broadest possible sense, "This does not represent us!!!" As someone noted to me recently, what does represent Penn State are the 70,000 students, fans, and alums who donned Virginia Tech colors during the Blue/White game to show our support to the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. Not a stupid prank pulled by a pair of college students who were trying to be cute. Frankly, they should have known better. Because that's just sick dressing up how they did. Stupid, insensitive, and sick.