In a statement released to NJ Advance Media on Monday night, Penn State Athletics acknowledged that some of its fans “were using vulgar language directed toward Rutgers players and fans” during the Scarlet Knights’ victory on Sunday night, but claimed that it found “no apparent racial slurs were used.”
The statement claims that the alleged vulgar and racial remarks directed at Rutgers players — which were first acknowledged in an internal message posted by the vice president of the school’s student section, the Legion of Blue, in a private group chat on the mobile messaging app GroupMe on Sunday night — were the result of information that was “inaccurately conveyed to the Legion of Blue student group ... and has not been found to be true.”