Plane flies over Penn State with warning: 'Take the Statue Down or We Will'

Joe Paterno's statue continues to be the center of controversy in the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case.  After calls from numerous high profile names— including Bobby Bowden and Warren Sapp— to remove the statue, a small plane flew over State College Tuesday afternoon dragging an ominous banner which read: "TAKE THE STATUE DOWN OR WE WILL."

A photo of the banner was posted on Twitter and no one has taken credit for the stunt or explained who the "We" refers to.

Paterno's statue stands outside Beaver Stadium and has become a symbol of the Penn State administration's tolerance of Sandusky's 12 years of sexual deviance over damaging the football program's image.

There has been no reports on who paid for the plane and the banner.

Bobby Bowden: Remove Paterno statue

They were old friends for over 40 years but now former Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden says the statue honoring Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium should be removed.

Bowden, who said he still loves the late Penn State coach, says every time the statue is shown on TV,  people won't remember the good years surrounding the Penn State football program.

"They're only going to remember the things with [Jerry] Sandusky," said Bowden.  "I still love Joe, and I still love his family, but Joe made a mistake, like all of us do.  Bit this was a big one.  I'm so sorry it happened."

While the school debates whether or not they should topple the controversial statue, the Nittany Lions football team is trying to weather FBI Director Louis Freeh's investigation of the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal by not commenting.

The Orlando Sentinel has gone as far as to recommend that the NCAA remove 111 wins (since 1998) from the Division I all-time winning coach's record because Paterno was alerted to Sandusky's crimes and did nothing to curb them back then.