Every day, the lessons of Sandusky and Penn State are eased or brushed away. The bowl ban lifted, scholarships restored early, the wins restored. Soon, the Paterno statue will be rolled back out to its place at the football stadium. It won't be like nothing ever happened. Sandusky, after all, is in jail for a long time, and that won't change. Still, Joe Pa catches a break. History books will have his name, for the time being, on the top line. The big message is the victims are discounted. Here is the second message…wait long enough and a scandal's scorn will subside and all will be made well.
If that's the case, then Bobby Bowden should get his wins back for the academic scandal at Florida State. What happened at FSU was nothing compared to what happened with Paterno. What's more, all the college coaches under a show-cause order because of cheating should be cleared and free to get jobs. The Penn State coach was not the only coward on the job.
Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Ad Choices. Report a digital subscription issue If you are being blocked from reading Subscriber Exclusive content, first confirm you are logged in using the account with which you subscribed. All of ya. A phone call put me out of it. Paterno turned back a final time.
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Penn State won the game, , in the wind, the snow and the cold. But this Penn State group, this ornery group of players led by defensive tackles Devon Still and Jordan Hill and linebacker Gerald Hodges and tailback Silas Redd, does not like to lose.
Six of the eight wins have come by a total of 38 points. The Lions have not been great for long stretches this year, despite what the record says, but they will hit you in the mouth and they will not back down. It is a team with heart. A team that finds a way to win. And a team that needed contributions from some of the most unlikely candidates to pull this one off. Like a redshirt freshman defensive end named Brad Bars.
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