Hey Joe Paterno… time to hit the road. UPDATE: Looks like JoePa is out.
I dunno what exactly has and hasn’t happened up there in State College, Pennsylvania, but I can say with much clarity that I’m not buying what the Penn State brass is selling.
Not. One. Bit.
The reason is very simple.
When defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky resigned from his position on the Penn State football team, he was a mere 55 years old. Sandusky said he wanted to work with disadvantaged children through his Second Mile foundation. Sandusky had long been rumored to be JoePa’s heir apparent, an event seemingly likely given Sandusky’s being the brains behind Linebacker U and his 10 All-American linebackers.
Fifty-five. Years. Old.
That’s the age when coaches who are going to champs start on their way and this is why I don’t believe what PSU President Graham Spanier is alleging. And another thing, who ever heard of him before last Friday? Joe Paterno is the King of Pennsylvania.
Following his departure, as near as I can determine, nobody offered Sandusky a head coaching job ( I could be incorrect about this, but I haven’t found anything substantive to assert he was offered coaching jobs).
I suspect that the 2002 incident involving Sandusky and Victim 2, as witnessed by former PSU quarterback, then-graduate assistant coach and current wide receivers Coach Mike McQueary (AND WHY-IN-THE-HELL DIDN’T HE INTERVENE?) wasn’t the first time anyone caught Sandusky giving in to criminal conduct.
My spidey-sense tells me Sandusky was asked to resign and that there’d be no trouble…
We’ve seen this movie way too many times.
