Penn St.

I feel like I can not get away from the Penn St. controversy.   I saw the Penn St. fans cheer for Joe Pa, the fans wearing blue for sexual abuse awareness.  The cheering of 100,000-plus for Paterno to grace the sidelines once againe.

But all of this means nothing to me.  The worst thing that could happened in college football, happened at Penn. St.

I love college football.  When I was 6, I thought the "N" on the Nebraska helmet was for my name "Nils".  Since then I've been in love with Nebraska football.  I watched Nebraska loss two straight national championships, then win two straight for their own, wait a year, and win another.

Some of my favorite memories are of college football.  I remember watching Notre Dame beat Florida St. in 1993 at Jamie Herran's house, Tommie Frasier running over the entire Florida team in the 95 Fiesta Bowl.

I've been in love with college football ever since.

But then November 6, 2011 happens, every college football fan has heard what happened at State College, PA.

My youth is gone.  My love of college football is gone.

A sub-human, piece of shit is outed for doing the unthinkable, being a predator, a rapist.

And the winniest  coach in college football history, covered it up.

Joe Pa, from what the facts have given us, let a criminal - to the utmost degree - stroll freely though the Penn St. campus with small children at his disposal.  I truly wish that last sentence didn't exist.

We all think of what we would do to Jerry Sandusky if we had the chance. (I'd make The Wire look like a PBS program).  But we can't, we can only look back at Penn St.  Most importantly, Joe.

LBJ was running the country when Joe Paterno started as head coach at Penn St.  He more than double the capacity of Beaver Stadium to over 100,000 people in his tenure.   Never once, did he have a recruiting violation, while leading the Nittnay Lions.  But then 10 days ago happened.  The great coach fell.  Not only from the pantheon of great signal caller, but from human beings.

Joe wrote letters about finishing out the season, not understanding that lives have been destroyed, not because they had a losing record like Penn St. did in 2002, but because the most powerful person in the history of Penn St. decided to do not save a boy's life, but instead save his own legacy and continue a pointless college football tradition.  Because of this he shall fall, and fall the hardest a football coach can ever fall. 

Who ever wins this years National Title, wins it for the victims of this Penn St. Tragedy.