Saturday afternoon, Penn State Won its first game without Joe Paterno as its official head coach since 1965. Much of the world and many elements of Penn State were much different forty six years ago. Here's a look at what life was like back then.
While the eyes of most Penn State sports fans were mainly fixated on Saturday's clash between the Nittany Lions and the Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, several other sports teams played pivotal matchups with mixed levels of success. Here's a recap of all the action below:
It's shocking and discouraging--if not completely unsurprising, given how this month has gone--to see a major newspaper give a forum to a disgruntled former employee for the voicing of grievances. Vicky Triponey, the former (and disgraced) Vice President for Student Affairs at Penn State, clearly went to the newspaper, selling a story, and in another sad chapter of this affair, The Wall Street Journal bought it.