With Joe Paterno's wins restored by the NCAA today (thanks to Jake Corman and Rob McCord), our writers reflected on their past three years from the perspective of a freshman and senior.
With the exciting news of the reinstatement of Joe Paterno's 111 wins, many Penn State players, past and present, took to Twitter to share their enthusiasm.
According to Trustee Anthony Lubrano, who spoke with the media on the trustees executive session to accept the settlement, the former coach still deserves the plaudits Penn State promised him after his death and the restoration of his statue on Porter Road. And those things could happen sooner than we think.
Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship, a pro-Paterno group that has organized alumni over recent years in an attempt to change Penn State governance and right purported wrongs related to the Sandusky scandal, opposed today's settlement news that restored Penn State's 112 vacated wins and replaces the 2012 consent decree that the group has lobbied so hard against.
“Today is a victory for due process. Today is a victory for the people of Pennsylvania. Today is a victory for Penn State Nation,” Corman said.
Friday's settlement agreement with the NCAA restored Joe Paterno's 111 vacated wins. His 409 victories are the most all time.