Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner made official this morning what we've known since Tuesday -- Bill O'Brien is heading to Houston to coach the Texans with three years still left on his Penn State contract.

Throughout the last 24-hours, we've heard from a lot of people about the Bill O'Brien situation. But we haven't heard from Penn State yet (or O'Brien for that matter). That will change tomorrow at 11 a.m., as Athletic Director Dave Joyner will address the media for the first time in the Beaver Stadium media room.

But in Penn State circles, I suspect there will always be a cloud above Bill O'Brien's good legacy -- a perpetual "yeah, but..." -- and to me, there's a tragedy in that. And you know what? As Bill O'Brien looks out the window of the Texans private jet about to touch down at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, he probably doesn't care.

But unlike his 2013 recruiting class counterpart Adam Breneman -- whose Tweet last night sounded like a commitment -- Hackenberg's father told Audrey Snyder of the Patriot News that he's in wait-and-see mode.

But one section of the Penn State community remained in lock-step solidarity. Nearly all of Bill O'Brien's current and former players who were compelled to speak publicly had nothing but admiration and glowing words for their outgoing coach.