Lawyers on behalf of Graham Spanier released a poignant statement blasting Governor Corbett and calling the new charges against Spanier politically motivated and unfounded.
Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his life in the State Correctional Institution at Greene in Waynesburg, PA -- just 20 miles south of the town where he grew up and went to high school in Washington. Due to the type of crimes and the high profile nature of the case, Sandusky will remain in protective custody, which will keep him isolated from the rest of the prison population.
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette has just filed a report that former Penn State President Graham Spanier will be charged with perjury and obstruction of justice stemming from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
As Hurricane Sandy ripped through areas of the Northeast -- specifically New York and New Jersey -- State College remained largely unscathed. Leading up to the storm, students and residents stocked up on essential supplies like flashlights, food, and malt liquor. It would all be for naught, and even though Penn State cancelled classes for the first time in five years on Monday afternoon, conditions would never reach the levels the most people expected.
Sports Illustrated announced earlier today that Penn State would be featured on this week's cover regionally in the Northeast. The cover marks the one year anniversary of the Jerry Sandusky scandal breaking and reads "We Are Still Penn State: Defiance, Collective Guilt, Denial...Happy Valley One Year Later."
My initial reaction was positive, noticing that the main headline is "We Are Still Penn State" -- an appropriate rallying cry that those inside Happy Valley have been using for most of the year. But then when I saw the subheadline of "Defiance, collective guilt, revival," I have to question just how favorable -- or fair -- S.L. Price's centerpiece will depict Penn State.
Penn State is a special place before primetime home football games. The mental buildup leading up to a White Out is unlike anything I've experienced, and this last week was no different with a record-setting number of Nittanyville campers and a game day atmosphere that only a WhiteOut could induce. Although the score didn't go the way I would have liked, here's my observations from this weekend's game.