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.
“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.
Here at Onward State, we sometimes like to pretend we're soothsayers or Magic 8 Balls or something, and predict the future. From football games in the fall to the entire year of 2014, the takes are hot, and, usually, completely wrong. Since I have no problem looking like an idiot because of things I say on the internet, I decided to take a chance myself and come up with my own predictions for the year 2015. Feel free to bookmark this and laugh in my face when I'm proven wrong.
The controversial NCAA sanctions against Penn State, at long last, could soon be eliminated entirely. According to a Philadelphia Inquirer report, which sources people familiar with the discussions, the NCAA, state officials, and Penn State are in discussion for a plea bargain of sorts that would result in Joe Paterno's 111 vacated wins being restored to the record books.