I am a Georgia “Dawg” through and through and was not a happy camper after Penn State and Paterno whipped us pretty bad in the ‘82 Sugar Bowl and ended an undefeated Georgia season and a likely national championship.
Still, I felt like Paterno was among the best men in the coaching profession and if he were a “Jackie Sherrill or Barry Switzer”-—both of whom he publicly criticized-—a pile of crap would have come out long ago.
Paterno was railroaded by bloodthirsty media and gutless “Politburo” as you call it.
Funny-—the U. did not act against Sandusky in ‘99 because of image concerns...and it smashed Paterno in ‘11 because of the same image worries.
Either way, the Board showed zero courage and zero moral values either in ‘99 or ‘11.
Your last line is a perfect description of the situation. I was in shock last night as I told my buddy that they just took the situation from bad to worse.
Part of me never wants to attend a PSU football game again. That might be the anger right now and I don’t want to punish the wrong people.