IOW, Paterno was God and a bad thing happened and it's God's fault.
His excuse was "I did the bare legal minimum, and then I didn't worry about what happened to the boys."
Oh, but that is not his excuse. In fact, I don't think he's offered one yet.
I think the reasoning for his actions is going to be the proper people were diligently watching things and had every under control, and that he didn't believe what was happening was happening.
Now, God would not make that kind of mistake but people do.
Maybe I'm dead wrong and Paterno was doing a total and cynical CYA. If so, I'm sure that's going to come out as things unfold and I'll take everything I said back.
But right now I think Paterno is a decent guy who was trying to do his best.
And if he really did "rule the NCAA with moral authority" he did a pretty crap job.
FIRED!