Nuking JoePa’s legacy

Bottom line:  Paterno lied until the end about what he knew.  Which means he chose to sit on his hands and cover his ass while a known pedophile abused kids on the Penn State campus.

“The evidence shows that Mr. Paterno was made aware of the 1998 investigation of Sandusky, followed it closely, but failed to take any action, even though Sandusky had been a key member of his coaching staff for almost 30 years and had an office just steps away from Mr. Paterno’s,” the report said. “At the very least, Mr. Paterno could have alerted the entire football staff in order to prevent Sandusky from bringing another child into the Lasch Building.”

But, hey, at least the all time coaching wins record is safe.

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UPDATE:  And here’s your early leader in the clubhouse in the Please, Just Shut The Hell Up Tournament.

Matt Millen:"He made a mistake. Does that discount all the positives he did over 50 years?" on Paterno his former coach.

— Kelly Whiteside (@KellyWhiteside) July 12, 2012

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Thursday morning buffet

A few nibbles here, a few nibbles there:

• Mark Emmert is keeping his powder dry on whether to put Penn State on double secret probation.
• September could be a cruel month for some schools.
• Edward Aschoff calls Mark Richt a “bargain-priced” SEC head coach.
• Hey, Mark Bradley!  Over here!
• Today in stupid athletic director tricks:  Hawaii AD gets suspended for a $200K scam involving a fake Stevie Wonder concert.
• Patrick Garbin explores the issue of whether Aaron Murray is a “gamer”.
• A Bobby Bowden statue… in Birmingham?
• A.J. Green’s “agent” goes to jail.
• Leonard Floyd is going to prep school, hopes to be back in Athens in January.
• Bobby Petrino, teaching experience.

Picking up the Nick Fairley mantle

It’s not the two misdemeanor arrests in ten days that suggests Auburn defensive tackle commit Dee Liner is somebody to keep an eye on.  It’s the attitude.

According to a police report, Liner pulled up in a second car during the traffic stop and began “screaming, cursing and throwing objects” at the officer, allegedly yelling “Let my f—— mother go. You’re not going to tell me what to do.”

I predict plenty of Trooper Taylor chest bumps are in this kid’s future.