Bloggers, it’s been awhile. K9 has a lot of news to catch you up on. The “game of the century” turned out to not be as entertaining as once thought. We have a scandal that will make your bones cringe and your hair stand up; the loss of one of the faces of college football.
First the LSU, Alabama, #1 vs. #2 teams in the nation ended up being a game filled with field goals. Alabama went 2-6 in field goals during regulation. As this game moved into overtime nothing else was expected as they missed another field goal. LSU scored a touchdown in the first overtime that was deciding factor in the game. The game was supposed to be the game of the century but ended up being just a game of field position and field goals. LSU came out victorious at Alabama, but don’t feel sad to bad Alabama fans because there is a good chance they could meet again on an even bigger stage: The National Championship.
The Penn State Scandal has been the talk of college football the past week. All of the country Penn State alums are praying for the university but more there famous head football coach Joe Paterno. Nearly six decades of achievements Joe Paterno brought to the board of education at the Penn State. But, his sin in not fully explaining what happened between Jerry Sandusky resulted in him losing his job. Jerry Sandusky was a defensive coordinator for Penn State where he coached two of Paterno’s national championship teams. Sandusky was indicted on charges of sexual assault to minors. He allegedly had sexual contact with under age kids in the showers. Reports show that Joe Paterno knew about the allegations and did the bare minimum to report it to authorities.
Above is Coach Joe Paterno.
Now, in no way am I in favor of what happened to those kids and Jerry Sandusky is a sick disgusting man for even being involved in charges like that. I am astonished that someone in that high of power at a university would even consider something grotesque as the “allegations.” I believe that what happened to Joe Paterno is unjust. There is no way you can look at a man who has been the face of not only your university but college football around the world, and say “you’re done.” He did what he believed was necessary, it wasn’t his fault that the people he told were not able to follow through with the information they received. Joe Paterno should still be coaching the Nittany Lions. I feel as if he didn’t do anything wrong in this case. He told authorities and moved on from it. Yea, hindsight maybe he should have went right to the police and have told them, but I can also think about what it was like for him at that time. With someone who he’s been working with for such a long time just completely abolish there reputation and your respect by doing something like that?! If I were Joe Pa, I would have been speechless and honestly wouldn’t know what to do. I feel as if he got “paralyzed” in what was happening around him and that resulted in him not communicating with the correct people.
Forever Joe Paterno will be the face of Penn State. K9 Out!
