54 Days until the Season Opener
A 9am today, the NCAA will announce the punishment for Penn State due to the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
I suppose barring the team from bowl games for a year or two and revoking some scholarships should teach the school about how it got its priorities way out of whack, but that's probably wishful thinking.
A lot of Ivy fans like us have been sitting on our high horses throughout this ordeal, reminding everyone that our league may not be "big time," but at least it long ago settled the issue of how important football is compared to academics and basic decency.
But even the Ivy schools had better take notice of what happens today and make sure they're all putting the long-term priorities of its athletes ahead of any other kinds of distractions along the way.
Schedule Update
All the game times have now been set for the 2012 season with the week 5 game at Penn now slated for 1pm. The Lions have not beaten the Quakers since an OT win at Franklin Field in 1996.
The week 7 nationally televised game vs. Yale on the YES Network is now scheduled for 12:30, but don't be surprised if that's moved to 12 noon. YES network's Yale broadcasts have often started at that time.
The Right Man for the Job
In case anyone was wondering, the Columbia assistant coach in charge of recruiting the Chicago area is none other than former Bears WR and Lion WR coach Wendell Davis.
Sure, none of the prospective players now are old enough to remember his playing days at Soldier Field... but their fathers remember.
And that counts for something!
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The people who will now suffer the most are those young men who are completely innocent but had the bad luck to wind up at Penn State to play big time football. I wonder if any of them would measure up academically and could be a potential transfer for us? I hope that doesn't sound crass, but the players themselves are totally blameless yet will suffer the most, except for the victims who were betrayed by the hypocrisy of Joe Paterno.
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