Not sure if you all are privy to this, but former PSU player Keith Conlin and Tim Sweeney have a weekly radio show for Penn State football.

Lots of inside jokes between those two, but since we don't get a BSD podcast regularly its funny to listen to.

The linked episode includes an interview with new S&C Fitzgerald, who was friends with Keith and new DB's coach John Butler growing up. Pretty good banter.

There's also a part where they make fun of how Strollo keeps pictures of food on his phone like its porno.

This is fantastic

Seems like a well-spoken, high-character kid.

I try not to link from the TWWL, but Coach K has some powerful words

I found this Op-Ed piece particularly interesting for the following reasons:

-It discusses the somewhat odd position of Gov. Corbett as the initiator of this investigation (before he was elected) and as a member of PSU BoT (after he was elected).

-It also references a NYT article that indicates the Grand Jury Report was leaked via a "computer glitch", although it was filed under "seal."

Now, before anyone jumps on me for linking another writer's (who happens to be an attorney) op-ed, I maintain that those opinions are not my own.

What is interesting to me is whether or not the situation with the administration would have shaken out differently if the sealed report had not been leaked? Perhaps PSU's lack of preparation and inability to control the situation can be explained by them not expecting the details of the investigation to go public? I feel that the public may have had a tamer reaction if the details were kept sealed; after all thanks to the good work of the Patriot news, we've known about this GJ investigation and those involved since April. The situation changes in that we just know Sandusky, Curley and Schultz were indicted for their respective crimes. We have no information on what Big Red, Joe, Gricar and others knew (or didn't know) and did (or didn't do).

Ultimately, none of this information changes the sadness of the situation. Many children were allegedly abused and my thoughts and prayers go out to them and the respective families.

I'm not trying to start a fire here...been way too much of that lately. And I don't want to be accused of being a Paterno loyalist in the wake of sexual abuse. I maintain, knowing what we know now, he could have done more - but I still want all the facts.

As others have said, this whole week has just been surreal, and I'm wondering if there was ever a plan for how this situation was supposed to unfold.

I never heard of this guy until he was mentioned in the Blue & White game.

Really incredible story and he sounds like the kind of natural leader that Joe loves to have in the program.

Nice interview, and honestly, I was sort of impressed with the kid because all I ever knew about him was the ridiculous stuff that DC17 used to re-tweet from him.

Hopefully he can help provide the much-needed depth on the DL.

via Rittenberg. Craig Haubert breaks down the state of recruiting in the B10. Some good, honest evaluations on every team. Quote on PSU below:

How many Big Ten programs are recruiting like true powerhouses? Is it just Ohio State? Any others?

CH: The only one that recruits like a true powerhouse on a consistent basis is Ohio State. Penn State would be the next and then any given year, Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, [Mark] Dantonio's starting to push Michigan State there. They would be the next tier. But Ohio State's the only one in the last few years that has consistently recruited at a national, top 10-type level in the Big Ten. Penn State has the ability to do that and they flex their muscles sometimes. They've kind of gotten a bad rap this year because they're not going to sign a very big class and they started out very slowly. But Penn State's still a major player.

Discussion of the PSU S&C program is the equivalent of dropping a grenade on any PSU FB related forum...and for that, I apologize comrades.

But wow, I really loathe this topic and it only seems to get louder with a mediocre season. Now our buddy Spencer Hall is calling us out, because you know, players aren't getting rushed to the hospital with near kidney failure.

So...feel free to "weigh-in" on the topic here with the brute force of Al Golden.

Just when you thought College Sports promotion hit rock bottom with "We are ND", this comes along and lowers your expectations 10 fold.

Help us all if Guido, or whoever promotes men's BB, ever does this.

H/T to Dr. Saturday.

I definitely think John L. Smith is deserving of his own award.

I have no idea what to make of this. at all.

New WR recruit..not our greatest position of need, but it looks like he's from Bolden's school, which is cool. Welcome Allen!

He basically says what we've all been thinking for years now, except its a thinly-veiled argument when your own team gets repeatedly pasted on the national stage after completing "murderer's row" relatively unscathed.

Playoffs or bust.

Link should take you to the GOPSF facebook page.

This should make Gameday more interesting on Saturday as opposed to the usually depressing doom and gloom discussion.

...or did he mean GERGism?

Either way, this is a classic post that is worth re-reading. Because once you do, you'll find RichRod's decision to hire GERG that much more hilarious.

-HE'S AWFUL!
-NEPOTISM!
-FIRE JAY!

Side note: How many doom and gloomers are upset that SI filtered out your questions seething with blind, Jay/Joe-hatred?