Drew Astorino is getting a try-out with the Eagles. Good luck Drew!

"The crossroads came last June, when Jones and his mother sat down for a meeting with then-quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno and academic adviser Todd Kulka. They laid out his options: Either go to a junior college to get his grades up, or work his way out of trouble at Penn State. Either way, they told him, we’re not going to let you fail out of school."

Following up from some comments yesterday, does this sound like "giving up" on a player by the former staff?

Quite the damning article by the Sporting News. If half of the stuff in this is true, it makes me feel dirty for even wishing that he would take over after Joe.

Rather odd.

I swear I almost threw my computer at the wall

"Two people who have been interviewed said they were asked about compliance with NCAA rules and about leadership dynamics — for instance, how Spanier interacted with the athletic department, and how Paterno interacted with the university administration."

Awesome. Let's throw some more dirt on the dead man.

I'm not sure if this has been covered at any point but this is the first time that I've seen it. Just one more example of a bunch of information that is murky at best or contradicts other things at worst.

I'm not going to hold my breath, but maybe...just maybe, some people might be finally starting to ask the "right" questions. As said in the article, right now there is no proof, just a theory. Hopefully this can either prove or disprove a coverup.

...the bylaws prevent former employees from serving for a period of three years after leaving the university.

According to CBSSports, BOB was a worse hire than illuminaries such as Garrick McGee, Charlie Weis, and Todd Graham.

Reasons for him being a bad hire include, following a legend, the JS scandal, really hard hitting reasons if you ask me.

Another part of the story that is finally getting some attention. Some fishy/shady things here. To me and my non-legal mind, it sure seems like Baldwin is trying to revise history.

Just when I thought I had seen all the mind numbingly stupid articles out there, I stumble upon this one. While we're at it, we should raze State College and just start over. That way all the buildings that enabled a pedophile would be punished too!

Of course, this is pure snark/speculation on my part, but come on. The Broncos finished 7th in the final BCS standings and are playing in the MAACO Las Vegas Bowl. Even with all the crap PSU has gone through in the last month, and we still get a better bowl then they do. If I were Petersen, I'd at least be willing to listen, to be given the opportunity for rewards to my success.

In other news, water is wet. Sky is blue. Story at 11.

Anyways, this sure looks like a classic example of one email taken out of context and then getting a quote from somebody who has an axe to grind. Hooray for journalism.

We do not know what his GJ testimony was. We have a summary of it. To suggest otherwise is disingenious. Looks like Sara Ganim's editor is looking for page views.

Just a great piece. Helps shed a little light on why Mike, Joe, etc may have acted the way they did.

Just reiterates to me why we shouldn't judge Mike for what he did or didn't do in that position. Read it.

A list of the schools rumored to be getting invites. It really will be the Big LEast.

Central Florida, SMU, Houston, Navy, Air Force, and Boise. Wow, a real murderers row.

I hope he chokes on his condescension. I read two paragraphs and wanted to fight him. I stopped to avoid raising my blood pressure to dangerous levels.

In Joe Posnanski's latest article, we have a GERG story. The following excerpt by Joe shows that GERG was working his magic long before he came to Michigan:

"with Greg Robinson running the show — was, um, er, let’s say "challenged." It wasn’t just that the Chiefs defense was bad. They were bad, yes. But they also seemed utterly baffled much of the time. "

A must read. Cover story for the latest SI by Lars Anderson. Words can't do it justice, do yourself a favor and read it.

Could the Braves make a run at Francoeur? Any chance I can wager my life savings on this NOT happening?

Wouldn't be the first time the Eagles drafted a PSU RB. Hopefully things would go better this time around.

Child abuse? Really Frank? Child abuse would be making them read your column.

My new favorite .gif

The "Sweet Spot" blog from Rob Neyer. Check out his third point. Something about fans, Glaus, and bunting. I'm utterly confused about what his point is. Anybody have any suggestions?