It has been months, seven months, since I sat and pondered putting money down on a football game. A lot of newsworthy events have transpired in the world of college football since then. Very little of the news has been good.
The biggest news has been the fall of Penn State. Joe Paterno's arrogance enabled Jerry Sandusky to run rampant as a sexual predator. The university can pay the $60 million in fines out of petty cash. The football program has been penalized. The shame that the university has brought down upon itself is incalculable. The whole sordid mess illustrates the danger of allowing the game to become too big for the people who run it.
It is amazing that as the 2012 season begins, the football programs of two of the biggest schools in the Big Ten, Penn State and Ohio State, are operating under sanctions.
If I'm the SEC, I'm happy the Big Ten is around to make me look good.
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| The No Paterno statue at Penn State. |
It is amazing that as the 2012 season begins, the football programs of two of the biggest schools in the Big Ten, Penn State and Ohio State, are operating under sanctions.
If I'm the SEC, I'm happy the Big Ten is around to make me look good.
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