[Goose]

I just have so little faith in football factory schools to do the right thing.  Seeing all the Penn State fans rally around Paterno broke my faith and took away my hope for better.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

The two situations are entirely different. Paterno was a respected figure who had a reputation of doing things the "right way". While that reputation in itself may not have been accurate, lots of PSU fans thought it was. When the charges against him came out, people simply didn't (or wouldn't) believe it. Urban Meyer is a different case. He has no "clean record" to back him up. Even tOSU fans know he isn't exactly an upstanding citizen. That makes the current charges very credible. Fair or not, I think that will make it lots easier for the University to get rid of him.

[Goose]

I just have so little faith in football factory schools to do the right thing.  Seeing all the Penn State fans rally around Paterno broke my faith and took away my hope for better.  

Cheers,
Pete F.

The two situations are entirely different. Paterno was a respected figure who had a reputation of doing things the "right way". While that reputation in itself may not have been accurate, lots of PSU fans thought it was. When the charges against him came out, people simply didn't (or wouldn't) believe it. Urban Meyer is a different case. He has no "clean record" to back him up. Even tOSU fans know he isn't exactly an upstanding citizen. That makes the current charges very credible. Fair or not, I think that will make it lots easier for the University to get rid of him.