No matter what you think of the Penn State scandal and the late Joe Paterno, we should all be grateful today’s news came down at the beginning of college football’s offseason rather than, say, Labor Day.
The NCAA officially reinstated Paterno as FBS’s all-time winningest coach on Friday, and State College is embracing its disgraced Hall of Fame coach. Parts of it, anyway.
In advance of Penn State hockey’s date with Michigan State, pictures floated around of Nittany Lions creating a makeshift show of solidarity with Paterno.Closer look at the 409 stickers Penn State hockey is wearing tonight pic.twitter.com/tNCf5W5CO6
— Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) January 16, 2015
According to Dennis Dodd of CBSSports.com, Penn State’s basketball team will join in for tomorrow’s game with Purdue.
Penn State hockey will wear “409" stickers on helmets tonight. PSU bkb players wearing “409" T-shirts Sat. pic.twitter.com/AsSutMxZ64
— Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs) January 16, 2015
So, again, it’s probably a good thing this news came down in January and not September. No matter where you fall on this issue, though, you gotta admit one thing: that Penn State hockey helmet is pretty sharp.
