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Last week, the Penn State Nittany Lions played their first game after the biggest story is sports history unfolded on their campus. It led to their first Big Ten loss of the season. This week they’ll take to the road for the first time in the wake of the PSU pedophilia scandal, and face the team they knocked off the front page of the college football scandal sheet- the Ohio State Buckeyes.

There are four big traditional powers in the Big Ten, two of which (these two right here) are going to be down for awhile as they are programs in disarray. Of course, the level of disarray and the fallout yet to come is a million times worse at PSU.

Penn State Nittany Lions (8-2, 5-1) Analysis:

Joe Paterno was the CEO of not just college football, but everything else surrounding the team in Happy Valley. He could be cold and calculating in his decision making, and was in control of what went on.

So the senility defense just doesn’t fly. When something happened within his empire, he knew. And perhaps his enhanced planning skills were at work when he “sold” his house to his wife for a $1 less than four months before the scandal broke. Was it just a typical estate planning/wealth transfer maneuver from an 84 year old man?

Or a way to shelter himself from the storm he knew was coming?

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