Your 2012 Penn State Nittany Lions!

Throwing you a bender because I just thought you should know...

There are two groups associated with Penn State that should no longer suffer. One is the victims of the despicable acts that happened and the other is the current Nittany Lion football players. While time, counseling and legal proceedings may do something to combat the situations of those molested, there is a solution for the current players that we can implement now.

Matthew McGloin

The ultimate monster, Jerry Sandusky, is long gone....and gone forever. He didn't recruit any current players and he won't coach any current players. When Penn State takes the field this fall, we have to remember that Sandusky will not.

Sean Stanley

They will not be coached by Joe Paterno either. He is gone, passed on in disgrace and even his statue has been removed. He is a justifiable target for your venom and disgust, no matter what level of involvement you believe he had. He will not call one play, nor make one pre-game pep talk for the 2012 Penn State football team. Remember that.

Gerald Hodges

Former players such as Franco Harris and Michael Robinson who defend Paterno and plan to appeal to the NCAA regarding the victories being vacated are also missing the big picture. They appear heartless in the eyes of us looking at this from the victim's standpoint. But they will not play for the 2012 Penn State football team.

Glenn Carson

Penn State obviously still has a Board of Trustees in place that views this tragedy as a corporate inconvenience. They are also planning to appeal the NCAA sanctions that the university president negotiated and promised not to appeal. We must remember and acknowledge the Board does not play for the 2012 Penn State football team.

Michael Mauti

While it makes sense that Jay and Scott Paterno live under the Paterno family bubble, they need to lay low and refrain from their insensitive public responses to the national reaction. Fortunately, they do not coach or play for the 2012 Penn State football team.

This team will take the field with players who chose to remain at Penn State. They will compete without Paterno, without Sandusky, without Penn State executives and Board members. They should be able to play without the stigma of being thought of as villains or pedophiles. They will have new uniforms, new coaches, a new outlook and a new attitude.

The new uniforms were necessary. For decades, the face of the program was purely Joe Paterno. His glasses, his pants, his statue, his control. While emphasizing that the team is bigger than any player by not having names on the jerseys, adding the names this season will show the nation who the players are that decided to stay. The blue ribbons on each jersey will show that these players remember. Both the names and ribbons will also let the viewing public know that these guys aren't THOSE guys and that must be remembered.

The current players will work and practice hard, play to win, and gesture constantly through their appearance and comments that they are aware.  All the real villains have been identified and called out, removed from the program in one way or another. None of them are involved in any manner with this team. The program is crippled, but alive. But the current players deserve their moment. They deserve their opportunity to play hard and represent the faction of Penn State that will work to right this horrible wrong. They need to be recognized for their place and effort now. They play for the 2012 Penn State football team and we need to remember that.

All this because I know more about nothing...