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Oh boy. Here we go. Things are heading down that slope.
Penn State University president Graham Spanier has pulled the plug on football coach Joe Paterno's regularly scheduled press conference Tuesday at about 12:30p.m.
According to the awesome Harrisburg Patriot-News, Spanier did not consult Paterno about the decision and did not explain to the massive throng of media in attendance why he cancelled it.
Though we all have our suspicions.
Particularly after Paterno had stated he was looking forward to the opportunity to discuss concerns related to the Jerry Sandusky scandal and Saturday's game against Nebraska, which now promises to be one of the most media attended games in recent memory. Paterno also added that he didn't feel the football players deserved having the conference cancelled.
Read the PennLive.com account of what happened RIGHT HERE
This is not good. And while we get that Paterno has a tendency to not filter what he said, by canceling what could have been a somewhat controlled environment, Spanier has now made this even worse.
The buildup and drama is now going to get worse. Much worse. There will be another 3-plus days of speculation and digging about what happened.
Add that to the game on Saturday, where it will extremely difficult to not make Paterno available...and you have a recipe for disaster. Because we all know full well that every national media outlet who planned on attending today's presser, will be in full-circle mode by the time Saturday's availability happens.
We'll see if the try and pull the same thing then.
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