(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Every Tuesday during the fall, Joe Paterno ambles into the media room at Beaver Stadium, settles into his seat and holds court.
The octogenarian coach usually doles out some one-liners along with the injury updates.
This Tuesday’s press conference isn’t likely to resemble any other in Paterno’s 46-year tenure at Penn State.
Paterno will be asked about what he knew and when about his former defensive coordinator and one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky, who was indicted on charges of sexually abusing eight boys over 15 years.
Authorities have said that Paterno, who testified in the grand jury proceedings that led to the charges, is not a target of the investigation. But the state police commissioner has chastised him and other school officials for not doing enough to try to stop the suspected abuse.