JUDGMENT
CALL
Straight Talk
Express
Nittany Lions take
unflinching approach
to off-season prep
I
t was hard to read Allen Robinson's expression when he was
asked following the Blue-White
Game about the decision to hook
Bill O'Brien up to Beaver Stadium's public address system in
the third quarter and broadcast his
sideline patter to the entire stadium.
Was that a bemused grin or a horrified grimace?
The former, apparently. "It was kind
of funny, just knowing what kind of
guy he can be on the field," the junior
receiver said, shaking his head in apparent disbelief that someone at PSU
actually approved this plan. "He's a
tough guy on the field. He pushes us."
O'Brien, as we've come to learn over
the past 16 months, is a pretty
straight shooter. He's a tactful and
gracious public speaker, and he's
used those qualities to gently urge
the Penn State community to move
forward in the wake of the Sandusky
scandal and the subsequent skirmishes between trustees, alumni,
elected officials, NCAA executives,
JoePa loyalists, conspiracy theorists,
media provocateurs, TV talk show
hosts, former FBI directors, etc. But
he knows what he wants to see between the white lines, and if he doesn't see it, well, let's just say you don't
want to be within earshot.
