Paterno's front-lawn press conference

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Due to the fact that Penn State cancelled Joe Paterno's weekly press conference on Tuesday, the media is yet to formally hear from the PSU legendary head coach.

However, when hundreds of fans gathered outside of his house on Tuesday night, Paterno briefly stepped outside of his front door and addressed the herd of fans and media that had been otherwise limited to images of him peeking out of his window.

Take a look at what Paterno, in the wake of perhaps the biggest story and most disgusting scandal in sports history to recent memory, had to say:

It's so hard to be mad at the guy, because of his demeanor, but the scope of this entire thing is just too great for me to go to a place of compassion for the winningest head coach in Division I college football history.

The facts remain that Paterno had knowledge of his former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky molesting, raping and abusing children from 1998 onward, and as recent as last week, Sandusky was on the Penn State campus.

Paterno was an enabler. He enabled a sick man to harm and potentially ruin the lives of a great number of young boys.

And perhaps as disappointing as his lack of action on the matter is the reaction from the Penn State fans camped outside of his residence.

Did you ever think that a man who turned a blind eye to a child sex offender would walk out of his house to hundreds of screaming fans cheering, chanting his name, calling for him to remain their football coach despite reports that he will be forced to step down?

I'm a huge football fan myself. But this is not a football issue. This is a morality issue.

Last I checked, the academic standards at Penn State weren't exactly the lowest, but this particular group of college students is down-right stupid.

Should they be blamed? Paterno has been the coach of their university more than twice as long as many of them have been alive. Many are likely born to parents who went to Penn State when Paterno was coaching. Hell, their grandparents may have even been fresh out of high school when Paterno took over.

Regardless, it displays a complete lack of perspective. Shame on them.

And somehow, someway, Paterno can make reference to the Nebraska game on Saturday. As if a football game even matters right now. Unbelievable.