according to a report, a grad yat assistant told paterno he saw sandusky assaulting a boy who looked about 10 years old in 200 2. i think joe blew it. you see a situation like that. it s not about going to tell your higher up. former player, shocked and disappointed. i put a lot of pride in my school. and coaching staff, so for this to go op on, it s heartbreaking. guys like joe paterno are treated like gods. when we find out differently, he wanted one more saturday, he didn t even deserve that. joining me now, nfl hall of famer and ron mott on the penn state campus. what s the mood like now? dra matly different.
good morning, it s thursday, november 10th. this is your a.m. wake-up call. i m carol costello joining you live from new york this morning. the board of trustees have decided that effective immediately, dr. spannier is no longer president of the university. in addition, joe paterno is no longer the head football coach, effective immediately. these decisions were made after careful deliberations. and in the best interests of the university as a whole. this morning pen studen stat alumni and students are waking up for the first time in 46 years without paterno leading the nittany lions. the president is also out. our mike galanos reports from outside the school from state college, pennsylvania. reporter: emotions boiled over as the announcement was made. joe paterno is no longer the head coach at penn state university. the students did not see that coming. many supporting joe paterno, wished he had done more through the child sex abuse scandal but joe paterno out. also,
sandusky, but you re absolutely right. i am supporting joe paterno and i wish the board would have supported joe paterno. one thing about joe is that he has courage and he doesn t back down from a fight. this board backed down from a fight. so, you i want to ask you really quickly here about mike mcqueary of course. in 2002, he was the graduate. he was the guy who saw sandusky having sex with a boy in the shower. some are suggesting that mcqueary himself should have down something to stop the alleged sex act and then gone on to the cops. do you think he should bow out? will he be a distraction on the sidelines? that s not my call. will it be a distraction? i m sure it will be b for some people. that s going to be tom bradley s call. but when you look at certain
than joe. there s the abuses of jerry sandusky and also, people are talking about a cover-up. these are the big pieces of this whole scandal. there are a will the of folks out there, a lot of folks out there nine kids right now, the ninth came forward yesterday, who claimed they were abused by sandusky. all of this happens on paterno s watch and joe-pa doesn t go to the police. he goes to the administration. there are a lot of folks who think the coach should have gone to the cops. i d like to make a correction there. that was not during joe pa s watch. jerry sandusky was no longer under the authority of coach paterno. when the situation happened, you know, joe paterno went to the university, okay, this is a university matter. no longer a football matter for joe. and when joe went to the
let s bring in former nfl hall of famer, franco harris, who played for coach paterno at penn state. as you watch this play out over the past few days, what s going through your head, your heart as well? craig, i try to put the whole scenario together and look at it from different sper perspectives. i m upset for the board for the firing of joe paterno and why? why are you upset at the board for firing paterno? i think that that added to the frenzy of the on the focus of joe. there s a bigger picture here