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Originally Posted by gargamel
The program will suffer for sure, but not for the reason you think. For an 18 year old jock, State College is about as undesirable of a place to live as you could imagine. It's a small town in the middle of nowhere in rural central Pennsylvania. All things equal, a star athlete would rather play somewhere else, but year after year, Penn State manages to field competitive teams because parents want their sons to play for Joe Paterno. Without him, there will be no reason to go to Penn State over a college with better weather or at least in a town that isn't a 2 hour drive from the nearest city. There's no way they'll shut down the program, but Penn State's days of being a top 25 team are coming to an end.
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I think that depends on what happens going forward. Who takes over will play a big part in that.
It should also be noted that the geographic location of PSU and the type of town it sits in isn't all that different from numerous college football programs across the country, many of whom have had great success or are at least typically competitive.