O’Brien urges Penn Staters to move forward

Bill O’Brien found himself in a familiar spot Thursday morning at Penn State’s preseason media day — walking a fine line.

The first-year Nittany Lions coach couldn’t tell every Penn Stater appealing the NCAA’s sanctions against the program — the Paterno family, a group of trustees, eight former players and a former assistant coach — to shut up, cut it out or simply stand down. While he’d undoubtedly earn points outside Happy Valley for taking such a direct route, he’d also face a backlash on the home front.

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