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There is no peace in State College, PA.

It's understandably hard to pacify a college football community that enjoyed steady tranquility for over five decades before absorbing one of the most devastating earthquakes in American sports history. It takes decades to rediscover that kind of peace. Ohio State has a little experience with this; consider that Woody Hayes is still larger than life in Columbus.

Hayes has been dead for 30 years yet he's still everywhere in Columbus and no one thinks twice about it. Joe Paterno coached in State College for 61 years, 13 years short of Woody's lifespan.