Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo chimed in on Penn State and Joe Paterno during an interview on Jim Rome's show on Thursday.
"I've always been a big Joe Paterno fan, to be honest with you, and I'm gonna reserve some judgment until all the facts are known," Izzo said. "I gotta admit, what I've seen so far, and having an 11-year-old son with me on this trip (to San Diego for tonight's opener against North Carolina), it's hard to fathom what's going on and what's happened.
"I think all of us that have kids would have to say you had to do more. Knowing what we know, I'd have to agree with (Paterno's) comments, he didn't do enough. If any one of us were in that situation, I just can't imagine we wouldn't do more. And that's the part that saddens me so much, because I still believe in the 60 years that he's done so much more good than bad."
Penn State's trip to San Antonio's Alamo Bowl in 1999 has attracted the interest of Texas authorities amid allegations of child sex abuse involving former assistant Jerry Sandusky .
San Antonio police Sgt. Chris Benavides said his department is "looking into the possibility that an offense may have happened" while the team was in town.
A grand jury report says Sandusky took one boy he allegedly molested to the game and threatened to send him home when the victim resisted his advances.
The Alamo Bowl was Sandusky's last game at Penn State.
"The president's thoughts and prayers, and all our thoughts and prayers, are with the victims of the abuse and the family members of those victims," he said.
Big Ten spokesman Scott Chipman said a decision hasn't been made about whether to keep Joe Paterno' s name on the inaugural trophy for the Big Ten championship game winner. It's to be called the Stagg-Paterno Championship Trophy.
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