Since you're PSU alum then maybe you can answer this question. What's the culture like in that school that makes them so devoted to the idea that JoePa is without fault?
Any school with an institutional person like that has that culture. If bo schembecler had never left michigan, he would be as reveared to them as osu is to joepa. Same with dean smith, john wooden, woody hayes, etc. He just never left. Its the fact that most people associated with penn state grew up learning about the legend of penn state and joe pa, then joined it, and he never left...to them, he was literally a living legend, and it is tough to break that connection.