The Marciano-Ali Debate of Penn State Wrestling

Everyone knows about Cael Sanderson. His brother, Cody, is the associate head coach and a hammer in the lighter weights. Troy Letters works with the mid and upper weights. But the one I wonder about the most is assistant coach Casey Cunningham, and so I’m using him for my Marciano-Ali debate — Andy Matter vs. Casey Cunningham.

My dad grew up in a tough part of Providence, R.I., known as Federal Hill. I once mentioned to George Paterno that my dad grew up on “the hill,” and he mentioned Brown’s line could have used guys like my dad, guys who knew how to fight. Back then, fighting was a big part of line play. In fact, Joe Paterno once said the holding penalty would be unnecessary if players didn’t have face masks are could take care of infractions their own way: If you held, you got punched in the face.

Read the entire article by Joe Bastardi of www.statecollege.com here…