While Ron Franklin will never replicate the golden years of Paterno's reign he will bring back PSU football and it will in part have to do with the tradition that resides in the world's largest alumni association.
What happened with Sandusky is disgusting. But that is only making the thousands and thousands and thousands of PSU alumni and supporters who had nothing to do with the crimes, and the scandal, that much more determined to bring back a top football program.
WVU's resources pale in comparison to PSU's. And no amount of self-righteous posturing on the part of WV fans will change that.
Maybe Pitts understands that he is stepping into a larger world of opportunity than he would have had at WVU. Maybe his dad, who is incarcerated in PA, has helped him to consider that the world outside of WV is ripe with positive opportunities.