Penn State commit Jordan Smith (Washington, D.C./H.D. Woodson) relaxed on his couch, his eyes fixed to the TV screen during Tuesday's Capital One Bowl, when a few words on ESPN's ticker caught his eye -- something to do with NCAA sanctions and a lawsuit.
The three-star cornerback stopped watching the Georgia-Nebraska game and focused on that scrolling bar at the bottom. His eyes remained on that spot for what felt like 5 or 10 minutes until he spotted the news again and fully grasped what was happening:
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett was going to file a lawsuit against the NCAA in an attempt to force the organization to overturn the Nittany Lions' sanctions.
The three-star cornerback stopped watching the Georgia-Nebraska game and focused on that scrolling bar at the bottom. His eyes remained on that spot for what felt like 5 or 10 minutes until he spotted the news again and fully grasped what was happening:
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett was going to file a lawsuit against the NCAA in an attempt to force the organization to overturn the Nittany Lions' sanctions.
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