GRAMBLING, Louisiana - The fallout of the devastating NCAA sanctions laid on Penn State on Monday spread around the country, from coast to coast and North to South.
Louisiana wasn't spared. In fact, the sanctions had a direct link to one of the state's own coaching legends: Grambling's deceased coach Eddie Robinson.
As part of the unprecedented sanctions, Penn State will vacate 112 victories gained from 1998 to 2011, 111 of those by Nittany Lions icon Joe Paterno. That allows Robinson to regain his title as the winningest Division I college coach in history with 408.
Robinson's son, Eddie Jr., was hardly gratified by the reordering of the names in the history books.
"I can't find anything to be happy about," said Robinson Jr., a Grambling assistant for 16 years. "It's not a win-win situation for anybody. He and my dad were good friends.
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