{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The O'Leary Review - Episode 8 - John Ziegler","description":"Mega podcast for you. Two hours of content. We talk PGA vs LIV golf, college football, and step back into \u201cThe Penn State Case.\u201d We\u2019ve provided some links and a bit of commentary for you. The main show notes page will be updated at https:\/\/briandoleary.substack.com\/podcast Search for John Ziegler - With the Benefit of Hindsight when you get to that page. It should be Episode 8 of The O'Leary Review Podcast. This podcast is definitely a "conversation that matters" ... John Ziegler is a documentary filmmaker, author, Emmy-winning commentator, podcaster, former radio talk show host and television sportscaster, and was called \u201cAn American Hero,\u201d by former Penn State president Graham Spanier in an inscription of his book The Lion\u2019s Den. This description is mocked by Ziegler\u2019s wife and kids. John was last with us in February on episode 77 of Sportlanders the Podcast when we spoke for over 90 minutes on the Penn State-Joe Paterno-Jerry Sandusky scandal that emerged in November 2011. John\u2019s podcast, which he hosts with Liz Habib, called With the Benefit of Hindsight is over 60 hours of detailed reporting on the case. In this podcast series, \u201cThe truth about what happened at Penn State has been locked in a vault for ten years \u2014 you\u2019ve just been given the key.\u201d You can find everything relating to the podcast at FramingPaterno.com Other than his tireless reporting on the truth in the Penn State debacle, which includes a 2012 documentary called The Framing of Joe Paterno, Ziegler is most well- known for his second feature documentary film called Media Malpractice which covered the 2008 presidential election. Ziegler is an alumnus of Georgetown University and grew up in Pennsylvania, though with no direct ties to Penn State University.   LIV Golf issue The LIV is in the process of ruining pro golf. It will eventually\u2014both directly and indirectly\u2014destroy the essence of professional golf. The PGA Tour The Tour went a long way in setting us back when it came to its response to the covid situation. Professional golf is a sport that is uniquely designed to change people\u2019s lives. Competing in LIV does not do that. The Saudis have not created a new market. It is an \u201cartificial stimulus.\u201d A \u201ckamikaze\u201d attack on an American institution perhaps. Golf, to be compelling, must have an element of fear. When everyone becomes super-rich, there\u2019s nothing to fear. Tiger Woods (& Rory McIlroy) role in the PGA Tour \u2026 Is the Tour becoming cartelized? The golf media won\u2019t ask the questions because it is terrified of Tiger Woods. Does the sport of golf need professional golf to thrive or even survive?   College football Sports have contributed to the cultural decline over the last two-and-a-half years. This much is clear. Pro golf, college and pro basketball, and college football all had the chance to step up and be leaders in the culture and stand up to the crazy policies implemented by the covid regime, but none of them did. Every other sports organization and league across the world were cowardly as well. How and why did this happen? The cancellation of the 2020 Ivy League basketball tournament started the ball rolling\u2026 \u201cCollege football no longer exists.\u201d Winning the National Championship is now the only thing. The NIL money, the new transfer rules, and the upcoming 12-team playoff has destroyed what was once perhaps the favorite sport of much of the country\u2014college football. It\u2019s not the same sport that it was even three years ago. What in the heck is the point of college now when academia is ruined, and the college sports landscape is ruined?   The Penn State Case We come at this discussion of the case with the perspective that Jerry Sandusky is innocent and therefore Joe Paterno\u2019s reputation has been dragged through the mud unfairly. The conversation then builds on that. John Ziegler\u2019s reporting on this case leads to no other conclusion other than Sandusky\u2019s innocence and that Paterno was certainly framed, thus becoming a fall guy for the ineptitude of the corporate media and the vendetta academia has against sports\u2014college football in particular. If this claim disturbs you at all, you need to first do some basic research on the facts of the case. Start with Episode 77 of Sportlanders the Podcast and if you have the time, listen to the entirety of With the Benefit of Hindsight. The Penn State Case has proven to be a perfect storm, not a hoax or a conspiracy or a cover-up\u2026the cover-up comes elsewhere with the media and the prosecution. Conspiracy: \u201ca secret plan or agreement between persons for an unlawful or harmful purpose, especially with political motivation, while keeping their agreement secret from the public or from other people affected by it.\u201d Conspiracy Theory: \u201can explanation for an event or situation that involves a conspiracy by sinister and powerful groups, often political in motivation.\u201d The covid era was not a conspiracy, either. Much like this case it was the dumb leading the stupid to insane conclusions. \u201cI want to make something clear. I am not raising doubt about what happened. I know what really did and did not happen. What we were told did not happen. It did not. Period! Did not happen! Jerry Sandusky is completely innocent\u2014as insane I myself would have thought that was insane. If you told me that in 2012, I would have thought that was insane. In fact, when people did tell me that in 2012, I thought they were nuts.\u201d ... \u201cThis whole saga is the worst example in modern history of a complete fraud that was\u2014to this day still\u2014accepted as gospel truth by every single element of the news media and not one of those news media members. Not one of them can tell you even the basic facts of the case\u2026 And it doesn\u2019t even bother them! It doesn\u2019t even bother them that they can\u2019t tell you any facts of the case. Because they know the truth because everybody in their bubble said the same thing and even though we know they\u2019ve been wrong so many times.\u201d \u2014John Ziegler   Reference the Duke \u2013 BYU volleyball thing and then the BYU \u2013 University of Oregon football thing. Ziegler was on with Dan Abrams on NewsNation the other night talking about it all. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zigmanfreud\/status\/1572065085471993857   The Jay Paterno diagram of how the showers in the Lasch Football Building at Penn State were designed. After this case broke, there exist no known photos of the showers and the entire building was renovated in 2012-2013. https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zigmanfreud\/status\/860667211786067968   Did the prosecution team tell Mike McQueary to \u201cclam up?\u201d   The Ziegler appearance mentioned with Piers Morgan in 2013. https:\/\/youtu.be\/jwsAqaRKLDA   John Ziegler \u2013 Twitter    The Sandusky Case Flow Chart    The horrible HBO movie Paterno. Not recommended whatsoever.   How do Hall of Fame coach Dick Vermeil and longtime NFL and college head coach Herm Edwards tie into this case? Can\u2019t say for sure, because nobody will talk on the record. Interestingly, Vermeil wrote the foreword to Jerry Sandusky\u2019s book, Touched. Herman Edwards, a former player for Vermeil, according to a conversation Vermeil had with Ziegler, told his former coach, \u201cThere\u2019s a guy in California who\u2019s going to break the case wide open\u2026\u201d Probably this guy\u2026 Penn Law Fumble \u2014 PennLawFumble.info on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine   We talk about the \u201cOhio State wrestling scandal\u201d involving Ohio congressman Jim Jordan. I don\u2019t know of any decent reporting on this after a cursory glance of the search engine results. If anyone has a decent breakdown \u2026 of the truth \u2026 please leave it in the comments section.   Some Twitter follows for more clarity in the \u201cPenn State case\u201d: https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zigmanfreud https:\/\/twitter.com\/VexPith https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndyFavor1 https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteyBall24 https:\/\/twitter.com\/DombroskiMike https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllPSUfootball https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheodorouJustin https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveMasters7 There are many more and I apologize if I missed you\u2026   Brian O'Leary  ","author_name":"The Brian D. O'Leary Show","author_url":"https:\/\/briandoleary.com\/","html":"