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Former Penn State coach on how Baylor should respond to its scandal

Published May. 31, 2016 3:35 p.m. ET

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Aaron Torres

There might be no single better person to understand what the folks involved with Baylor football are going through right now, than former Penn State and current Houston Texans coach Bill O'Brien.

O'Brien took over the Nittany Lions program following the firing of Joe Paterno, and just a few months prior to the school being put on massive NCAA sanctions, following the conviction of Jerry Sandusky of multiple child sexual abuse charges.

And as the Baylor fiasco continues to unfold --- with many wondering if the NCAA will hit the school with similar punishment as Penn State --- O'Brien was asked to weigh-in on the situation in Waco Tuesday. Here's what he told the Houston Chronicle:

From there, O'Brien continued and explained how that point was repeatedly hammered home.  

Then there's the football team itself. O'Brien shed some interesting light on how he kept the team together, even as the NCAA sanctions threatened to rip it apart.

As Jim Grobe now gets set to take over the Baylor football program, he could do a lot worse than follow O'Brien's lead.

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