Who truly won the Jim Knowles sweepstakes?

Penn State just hired a sparkling new defensive coordinator, is that what they needed?

One of the big storylines of the offseason and certainly this past week of college football recently came to a resolution.

Penn State hired Jim Knowles, fresh off coordinating the defense for the National Championship winning Ohio State Buckeyes, to come try and do the same for them. It’s considered a major coup and was certainly a financial win for Knowles…

Knowles will now be paid about $3.1 million a year as a hefty reward for helping the Buckeyes break through. The story of how different teams chased down Knowles in the past few weeks, where he chose to go, and how it resolved is multi-layered and really fascinating.

One of the biggest questions I have at the end of it? Who actually won this saga?