Is Mandel a changed man?

Our old friend Stewart Mandel, college football writer for CNN/Sports Illustrated, has been strangely nice to Penn State as of late. First, he writes a somewhat complimentary piece about Joe Paterno. Then he picks Penn State has his "team on the rise" in the Big Ten.

And today, he gives props (sort of) to Derrick Williams and Justin King--mentioning the two freshman in his list of the Top 10 things he's looking forward to this season.

I guess it's not true what people say: Sometimes, people really can change.

Congrats on changing for the better, Stewart.