It may be three or four years before we know if Bill O'Brien
made the right decision.  But we already know that Bill O'Brien
did the right thing.  Last week, the Penn State head football
coach had a meeting with freshman quarterback Steven Bench --
the man many folks expected to be under center when the Nittany
Lions open the 2013 season on Aug. 31 against Syracuse at
MetLife Stadium.  PSU's spring practice had just been concluded.
Bench and junior college transfer Tyler Ferguson were thought to
be running neck-and-neck for the starting QB job. Bench, having
been Matt McGloin's primary backup in 2012, had the edge in
experience.  O'Brien, however, saw things differently. He had
come to a decision that Bench wasn't going to like.  When fall
practice started, Bench would see very few, if any, snaps with
the first-team offense. Those would go to Ferguson and incoming
freshman five-star recruit Christian Hackenberg.  The writing
was on the wall for Bench. Barring injuries, it was unlikely he
would ever be the Nit