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For years now, the whereabouts of an iconic Joe Paterno statue have been unknown.

And today, as part of our look back at 2020, we're replaying an episode about the statue

that first aired back in June.

The athletics Audrey Snyder spoke with me about why Penn State has gone to such great lengths

to conceal the statue's location and what she discovered in her own quest to find it.

From Wondry and the Athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson, and this is the lead.

So Audrey, it's been almost 10 years since Joe Paterno last coached at Penn State.

What is the state of their football program today?

Penn State right now is consistently a top 15 program.

They handed off the journey brown between the tackles still on its feet, bringing that

smoke with a straight on still going.

What a journey touchdown.

This is a team that's been the New Year's six bowl games in three of the past four years.

This is a team that's turning out a high level of NFL prospects.

And it's almost easy to forget where this program was just because of how quickly it's found

itself on the rebound.

So the reason we're here today, the Joe Paterno statue, which became a huge source of contention

in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandesky scandal, can you describe in back in those days the

prominence of the Paterno statue on campus?

It was a really big deal.

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