USC coach Lane Kiffin said there is no way to compare the recent scandals at USC and Penn State and the corresponding sanctions the schools received from the NCAA, but he does sympathize with Nittany Lions coach Bill O'Brien for what he is about to face. O'Brien, a first-year college head coach, is entering into the same situation Kiffin had to work through during his first season with the Trojans in 2010. USC's juniors and seniors were eligible to transfer then without sitting out a year in what Kiffin termed free agency, and all of Penn State's players are now allowed to do the same. "I do think the cases are similar in that regard," Kiffin told ESPNLosAngeles.com on Tuesday. "And I do feel for their coaching staff. You're dealing with a head coach who wasn't there and has nothing to do with it and players who weren't there, either. "They're paying the price even though they had nothing to do with it, which is obviously similar to what we went through." Read more: http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/ncf/...hy-penn-state-nittany-lions-coach-bill-obrien
