Just when you thought the Penn State scandal could not get any more depraved, a report out of State College today suggests that Paterno know about the abuse back in 1976.

A new bombshell dropped in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal Thursday.

It came in the form of a single line in a court order on a related insurance coverage case involving Penn State, and its full ramifications can't immediately be gauged.

But that line was eye-popping in itself.

The line in question states that one of Penn State's insurers has claimed "in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU's Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky."

If you want to throw up in your mouth this evening, you can read more here.