Some tidbits from around the internets:
Al Golden is getting ready for the 2008 season, but it’s much more than gameplanning:
Want to know what he’s doing at virtually any moment, from Jan. 9 to Aug. 20? It’s all there, in black and white, a full 34 pages’ worth, in an outline titled, “So You Want To [...]
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Posted in joe paterno on May 11, 2008 | 37 Comments »
At a Nittany Lion Club fundraiser in King Of Prussia, Joe Paterno tipped his hand a bit regarding the quarterback job:
Daryll Clark and Pat Devlin are the candidates, and the two seemed comparable at the Blue-White game. The coach doesn’t expect to make a decision until the preseason, and Paterno hasn’t ruled out an occasional [...]
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Okay, you read blogs. You may even glance at message boards on occasion. Mostly, these sites tend to lean (often rather heavily) toward the notion that Joe Paterno’s presence on the Penn State sideline is hurting the on-field results of the football team. What about the people you know that are more casual fans, for [...]
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In order to best fill the void left when Hillary and OBAMA departed Pennsylvania, some political-style polls for your consideration. And yes, I stole the exact wording that polling organizations like Pew and Rasmussen use. That means simple, straightforward answers. No hedging allowed. ”I want Tom Bradley to be the next head coach, but not [...]
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Some reaction to yesterday’s scrimmage from around the The Internets:
Big happenings during a Joe Paterno press conference, as the Patriot-News’ David Jones (universally loved by Penn State fans everywhere) confronted Paterno with two relatively simple questions. First, does the contract standoff between Paterno and Old Main hurt recruiting? Second, in Paterno’s perfect world, [...]
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Always fun to pick on Collegian letters to the editor, I suppose.
Whether it is time for Coach Paterno to retire is not the issue. The issue is whether he should be treated with honor, integrity and dignity, values which are at the core of our university. I ask all students and alumni to contact the [...]
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Great article today by Jeff McLane at the Philadelphia Inquirer. He tracked down Jerry Sandusky for comments about Joe Paterno’s situation. For those of you too young to remember, Jerry Sandusky was Tom Bradley about 15 years ago.
Football is still part of his life. He holds yearly football camps and has Penn State [...]
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Just noticed this little AP blurb on PennLive.com:
AP NewsBreak: JoePa contract talk on hold until end of 2008
By GENARO C. ARMAS
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Contract talks with Penn State coach Joe Paterno are on hold until the end of this season, when the 81-year-old’s current deal expires.
Penn State president Graham Spanier told The Associated [...]
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And every single newspaper in the state covered the press conference.
Honestly, I’m not interested in dissecting every word of it. Regarding Paterno’s contract, nothing is going to happen until it happens. Everything in the interim is just pawn vs. pawn style posturing.
Oh, but actual, honest-to-God football discussion? Yes, let’s have that. [...]
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And on and on. Obviously the Penn State blogs and message boards have been pounding this issue relentlessly, but now it seems that columnists across the state have decided it’s safe to turn the Joe Paterno contract situation into a full-fledged Piñata Party.
This is what happens when a coach spends decades talking down to beat reporters. It’s too [...]
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That whole contract thingy. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on the PSU trustees meeting, which was held at the Mayflower hotel in Washington, D.C. Presumably, the conference included complimentary Emporer’s Club ladies as well as a 700 pound gorilla in the meeting room.
Two members of Penn State’s Board of Trustees yesterday told the Post-Gazette that negotiations regarding [...]
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Terrelle Pryor’s Jeannette Jayhawks have successfully fought their way through the western half of the PIAA playoffs, and will play for the state championships this afternoon at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. Some think that Jim Tressel and Rich Rodriguez will be in the crowd, even though they’re technically not allowed to speak with Pryor.
How [...]
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