The folks over at the Berks County News recently sat down with Paterno to discuss many popular topics, including Bobby Bowden, a potential Big Ten championship game, and his opinion on the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). He was remarkably frank regarding the BCS, saying: I think we ought to have a legitimate champion. I don’t […]
In a recent Forbes interview, Penn State legend Joe Paterno discussed power, ambition, and glory within the confines of ancient classics. It seems like JoePa has a pretty good understanding of literature and history, something you don’t see in a lot of NCAA Football coaches (certainly not the brutes over at Ohio State, am I […]
Pennsylvania’s Right To Know Law, signed by Governor Rendell back in February 2008 has forced four Universities in the Commonwealth to divulge information about the 25 highest paid employees. The Universities that fall under this Act include Temple, Pitt, Lincoln and Penn State. According to Section 1503 of the law (I took out the irrelevant […]
With such a storied history, it’s a shame that the Penn State-Pitt football rivalry (also known as the Pennsylvania Classic) has been dormant since 2000. There have been talks about renewing the rivalry, but the schools have not been able to compromise on an out-of-conference contact in the last decade. One way to restore the […]
It’s official. Well, not really. Someone, probably not JoePa, has started a Twitter account called Mean Joe Paterno. With only 30 updates so far and a low number of followers, he (or she) is clearly just getting started. With tweets like the one below, I’m sure he’ll amass quite a following: