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07-30-2008, 02:06 PM
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That's quite a statement coming from a coach who freely admits he often works from home.
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| This is feasible for head coaches these days - if they know how to use e-mail, send text messages, etc. |
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07-30-2008, 02:59 PM
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Grey Beard = True Buckeye
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I can neither confirm nor deny that I just added a few tags.
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That's right Bo. Five in a row.
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08-01-2008, 09:26 PM
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LA Times: Penn State's Joe Paterno, Florida State's Bobby Bowden on brink
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Penn State's Joe Paterno, Florida State's Bobby Bowden on brink
Chris Dufresne
July 31, 2008
OK, which guy jumps first, Butch Cassidy or the Sunshine (State) Kid?
Joe Paterno, entering his 43rd season as Penn State coach, turns 82 in December.
That's eighty-two.
Bobby Bowden, embarking on season No. 33 at Florida State, turns 79 in November.
Both coaches are already in the Hall of Fame, their legends secure.
Bowden has 373 wins to Paterno's 372, meaning this could be an amazing race to a bitter end.
Ego is a curious, intoxicating thing. Letting go is never easy. As Bowden has noted, there is only one big event left after he leaves. So why leave?
Paterno has no outside hobbies, other than fending off ESPN allegations that his program has skidded off course.
A Big Ten "Joe" is retiring after this season -- Purdue Coach Joe Tiller. Paterno thinks Tiller is nuts, wanting to cast poles into water for fish that all look alike.
Asked when he might quit, Paterno recently huffed, "I don't know. How many times can I say it?"
There will be a year when one, or the other, or both, finally calls it quits.
For the first time, we can honestly say this might be that year.
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08-02-2008, 04:08 PM
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Sticking up for JoePa - because somebody needs to
Sticking up for JoePa - because somebody needs to
By Chris Werley
I had my topic all ready to go this week, got the idea watching two kids at the park play with these funny spinning wheels connected to strings. I heard some other youngster ask his father, "Dad, what are they doing?" The father informed his child that they were playing with an old-time toy called a 'yo-yo.' This little scenario gave me the spark for a column, something about the wonders of 'walking the dog,' 'rocking the cradle,' and, finally, coaxing your yo-yo to 'sleep.'
I thought about the idea when I got in the car, but then I heard the talk-radio guys bashing a certain legendary football coach, someone formerly quite popular in Pennsylvania. Later, when I turned on the tube, I tried again to think about the sport that made Dennis the Menace famous, but I found myself watching our state university's once prestigious football program taken to task on the ESPN news show, 'Outside the Lines.' The kicker came when I fired up the glowing screen and found that Joe Paterno, ohmygosh, doesn't know how to use a computer!
I decided right then and there that I still could write about yo-yos because Paterno's detractors are basically treating him like he is one. Doesn't know how to use a computer! No wonder they're calling for his head. I'm sure Knute Rockne would've put his "Win one for the Gipper" halftime speech on a 3-inch floppy if only Bill Gates' toys would've been available in Rockne's day. Yep, I bet all the great coaches in history would've been techno-geeks. Woody Hayes certainly would have put his 'three yards and a cloud of dust' rushing attack on blackboard uh, not the blackboard that requires chalk. And I have no doubt that Bear Bryant would've have sent Joe Namath a text message, telling him to knock it off with the cheerleaders already and study his playbook, dadgummitt.
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08-04-2008, 03:51 AM
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Dickrod you know, the first cut is the deepest....
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I wonder how many "poopie pants!" emails that journo got for that article?
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