Joe Paterno turns 84 today, even if he won't admit it. In those 84 years Paterno has coached hundreds of games, seen a country grow before his eyes, and more importantly he has changed the lives of countless numbers of people. I hope that if I am lucky enough to live to be 84 that I can say I've done things half as epic as Joe has.
All of the drama and controversy aside, I hope Joe comes back next year. Even though he's strongly against a fair-well tour, I want to get to see him coach one more time before he hangs it up. Nothing would make me happier than to see him beat Alabama in his last meeting with his career rival. Maybe I over think these sorts of things, but I'm pretty sure he wouldn't mind going out with the last laugh.
So happy birthday Joe. Thanks for everything.
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Georgia trying to schedule OSU, Michigan, Penn State, ND
Can we get them to come here late in the year? I want some SEC in the snow.
Big Ten Men's Basketball Weekly Release - Dec. 20, 2010
Illinois' Demetri McCamey, Michigan State's Kalin Lucas, Penn State's Talor Battle, Purdue's Lewis Jackson and Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor were named candidates for the Bob Cousy Award on Monday. The honor recognizes college basketball's top point guard. The initial list of 66 will be narrowed down to 20 on Jan. 3.
Florida's Addazio in town to talk with Temple | Philadelphia Inquirer
Commence theorizing here.
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Florida Gators lose another football recruit
See? The end of the world in recruiting is happening in other places too..
Penn State Football: Happy Birthday, Joe; You Don't Look a Day over 30,000
PSU's top assistant coaches seeking positions elsewhere - The York Daily Record
Such as..KMart, WaWa, and The Dollar Tree