Coach Joe Paterno to be More Involved on Game Day

[BAMAWV]

Penn State-Alabama is what a college rivalry should be.  I wish they would play every year.

No Big Ten team wants to commit to that kind of exposure.

[pmull]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

I agree with the homecooking. I also agree many victories are questionable. What do you mean by pre-Big East?

[Coach Hank Crisp]

JoPa counted his PSU victories just like Bobby Bowden did when he was at Howard University ( Samford) and later FSU . Neither JoPa or Bowden played in the SEC.

Should JoPA should retire. Yes.

 

[pmull]

Penn State-Alabama is what a college rivalry should be.  I wish they would play every year.

No Big Ten team wants to commit to that kind of exposure.

I loved the Penn State 10 year series in the 80's. I always looked forward to that game. We came out on top 6-4 I think. They cheated twice though so it was really 8-2.

[BAMAWV]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

I agree with the homecooking. I also agree many victories are questionable. What do you mean by pre-Big East?

My bad--- PSU was independent prior to joining the Big Ten. But their schedule each year before joining the Big10 was pretty much a Big East schedule. What I was thinking of was prior to the Big East these schools were in the Southern Conference (Va Tech, WVU, Richmond, etc.). PSU was independent.  Good catch, pmull.

[pmull]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

I agree with the homecooking. I also agree many victories are questionable. What do you mean by pre-Big East?

My bad--- PSU was independent prior to joining the Big Ten. But their schedule each year before joining the Big10 was pretty much a Big East schedule. What I was thinking of was prior to the Big East these schools were in the Southern Conference (Va Tech, WVU, Richmond, etc.). PSU was independent.  Good catch, pmull.

You are correct that as an independent they played a soft schedule consisting of schools like Rutgers, Pittsburgh, etc. Easy to see how Big East came into the conversation.

[BAMAWV]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

I agree with the homecooking. I also agree many victories are questionable. What do you mean by pre-Big East?

My bad--- PSU was independent prior to joining the Big Ten. But their schedule each year before joining the Big10 was pretty much a Big East schedule. What I was thinking of was prior to the Big East these schools were in the Southern Conference (Va Tech, WVU, Richmond, etc.). PSU was independent.  Good catch, pmull.

You are correct that as an independent they played a soft schedule consisting of schools like Rutgers, Pittsburgh, etc. Easy to see how Big East came into the conversation.

Villanova, Temple, Rhode Island, Maine, etc.

[pmull]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

I agree with the homecooking. I also agree many victories are questionable. What do you mean by pre-Big East?

My bad--- PSU was independent prior to joining the Big Ten. But their schedule each year before joining the Big10 was pretty much a Big East schedule. What I was thinking of was prior to the Big East these schools were in the Southern Conference (Va Tech, WVU, Richmond, etc.). PSU was independent.  Good catch, pmull.

You are correct that as an independent they played a soft schedule consisting of schools like Rutgers, Pittsburgh, etc. Easy to see how Big East came into the conversation.

Villanova, Temple, Rhode Island, Maine, etc.

Wow, the schedule was weaker than I thought. Even the Big East today will not let it's BB member Villanova be a football member. JoePa needs to retire before WV exposes his whole career as a fraud.

[Chechem]

I don't know what would ever convince JoPa to retire.

[Marshal Dillon]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

That's something the PC media never mention about MANY of his victories, they were over total cupcakes. Football "powers" like Lehigh, Army, Navy, Pitt, BC, Ohio, Wisconsin (when they were awful), and other weak teams. The toughest team they played on their schedule on a regular basis was West Virginia.

[SUPERCOACH]

Penn State-Alabama is what a college rivalry should be.  I wish they would play every year.

No Big Ten team wants to commit to that kind of exposure.

I loved the Penn State 10 year series in the 80's. I always looked forward to that game. We came out on top 6-4 I think. They cheated twice though so it was really 8-2.

I vividly remember the game where Bama scored a touchdown in the back of the end zone and they called the guy out of bounds.  Joey Jones was on that team, but he wasn't the guy that caught the ball.  He was standing right there when it happened though.  It was such an obvious touch down, even watching it live, that the TV announcers didn't know what to say when they called him out of bounds.  They struggled for a plausible excuse, but came up with nothing.  It was extremely disappointing as a kid to know that grown men had cheated Bama out of a victory.  Adults weren't supposed to cheat.  That game really opened my eyes for the first time as to how the world really works.

[SUPERCOACH]

He's a figurehead who gets credit for the victories while he wonders what just happened on the field. Probably wants to be the oldest coach in history.

PSU was notorious for homecooking, especially pre-Big East. Half of his victories are questionable.

That's something the PC media never mention about MANY of his victories, they were over total cupcakes. Football "powers" like Lehigh, Army, Navy, Pitt, BC, Ohio, Wisconsin (when they were awful), and other weak teams. The toughest team they played on their schedule on a regular basis was West Virginia.

This makes me think... I wonder what coach has the most victories against ranked opponents.  Hmmm....

[XBAMA]

I'll take your avatar for $500 Coach     

[SUPERCOACH]

Penn State-Alabama is what a college rivalry should be.  I wish they would play every year.

No Big Ten team wants to commit to that kind of exposure.

I loved the Penn State 10 year series in the 80's. I always looked forward to that game. We came out on top 6-4 I think. They cheated twice though so it was really 8-2.

I vividly remember the game where Bama scored a touchdown in the back of the end zone and they called the guy out of bounds.  Joey Jones was on that team, but he wasn't the guy that caught the ball.  He was standing right there when it happened though.  It was such an obvious touch down, even watching it live, that the TV announcers didn't know what to say when they called him out of bounds.  They struggled for a plausible excuse, but came up with nothing.  It was extremely disappointing as a kid to know that grown men had cheated Bama out of a victory.  Adults weren't supposed to cheat.  That game really opened my eyes for the first time as to how the world really works.

Oh my... it was even worse than I remember.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x208s0FM8OI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x208s0FM8OI</a>

[XBAMA]

the football Gods thumbed their nose at us that day ... 

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