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Decanonized Mythologized Disgraced Ped State Monster Coach Joe Paterno (Zombie Icon)

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DaddyBigBucks;1550107; said:
But the field at FSU was named Bowden Field (or something like that), and Bobby's only half-dead...
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BuckeyeNation27;1550262; said:
let me guess.....they did one of those stupid gameday stories about the retards who sleep out waiting for tickets in Krzyzews......er Paternoville, and the old fart came by and gave them all Pizza.
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Close, Darryl Clark brought them pulled pork sandwiches.
 
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One big happy family in State Penn. Although I think I've gotta side with JoePa on this one.

SI.com

Former Penn State running back Scott sues authorities, school


STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A former Penn State tailback who hoped to play in the NFL claims in a lawsuit that authorities ruined his professional aspirations after filing a rape charge against him that was later dropped.

An attorney for Austin Scott filed the civil suit this week against Centre County prosecutors, Penn State police and the university in federal court in Williamsport. The suit said Scott suffered "mental pain and suffering" and diminished "earning capacity" because of the case.

He never played for the Nittany Lions after coach Joe Paterno suspended him in October 2007 for violating team rules. Police charged Scott a week later.

"Two years later, we are convinced his professional football career is over. Neither the NFL nor the CFL is looking at him because of the scarlet letter he has on his forehead," Scott's attorney John Karoly said Thursday night.
Prosecutors withdrew the charges in April 2008 after the state Superior Court ruled jurors could hear testimony about the alleged victim's involvement in a separate sexual assault case in 2003. The defendant in that case was acquitted.

Centre County District Attorney Michael Madiera's office said then in a statement that charges were dropped because there was "no reasonable likelihood" it could meet the burden of proof.

Scott, 24, now lives in East Stroudsburg. His lawsuit includes charges of malicious prosecution and civil conspiracy.

The alleged victim was named a defendant in the suit, along with several Penn State police officers; Madeira; Lance Marshall, the lead assistant DA on the case who has since resigned; and the university and county.

The lawsuit alleges Scott enjoyed a "highly successful" high school and college career before his arrest, and that he was slated to be a third- or fourth-round draft pick in the NFL.

Scott arrived at Penn State in 2003 after having set state scholastic records the previous year for most single-season rushing yards (3,853) and touchdowns (53) at Parkland High School in Allentown.

But his career at Penn State was hindered by injuries and lesser off-field issues that didn't please Paterno. He had 302 yards and six touchdowns on 69 carries in five games in 2007 before being suspended.

Scott signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Browns in May 2008 but was waived five months later.

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Interesting speculation here...

Nittany Nuggets: Penn State could play two different No. 1 teams in 2010

There's a decent possibility Penn State could play two different No. 1 teams next season, which has never happened during the Joe Paterno era.
Defending champ Alabama almost certainly will start the season ranked No. 1. It opens with San Jose State and, with a win, would still hold the top spot when PSU visits in week two.
Ohio State has a shot to be No. 2, or very close to it, when the first polls come out. The Buckeyes have tough games at home against Miami in week two and at Wisconsin in week seven.
Alabama will have a difficult time staying No. 1 with games at Arkansas in week four, at home against Florida the following week and trips to South Carolina, Tennessee and LSU all before week 10.
If the Crimson Tide slip up in one of those games and Ohio State remains perfect, the Buckeyes may be No. 1 when PSU visits Columbus in week 10.

Entire article: Nittany Nuggets: Penn State could play two different No. 1 teams in 2010 - AltoonaMirror.com | News, Sports, Jobs, Community Information - The Altoona Mirror
 
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With respect to the post a couple of posts above mine, I found this article.
Paterno's glasses go for $9,000
Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Two Penn State graduates are paying $9,000 for a chance to see through Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno's trademark thick-rimmed glasses.

The bid from Michelle and Kevin Coppola won an auction for a pair of spectacles donated by the Nittany Lions coach, who's famous for wearing his glasses on the sidelines -- along with his rolled-up khakis and jet-black sneakers.

The farsighted Paterno had eye surgery last month to improve his vision. The 83-year-old still needs glasses to read, though he appears to be done wearing the Coke bottle-thick glasses.

A spokesman for Paterno says the timing of the surgery and the auction was a coincidence.

The auction benefited Penn State Public Broadcasting. It started online and wrapped up at a dinner Saturday.

Paterno leads major college football coaches with 394 career victories.
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JoePa will never really be gone.

CFN

[FONT=verdana, arial, sans serif]CFN SPECIAL EXCLUSIVE

Penn State's Succession Plan [/FONT]

As Reported By Pete Fiutak

And the next Penn State head football coach will be ?

Joe Paterno?!

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CFN has obtained exclusive, inside access to what might be the revolution in sports, business, and any walk of life that requires some sort of higher level management. Welcome to the JoePa394. (Named after Paterno?s all-time win total and will be changed upon his retirement when the final number is set.)

After three years of exhaustive effort, sleepless nights, and tons and tons of data entry, two Penn State students, Lee Walker and Todd Warner, have created a program that can simulate Joe Paterno?s every coaching move, every pattern, and even every teaching method. It?s so good, so thorough, and so frighteningly accurate (tested out secretly throughout last year) that any coach should be able to plug any situation into the system and instantly know what Paterno would do and how he?d teach.

Walker and Warner were given an all-access pass to over forty years of film, notes, scouting reports and practice tape to go along with interviews with several key players, coaches, and Paterno himself to create an application so good and so accurate that Penn State insiders are wondering if the next head coach will simply be a caretaker who follows the program and has to make a few simple adjustments here and there.

?The Penn State part of the software was easy and a true labor of love,? said Warner. ?The hard part was gathering all the opponent information from the last four decades. But we were able to do it, so in 2015, any coach can know what Coach Paterno would?ve done when facing a certain offense at a certain time based on over forty years of trends, tendencies, and patterns.?

It?s not unlike putting together the basic information for a video game, which Walker and Warner had a background in doing before putting this program together. The two had helped collect data and put together information for several games from baseball to football to soccer for EA Sports and other companies, and the exact same attention to detail, including height, weight, skin color, body type, speed, quickness, and strength, are all factored into the ultimate Penn State football database. ​

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