Word: paterno
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second night of the new year, college football conjured up its own Super Bowl, and Joe Paterno said it was good. The National Broadcasting Company said it was great, and the bookies liked it too. Las Vegas Numerologist Bob Martin dubbed it the national "get even" bowl, one last plunge for everyone who had impulsively taken or given the points in any of the traditional Jan. 1 bowls, like the U.S.F.&G. Sugar Bowl...
Famed for their virtuous works and pious Coach Paterno ("St. Joe" to Miami counterpart Jimmy Johnson), the Nittany Lions were outrushed moderately and outpassed spectacularly throughout a battle that only they appeared to be waging from the edge of a cliff. For a considerable time, Penn State's offensive star was not D.J. Dozier but Punter John Bruno. While it is true that, in the final analysis, the Lions seemed a bit smarter than Miami, it is truer that they were a lot meaner...
...serious-he's a busy man. But so is Penn State football Coach Joe Paterno, Brown...
...Paterno went 2-2, picking his alma mater over favored Harvard, but picked up points for returning the call himself...
Marchese, Maspons and Larkin were the only unanimous selections in the vote by the league's 10 coaches Weller was one vote shy of unanimous selection to the first team. DePalo and Stratton were the only two freshman on the first team. DePalo beat out Yale's Tony Paterno by a single vote Paterno had been a first team all league catcher the last three years...