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Joe Paterno stayed true to his political party, as he passed on the chance to pal around with Bill Clinton.
The ASSOCIATED PRESS reports that the Penn State coach and noted Republican decided not to meet with Clinton last Thursday, as the former President made a stop in State College in support of his wife Hillary’s presidential campaign.
After I graduated from college and entered the real world, there was a rude awakening when I realized that I had grossly underestimated the need for information on 80-year old football coaches that wear four-inch thick glasses. Students at Penn State will not have the same problem.
Starting this fall, the university will offer a course specifically based on their legendary football coach called “Joe Paterno: Communications and the Media” taking a look at how the coach uses the media to promote the program. It got us thinking of what other school’s could employ similar courses
How about giving *us* a gift basket to work full-time in the Big Apple?
• Chris Berman’s not covering The Masters. We wonder why.
• Funnyman Adam Carolla has a new film out. Yippee.
• Tiger Woods is good, but can he be Byron Nelson good?
• Having a nice chat with the Tampa soccer streaker.
Joe Paterno is set to begin his 43rd season with Penn State this year, unfortunately without the services of touted recruit Terrelle Pryor. Now having lost out on the two-sport Pennsylvania product, the Penn State Board of Trustees are taking a long, hard look at Paterno’s immediate future, reports the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE.
The Penn State Board of Trustees is expected to address Paterno’s future during meetings today and tomorrow at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel in Washington.
Leaving aside the jokes that go along with the fact that board is meeting at the same hotel where former New York governor Eliot Spitzer had his extra-legal rendezvous with prostitutes, Paterno is 81 and a bit given to taking a tumble. He also doesn’t have the needed working hip to cheat.
Granted, it’s difficult to force an icon out the door, what with coming off an Alamo Bowl victory and a number of off-the-field incidents that have been handled satisfactorily. That’s why you quickly slip a Medic Alert bracelet on the senior and glory at the angry incoherence.
• The LADIES… dance over the remarkable sight of the 1986 Los Angeles Dodgers doin’ the Baseball Boogie.
• YOU BEEN BLINDED raises their bids (among other things), as a nude photo of Tom Brady’s gal pal Gisele is on the auction block.
• Trying to cope with the Pope’s new announcement, DEUCE OF DAVENPORT offers up their own seven deadly sins of sports.
EVERY DAY SHOULD BE SATURDAY, fine purveyor of Joe Tiller look-alike photos, has another fun college football recruiting story somewhat from the Kevin Hart file.
(Tiller look-alikes are dope)
EDSBS points us to a COLUMBUS DISPATCH report that letters were sent to Ohio State football recruit Willie Mobley before signing day falsely claiming that the school was withdrawing its scholarship offer to him.
C-D: “He received two letters, on Ohio State letterhead and postmarked Columbus, allegedly signed by coach Jim Tressel. The first one showed up in early January, and the second one Wednesday. Read more…
We really love the college football recruiting game. Those *experts* from recruiting *services* are the closest thing we have in real, live sports to professional wrestling managers.
You’re usually either REALLY interested in recruiting, or not at all. We’re the latter. So this is only other piece of speculation we’ll post today about Terrelle Pryor, the nation’s top high school football recruit. But today is signing day, so we thought we’d point out what the PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE is reporting today. Read more…
Terrelle Pryor is such a hot commodity, that Joe Paterno is willing to leave the friendly confines of State College to pay the prized prospect a visit.
(JoePa gets ready to hit the road for Terrelle’s house.)
The PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER reports that the 81-year-old Penn State coach doesn’t usually go on recruiting trips nowadays. But JoePa doesn’t want to miss out on a chance at the nation’s #1 high school prospect, who’s already been heavily courted by Michigan & Ohio State.
Luckily, Paterno won’t have to leave the state, as Terrelle calls Jeannette, PA, his hometown. Hopefully the Pennsylvania State Police will have the highways cleared for Joe’s journey. Otherwise, they may have a road rage repeat on their hands.
