Joe Paterno
Joe Paterno
Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno, sometimes referred to as "JoePa", was an American college football player, and later athletic director and coach. He was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 to 2011. With 409 victories, Paterno was the most successful coach in NCAA FBS history. His career ended with his dismissal from the team in November, 2011 as a result of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth21 December 1924
CountryUnited States of America
When a kid plays football games before he attends a class, something is wrong.
We have to realize a kid will love us one day and hate us the next. That cannot change who we are and what we are about.
Here, I have an opportunity to affect the lives of a lot of young people - and not just on my football team. I'm not kidding myself that that would be true at the professional level.
There are certain situations I go over during the week. Jay will call certain plays in certain situations, and Galen will call most of the game with some input from Dick Anderson. When we get into certain situations, Galen turns it over to Jay and vice versa.
I thought we showed some greatness last night.
They took it. Nobody pouted. The captains got them together and all's well that ends well.
They have a great tailback, ... Last year they had two great tailbacks. They make up their minds they are going to run and intimidate you. When your offense (goes for over 550) yards against a team like Purdue, they are a heck of an offensive football team.
You're talking apples and oranges now. Cincinnati came up and beat us in '83. Cincinnati should have beaten Ohio State the year they won the national championship (2002).
Austin needed a game like that. He had lacked a little confidence ... we gotta get Scott in the game.
A couple of passes we thought we could develop downfield and we didn't get a chance to, because Mike had to run for his life a couple times.
They're unusual kids, ... They have an awful lot of poise. They are not hotshots. They like to play. They know their place. They have a little deference to the upperclassmen - in a nice way. They're just really good kids.
I thought the defense was absolutely superb, ... There was a lot of pressure. One mistake and it's the entire ballgame.
I said here are the two best players to ever play at Penn State.
It came down to one play. It could have gone the other way.