Why Papa Joe Still Has It!!
http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/news?slug=dw-paterno052207&prov=yhoo&type=lgns&expire=1
I have to say I have been a Penn State football fan as long as I can remember, they have never been the flashy team, the team with the outrageous characters, or the team that gets all the media attention. They have the plain white jersey and play in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. But there is one thing that separates Penn State from all other college football teams, and that one thing would be Joe Paterno, aka Papa Joe, Joe has been a coach in Happy Valley for over 30 years. Many people have said the game has pasted by the 80 year young Paterno, but a 12-1 record 2 years ago proved those people wrong, and was 1 second away from a perfect season, thanks Michigan!! So in this day of arrogant player who think they can get away with anything can Paterno keep up with them? Well as the above article points out, hell yeah!! When 15 of his players got into an off campus fight, Papa Joe took things into his own hands. Instead of the customary slap on the wrist the guilt players would receive, Joe has decided to hold the entire team accountable. Joe has always held the team concept very high. So he decided that then entire team will clean the 107,282 seat Beaver Stadium the Sunday after every home game for the 2007 season. Every player will be doing this! Usually this is done by one of the club teams at Penn State to help raise funds. They usually get $5000 for this task. These teams will still get the money, and the football will be doing all the work. Also Joe is making the team build a house for Habitat for Humanity and working the Summer Special Olympics. In this age were team and discipline are words that are just thrown around with no real meaning behind them, 100 young men in western Pennsylvania will truly learn what these words mean from an 80 year old coach who truly believes in these words. These maybe some of the most important lessons these men will learn in there time as Nittany Lion’s.
To me Joe Paterno will always be a winner, no matter what his on field record his, and here is hoping he has many good years ahead of him!!
I have to say I have been a Penn State football fan as long as I can remember, they have never been the flashy team, the team with the outrageous characters, or the team that gets all the media attention. They have the plain white jersey and play in the mountains of western Pennsylvania. But there is one thing that separates Penn State from all other college football teams, and that one thing would be Joe Paterno, aka Papa Joe, Joe has been a coach in Happy Valley for over 30 years. Many people have said the game has pasted by the 80 year young Paterno, but a 12-1 record 2 years ago proved those people wrong, and was 1 second away from a perfect season, thanks Michigan!! So in this day of arrogant player who think they can get away with anything can Paterno keep up with them? Well as the above article points out, hell yeah!! When 15 of his players got into an off campus fight, Papa Joe took things into his own hands. Instead of the customary slap on the wrist the guilt players would receive, Joe has decided to hold the entire team accountable. Joe has always held the team concept very high. So he decided that then entire team will clean the 107,282 seat Beaver Stadium the Sunday after every home game for the 2007 season. Every player will be doing this! Usually this is done by one of the club teams at Penn State to help raise funds. They usually get $5000 for this task. These teams will still get the money, and the football will be doing all the work. Also Joe is making the team build a house for Habitat for Humanity and working the Summer Special Olympics. In this age were team and discipline are words that are just thrown around with no real meaning behind them, 100 young men in western Pennsylvania will truly learn what these words mean from an 80 year old coach who truly believes in these words. These maybe some of the most important lessons these men will learn in there time as Nittany Lion’s.
To me Joe Paterno will always be a winner, no matter what his on field record his, and here is hoping he has many good years ahead of him!!
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