Alright, yall, a stricking article came from ESPN about the legend Joe Paterno and its freakin hilarious. For any of you who dont know who Joe Paterno is, his is the embodied ment of college football and the last survivor of the olden days. In fact, read this:
"I've been to about four movies in the last 35 years," Paterno said. "I think the last one I saw was, uh, 'Amareus,' -- what was it, 'Amadeus'?"
Yes, "Amadeus," a biopic on composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which was released 26 years ago. So that means the only film Paterno has seen since then stars Penn State's offense, defense, special teams and opponents.
Paterno is 83. He's older than the Heisman Trophy, Michigan and Notre Dame stadiums, the Southeastern Conference, and the combined ages of his Nittany Lions' starting center plus one starting guard, starting wide receiver and starting cornerback.
This will be his 61st season at Penn State, his 45th as its head coach. Since 1966, there have been 860 coaching changes among FBS programs, including multiple firings and hirings at every school except one: Penn State.
"Joe Paterno [is] football," said Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald. "Joe Paterno's college football. I couldn't think of it without him."
Paterno has neckties older than 35-year-old Fitzgerald. With six more victories, Paterno will become only the third coach in college football history to reach the 400-win mark. To put the number 400 in perspective, that's almost half of Penn State's all-time wins (811) and only 75 fewer than that of Northwestern, which started playing in 1882.
We need more men like him, dedicated, focused, and that relish their position and nnknow they can make change and influence others. He is one of the dearest of all football, of all college sports, and of all sports in general. Bc that is what he is, a general on the field who knows how to comand his team and how toi comand and influence the athletic program and school of Penn State in a possitive direction. Its a shame that sao many coaches these days focus on what they can get away with and what big name players they can steal from another team. instead they should be taking the example of a legend, who brings in top talent because of him and his integrity and his legendary status...someone who builds off of what they can offer, not of what they can break and get the upper hand. Paterno is the example that all coaches should be looking to be, the one who is charismatic but at the same time demands the most out of his players. He is the real deal. He is a winner. And he is what football should still be about. Hittin people! Just laying the Fin guy out. On the floor. Thats right, football is about hitting...not money, not TV apperances, not future-NFL players...its about hitting and winning ball games on saturdays and that is what Paterno does best. He's the man.
