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JoePa Wants to Expand the Big Ten

Allison Boyer — Sat, 02 May 2009 20:54:40 +0000

Penn State’s Joe Paterno is never short on opinions, and recently there’s been a lot of buzz about his wants to have 12 teams in the Big Ten. Currently, the Big Ten is finished playing well before most other conferences, with a six-week hiatus between their season and the bowls. Paterno thinks that hurts the conference as a whole and keeps the Big Ten from being viable to produce a national champion.

Joe Paterno, Image: Newscom

Unfortunately, he also thinks that some people are laughing at him.

“You know, it’s a conference that’s dominated by a couple of people. If I start talking, they’re polite, but they snicker. They don’t know I know they’re snickering, but they’re polite. …I wish I were younger and going to be around [another] 20 years.”

JoePa is the winningest coach among major college football teams, so maybe they should listen to him. He’s right about one thing a Big Ten playoff or Big Ten championship game would bring more exposure to the conference. Of course, with recent talks about changing the BCS system having made it to congress, expanding the Big Ten for more exposure and a conference championship may be a moot point.

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JoePa Wants to Expand the Big Ten

JoePa Stands Behind Bowden’s Wins

Allison Boyer — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:16:29 +0000

Florida State may have to retroactively forfeit up to 14 wins as the NCAA investigates an academic cheating scandal. While the school has admitted that some of their students cheated and are accepting some of the NCAA sanctions, head coach Bobby Bowden has said that the school will appeal any punishments that will strip victories.

Joe Paterno, Image: Newscom

This might not matter much to Joe Paterno of Penn State, but he and Bowden are in a dead heat for number of victories among major college coaches. Paterno currently has 383 wins, while Bowden has 382. He’d only have 368 is the wins are stripped, putting him so far behind Paterno that catching up would be unlikely.

Paterno, however, hopes that Bowden’s number stands.

“I don’t think that should have anything to do with Bobby’s record. I don’t think Bobby had much to do with what happened,” Paterno said. “I just hope people don’t distort what a great coach Bobby Bowden has been, which he has been.”

Last year, Paterno coached a number of games from the box, but he said that he’ll be back on the sidelines for 2009. He had hip replacement surgery just four months ago, but was at Spring Practice without so much as a cane.

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JoePa Stands Behind Bowden’s Wins

Not Everyone in the Media is a Stupid Ass Hole…

Allison Boyer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:01:10 +0000

…but this guy is. Thank god JoePa can hold his own. I mean, seriously. Who speculates in a QUESTION TO THE COACH that the COACH was involved in some kind of carousing or something. Especially JoePa, someone who’s been getting the early bird discount since before most of his players were born. That member of the media is an insult to anyone who writes or reports about sports.

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Not Everyone in the Media is a Stupid Ass Hole…