Billy Paultz Reconsidered

Penn State is apparently going to be sanctioned by the Rose Bowl for failing to meet contracual agreements regarding media obligations.
From a statement issued by the bowl:
There were two non-compliance matters.  One involved the failure to conduct a pre-game interview with the Game Broadcaster, as required by contract.  The other involved the failure to open […]

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As several Sunday News readers have already pointed out, Pitt was included among Penn State’s 2009 non-conference opponents in my story in yesterday’s paper. It was of course a mistake, and a bizarre one. At one point the story did include a mention of Walt Harris, who was Pitt’s coach the last time it played Penn State, since he’s […]

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At Rose Bowl media day Saturday, somebody asked Joe if there was any news on his job/contractural status. The standard Joe reply would have been on the order of (in squeaky, Brooklyn/Italian accent), “I don’t know… I’m not even thinking about that… You guys…”
But that wasn’t how he replied this time. He acknowleged that he […]

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This isn’t earth-shattering stuff, but I thought I’d share the transcript of Sunday’s Rose Bowl press conference. Let the gushing platitudes begin…. 

 
ROSE BOWL TELECONFERENCE
Penn State Coach Joe Paterno and USC Coach Pete Carroll
December 7, 2008

THE MODERATOR: On behalf of the Tournament of Roses, welcome to the Rose Bowl Game
Presented by Citi BCS conference call. For tonight’s […]

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  I was ready to pick the Buckeyes 4-5 days ago. Then I read and heard some things that seemed designed to sell the Ohio State case but had the opposite effect on me.

I don’t think what each team did last week matters as much as what happened the previous seven. In fact, what happened last […]

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First, the restaurant, the remarkable St. Elmo’s in Indianapolis. Exactly what you’d think a big-city, downtown steakhouse would be, including hundreds of signed celeb photos on the walls, if that sort of thing appeals to you, and more importantly large slabs of perfectly prepared meat. Very, very strong stuff. Even in the current economy/culture, sometimes […]

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Penn State’s start looks a bit different in light of Oregon State-USC, doesn’t it? The Beavers, who killed USC on the line of scrimmage for a half, did not compete for one second in Happy Valley.
Are the Nits in the national picture? We’re about to find out. I see a big night for Daryll Clark.
Penn […]

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We are live from the fabulous Doubletree Hotel in Syracuse, where the Nittany Lions are ready to turn the Orange into juice.
It’s my first time in the Cuse, which seems like a decent mid-sized city. Hard to get a good taste of it last night, since the downtown area was largely blocked off for the premiere of […]

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One interesting thing about the Penn State investigation on “Outside the Lines,” was the contrast between what Joe said and what University president Graham Spanier said.
Confronted with the raw numbers - 46 players arrested since 2002, 27 of them found guilty of something - Paterno went into knee-jerk defensive mode, using the word “witchhunt,” several […]

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I wrote this last night during the Barnstormers’ game and then got occupied writing alternate ledes to that 10-9, six-error, 217-minute mess of a game. Random observations while getting ready for the Barnstormers game with Newark at the Clip…
ESPN’s “Outside the Lines,” is reportedly planning a look at some of the off-field issues with Penn […]

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