Paterno (50 page)

“Misquote Hall of Fame,”
208

missed calls,
196
,
288
–89

Missouri Tigers,
118
,
121
–22

Mitchell, John,
119

Mitchell, Lydell,
109
,
116
,
118
,
148
,
217
,
288
,
368

money,
30
,
75
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79
,
99
,
136
–38,
146
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150
,
226
,
279
,
311
,
351

Bryant and,
162

fundraising and,
158
,
188
,
204
–6,
301
–2,
304
,
372

Paterno’s mixed feelings about,
204
,
371

Paterno’s offers of,
73
,
115
,
137
–38,
140
,
141
,
142
,
144
,
145
,
154
,
171

recruiting and,
104
–7,
172

spending,
107

sports influenced by,
142

“monster back” (“hero back”) position,
62

Montgomery, Bill,
120

Moore, Lenny,
195
,
208

Morrison, Mac,
280

movies,
35
,
113
,
165
,
169
–70,
263

Munich Olympics,
142

Murphy, Joe,
26
,
31
,
33
,
45

music,
113

Muslim women,
365
–66

Nagle, Bob,
149

Namath, Joe,
104

names, Paterno’s problems with,
357
–58

Natale, Dan,
150

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA),
44
,
104
,
163
,
207
,
346
,
364

National Football Foundation,
123

National Football League (NFL),
53
,
84
,
136
,
137
,
164
,
171
,
172
,
199
,
363

draft for,
195
,
211
,
228
,
257

Shuler’s interest in,
107

Navy (football team),
93
,
127

Navy, U.S.,
162

NBC,
210
,
221

NCAA,
see
National Collegiate Athletic Association

NCAA Convention,
207

Nebraska (football team),
139
,
195
–96,
229
–30,
329
,
336
,
343

Nelson, Chuck,
45

Nelson, Jeff,
337

Nelson, Jim,
360

New America Foundation,
127

New England Patriots,
136
–42,
145

New Era,
256

New Orleans, La.,
139
,
198
–201

New York City,
44
,
71
,
111
,
142
–43,
157
,
226

George Paterno’s return to,
286

see also
Brooklyn

New York Daily News,
324

New York Giants,
170

New York Hilton,
154

New York Jets,
143

New York State Supreme Court,
26

New York Telephone Company,
27

New York Times,
116
,
138
,
148
,
258
,
265
,
278
,
287
,
289
,
309
,
335

Paterno’s obituary in,
348

New York Times Magazine,
297

New York Yankees,
182

NFL,
see
National Football League

Nike,
182
,
270
,
371

Nittany Lions,
see
Penn State Nittany Lions

Nixon, Richard M.,
55
,
100
,
111
,
119
–23,
137
,
138
,
142
,
146
,
165

no-drinking rule,
93
–94

Noll, Chuck,
115

Noonan, Frank,
334
–35

North Carolina State,
152

Northwestern,
13
,
237
,
278
–79,
296
,
298
,
308

Norwood, Jordan,
308

nostalgia,
4

Notre Dame,
111
,
112
,
122
,
137
,
151
,
199
,
210
,
226

McQueary and,
270

Nystrom, Dan,
258

Oakland Raiders,
69
,
72
–73

occult, the,
34

offense,
70
,
85
,
89
–91,
100
,
115
–16,
128
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164
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166
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183
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190
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259
,
291

Cappelletti and,
90
,
148
,
199

in Fiesta Bowl,
219
,
220
,
221

of Georgia,
199

of Miami,
211
,
213

in 1986,
210
–11

in 1994,
227
–29

the option,
91
,
93

Paterno’s new emphasis on,
308

players shifted to defense from,
98
,
102
–3,
148

Winged-T,
52
,
85

offensive linemen,
172
,
359

off-the-field incidents,
264
,
290
,
291
,
294
–96,
313
–15

O’Hara, Betts,
61

O’Hara, Jim,
60
,
64
,
70
,
126

Ohio State Buckeyes,
13
,
67
–68,
109
,
110
,
143
,
151
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237
,
279
,
296
,
308
,
311

Bauer and,
211

1968 national rankings and,
117
,
118

in 1978,
164
–65

in 1994,
228
,
229

in 2000,
267
–68

Ohio University,
152

Oklahoma (football team),
78
,
120
,
138
,
139
,
151
,
164
,
210

O’Malley, Father William,
34

Onkotz, Dennis,
114
,
115

option play,
91
,
93

Orange Bowl,
101
,
112
,
117
–22,
151
,
152
,
210
,
309
–10

Nebraska vs. Miami at,
229
,
230

Oregon (football team),
229
,
230

Orlando, Fla.,
117
,
126

Orsini, Mike,
150

Osborne, Tom,
139
,
229
,
230

Other Thing, The,
82
,
88
–94,
100

Otto’s,
19
–20

Outside the Lines
(TV show),
294
–95

Ox-Bow Incident, The
(Clark),
11

paint prank,
86
–87

Palm Beach Post,
280

paralysis,
267
–68

Parcells, Bill,
191

Parks, Rosa,
126

Parmer, Brandon,
362

Parseghian, Ara,
110
,
270

Parsons, Bob,
128

Pasquerilla, Frank,
204

passes,
166
,
309
,
348

in Fiesta Bowl,
219
–23

Paterno, Angelo,
23
–28,
55
–58,
63
,
146
,
232

adventurous spirit of,
25
,
35

death of,
57
–58,
83
,
84
,
145
,
201

education of,
25
,
26
,
53
,
201

empathy of,
26
–27

excellence of,
28

greatness of,
57
–58

in Interfaith Movement Inc.,
55
–57,
126

Joe’s coaching and,
53
,
87
,
123
,
139
,
143
,
201

Joe’s correspondence with,
38
–42

Joe’s education and,
33
,
47
,
50
–51

soft voice of,
27

Paterno, David,
82
,
105
–6,
129
,
130
,
141
,
164
,
332
,
338

accident of,
177
–78,
348
,
358

sexual abuse scandal and,
3
–4

working of,
358

Paterno, Diana,
69
,
82
,
105
–6,
129
,
164
,
231
,
338
,
351
–53

cheerleading of,
132

cucumber sharing and,
14
,
132

media attacks and,
298

at school,
132
,
139

sexual abuse scandal and,
3
–4

women’s sports and,
189
,
190

Paterno, Florence (daughter),
28
,
38
–42

Paterno, Florence Cafiero (mother),
24
–29,
48
,
55
,
109
,
146
,
170

death of,
268
,
343

hunger for success of,
27
–29

immaculate house of,
28

Joe’s coaching and,
53
,
87
,
123
,
143

Joe’s correspondence with,
38
–42

Joe’s education and,
33
,
50
–51

Paterno, Franklin Delano,
56

Paterno, George,
24
,
27
,
28
,
50
,
178
,
283
–87

coaching of,
141
,
283

dating of,
42

education of,
33
,
45
,
283

on father,
56

football playing of,
45
,
50
,
283

health problems and death of,
286
,
287

Joe’s correspondence with,
38
–42,
285

on Joe’s sanctimony,
107
,
109
,
175

writing of,
56
,
286
,
287

Paterno, George Scott,
48
,
105
–6,
140
,
141
,
164

birth of,
129
–30

on coaching as chess,
190

education of,
232
,
360
–61

father’s firing and,
335

father’s relationship with,
232

on fund-raising,
204

on Muslim women,
365
–66

in politics,
297
–98,
328

sexual abuse scandal and,
3
–4,
319
–21,
325
,
326
,
328
–29,
334
,
335
,
338

on Spanier,
304

on Triponey,
312

on Uncle George,
286

Paterno, Jack,
232

Paterno, Joe:

adventurous spirit of,
35
,
51

aging of,
225
,
243
–45,
252
,
265
,
269
,
278
,
279
,
289
–90,
292
,
293
,
304
,
337

ambition of,
30
,
51
–52,
73
,
83
,
145

appearance of,
28
,
40
,
48
–49,
96

in Army,
37
–42,
51

as athletic director,
188
–90

autobiography of,
see Paterno

basketball playing of,
24
–25,
28
,
54

becomes a coach,
50
–54

in Brooklyn,
4
,
10
,
19
–35,
38
,
42
,
48
,
54
,
108
,
109
,
176
–78,
336

calling of,
51
–52

calmness of,
187
–88,
190

charisma of,
19
–20

childhood of,
10
,
23
–25,
27
–28

compartmentalization of,
252

control and power of,
138
,
140
,
244
,
311
,
339

crying of,
268
,
339
,
343