Paterno (52 page)

Patton
(movie),
169
–70

Pavlechko, Ron,
356

PBS,
244

Peachy Paterno,
65
,
280

penalties,
167
,
196

pencils,
209
,
252

Penn State:

Bryce Jordan Center at,
227

coaches as professors at,
52
,
65

communication with Paterno cut by,
332

Creamery at,
65
,
280
,
355

Dickinson Law School at,
360
–61

football scholarships at,
52
,
103
,
104
,
362

Holuba Hall at,
253
,
326
–27

Lasch Football Building at,
271
,
276
–77,
325

library at,
150
,
205
,
372

as “Linebacker U,”
211
,
217
,
250
,
280

Nittany Lion statue-painting incident at,
86
–87

Office of Judicial Affairs at,
290
,
313
,
314

Paterno as athletic director of,
188
–90

Paterno fired from,
8
–10,
23
,
59
,
175
,
245
,
330
,
332
,
335
–42,
348
,
372

Paterno’s 1973 commencement address at,
77
–79,
143
–48

Paterno’s running of,
311

Paterno statue at,
8
–10

police at,
253

reaction to Paterno’s firing at,
10
,
341

satellite campuses of,
254

sexual abuse scandal and,
see
sexual abuse scandal

spiritual center at,
150
,
204
,
372

underachievement of,
203
–6

Penn State Board of Trustees,
278
,
302
,
304
,
306

Paterno’s firing and,
340
–41

Paterno’s speech to,
203
–5

sexual abuse scandal and,
319
–20,
332
,
340
–41

Penn State Nittany Lions:

Abbey and,
7
,
83
,
84
,
113
,
367
–68

in Big Ten Conference,
226
–27,
229
,
279
,
289
,
309
,
310

Engle as coach of,
46
,
51
–54,
60
,
62
–65,
69
,
85
,
88
,
131
,
135
,
355

in Fiesta Bowl (1987),
210
–24

if only
opponents of,
100

Jay Paterno and,
233
–34,
308

in national rankings,
116
–23,
151
,
165
,
176
,
188
,
201
,
203
,
225
–29,
257
,
258

in 1967,
95
–98,
367

in 1968 and 1969,
100
–103,
115
–23,
203
,
225

in 1970s,
138
,
148
–54,
163
–68,
171
–73,
176
,
199
,
203
,
225

in 1982,
195
–203,
225
,
227

in 1985,
210

in 1986,
210
–11,
225
,
228

in 1987,
210
–24,
250

in 1992,
284
–85,
348

in 1994,
227
–30,
250
,
348
,
359

in 1999,
256
–59

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

Paterno as assistant coach of,
51
–53,
60
–70,
83
,
85
,
87
,
123
,
126
,
135
,
145
,
355

Paterno hired as head coach of,
49
,
61
,
69
,
72
,
83
–84,
145

Paterno’s first year as head coach of,
81
–89

Paterno’s removal of players from,
93
–94,
171
–72

right-handed quarterbacks on,
30

in 2000,
263
–68,
285
–86

in 2001,
277
–80,
285
–86

in 2002,
287
–90

in 2003 and 2004,
291
–300,
302

in 2005,
303

in 2008,
310

in 2011,
327

Penn State Quarterback Club,
145
,
157
–59

Pennsylvania (state),
121

Pennsylvania grand jury,
251
,
253
,
254

McQueary questioned by,
271

Paterno’s appearance before,
273
,
277
,
325
–26,
330
,
332
,
334

presentment of,
275
–76,
328
–29,
331
–34

Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association,
354

Pennsylvania Special Olympics,
204

Pennsylvania State College,
26
,
44
,
47

see also
Penn State

Pennsylvania Statewide Central Register of child abusers,
254

Pepsi,
184
,
371

Perl, Martin,
33

Petchel, Woody,
150

Peterson, Bill,
96

Philadelphia, Pa.,
111
,
157
,
226

Philadelphia Eagles,
68

Philadelphia Inquirer,
141
,
280

Phillips, Anwar,
290

Phoenix, Ariz.,
215

physical pain,
31
,
193
,
199

Pidgeon, Jack,
232

Pittman, Charlie,
102
,
109
,
115
,
118
,
126
,
217
,
368

Pittsburgh, Pa.,
226
,
270

Pittsburgh (football team),
87
,
151
,
152
,
167
,
174
–75,
190
,
226
,
270

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
270
,
310

Pittsburgh Sports Hall of Fame,
270

Pittsburgh Steelers,
92
,
104
,
115
,
137
,
150
,
271

pizza,
62

Playboy,
104

Plum, Milt,
60
,
67
–68

Plunkett, Jim,
140

poetry,
202
,
243
,
293
,
298
,
346

Pohland, Alma,
71

Pohland, August “Augie,”
5
–6,
71

Pohland, Sue,
see
Paterno, Sue Pohland

police,
283
,
313

assault charges against,
264

at Penn State,
253

2001 incident and,
271
,
275
,
277
,
330
,
337

politics,
11
–12,
119

of Paterno-Sandusky relationship,
252

Paterno’s children and,
232
,
233
,
297
–98,
328

Paterno’s interest in,
111
,
145
,
174
,
190
,
232
,
243

polls,
116
–17,
151
,
227
,
229

Associated Press,
117
,
118

UPI,
117
,
122
,
167

Portland, Rene,
189
–90

Posluszny, Paul,
299

Powlus, Ron,
270

practice, Paterno’s fascination with,
41

practice field, blue line in,
194

practices, football,
183
–85,
192
–94,
214
,
248
,
252
,
253
,
284
,
326
–27,
335
,
338
,
339
,
353

pranks,
86
–87,
248

prayers,
34
,
177
,
232
,
349

Prior, Jerry,
49
–50,
51

Proposition
48
,
207
–8

Proposition
49
B,
207

Prothro, Tommy,
86
,
94

Providence, R. I.,
43

Providence Bulletin,
49
–50,
51

punt returners,
49

punts, punters,
95
,
98
,
100
,
101
,
167
,
168
,
201

Suter’s mistake and,
196
–97

Purdue,
237
,
257
,
296
,
297
,
309
,
327

purpose,
79
,
97
,
163

Puz, Rodger,
184
,
185
,
191

Quarless, Andrew,
311

quarterbacks,
28
–31,
88
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
258
,
270

at Brown,
49
,
51

in Fiesta Bowl,
219
–23

at Georgia,
200

Paterno’s ideal of,
68

at Penn State,
30
,
66
–68,
85
,
96
,
97
,
100
,
101
–2,
105
,
116
,
125
,
127
–28,
149
,
166
,
182
–83,
188
,
195
,
210
–11,
217
,
228
,
233
,
249
,
327

right-handed,
29
–30

Quinn, John,
150

race,
125
–28,
206
–8,
216
,
264

see also
blacks

racism,
118
,
126
,
128
,
146

Radakovich, Dan,
86
,
250

Radakovich, Nancy,
86
–87

Radecic, Keith,
221

Radecic, Scott,
195

radio,
265
,
269
,
283
,
306
,
308
,
343

Reader’s Digest,
243

Reading (Pennsylvania) Eagle,
249
–50

Reagan, Ronald,
221

receivers,
195
,
213
,
220
,
228
,
233
,
258
,
271
,
308

recruiting,
12
,
22
,
64
,
138
,
139
,
158
,
172
,
206
–7,
225
,
231

of Abbey,
367

for basketball,
346

of blacks,
126
,
127
,
208

for bowl games,
117

of Cappelletti,
135
–36

of Conlan,
213
–14

of Conlin brothers,
358
–59

Davis’s reinventing of,
72

defense and,
90

D’Elia’s video work and,
164

during honeymoon,
71
–72

of Jackson,
188

of Karpinski,
357

of Litterelle,
355

of McQueary,
270

in 1960s,
104
–7,
109
–10

Paterno’s renewed interest in,
306
–8

Paterno’s slowing of,
269

for Penn State improvement,
205

Sandusky and,
228
,
247
,
261

of Taliaferro,
265
–66

of White,
218

referees,
102
,
196
,
289
,
308
–9

Reid, Mike,
112
–13,
115

Reilly, Rick,
215
,
268

Republicans,
145

responsibility,
78
,
229
,
275
,
324
,
334
,
335

restaurants,
19
–20,
365
–66

segregation in,
126

Shyster Story and,
14
–15,
332

reverse,
67

Riley, Ridge,
60
,
95

“Rip’s Humble Talks,”
46

Road to Number One
(Riley),
95

Robinson, Dave,
126

Robinson, Eddie,
328

Robinson, Mark,
195

Robinson, Michael,
217
,
299
,
308

Rocco, Dan,
22

Rockefeller, John D.,
49