David’s accident and, 177–78, 348
donations of, 150, 204, 205
football questions and, 233
fund-raising of, 204
on Jersey Shore, 70
on Joe, 48, 136
Joe’s cancer and, 344, 348
Joe’s firing and, 335, 340, 341
Joe’s first meeting with, 60–61, 65, 68
Joe’s job offers and, 73, 139–42, 144
life-together vision of, 73
McKenzie and, 284
marriage of, 69, 71, 145
as mother, 82, 129–30, 132, 141, 358
and Nittany Lion statue-painting incident, 86–87
on pencils, 209
at Penn State, 60–61, 65, 68, 70, 71
Sandusky and, 255, 333
sexual abuse scandal and, 326, 332, 333, 335
social drinking of, 247
traveling of, 143, 232, 244, 346
tutoring of, 218, 284
worrying of, 59, 82
Paterno, Vincent, 25
Paterno (Paterno), 32, 49, 67, 167, 173, 182, 208, 216, 218, 249, 306
Paterno Library, 150, 205, 372
Paterno moment, 204
Paterno Time, 21–22, 354
Paternoville, 336, 337
Patton, George S., 3, 8, 54, 162, 169
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 49B, 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
Rockne, Knute, 112
Rocky Mountains, 38
Rodgers, Pepper, 102
role models, coaches as, 1
Roman conquerors, return of, 169–70
Rome, founding of, 32, 35
Rooney, Art, 115, 137
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 56
Roosevelt, Teddy, 302
Rose Bowl, 64, 89, 117, 229, 230, 309, 360
Rowe, Dave “Hap,” 84
Royal, Darrell, 110, 120, 121
rules and regulations, 131–32, 263
breaking, 93–94, 284–85
running backs, 30, 85, 91, 102, 109, 115–16, 213, 217, 368
at Georgia, 198–200
in 1982 Penn State team, 195, 197–200
in 1994 Penn State team, 228
on 2002 Penn State team, 287–90
Russo, Mike, 213
Rutgers, 131, 228–29
Saban, Lou, 85
St. Cecilia High School, 31–32
St. Louis Post Dispatch, 244
Sandusky, Dottie, 247, 251
Sandusky, Jerry, 11, 188, 192, 210, 247–61, 263, 330, 345
arrest and sexual abuse charges against, 10, 15, 175–76, 251, 275–76
charity of, 228, 248, 250–54, 275
Fiesta Bowl and, 211, 213, 219, 222–23
as graduate assistant coach, 103, 370
indictment of, 328, 334
Magic Defense and, 199, 213
1998 incident and, 253–56, 274, 275
Paterno compared with, 247–48
Paterno’s attempt to get rid of, 254–55
Paterno’s hiring of, 248
Paterno’s relationship with, 15, 213, 228, 247–57, 259–61, 277, 279–80, 286, 339
Pennsylvania grand jury and, 251, 253, 254, 325–26
retirement of, 247, 255–56, 260, 261, 273, 279–80, 332, 335
as successor head coach, 252–53, 255–56, 277, 281
2001 incident and, 271–77, 297
see also sexual abuse scandal
Sandusky Blitz, 280
Sawyer, Kait, 26
Sayers, Gale, 195
Scarcella, Rich, 249–50
Schembechler, Bo, 118
Schenkel, Chris, 120
Scherer, Rip, 233
scholarships, 364
football, 38, 44, 45, 52, 103, 104, 163, 362
Paterno’s endowing of, 150
Proposition 49B and, 207
Schreyer, Bill, 206
Schultz, Gary, 10, 273, 303, 334
charges against, 10, 329
Curley’s email to, 274–75
Spanier’ support for, 331
Schwartzwalder, Ben, 46, 100, 116, 149
Scirrotto, Anthony, 313, 315
Scott, George S., 169–70
Scottish Claymores, 270
Sea Isle, Ga., 71
Seattle Times, 280
Sebastianelli, Lisa, 355
Sebastianelli, Ted, 355–56
Second Mile, The, 228, 248, 250–54, 275
segregation, 126
self-indulgent generation, 78
self-pity, 29, 178
Seminoles, see Florida State Seminoles
Senior Day (1999), 259
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 278
Sermon on the Mount, 250–51
sex:
Paterno’s prudery about, 4
Paterno’s questions about, 5, 334
sexual abuse scandal, 10–13, 51, 59, 175–76, 245, 312, 319–21, 328–44, 348
Abbey’s views on, 370, 371
coverup allegations in, 339
failure to call police in, 275, 277, 330, 337
media coverage of, 4, 15, 281, 329–39, 346–47
1998 incident and, 253–56, 274, 275, 281, 335
Paterno critics and, 346–47
Paterno’s failure to follow up in, 12–13, 330–31, 337
Paterno’s statement and, 332–33
showers, 253, 254, 271–72, 273, 276, 325, 329
Spanier’s statement and, 331
2001 incident and, 10, 12–13, 269–77, 297, 325–26, 329, 330–31, 335, 336–37, 342
see also investigations; Pennsylvania grand jury
sexual assault, 290
Shaffer, John, 211, 217, 219, 220
Shakespeare, William, 298–99, 300
Shapp, Milton, 143
Sharp, Tom, 214
Sheen, Archbishop Fulton, 154
Sherman, Tom, 94, 96
Sherrill, Jackie, 174–75
Short, Brandon, 217, 279, 343
Short, Mahreen, 343
Shuler, Mickey, 107
Shumaker, Earl, 66
Shuman, Tom, 149
Shyster Story, 14–15, 132
simplifying, 242
Sims, Billy, 164
60 Minutes, 170, 171
Skorich, Nick, 68
Skorupan, John, 353
Smear, Steve, 102–3, 110, 115, 118
Smith, Devon, 326
Smith, Donald J., 279–80
Smith, Neal, 101
Smith, Red, 137
Smith, Steve, 199
Smith, Terry, 307
snobbery, 48–49, 140
socks, 367–68
sodomy, 276, 329, 334
softball, 41
Sollers, Wick, 312
Solow, Robert, 33
Somerset, 71–72
Something for Joey (TV movie), 152
South Carolina (football team), 199
South Carolina (state), 72
Southern California, University of (USC), 63–64, 73, 110–11, 118, 167, 264
Southern Methodist University (SMU), 203
Spanier, Graham, 274–75, 290, 300–304, 328
email of, 312
forcing out of, 340
off-the-field incidents and, 295
Paterno’s relationship with, 301–4, 309–10, 311
sexual abuse scandal and, 331, 337
Speros, Pete, 190, 194
Sports Illustrated, 46, 149, 257
Garrity on cover of, 200
George Paterno and, 175, 287
Millen in, 172
Paterno in, 96–97, 112, 148, 150, 153, 171, 173, 178–79, 215, 259, 260, 268, 278, 279, 289, 346
Sandusky and, 259, 260, 279
“Stages of Paterno” chart, 193–94
Stanford, 285
starters, 44–45
State College, Pa., 47, 51, 57, 64–65, 85, 270, 275, 294
Bauer in, 212
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