 Penn State 31, Akron 7; Beaver Stadium, Sept. 5, 2009
By Mike Poorman
Joe Paterno was back on the Penn State sidelines at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, kicking off his 60th season on the Penn State football coaching staff and his 44th as head coach. Here’s a capsule look at Joe’s day:
Video: Joe Paterno returns to sideline
Numbers: Paterno is 384-127-3, two victories ahead of Florida State’s Bobby Bowden on the alltime Division I-A career coaching list.
Injury Update: Paterno jogged out of the tunnel and was on the sideline for the entire game, after spending the last seven games of the 2008 season in the press box due to a hip injury that later required surgery. He looked fit, but did walk slowly up and down the sideline as he followed the ball. And he did try to keep his distance from the ball, usually standing 12-15 yards off of the line scrimmage.
Attire: Along with his standard-issue khakis, oxford blue shirt and blue-striped tie, Joe was wearing what appeared a black Nike windbreaker. The color choice must harken back to when Penn State’s school colors were pink and black.
Weary McQueary: From my vantage point, Joe didn’t yell at receivers coach Mike McQueary once on the sidelines on Saturday. To be fair, most of the time when the grey-haired coach screams at the orange-haired coach, McQueary is not the target, he’s the conduit to the offensive coaches in the press box. Saturday, the two coaches did spend a lot of time together side by side.
Times: 5.52 seconds – clocking for walking five yards on the sideline. 14 minutes, 20 seconds – length of his postgame press conference.
Funny Line I: When asked about jogging out of the tunnel with the team just before the start of the game: “Did you clock me for the 100 meters?â€
Funny Line II: When responding to a question by Dave Jones of the Patriot News about summer workouts between Daryll Clark and his receivers: ‘They had better worked on it over the offseason…but it’s all voluntary, Dave.â€
Also see this article from this weekend….Curt Warner 25 again
By Mike Poorman
Joe Paterno was back on the Penn State sidelines at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, kicking off his 60th season on the Penn State football coaching staff and his 44th as head coach. Here’s a capsule look at Joe’s day:
Video: Joe Paterno returns to sideline
Numbers: Paterno is 384-127-3, two victories ahead of Florida State’s Bobby Bowden on the alltime Division I-A career coaching list.
Injury Update: Paterno jogged out of the tunnel and was on the sideline for the entire game, after spending the last seven games of the 2008 season in the press box due to a hip injury that later required surgery. He looked fit, but did walk slowly up and down the sideline as he followed the ball. And he did try to keep his distance from the ball, usually standing 12-15 yards off of the line scrimmage.
Attire: Along with his standard-issue khakis, oxford blue shirt and blue-striped tie, Joe was wearing what appeared a black Nike windbreaker. The color choice must harken back to when Penn State’s school colors were pink and black.
Weary McQueary: From my vantage point, Joe didn’t yell at receivers coach Mike McQueary once on the sidelines on Saturday. To be fair, most of the time when the grey-haired coach screams at the orange-haired coach, McQueary is not the target, he’s the conduit to the offensive coaches in the press box. Saturday, the two coaches did spend a lot of time together side by side.
Times: 5.52 seconds – clocking for walking five yards on the sideline. 14 minutes, 20 seconds – length of his postgame press conference.
Funny Line I: When asked about jogging out of the tunnel with the team just before the start of the game: “Did you clock me for the 100 meters?â€
Funny Line II: When responding to a question by Dave Jones of the Patriot News about summer workouts between Daryll Clark and his receivers: ‘They had better worked on it over the offseason…but it’s all voluntary, Dave.â€
Also see this article from this weekend….Curt Warner 25 again
