Joe Paterno

Bobby Bowden announced his retirement today, effective after the Seminoles bowl game. This ends his race with Penn State's Joe Paterno for all-time coaching victories. Or does it? Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email There have been rumors that Bowden will become Alabama-Birmingham's next coach. UAB lost their last two games to finish 5-7, out of the bowl picture and the Blazers' fifth consecutive losing season. There's also the possibility of Bowden moving to a D-II or D-III school. Once a coach has ten years in Division I, all victories at four-year schools count towards the career total. Kindle: Amazon's 6" Wireless Reading ... Read Full Story

Read the debate intro and the argument Babe Ruthless in favor of forcing out an established, long-tenured coach and leader. View This Poll polls Every sports fan has heard the jokes. “Joe Paterno was a consultant on I Love Lucy .” “Joe Paterno is so old and unsure about the future that he doesn’t even buy green bananas.” Okay, that last one is actually pretty funny. The Joe Paterno references come, obviously, as a result of what has happened to Bobby Bowden . It was deemed this week, by a bunch of suits, that Bobby Bowden could no longer effectively coach football at Florida ... Read Full Story

Penn State is ranked 13th in the BCS standings , but will that be enough? We're 12th in the latest AP rankings... Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email We'd love to break down the Coaches' Poll, but it's a state secret. Here is the complete analysis of the AP Poll... Highest ranking : 9th by Craig James of ABC-TV Lowest ranking : 23rd by Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News Mean : 13th Median : 13th Mode : 13th Pennsylvania voter : 11th by Ray Fittapaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Other Big Ten voters : 11th by Mike Hlas of the ... Read Full Story

We love Phil Steele (he's the best college football analyst in the business), but his latest bowl projections are not grounded in the reality of the BCS selection procedures... Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email Steele is projecting Penn State to the Sugar Bowl opposite Alabama. There's no doubt that the SEC Championship Game loser (Alabama or Florida) will host the Sugar Bowl. But for Penn State to be their opponent would require an exceedingly unlikely series of events... The Fiesta Bowl passes on Iowa, Oklahoma State, and Penn State as the replacement host for Texas and instead picks TCU The Fiesta Bowl ... Read Full Story

Penn State plunged to 18th in the AP poll after being blown out by Ohio State. Not to worry, Penn State's BCS bowl hopes are still alive ... Subscribe to Penn State Clips via Email We'd love to break down the Coaches' Poll, but it's a state secret. Here is the complete analysis of the AP Poll... Highest ranking : 10th by Craig James of ABC-TV Lowest ranking : Unranked by Kirk Herbstreit of WBNS-AM radio (Columbus, Ohio) & ESPN/ABC; Andy Staples of Sports Illustrated ; Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News ; and Scott Wolf of the Los Angeles Daily News ... Read Full Story