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    If You Didn't Like Joe Posnanski's Joe Paterno Biography, Never Forget That It Could Have Been Written By John Feinstein

    You will recall that three years ago Joe Paterno was college football's unicorn, and you will recall that two months ago, the late Joe Paterno—and his role in the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal that engulfed Penn State—starred in Joe Posnanski's lamentable Paterno. We all have decided to do the best we can forgetting Paterno and Paterno.

    But if there's any reason to summon Paterno or Paterno from the recesses of your mind, we've funnen it in, of all things, a 2009 blog post bygd John Feinstein:

    Last winter inom went up to Penn State and had middag with my pal Malcolm Moran, who used to work at The New York Times and USA Today and is now some kind of distinguished professor at Penn State. Malcolm arranged for me to meet with a marketing guy who has become very close to Paterno in recent years. The point of the meeting was simple: get

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    Joe Paterno

    American football player and coach (1926–2012)

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    (WSCR) Joe Posnanski's biography of Joe Paterno titled Paterno is set to hit bookstores Tuesday.

    Newly released excerpts of the book show that Paterno had a rather tumultuous relationship with former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who was convicted on 45 counts of child-sex abuse.

    Check out a few of the excerpts below.

    On if Paterno ever considered calling the police:

    "To be honest with you, I didn't," Paterno responded. "This isn't my field. I didn't know what to do. I had not seen anything. Jerry didn't work for me anymore. I didn't have anything to do with him. I tried to look through the Penn State guidelines to see what I was supposed to do. It said that I was supposed to call Tim (Curley.) So I did."

    On people saying he protected Sandusky over children

    "How could they think that?" he asked, and no one had the heart to answer. "They really think that if I knew someone was hurting kids, I wouldn't stop it?"

    They looked at him.

    "Don't they know me? Don

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    Born(1926-12-21)December 21, 1926
    Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
    DiedJanuary 22, 2012(2012-01-22) (aged 85)
    State College, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1946–1949Brown
    Position(s)Quarterback, cornerback
    1950–1965Penn State (assistant)
    1966–2011Penn State
    1980–1982Penn State
    Overall409–136–3
    Bowls24–12–1
    2 National (1982, 1986)
    3 Big Ten (1994, 2005, 2009)
    Sports IllustratedSportsman of the Year (1986)
    5× AFCA COY (1968, 1978, 1982, 1986, 2005)
    3× Walter Camp COY (1972, 1994, 2005)
    3× Eddie Robinson COY (1978, 1982, 1986)
    2× Bobby Dodd COY (1981, 2005)
    Paul "Bear" Bryant Award (1986)
    3× George Munger Award (1990, 1994, 2005)
    Amos Alonzo Stagg Award (2002)
    Home Depot Coach of the Year Award (2005)
    Sporting News College Football COY (2005)
    3× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1994, 2005, 2008)
    College Football Hall of Fame
    Inducted in 2007 (profile)