Happy 90th JoePa!

[Rjyoung317]

Thanks, but he's still dead and this place has an uhealthy obsession with the guy. The same guy that held the program hostage for 11 years for his own self-interests.

You're obviously a huge Penn St fan. I'm sorry Joe didn't win more games for you over those final 11 years but it's time to let that go.

BTW the seven years prior to the "dark years" (also known as the first seven years in the big ten) Penn state won 70 games and the big ten once. The seven years after the "dark years" Penn st only won 67 games and the big ten twice. Including his final year before being fired Paterno had them at 9-1 and a top notch recruiting class in the wings. That selfish bastard. We should've been 10-0.

 

[Obliviax]

FOS tweeted this out...is it true? Incredible:

 

[psuro]

Thanks, but he's still dead and this place has an uhealthy obsession with the guy. The same guy that held the program hostage for 11 years for his own self-interests.

Yeah, because this program is all about you and what your ilk want.

 

[psuro]

That is the sad truth. And Jaypa would be the Head Coach in waiting.

I love the fact that you are such an internet tough guy. I, for one, am quaking in my shoes, just thinking of what reign of terror you will bring down up us as mere mortals, who don't have your strength, wisdom or intellect.

Oh wait. No, I'm not.

 

[Bob78]

FOS tweeted this out...is it true? Incredible:

From PSU's Bowl Media release (24 of the 28 PSU wins were under JVP; only a handful of schools have that many or more bowl wins in their histories):

BOWL APPEARANCES (Through 2017)
School Bowls
Alabama 64
Texas 53
Nebraska 53
Georgia 52
Tennessee 52
USC 51
Oklahoma 50
LSU 48
Penn State 47
Ohio State 47
Michigan 45
Florida State 44
Georgia Tech 44

BOWL VICTORIES
School Wins
Alabama 36
USC 33
Georgia 29
Penn State 28
Oklahoma 28
Texas 27
Tennessee 27
Nebraska 26
Florida State 25
Georgia Tech 24
LSU 24
Mississippi 24
Auburn 23

BOWL WINNING PERCENTAGE
School Record Pct.
(Minimum 20 Appearances)
USC 33-17-0 66.0
Mississippi 24-13-0 64.9
Penn State 28-16-2 63.0
Syracuse 15-9-1 62.0
Oklahoma State 16-10-0 61.5
Florida State 25-16-2 60.5
Auburn 23-15-2 60.0
Georgia 29-19-3 59.8
Alabama 36-24-3 59.5
Oklahoma 28-20-1 58.2
Georgia Tech 24-19-0 55.8
Boston College 13-11-0 54.2

 

[kgilbert78]

I was surprised that Ole Miss was that high....

 

[getmyjive11]

You're obviously a huge Penn St fan. I'm sorry Joe didn't win more games for you over those final 11 years but it's time to let that go.

BTW the seven years prior to the "dark years" (also known as the first seven years in the big ten) Penn state won 70 games and the big ten once. The seven years after the "dark years" Penn st only won 67 games and the big ten twice. Including his final year before being fired Paterno had them at 9-1 and a top notch recruiting class in the wings. That selfish bastard. We should've been 10-0.

That last year was a terrible offensive team. The 9-1 record was a lot of smoke and mirrors.

There is little doubt that the last ~15 years of Joe's reign over the football program was mostly underwhelming. PSU had superior talent in the mid to late 90's but couldn't capitalize. But that is to be expected from a man over 70. A younger Paterno would have competed for a couple of NC's with those team... particularly that 1999 team. We didn't even win a Big Ten Championship with them though.

 

[kevina001]

That last year was a terrible offensive team. The 9-1 record was a lot of smoke and mirrors.

Glad you agree it was great coaching! A record like that when you don't have a great team....how does that happen?

 

[getmyjive11]

Glad you agree it was great coaching! A record like that when you don't have a great team....how does that happen?

It happens by beating mediocre teams like the ones I highlighted below (plus an FCS school not on the list). The number next to the team is their computer rankings for that year.