Authors: Joe Posnanski
Patton
(movie),
169
–70
Pavlechko, Ron,
356
PBS,
244
Penn State:
Bryce Jordan Center at,
227
coaches as professors at,
52
,
65
communication with Paterno cut by,
332
Dickinson Law School at,
360
–61
football scholarships at,
52
,
103
,
104
,
362
Lasch Football Building at,
271
,
276
–77,
325
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:
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
in national rankings,
116
–23,
151
,
165
,
176
,
188
,
201
,
203
,
225
–29,
257
,
258
in 1968 and 1969,
100
–103,
115
–23,
203
,
225
in 1970s,
138
,
148
–54,
163
–68,
171
–73,
176
,
199
,
203
,
225
in 1985,
210
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 2002,
287
–90
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
Perl, Martin,
33
Petchel, Woody,
150
Peterson, Bill,
96
Philadelphia Eagles,
68
Phillips, Anwar,
290
Phoenix, Ariz.,
215
Pidgeon, Jack,
232
Pittman, Charlie,
102
,
109
,
115
,
118
,
126
,
217
,
368
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
Plunkett, Jim,
140
Pohland, Alma,
71
Pohland, August “Augie,”
5
–6,
71
Pohland, Sue,
see
Paterno, Sue Pohland
assault charges against,
264
at Penn State,
253
2001 incident and,
271
,
275
,
277
,
330
,
337
of Paterno-Sandusky relationship,
252
Paterno’s children and,
232
,
233
,
297
–98,
328
Paterno’s interest in,
111
,
145
,
174
,
190
,
232
,
243
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
Providence, R. I.,
43
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
Quarless, Andrew,
311
quarterbacks,
28
–31,
88
,
90
,
91
,
92
,
258
,
270
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
see also
blacks
Radakovich, Nancy,
86
–87
Radecic, Keith,
221
Radecic, Scott,
195
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
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
Paterno’s renewed interest in,
306
–8
Paterno’s slowing of,
269
for Penn State improvement,
205
of Taliaferro,
265
–66
of White,
218
Republicans,
145
responsibility,
78
,
229
,
275
,
324
,
334
,
335
segregation in,
126
reverse,
67
“Rip’s Humble Talks,”
46
Road to Number One
(Riley),
95
Robinson, Dave,
126
Robinson, Eddie,
328
Robinson, Mark,
195
Rocco, Dan,
22
Rockefeller, John D.,
49