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Rockne, Knute,
112

Rocky Mountains,
38

Rodgers, Pepper,
102

role models, coaches as,
1

Roman conquerors, return of,
169
–70

Rome, founding of,
32
,
35

Rooney, Art,
115
,
137

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
56

Roosevelt, Teddy,
302

Rose Bowl,
64
,
89
,
117
,
229
,
230
,
309
,
360

Rowe, Dave “Hap,”
84

Royal, Darrell,
110
,
120
,
121

rules and regulations,
131
–32,
263

breaking,
93
–94,
284
–85

running backs,
30
,
85
,
91
,
102
,
109
,
115
–16,
213
,
217
,
368

at Georgia,
198
–200

in 1982 Penn State team,
195
,
197
–200

in 1994 Penn State team,
228

on 2002 Penn State team,
287
–90

Russo, Mike,
213

Rutgers,
131
,
228
–29

Saban, Lou,
85

St. Cecilia High School,
31
–32

St. Louis Post Dispatch,
244

Sandusky, Dottie,
247
,
251

Sandusky, Jerry,
11
,
188
,
192
,
210
,
247
–61,
263
,
330
,
345

arrest and sexual abuse charges against,
10
,
15
,
175
–76,
251
,
275
–76

charity of,
228
,
248
,
250
–54,
275

Fiesta Bowl and,
211
,
213
,
219
,
222
–23

as graduate assistant coach,
103
,
370

indictment of,
328
,
334

Magic Defense and,
199
,
213

1998 incident and,
253
–56,
274
,
275

Paterno compared with,
247
–48

Paterno’s attempt to get rid of,
254
–55

Paterno’s hiring of,
248

Paterno’s relationship with,
15
,
213
,
228
,
247
–57,
259
–61,
277
,
279
–80,
286
,
339

Pennsylvania grand jury and,
251
,
253
,
254
,
325
–26

retirement of,
247
,
255
–56,
260
,
261
,
273
,
279
–80,
332
,
335

as successor head coach,
252
–53,
255
–56,
277
,
281

2001 incident and,
271
–77,
297

see also
sexual abuse scandal

Sandusky Blitz,
280

Sawyer, Kait,
26

Sayers, Gale,
195

Scarcella, Rich,
249
–50

Schembechler, Bo,
118

Schenkel, Chris,
120

Scherer, Rip,
233

scholarships,
364

football,
38
,
44
,
45
,
52
,
103
,
104
,
163
,
362

Paterno’s endowing of,
150

Proposition
49
B and,
207

Schreyer, Bill,
206

Schultz, Gary,
10
,
273
,
303
,
334

charges against,
10
,
329

Curley’s email to,
274
–75

Spanier’ support for,
331

Schwartzwalder, Ben,
46
,
100
,
116
,
149

Scirrotto, Anthony,
313
,
315

Scott, George S.,
169
–70

Scottish Claymores,
270

Sea Isle, Ga.,
71

Seattle Times,
280

Sebastianelli, Lisa,
355

Sebastianelli, Ted,
355
–56

Second Mile, The,
228
,
248
,
250
–54,
275

segregation,
126

self-indulgent generation,
78

self-pity,
29
,
178

Seminoles,
see
Florida State Seminoles

Senior Day (1999),
259

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,
278

Sermon on the Mount,
250
–51

sex:

Paterno’s prudery about,
4

Paterno’s questions about,
5
,
334

sexual abuse scandal,
10
–13,
51
,
59
,
175
–76,
245
,
312
,
319
–21,
328
–44,
348

Abbey’s views on,
370
,
371

coverup allegations in,
339

failure to call police in,
275
,
277
,
330
,
337

media coverage of,
4
,
15
,
281
,
329
–39,
346
–47

1998 incident and,
253
–56,
274
,
275
,
281
,
335

Paterno critics and,
346
–47

Paterno’s failure to follow up in,
12
–13,
330
–31,
337

Paterno’s statement and,
332
–33

showers,
253
,
254
,
271
–72,
273
,
276
,
325
,
329

Spanier’s statement and,
331

2001 incident and,
10
,
12
–13,
269
–77,
297
,
325
–26,
329
,
330
–31,
335
,
336
–37,
342

see also
investigations; Pennsylvania grand jury

sexual assault,
290

Shaffer, John,
211
,
217
,
219
,
220

Shakespeare, William,
298
–99,
300

Shapp, Milton,
143

Sharp, Tom,
214

Sheen, Archbishop Fulton,
154

Sherman, Tom,
94
,
96

Sherrill, Jackie,
174
–75

Short, Brandon,
217
,
279
,
343

Short, Mahreen,
343

Shuler, Mickey,
107

Shumaker, Earl,
66

Shuman, Tom,
149

Shyster Story,
14
–15,
132

simplifying,
242

Sims, Billy,
164

60 Minutes,
170
,
171

Skorich, Nick,
68

Skorupan, John,
353

Smear, Steve,
102
–3,
110
,
115
,
118

Smith, Devon,
326

Smith, Donald J.,
279
–80

Smith, Neal,
101

Smith, Red,
137

Smith, Steve,
199

Smith, Terry,
307

snobbery,
48
–49,
140

socks,
367
–68

sodomy,
276
,
329
,
334

softball,
41

Sollers, Wick,
312

Solow, Robert,
33

Somerset,
71
–72

Something for Joey
(TV movie),
152

South Carolina (football team),
199

South Carolina (state),
72

Southern California, University of (USC),
63
–64,
73
,
110
–11,
118
,
167
,
264

Southern Methodist University (SMU),
203

Spanier, Graham,
274
–75,
290
,
300
–304,
328

email of,
312

forcing out of,
340

off-the-field incidents and,
295

Paterno’s relationship with,
301
–4,
309
–10,
311

sexual abuse scandal and,
331
,
337

Speros, Pete,
190
,
194

Sports Illustrated,
46
,
149
,
257

Garrity on cover of,
200

George Paterno and,
175
,
287

Millen in,
172

Paterno in,
96
–97,
112
,
148
,
150
,
153
,
171
,
173
,
178
–79,
215
,
259
,
260
,
268
,
278
,
279
,
289
,
346

Sandusky and,
259
,
260
,
279

“Stages of Paterno” chart,
193
–94

Stanford,
285

starters,
44
–45

State College, Pa.,
47
,
51
,
57
,
64
–65,
85
,
270
,
275
,
294

Bauer in,
212

beauty of,
63
,
65

District Attorney of,
274

George Paterno’s return to,
287

media in,
10
,
170
,
265
,
281

Muslim women in,
365
–66

1998 investigation and,
281

Paterno golf balls in,
227

Paterno’s death and,
348
–49

Paterno’s house in,
81
–82,
85
,
89
,
91
,
271
,
331
,
333
,
335
–42,
347
–48,
369
,
371

Paterno’s running of,
311

Paterno’s walks in,
65
,
323

remoteness of,
226

Sandusky’s status in,
277

Sue Paterno’s love for,
73
,
139

see also
Penn State

statues,
155

Nittany Lion,
86
–87

Paterno,
8
–10,
341

stickball,
24
,
25
,
72

Stork Club, The,
44

Strauss, Johann,
113

success,
171
,
287

Florence Paterno’s hunger for,
27
–29

Paterno’s views on,
2
,
42
,
78
–79,
83
,
88
,
150

of Penn State,
68

Sandusky and,
286

Wooden’s pyramid of,
243

Sugar Bowl,
78
,
118
,
126
,
138
,
139
,
142

in 1983,
198
–201,
213

Suhey, Steve,
60

Sullivan, Billy,
136
–40,
144
,
154

Sunset Park,
4
,
337

Super Bowl,
140

Surma, John,
340

suspensions,
94
,
173
,
294

Suter, Mike,
191
–92,
196
–97

swearing,
131

sweater story,
48
–49

swimming pools,
82
,
231
–32

Switzer, Barry,
174
,
175
–76,
346

Syracuse (basketball team),
346

Syracuse (football team),
67
,
100
,
116
,
117
,
121
,
148
–49,
177
,
197
,
226

Nittany Lion statue and,
86
–87

Penn State’s loss to,
127
–28

“system,” blaming the,
77
–78

tables:

dining room,
130

kitchen,
5
–6,
130
,
303

tacklers,
30

talent,
75
,
93

Taliaferro, Adam,
265
–68,
277
–78,
310
,
343

Tangerine Bowl,
117

Tarman, Jim,
95
,
111
,
121
–22,
140
–42

as athletic director,
190

Tarman, Louise,
141

Tate, Charlie,
100

Taylor, Chris,
299
,
300

teamwork,
102
,
169

television,
142
,
192
,
221
,
226
,
279
,
357
,
369

Fiesta Bowl and,
210

movies for,
152

Paterno on,
170
,
171

Paterno’s firing and,
10

Paterno’s watching of,
4
–5,
343
,
346

sexual abuse scandal and,
333
,
339
,
343

Walker’s watching of,
198

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