Authors: Joe Posnanski
Rockne, Knute,
112
Rocky Mountains,
38
Rodgers, Pepper,
102
role models, coaches as,
1
Roman conquerors, return of,
169
–70
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
56
Roosevelt, Teddy,
302
Rose Bowl,
64
,
89
,
117
,
229
,
230
,
309
,
360
Rowe, Dave “Hap,”
84
rules and regulations,
131
–32,
263
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
Saban, Lou,
85
St. Cecilia High School,
31
–32
St. Louis Post Dispatch,
244
Sandusky, Jerry,
11
,
188
,
192
,
210
,
247
–61,
263
,
330
,
345
arrest and sexual abuse charges against,
10
,
15
,
175
–76,
251
,
275
–76
Fiesta Bowl and,
211
,
213
,
219
,
222
–23
as graduate assistant coach,
103
,
370
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
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
Schreyer, Bill,
206
Curley’s email to,
274
–75
Spanier’ support for,
331
Schwartzwalder, Ben,
46
,
100
,
116
,
149
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
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
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
Shakespeare, William,
298
–99,
300
Shapp, Milton,
143
Sharp, Tom,
214
Sheen, Archbishop Fulton,
154
Sherrill, Jackie,
174
–75
Short, Mahreen,
343
Shuler, Mickey,
107
Shumaker, Earl,
66
Shuman, Tom,
149
simplifying,
242
Sims, Billy,
164
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
socks,
367
–68
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
Garrity on cover of,
200
Millen in,
172
Paterno in,
96
–97,
112
,
148
,
150
,
153
,
171
,
173
,
178
–79,
215
,
259
,
260
,
268
,
278
,
279
,
289
,
346
“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
District Attorney of,
274
George Paterno’s return to,
287
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
remoteness of,
226
Sandusky’s status in,
277
see also
Penn State
statues,
155
Nittany Lion,
86
–87
Stork Club, The,
44
Strauss, Johann,
113
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
Suhey, Steve,
60
Sullivan, Billy,
136
–40,
144
,
154
Super Bowl,
140
Surma, John,
340
swearing,
131
sweater story,
48
–49
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
tacklers,
30
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
television,
142
,
192
,
221
,
226
,
279
,
357
,
369
Fiesta Bowl and,
210
movies for,
152
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