BILL'S
BOTTOM
LINE
• Went to post season
10 seasons.
•Appeared in six '
AFC Championship
games
• Two super bowl ap-
pearances and one
super bowl victory in
2005 with the Steel-
• Holds 9th longest all
time consecutive years
as a head coach record
(15 years with Steel
ers).
• Has all time record
of 149-90-1 in the reg
ular season and 161-
99-1 including the
playoffs
Bill Cowher captivates
ELESE MERKOVSKY
sports editor
At a small personal dinner, Bill
Cowher shared stories and jokes
with students and faculty who
were given the special oppurtunity
to get personal with this hometown
hero.
Cowher was the first to speak at
this year's speaker series, and
Behrend delivered to a crowd full
of dedicated fans in the Junker
Center after gracing his presence
at the Logan Carriage House for
the dinner in his honor.
Cowher made his place in his
tory after 15 years as the Steelers
head coach. He played in the NFL
for five years coached for seven
years as an assistant, until one Jan
uary morning he received the call
from Mr. Rooney asking him to be
the head coach for the Steelers, at
the ripe age of 34.
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Junior Glennis Robash has been playing 11 years.
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Kent State boosts morale
CODY BUPP
A quick start and a feisty
defense was key for the
#23 Penn State Nittany
Lions in defeating the Kent
State Golden Flashes last
Saturday 24-0 at Beaver
Stadium.
This marked career win
number 396 for Joe Pa
terno, now just four wins
away from the 400 win
Behrend
MEN'S SOCCER
John Caroll University defeated
Behrend last Tuesday 4-3 in a double
overtime affair at the Behrend Fields
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Bill Cowher closes his speech in Junker center. He was the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 15 consecutive years.
F THE WEER
h scores three goals
milestone. On a crisp fall
day in Happy Valley we
saw for the first time a de
fense that was ready to
make a statement after the
romping of Alabama a
week before. The team is
starting to show signs of
that familiar Penn State
football we are used to.
staff writer
Right off the bat the Nit
tany Lions defense gave
the fans something to
cheer about, with the inter-
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"I laid in bed with my wife that
night and said, if I don't screw this
up, I can go back in three years to
my 20th high school reunion as the
"I will never regret
quitting as head
coach even as people
predicted Pittsburgh
to win more
championships."
Bill Cowher
former Steelers coach
Steelers head coach," Coach
Cowher recounted over dinner.
Cowher grew up in Pittsburgh
and knew he had big shoes to fill
Junior Glennis Robash was named the Enter
prise Rent-A-Car athlete of the week this week
after she scored three goals and added an as
sist as the women's soccer team won both their
games last week.
One win included a high scoring 4-3 win over
Mt. Union and a 1-0 nothing win against West
minster Saturday. Robash was the hero in the
Westminster game as she netted the game-win
ning goal late in the second half. She was the
main piston in the offensive production during
the Mt. Union game, scoring two of the four
goals in the game. This was necessary after a
dissapointing weekend in Fredonia.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
in a town where football is reli
gion. Cowher sure did his part and
made Steeler football a power
house. During in his 15 seasons
with the Steelers he led them to ten
post seasons, six AFC champi
onship games, two Superbowl ap
pearances, and finally in his last
season, he brought home the Su
perbowl trophy. But when asked,
Coach Cowher does not pick one
of these games as the best moment
of coaching.
"I wouldn't consider any of these
moments as the best
I tloment of
coaching," said Cowher. "There is
no one specific moment, but a se
ries of moment that make the jour
ney. It's the ups and downs and
seeing everything come together
that makes it worthwhile."
Besides a decorated coach and
player, Cowher works as a talented
articulate speaker, and a loving fa
ther. His three daughters are a
ception by D'Anton Lynn
on the third play of the
game. This was the long
waited turnover fans have
Finally, everyone saw the
defense that is accustom to
Penn State football.
With a turnover on of
fense, the defense came
out and forced a three and
out or turnover of their
Junior defensive lineman
Devon Still said in the
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The Lady Lions shut out Freshman Denis Lydon was named AMCC
visiting Pitt-Greensburg in runner of the week after his performance
AMCC action Tuesday at the Behrend Invitational last week
ALEC ITALIANO
sports editor
in Happy Valley
postgame, "It's a big lift
knowing we can stop
something like that. We
want to get the ball into our
offense's hands as much as
possible so they can build
that score up as much as
they can so we can just
have fun playing football."
Right before the half,
redshirt Freshman Derrick
Thomas came up with a big
interception in Penn State
territory killing any chance
crowd
large part of his life, and watching
them grow is a priority.
"I will never regret quitting as
head coach, even though people
predicted Pittsburgh to win more
championships," Cowher said.
"But there is nothing more pre
cious then watching your children
grow. I would never want to miss
that chance, and I did what was
best for my family."
Cowher is one familiar to loss, as
his wife passed away from her bat
tle with skin cancer this summer.
Kaye was 54, and the whole family
was devastated by her los. It was
the elephant in the room during
dinner, but Cowher eloquently put
it in a way that eased everyone's
minds.
"It is important to cherish evety
day, and I am living with that
n two games
"This award means alot to me because I was
able to help my team to have a winning week
of games," said Robash. "All of us work ex
tremely hard on the field and I am happy that I
was able to come through for my team."
Robash was a well-accomplished player even
before college as she was a four-year letterman
at Mars Area School District. She was a two
year member of the PA West ODP team, which
was a traveling soccer club for top high school
soccer athletes. Her senior year in high school,
she was the team captain and was named to the
All-Section team.
"What I miss most about high school soccer
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of points for Kent State.
The defensive line finally
got the pressure they have
been looking for. It was
thought that 011ie Ogbu
and Devon Still played out
standing up the middle and
were the reason that Penn
State held yet another team
and rusher under 100 yards
rushing for a game. The
linebackers are slowly im-
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CROSS COUNTRY
CROSS COUNTRY
Behrend
holds meet
last week-
end, women
take second
SEAN NEELY
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The men's and women's
cross-country teams, once
again, had successful re
sults at their annual invita
tional on the weekend of
Sept. 18. "Great potential"
seems to he the motto for
Behrend's cross-country
program, but the proof is in
the numbers
Here is where the num
bers show: with their corn
bined efforts, both the
men's and women's team
were able to place in the
top five out of a respective
18 teams.
Looking hack on last
year, the men finished third
place out of 15 teams, and
would look to repeat their
success this year. Of
course. they would do just
that.
The competition at this
years invitational was full
of nationally ranked teams,
including Mount Union
(finishing with a 27:12 av
erage time), and Case
Western Reserve, who av
eraged a time of 28:14.
For the men, they were
able to stay with the pack,
finishing with an average
time of 28:22.
Staying on topic with the
men's team, Dennis Lydon
led the way with a time of
27:43. This would earn
Lydon the title of AMCC
Runner of the Week.
Keep in mind that Lydon
is a freshman runner. Sen
ior runner Justin Dipenti
had good things to say
about hid freshmen team
mates. "We have some re
ally good freshman that are
becoming good contribu
tors that will hopefully re
place our seniors and make
us a lot better than before,"
said Dipenti.
However, let's not forget
Lydon's cast and support
ing runners, or "surround
ing contributors," as
Dipenti puts it. For exam
ple, Danny Mello(28:04)
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Senior captain Justin DiPenti
holds the 1500 meter school
record.