—The Daily Collegian Wednesday, Aug. 25, 1993
New kid on the block
JoePa steps nervously into a brave new world
!By MICHAEL WEINREB
Collegian Sports Writer
You could spot the new kid from
a mile away, a look of nervous
',anticipation glaring through his inch
, thick glasses and an uncertain tone
in his voice.
He is handling himself with
! modesty and quiet conciliation, a
stranger in this strange world
surrounded by unfamiliar faces and
unfamiliar situations.
, Here is Coach Joe Paterno, at age
66, after 27 seasons and 247 wins and
.23 bowl games and one autobiog-
Taphy, starting from scratch.
"I feel like I've got a new job,"
Paterno said, Penn State's first Big
Ten season looming perilously on the
::horizon. "I feel like when I first took
over as a head coach."
There is no longer a tired, laboring
quality to the coach's words
something that seemed to mark him
for the past few years.
And the fear that he admits he feels
is a good fear the kind that is
mixed with the excitement and
anticipation of a brand new chal
lenge.
"I wish I were that good, that I
~,c,ould stand up here and tell you what
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to expect," Paterno said. "But I can
tell you that we have worked harder
for this season than we've worked
for 20 years."
The lights in the coach's office have
shined at all hours this summer, with
Paterno staying late to watch and
analyze and agonize over films. But
that's just a part of the challenge
when you know that eight new
opponents will line up across from
you.
And it's the only way he will silence
the critics who scoff at Penn State's
Big Ten chances.
"I've spent two years looking at
Big Ten tapes until they're coming
out my ears," Paterno said. "It's really
very difficult tapes don't give any
answers."
The only answers will come on
Sept. 4, when the Nittany Lions clash
with Minnesota in Beaver Stadium.
And the questions range from
unfamiliar opponents to unmanned
positions take the muddled sit
uations at quarterback and run
ning back, for example, where three
candidates are fighting for the
starting job at each spot.
Yet it seems that the coach is even
enjoying those puzzles. There is a
newfound spring in his step that even
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the veteran players have never seen.
"He's definitely had a better spring
to his step, and I think he's become
younger in a sense," defensive tackle
Lou Benfatti said. "He's really
increased the enthusiasm through
out the whole practice as well."
"He has a little more bounce in his
step," nose tackle Eric Clair added.
That's not exactly what Minne
sota Coach Jim Wacker wants to hear.
He knows enough about what Paterno
can do.
"I've known Joe a long, long time,"
Wacker said. "He's one of the best
football coaches, obviously, in the
history of the game. The only good
thing about Joe is he's getting closer
to that retirement age."
Michigan State Coach George
Perles had a more humbling mes
sage for his long-time friend and
colleague.
" 'Boy, oh, boy, (Perles) said,
`You're not going to be able to call
all the shots anymore,' " Paterno
recalled with a smile.
Beyond the ribbing and the jok
ing, the initial resentment for the new
kid in town is slowly waning. It is
replaced by acceptance and, in most
cases, the utmost respect.
e supp
Football Coach Joe Paterno jokes around with Tisen Thomas (1) and V.J. Muscillo (7). The Lions start off
their first Big Ten season Sept. 4 against Minnesota. Please see related story on page 24.
"I think it will take us into a whole the Nittany Lions came not from a at the Big Ten Kickoff Luncheon.
new marketplace on a regular basis," coach, not from a player, not from "You see 60,000 to 70,000 people
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany an administrator. tailgating, all friendly people. Penn
said. "We have the opportunity to do "When you get to (Penn State), State represents what I like to call
things in attendance that we sorely you've arrived at the epitome of a the fabric of college football."
need to do." college town," said ABC-TV Now that fabric will take on a new
But perhaps the highest praise for broadcaster Keith Jackson, the emcee texture.
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