Jay Paterno
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The Home of the Brave? Vote to Continue to Make It So
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Our national anthem ends with the words “the land of the free and the home of the brave” to celebrate both our ideals and the history that ensured them. But those words must remind us that bravery must not be just static lyrics celebrating the past. We are still challenged to bravely carry freedom’s torch…
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A.I. and Analytics Still No Replacement for Game Day Human Intelligence
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From its origin in baseball the trend of analytics, artificial intelligence and modeling has infected almost every sport. Into this brave new technological world, on Saturday night in Happy Valley we got a reminder of how valuable a coach’s game-day eye and gut feelings can be.
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Don’t Let Trace McSorley’s Incredible Performance Be Overshadowed by Loss
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Saturday night he was the best player on the field. Had Penn State kicked a game-winning field goal on the last drive, national sports talk radio would’ve put him at the head of the class in the Heisman Trophy race.
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College Football’s Next Big Money Grab
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Alabama claims to have started it. Miami made it big with the Turnover Chain. Oregon State even has the Turnover Chainsaw. Let’s help out ADs as they no doubt ask how they can monetize turnover celebrations with a list of our own.
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A Product of Scheduling Demands, End of Penn State-Pitt Series Is a Loss for College Football
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As Penn State and Pitt clash as rivals for the 99th time, there is no shortage of opinions about whether or not this series should extend beyond next year’s 100th and final scheduled meeting between the two schools. All debate aside, a hard reality likely prevents regularly scheduled future games
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The End of Summer and the Call of Reality
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Even with four weeks of summer left on the calendar, Mother Nature is hinting of the autumn to come. In the early morning walks along Spring Creek, Thompson Run or Slab Cabin Run the signs of change are there. Autumn and the approaching school year are time’s stark call to reality.
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What Is a Coach? It Means More Than What Happens to a Player on the Field
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In recent years news of proven and unproven allegations about coaches mishandling criminal allegations within their programs have given pause to everyone in the profession. These are uncertain times for coaches and their decisions about off-field issues.
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With Legalized Sports Betting, Calls for College Injury Reports Equal Athlete Exploitation
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From an ethical standpoint, as sports books all over the country start taking action on college sports, it will be another example of money being made on the performance of college athletes. Injury and availability information has a value to the people in that industry, a value directly derived from
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‘What Are We Hiding?’ Penn State Trustees Cannot Turn Their Backs on Transparency
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The full Penn State board should review and then vote to release the report that our fellow trustees prepared. If we are committed to our fiduciary responsibility to transparency we should accept nothing less.
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The Great Revolt: Vital Political Lessons for Our Times
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“What is happening in this is more than politics, this is culture and values and it is everything” –Voter from Vernon County, Wisc. Recently, as entertainers hurl expletives at Donald Trump, citizens harass members of the administration and the nastiness of “the Resistance” grows coarser, the debate rages in the Democratic Party of…