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JoePa: 'Bogus excuses' for lack of college playoff
JoePa: 'Bogus excuses' for lack of college playoff
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is lobbying again for major college football playoff, calling the reasons against it "bogus" less than three weeks after the Bowl Championship Series decided to maintain its current format for the foreseeable future.
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The Guy's Got Jokes
The Big Eleventh — As easy as it is to get caught up in, you know, the football part of the Paterno-Penn State situation, I think it's important to start taking note and enjoying all the charisma things that his replacement will probably lack. So Joe, what do you think about a college football playoff? "I don't think so right now, and I don't know why," said Paterno, who is entering his 43rd season as Penn State's head coach. "I'm only going to be a head coach another 10 or 15 years, and I don't think it will happen by then." ... "To be frank with you, I ...

JOE PA AIN’T GIVE A WHAT
EDSBS — ... I want a playoff! Dammit, how else you gonna find out who the best team if we just, you know, all sit around at the end of the season and stare at each other’s asses like a bunch of Roman bathers? Let ‘em play. I’m tired of this. ...

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Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician — ... basketball assistant coach Rob Murphy and his brother have beaten the odds...SacBee.com Some incoming lax recruits have been named All-Americans...Inside Lacrosse Members of the NAACP get an early look at The Express...Wichita NAACP Blog Joe Paterno says he's going to remain head coach at Penn State "another 10 or 15 years." Hope he's getting his beta blockers...ESPN Cincy is breaking season ticket sales records. That must be nice...RealFootball365 What's crazier, ...

THE NEWS
Mondesi's House — ... --JoePa appeared in Pittsburgh and said that he backs a playoff system. OK, so I agreed with Bob Smizik and Joe Paterno in the same week. I must be getting old. ...

Paterno & FSU President Back a Football Playoff
Corn Nation — ... Joe Paterno and Florida State president T. K. Wetherell recently jumped into the ongoing debate over creating a Division 1-A (officially known as the Bowl Championship Subdivision) football championship playoff.  Paterno favors it , while ...

Obama wants what's best for America: a college football playoff
Dr. Saturday — ... Joe Paterno is for a playoff, too. In his opposition to the dreaded Series, Obama is bringing people together on the issues that really matter to them. ...

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