My interview with Joe Paterno

[perlick29]

that is happening in about an hour or so, as I am an intern for the WB17 in Philadelphia. The guys on the baseball side and I have been discussing and I wanted to share it with you guys over here. I am very excited as they dont often give an intern working his butt off this kind of opprotunity but since they have I figure I'm going to do everything I can to make this interview unique.

Does anyone have anything that should be asked to Paterno or some fun facts about him that might be cool to use? By the way I ill not be shown on camera only Paterno on tonight's 10pm evening edition on the WB. Thanks so much for the help guys, we've alreday got questions on topics such as retirement, prospects for the upcoming season, the roster, and reaching out to the community. This is all very exciting to me and I figured one of these would be appropriate.

[PackerAttack84]

All I gotta say is....Have Fun With It!

[MCG321]

Wow, I'm jealous.

If I'm home (which is unlikely), I'll be sure to tune in.

Have fun!

[Calyxes]

Good luck

Ask him about when he got hit with a snowball when they played Michigan a few years back.

[Lushcrush]

Joe P. is a cool guy. He proved it to me one time. Check this out:
I'm a schoolteacher and a couple of years ago I had this kid in my class and the kid was a really good football player. But alas, the kid broke his collarbone early in the year and had to miss the season. Tough kid too - a big hitter.
Anyway, before the injury, whenever the phone would ring I would answer and then say ... "Serefini, its Joe Paterno. He wants to talk to you". The kid laughed every time.
Now he's hurt and kinda bummed out. I called Joe P. 's secretary, asked if there was any way I could get Joe P. to write this kid a get well letter, and in about a week this kid gets a handwritten letter from Joe, telling him to hang in there and keep working hard, help the team out whenever you can and ... get this ... let him know how he's doing.
I have the highest regard for Joe. Big people walk in big steps and that letter showed me just how big his step really is.
The kid recovered to play in the last game of the season and damn near ran a punt back for the winning TD with about 3 seconds to go. He was the short man and the other team shanked one right to him. We should've written Joe and told him about it but we didn't.
Young Mr. Serefini is now in some South American foreign exchange school program, kicking pretty serious *ss in some semi-pro soccer league. Last time I saw him he grabbed me and hollered "Joe Paterno" ... ha ha ha.
Anybody wants to say anything bad about Joe P, they can kiss my southern, SEC lovin whoopseedaisy.

[airraid81]

Ask him about his relationship with Vince Lombardi. I heard they were friends back in the day.

[Gunslinger]

Joe P. is a cool guy. He proved it to me one time. Check this out:
I'm a schoolteacher and a couple of years ago I had this kid in my class and the kid was a really good football player. But alas, the kid broke his collarbone early in the year and had to miss the season. Tough kid too - a big hitter.
Anyway, before the injury, whenever the phone would ring I would answer and then say ... "Serefini, its Joe Paterno. He wants to talk to you". The kid laughed every time.
Now he's hurt and kinda bummed out. I called Joe P. 's secretary, asked if there was any way I could get Joe P. to write this kid a get well letter, and in about a week this kid gets a handwritten letter from Joe, telling him to hang in there and keep working hard, help the team out whenever you can and ... get this ... let him know how he's doing.
I have the highest regard for Joe. Big people walk in big steps and that letter showed me just how big his step really is.
The kid recovered to play in the last game of the season and damn near ran a punt back for the winning TD with about 3 seconds to go. He was the short man and the other team shanked one right to him. We should've written Joe and told him about it but we didn't.
Young Mr. Serefini is now in some South American foreign exchange school program, kicking pretty serious *ss in some semi-pro soccer league. Last time I saw him he grabbed me and hollered "Joe Paterno" ... ha ha ha.
Anybody wants to say anything bad about Joe P, they can kiss my southern, SEC lovin whoopseedaisy.

Very cool story. It's good to see something about Paterno aside from all the "when's he gonna retire" crap we get crammed down our throats every college football season.

Joe's a class act. You've gotta love the respect and passion he's had for the game all these years.

[awwchrist]

Ask him if the school vision benefit package doesn't comensate for new frames.

[Lushcrush]

Ask him if the school vision benefit package doesn't comensate for new frames.

Careful Aww ... no more love for Joe P. than that and I might call Hamlin and tell him to come over there and dope slap you

[34=Sweetness]

Tell him to keep coaching, as a Michigan fan, I love watching Penn State fall on their face.