Joe Paterno Family Statement

Joe Paterno Family Statement, Full text of statement by the Paterno family on the death of Joe Paterno: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Joe Paterno passed away earlier today. His loss leaves a void in our lives that will never be filled.

“He died as he lived. He fought hard until the end, stayed positive, thought only of others and constantly reminded everyone of how blessed his life had been. His ambitions were far reaching, but he never believed he had to leave this Happy Valley to achieve them. He was a man devoted to his family, his university, his players and his community.

“He has been many things in his life – a soldier, scholar, mentor, coach, friend and father. To my mother he was and is her soul mate, and the last several weeks have shown the strength of their love. To his children and grandchildren he is a shining example of how to live a good, decent and honest life, a standard to which we aspire.

“When he decided to forego a career in law and make coaching his vocation, his father Angelo had but one command: Make an impact.

“As the last 61 years have shown, Joe made an incredible impact. That impact has been felt and appreciated by our family in the form of thousands of letters and well wishes along with countless acts of kindness from people whose lives he touched. It is evident also in the thousands of successful student athletes who have gone on to multiply that impact as they spread out across the country.

“And so he leaves us with a peaceful mind, comforted by his “living legacy” of five kids, 17 grandchildren, and hundreds of young men whose lives he changed in more ways than can begin to be counted.

Penn State Football

Penn State Football, The old saying that means, “when pigs fly” has come to fruition and college teams are hitting the football field in large numbers. The first Saturday of September of the year and pigskin begins to move. For the most part, all the big boys are starting the 2010 season this weekend. Penn State Football Schedule 2010 places the Nittany Lions in a good place.

The keys to the Lions in returning starters Evan Royster, Chaz Powell, Stefan Wisniewski and D’Anton Lynn. Many experts predict college football running back Royster has a 1050 + to win the Heisman Trophy. This comes even close to being a good prediction with Mark Ingram from Alabama out this first game after undergoing knee surgery. Penn State 2010 Football Schedule cannot be the easiest way to program in the block, but the players have insurance to help your cause.

When Royster, made the announcement that came back to play for the Nittany Lions, the fans knew then that his chances of success increased exponentially. Factor in the departure of Darryl Clark, who gives more opportunities to strut their stuff Royster. You also get a line of experience to run behind that should have opponents shaking in their shoes. Penn State Football Schedule 2010 definitely looks much less intimidating with this set of players hitting the ground.

Penn State Football

Penn State Football:Leading off today: While you and I were referring to 2009 and ’10 when throwing around the phrase “ring out the old, ring in the new” this week, New York’s most coveted football recruit gave it an entirely new meaning.

Scout.com is reporting that Dominique Easley has scratched Penn State off his list of schools and will commit to either Oregon or Miami to continue his football career.

Easley, a defensive lineman from Staten Island Curtis, made the disclosure yesterday following practice for the Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando, Fla. He had made a verbal commitment to the Nittany Lions early in his senior season and then began to waver last month, electing to make an official visit to Oregon.

Easley indicated that he felt Penn State was too close to home. He met face-to-face with Penn State assistant Kermit Buggs to deliver the news and appears likely to announce his final decision on Saturday.

All-state football: Compilation of the NYSSWA all-state football team is right on schedule, and we will announce the sections for Classes B, C and D on Wednesday, with the large-school classes to follow a week later.

I have restored recent all-state picks (2004-08) to the RoadToSyracuse.com reference section in preparation for the announcement. The info used to reside on our main Web site but was initially a casualty of the migration when we unveiled the football-only site back in August.

Department of Oops: Sometimes you need to step back

and ask yourself a simple question: If it’s such a good idea, why doesn’t anybody else do it?

Benjamin Banneker girls basketball coaches and school officials really needed to have that conversation this week before bringing down a whole bunch of trouble on themselves.

The team broke a PSAL rule by playing two games in one day on Monday, PSAL girls basketball co-commissioner John LoSasso told The New York Post. The Warriors beat Truman at the Baseline NYC Holiday Madness Tournament in the afternoon and then blew out Lafayette from the PSAL in the Big Apple Recruiting Christmas Classic at Bishop Ford in their ill-advised nightcap.

PSAL rules say that a team can only play one game in a 24-hour period, though the more practical interpretation is that players must have a full night’s sleep between games — which allows for playing a tournament semifinal at 8 p.m. on a Friday and then the consolation round at 6 o’clock on a Saturday.

But two tip-offs six hours apart on the same day isn’t going to fly under any interpretation.

Banneker assistant coach Edwin “Munch” Lopez, filling in for head coach Moreno Fernandez, told the newspaper he had the OK from school AD Francie Johnson.”

Banneker is 1-3 in PSAL Brooklyn AA Group 1 and 4-3 overall.