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curfew, breaking,
84

Curley, Tim,
10
,
256
,
261
,
272
–75,
289
,
293
,
303
,
328

charges against,
10
,
329

email of,
274
–75,
312

as Paterno’s boss,
339

Paterno’s call to,
272
–73,
277
,
325
,
330
,
334

Paterno’s failure to follow up with,
330
–31

Spanier’ support for,
331

Curry, Bill,
126
,
191

Curry, Jack,
97
,
98
,
193

Daily Collegian,
69
,
165
,
258

Dallas, Tex., Cotton Bowl in,
117
,
118

Dallas Cowboys,
139
,
172
,
211

Davis, Al,
69
,
72
–73,
137
,
336

Deacons of Dixieland,
301

defense,
86
,
88
–95,
100
,
115
,
122
,
128
,
164
,
167
,
183
,
279
,
308

challenges of,
89

eight front players and,
90
–91

for Fiesta Bowl,
213
,
220
,
222
4
–4–3,
90

go to the ball and,
92

Miami,
211

in 1982 team,
195

in 1986 team,
211

in 1994 team,
228
–29

offense players shifted to,
90
,
102
–3,
148

Sandusky and,
188
,
210
,
213
,
248
,
250
,
256
–61,
279

defensive backs,
30
,
49
,
148
,
213
,
290

defensive linemen,
90

DeFluri, Fritz,
62

Delany, Jim,
227

D’Elia, Guido,
11
–13,
138
,
164
,
260
,
268
,
292
,
306
,
324
,
325

on McKenzie,
284

Paterno’s death and,
365

on Sandusky,
248
,
251

sexual abuse scandal and,
12
–13,
319
–21,
325
,
326
,
332
–34,
337
,
338
,
339
,
346
–47

del Sarto, Andrea,
298

Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity,
105

democracy,
78

Democrats,
119

Denver, John,
172

destiny,
20
,
35

Devine, Dan,
122

Dickerson, Eric,
203

DiMaggio, Joe,
182

Disney World,
232

Division I,
325

Dodd, Bobby,
88
,
149

Doolittle, Bill,
52

Dozier, D. J.,
217
,
221

Dranov, Jonathan,
276
–77

Drape, Joe,
289

drinking:

of Alma Pohland,
71

of George Paterno,
283
,
286

of Paterno,
174
,
247

of players,
93
–94,
173
,
294
,
314
,
369

of reporters,
111

Duckett, T. J.,
259

Dunnavant, Keith,
161
–62

eastern football, lack of respect for,
110
,
111
,
116
–17,
165

Ebbets Field,
92

education,
12
,
65
–66,
108

academic standards and,
104
–5,
106
,
127
,
135
,
149
,
153
,
163
,
171
–72,
206
–8,
284

of blacks,
127
,
207
–8

Einstein, Albert,
243

Eisenberg, Bob,
217
–18

Eisner, Will,
44

election of 1968, U.S.,
119
,
121

Elk Lick (later Salisbury), Pa.,
46
,
47
,
52

Ellis, Buddy,
150

email:

furious,
297

interoffice,
274
–75,
312
,
314
,
331

Engle, Charles A. “Rip,”
28
,
45
–47,
50
–54

background of,
47

coaching style of,
62
–63

gentleness of,
62
–63

gloominess and pessimism of,
46
,
62

Paterno inspired by,
47
,
62

Paterno offered job by,
51
–53

at Penn State,
46
,
51
–54,
60
,
62
–65,
69
,
85
,
88
,
131
,
135
,
355

retirement of,
69
,
252

USC offer of,
64

Engle, Cora,
47

English, Paterno’s correcting of,
355
–56

English literature,
45
,
57

Engram, Bobby,
228
,
348

ESPN,
197
,
223
,
294
–95,
314
,
340
–41

Ewbank, Weeb,
53
,
68
,
143

examples, coaches as,
1
,
99

excellence,
327

Angelo Paterno’s standing for,
28

Paterno’s views on,
2
,
28
,
150
,
203

Exorcist, The
(Blatty),
19
,
34

Eymer, Clarence,
55

facilities,
158

fairness,
105
,
107
,
108
,
121
,
132
,
235

fatum
(fate),
35
,
52
,
87

fellowships,
150

Felshin, Max,
55

Fenn, Steve,
105

Fiedler, Leslie,
70

Fiesta Bowl (1987),
210
–24,
250

days leading up to,
215

good vs. evil narrative in,
210
,
215

skits before,
215
–16

fire trucks,
202

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
5
,
111

Fleischhauer, David,
258

Florida (state),
71

bowl games in,
117
,
118
,
126

segregation in,
126

Florida State Seminoles,
95
–96,
108
,
226
,
292
,
309
–10

Flounders, Bob,
293
–94

Flynn, Errol,
35

food,
40
,
51
,
62
,
82
,
174
,
231
,
338

cheesecake,
355

ice cream,
65
,
280
,
355

football,
5
,
24
,
26
,
28
–32,
44
–47,
49
–54,
60
–73,
81

areas of concentration for,
110
–11

at Brooklyn Prep,
29
–32,
38
,
44
,
45
,
54
,
108

at Brown,
29
,
30
,
38
,
44
,
45
,
49
–52,
54
,
68
,
85
,
145
,
283

coaching of,
see
coaches, coaching

cost of,
226

Graham’s playing of,
44
–45

in 1950s and 1960s,
65

Paterno’s attempt at reinvention of,
88
–94

Paterno’s playing of,
4
,
19
,
28
–32,
38
,
44
,
45
,
49
–50,
51
,
54
,
85
,
88
,
108
,
145

professional,
107
,
136
–42

recruiting for,
see
recruiting

Football Hall of Fame,
104

football players:

no-drinking rule and,
93
–94

score sheet for,
266
–67

football plays,
78
,
182
–83,
197
,
348

naming of,
91

offense vs. defense and,
89

quarterback’s calling of,
66

simplicity and,
66
–67

trick,
67

Football Press Guide (1949),
54

Ford, Gerald,
12
,
154

Fordham,
44
–45

Forney, Travis,
258

Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,
284
–85

foster children,
251

foul language,
131

Fox, Derek,
258

Foxborough, Mass.,
136
,
140

fraternities,
48
–49,
105

Frederiksen, Nils,
330

Freeh, Louis,
11

Frewsburg, N.Y.,
213
–14

Friday-night gatherings,
173
–75

Fridays,
86

Frost, Robert,
243

fund-raising,
158
,
188
,
204
–6,
301
–2,
304
,
372

Fusina, Chuck,
164
,
166
,
217

Ganim, Sara,
329
–30

Ganter, Fran,
192
,
219
,
220
,
261
,
297
,
340

Garban, Steve,
303

Garrity, Gregg,
200
,
201
,
348

Gates, Bill,
370

Gator Bowl,
97
,
126

Georgia (football team),
198
–201,
203
,
213

Gerber, Daniel F.,
44

Gettysburg Address,
144

Gettysburg College,
144

Giacomarro, Ralph,
196

Gibson, Vince,
100

Giftopoulos, Pete,
221
,
223

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader,
33

Glenside, Pa.,
358
–59

Goldberg, Rube,
44

Google,
312

Gophers,
see
Minnesota Gophers

“go to the ball,”
92

Graham, Earl “Zev,”
31
,
44
–45,
181
–82

Grambling,
328

Grand Experiment, The,
108
–10,
114
,
142
,
173
,
290
,
335

Great Depression,
22
–24

Green Bay Packers,
126
,
137
,
252

Gricar, Ray,
253

Guman, Mike,
167

guns,
8

Haden, Pat,
356

hair,
40
,
212
,
215

hairspray,
215
–16

Haldeman, H. R.,
120

halfback pass,
67

Hali, Tamba,
310
,
356

Hall, Galen,
297
,
346

Ham, Jack,
92
,
104
,
115
,
217

Hamlet’s soliloquy,
298
–99

Hamtramck, Mich.,
357

handshaking, postgame,
85

Haney, Travis,
299

happiness,
79
,
140
,
153
,
154
,
195
,
209

Happy Valley,
65
,
164
,
324
,
331

Harlow, Dick,
47
,
52

Harrell, Chris,
363
–64

Harris, Franco,
92
,
109
,
115
–16,
118
,
148
,
172
,
217
,
368

Paterno defended by,
343

Harris, Jennifer,
189

Harris, Pete,
172

Harrisburg, Pa.,
111
,
128
,
163
,
201
–2,
325

Paterno memorial in,
26

Harrisburg
Patriot-News,
293
–94,
326
,
329
–30

Hartings, Jeff,
228

Harvard University,
47

hatred,
2
,
6
,
7
,
147

Hayes, Woody,
88
,
109
,
110
,
118
,
143
,
191
,
288

Hayman, Gary,
149
–50

Heisman Trophy,
68
,
152
,
153
–54,
164
,
173
,
195
,
199
,
228
,
289

Hemingway, Ernest,
5
,
38
,
242
,
245
,
293

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