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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Joe Paterno will not give you his vote
Joe Paterno’s Penn State football team is ranked third in the country heading into the weekend’s prime time game against Ohio State in Columbus.
But not because Paterno voted for them.
The 81-year-old coach, who has been vocal in his belief that a playoff is best for big-time college football, no longer votes in the coaches poll.
“They told me you had to vote according to BCS, I forget what restrictions, I said I’m not gonna do that,” Paterno said. “I’m not gonna vote for somebody I don’t think belongs to be No. 1. So, they asked me not to vote anymore.”
Instead, Paterno is coaching his Nittany Lions toward a possible spot in the BCS Championship Game. Penn State has rolled over opponents with the Big Ten’s best offense and its traditionally strong defense and enters Ohio Stadium for what could be the deciding game of the Big Ten Conference.
Even if Penn State reaches that championship game (plenty of football to play, I know), and even if it wins, Paterno might not be quite as giddy as other coaches. He has been stung before with teams he thought should have been the country’s best.
“I thought our ‘69 and our ‘94 teams were two of the best teams to ever play college football,” he said. Neither, though, was awarded the national title.
“That’s why I’ve always been for a playoff,” he said.
Not that he gets a vote.
