Jay Paterno
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At This Critical Time, We Must Choose Humanity over Intolerance
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Outside my window snow is falling peacefully, while elsewhere in the world falling bombs deliver payloads of destruction. And yet the forces of division that have driven men to bomb […]
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Algorithms Can’t Match the Record Store Experience
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Last week I was listening to some random music and a lesser-known Lyle Lovett song “Record Lady” came on. It had been a while since I’d heard that song, and […]
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Another Season Passes
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For most of my life, one of the two or three worst days of the year was January 2. As a kid it wasn’t an aversion to going back to […]
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Writing the Leads of Our Life Stories
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For some reason on Sunday, I clicked onto a seemingly obscure article in the New York Times about a writer’s retreat in Tuscany. Maybe it’s because I’m in what can […]
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Lessons to Be Learned for Universities as College Football Prepares for More Financial Change
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In these first days of December, deer in my backyard and the neighbor’s yard are feasting on discarded pumpkins after the days October and November, the key months for college […]
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The Lonely Moment of the Home Football Season’s End
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Shortly after the final whistle sounds for the final game in late November, the exodus begins. Fans walk out of the gates, senior football players gather on the field for […]
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Looking Back at College Football’s Past Helps to Understand Its Future
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“If you know your history, then you would know where you’re coming from.” –Bob Marley, “Buffalo Soldier” As big-time college football enters its biggest month at a time of massive […]
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Sign Stealing Is a Long-Time Practice Across College Football
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As a graduate assistant coach at the University of Virginia in 1992, I was watching a Florida State game a few weeks before we would be playing them. As FSU’s […]
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A Sermon for the Faithful This Homecoming Weekend
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Author’s note: Much of this was written before Penn State Homecoming in 2016, a Big Ten Championship season for the Nittany Lion football team (foreshadowing for 2023 perhaps?). But much […]
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Deion Sanders Understands This Era of College Football Better Than Most
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The sound of gloating this past Saturday was the only thing drowning out the thuds of those jumping off the Colorado/Coach Prime bandwagon as the Oregon Ducks ran roughshod over […]