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September 2010, Sports Facilities

Penn State Game Atmosphere Second to None

Sun, Sep 19, 2010

The Philadelphia Inquirer writes that during Joe Paterno's 60 years at Penn State the town has grown from a cow town into arguably the best college town in the country, especially on game day.

"It was a cemetery," recalled Joe Paterno, who came in 1950 as a 23-year-old assistant to Penn State football coach Rip Engle. "You couldn't get a drink. And the only place you could buy a plate of spaghetti was a place called the Tavern. It cost a buck, and they had celery in the sauce!" To read more, click here.


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