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It’s Friday night, it’s the holiday season and time to celebrate on your birthday.
If you’re Joe Paterno, who turns 81 today, it’s time to study a little film and work on getting his Penn State football team ready for its upcoming bowl game against Texas A&M.
Hugh Hefner, Mel Brooks and Leslie Nielsen, to name three party animals who turned 81 earlier this year, probably had a little more planned on the big day.
But when you’ve been the head man for 42 years, and have no plans of giving up your authority, every game counts. For his part, Joe Pa sounds content worrying about football and not thinking about retirement.
“Hopefully, I’m not going to be a crotchety old man, and you know, not handle it,” Paterno said when asked about his coaching future last week at a news conference. “When it’s time to go, go, right? … I just feel so good right now.”
