Temple Paying A Bit More Than Penn State Per Win

Hey, there’s something I missed last week (or, worse, read about and then missed): Temple coach Al Golden makes more than Joe Paterno. Joe Pa has also donated millions to the school, so his salary doesn’t really mean anything.

Paterno makes $512,664; Golden makes $575,000.

Golden makes more than JoePa [Broad & Cecil]

Old Man Breaks Brittle Bones

Saturday, in a 13-3 loss at Wisconsin, 79-year-old Penn State coach Joe Paterno broke his left leg and suffered knee ligament damage after being hit on the sideline. Before you write your state legislator and have him write a law banning 80-year-olds from football sidelines, fear not: Joe Pa is okay.

He had surgery this morning at Mount Nittany Medical Center to repair the two knee ligaments and set his broken shin bone. And he’s going to coach against Temple (ho, ho) on Saturday.

What does all of this mean? He’s okay; you’re allowed to laugh at him getting crashed into on the sidelines now. We are!

Paterno Undergoes Surgery [AP/6 ABC]

Quickies: Run and hit, hit and run

• Only in Mayfair: An argument between a husband and wife turns into a fatal shooting of the husband outside of a day care center. [CBS 3]

• You know, if you’re doing to do a hit-and-run accident, it’s probably best to not hit the mayor of the town you’re driving in (Wilmington) when you do it. [KYW 1060]

• 367-year-old Joe Paterno coaches in a bowl game tonight against 362-year-old Bobby Bowden. There’s nothing to say but “We are! Penn State!” [Inky]

• This article about why USC is overrated is all well and good, but did the author really need pile on 0-11 Temple? “[O]ne could use this method to prove that the 2005 Temple Owls were the greatest team of all time. Fielding H. Yost’s 1901 Michigan team trampled opponents by a cumulative score of 550-0. But, hey, the forward pass wasn’t legal then, and those guys didn’t even wear helmets. The concussions alone would make this a huge Temple blowout.” [Slate]