Publisher's Synopsis
This book is written for those of us who love Penn State Football. Those of us who enjoy the teams coming out every week in the fall know that it was because seventeen PSU coaches and many great players over the years brought us all the victories and the excitement. We know how they did it--discipline, conditioning and an honor in winning. PSU was never a losing is OK team. Look at the record. The Nitany Lions have a winning way. PSU fans need this book on their bookshelves. The book first tells the story about Penn States pilot football game in 1881 to the founding of Penn State football in 1887 and then their first football game with a real coach who was paid by the college in 1992. As we rapidly move through the football ages, we meet the great immortal Penn State players by working through the seasons with their great coaches-- Hugo Bezdek, Bob Higgins, Rip Engle, and Joe Paterno. We find another great coach at the end of the journey, not yet an immortal. Coach James Franklin seems to be on the right path for the future. In this book, I tell lots of great stories about lots of great players in Penn State Football. It takes the reader through stories about Penn State's teams through the 17 coaches over the years. There are 130 seasons worth of great games (1280 games) played by the best football players in the nation for Penn State. The book stops frequently in time and tells a stale about a great player such as John Cappelletti, Franco Harris, Chuck Fusina, Jack Ham, Jimmy Cefalo, Todd Blackledge, Lydell Mitchell, Paul Posluszny, LaVar Arrington, Franco Harris, Curt Warner, Kerry Collins, and many others. You will not be able to put this book down.
