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Article: Penn State comes full circle.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 10, 2002
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PHILADELPHIA _ After the Michigan game last year, the Penn State football program appeared to be in disarray. The Nittany Lions had lost, 20-0, to the Wolverines at Beaver Stadium, their first home shutout in 216 games or one year before Joe Paterno became head coach.
Penn State was 0-4. Its offense could not score. Its defense was performing a holding action, its finger stuck in a dike with far too many leaks. The Lions had lost 14 of 20 games.
Paterno was still two wins from Bear Bryant's Division I-A record for victories. Some wondered out loud if Penn State was going to win a game all year. Many wondered if it was not time for Paterno to step down.
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