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Smiling Paterno chides Flutie as each join Hall class of '08

Associated Press

Saturday, July 19, 2008

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Penn State coach Joe Paterno helped a lot of players make it into the College Football Hall of Fame. He counts former Boston College quarterback Doug Flutie among them. "We made Flutie. I told him that 10 times," Paterno said Saturday evening at a news conference before the pair and 18 others were enshrined. "He came to our place and nobody knew who he was and he ended up throwing for 400 yards. "But we beat 'em," Paterno added with a smile. Flutie got a chuckle out of it, ...

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