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Paterno in '09 isn't a question … he's earned a new deal

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Monday, October 13, 2008

Penn State president Graham Spanier has a commercial pilot's license, has run with the bulls at Pamplona and, here's a new one, is an actual magician. The magic thing makes sense if you believe that Spanier or certain Penn State board of trustees members want to make Joe Paterno disappear. Now you see JoePa … and in 2009, now you don't? Spanier, perceived as no huge ally of the legendary Penn State coach, remains an X factor, but so does Paterno himself. In Paterno's business -- and make ...

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