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The back-and-forth at their last meeting, another ESPN interview in 2008 which took place at Holuba Hall, was filled with much of the same. "I have to prepare!" At the end of the day, Sue sent me home with some delicious homemade cookies, and Joe made sure he shook hands with Beano and saw us out the door.

"Beano, we don’t play a Big East schedule," Joe retorted. "You’re going to win by two touchdowns.". "It’s Indiana, for crying out loud!" Beano yelled. "Sit down and bulls- for a minute, Joe," invited Beano. A few weeks later, while the crew was setting up in the living room of the Paterno home, Joe shuffled out from his study in his sweatpants and slippers to say hello. He said he wanted to sit down with Sue, not Joe, and ask her about her life as the wife of a famous coach, how’d they stayed together through the ups and downs and raised a big family, what the record meant to her - an outside-the-box approach.Īfter some badgering by Beano, the folks in Bristol acquiesced. Beano pointed out that the person who stole the show on national television after that game was Sue Paterno. A few months after retirement party, Joe broke Bear Bryant’s record for all-time wins, and ESPN wanted Beano to do a sit-down with Joe. I feel fortunate to have been present for both of their final face-to-face encounters. How Did the Relationship Between Beano Cook and Joe Paterno End?

Penn state football story movie#

Here, Lukacs shares a story involving Paterno, Cook and the movie Casablanca that underscores how the two really felt about each other. However, the last question of the interview deserved its own special mention. In a previous Q&A, Lukacs described that relationship, along with how Cook (a long-time Pitt publicist) viewed Penn State.