He has earned the respect of College Football a long time ago. He will always have it. State College should be proud.
It is an interesting look into why Joe is much more than a football coach.
Joe is a likable guy. Also one of the great football coaches.
The one mark against him and it might not be his doing but Beano Cook pointed out several years ago that Penn State used to quite literally have refs cheat for them. That is such a radical statement I was surprised he said it on national TV.
He showed a particular play in which an Alabama receiver caught a game winning TD pass. The ref ruled him out of bounds and he must have been six feet inside the line.
It turned out the ref who made that call had a Son playing For Penn State.