tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140012246828551816.post4142854602936229732..comments2023-06-14T05:38:26.665-04:00Comments on View From The Stands-Penn State Football: Penn State Football: Welcome, Bill O'Brien, from a Fellow BostonianCarolyn Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03618998313704070525noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140012246828551816.post-72228742600377908122012-01-08T16:46:08.703-05:002012-01-08T16:46:08.703-05:00Thanks for that perspective, and for a great quote...Thanks for that perspective, and for a great quote I can use in class tomorrow! And gosh, his wife's name is Colleen. How Irish can you get!Carolyn Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03618998313704070525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7140012246828551816.post-44900528629207349292012-01-08T15:03:10.352-05:002012-01-08T15:03:10.352-05:00Nicely done, Carolyn. When Rip and Joe came to Pen...Nicely done, Carolyn. When Rip and Joe came to Penn State, they were as outside as outsiders could be. As different as State College is from Boston, it's even further removed from Brooklyn. It took years for the young, brash, Italian boy to win over the small town central Pennsylvanians and, truth be told, some never were won over (check out the CDT coverage over the years when Ron Bracken was sports editor). Of course, Joe had the advantage of being Rip's assistant for 16 years and was shielded from the politics of Old Main and the donors by a man who was tough as nails. Bear Bryant and Ben Scharzwalder and Woody Hayes were all taken to the woodshed and schooled by Rip. Bill O'Brien will have to earn his respect the hard way -- on the field and in the locker room and in front of the television cameras. Let's wish him the luck o' the Irish and hope he leaves the Blarney back in Boston.gershon64https://www.blogger.com/profile/00815519777625940842noreply@blogger.com