Joe Paterno's 400th Win Necktie Being Auctioned by WPSU

Are you a Penn State fan that loves Penn State memorabilia?  Do you collect one of a kind Penn State items that are especially meaningful to you?

Or maybe you love Public Broadcasting at Penn State and want to support them in a unique way.

Or maybe you just think that having a special memento of Joe Paterno's 400th win - the necktie he wore that day - is worth something to you.

In any case, check out the items that are up for auction online as part of Penn State Public Broadcasting's 19th Annual  Connoisseur's Dinner and Auction at the Nittany Lion Inn in University Park, PA:
 
http://wpsu.org/events/conndinner2011_auction

This is the same site that auctioned off JoePa's iconic eyeglasses last year.

Have fun with this.  Certainly it's a great cause that provides a lot of good programming.

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Penn State Football: 400th Win for Coach Joe Paterno Makes for A Special Night

Probably the most impressive thing about last night's 35-21 win against a feisty Northwestern football team was not the game itself, but the fact that the crowd at Beaver Stadium didn't leave. 

It's not that the game wasn't exciting - more on that later.  But at Beaver Stadium, there is a routine that is consistent at the end of a game no matter what the score. 

My husband Terry refers to this routine as the 3rd quarter crowd, the 8 minute crowd, and the 5 minute crowd.  These are the people who exit the game before its end, often to our genuine amazement even when the game is too close to call.