{"id":3281,"date":"2008-05-21T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/05\/dave-jones-talks-to-graham-spanier.html"},"modified":"2008-05-21T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-21T16:30:00","slug":"dave-jones-talks-to-graham-spanier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2008\/05\/dave-jones-talks-to-graham-spanier\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Jones talks to Graham Spanier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can it be true? <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">David Jones<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Graham Spanier<\/span>, two people <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">beloved<\/span> by Penn State football fans, spent some time talking to each other, leading to three articles.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/pennstate\/patriotnews\/index.ssf?\/base\/sports\/1211063109113500.xml&#038;coll=1\"><b>Spanier faces familiar dilemma<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Patriot-News<\/i><br \/>While at Nebraska, Spanier dealt with a transitioning athletic department. He did it his way, not the legendary head coach&#8217;s way.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/news\/patriotnews\/index.ssf?\/base\/news\/1211205303128200.xml&#038;coll=1\"><b>At last, Spanier talks of Paterno and the future<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Patriot-News<\/i><br \/>Spanier&#8217;s take on the legendary late 2004 meeting between him, <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Tim Curley<\/span> and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Joe Paterno<\/span>. His story is different than the one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/12\/spanky-curley-asked-joepa-to-quit-last.html\"><span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">that new Nats beat-writer Chico Harlan broke in 2005<\/span><\/a>. Also, don&#8217;t expect the next Penn State coach to get a huge payday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"post-article-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/entertainment\/patriotnews\/index.ssf?\/base\/entertainment\/1210959617205300.xml&#038;coll=1\"><b>Late dad inspired PSU&#8217;s Graham Spanier<\/b><\/a> &#8211; <i>Patriot-News<\/i><br \/>Spanier sees similarities between his and <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">Joe Paterno<\/span>&#8216;s upbringing. I think the former had it rougher than the latter though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/graphics\/technorati.gif\" border=\"0\">  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/PennState\" rel=\"tag\">Penn State<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/NittanyLions\" rel=\"tag\">Nittany Lions<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/JoePaterno\" rel=\"tag\">Joe Paterno<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/GrahamSpanier\" rel=\"tag\">Graham Spanier<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">&copy;MMX William F. Yurasko<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can it be true? David Jones and Graham Spanier, two people beloved by Penn State football fans, spent some time talking to each other, leading to three articles. Spanier faces familiar dilemma &#8211; Patriot-NewsWhile at Nebraska, Spanier dealt with a transitioning athletic department. 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