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3/8/10

Paterno Award to be given annually

Penn State coach Joe Paterno has won more games than any coach in FBS history. It seems only natural that a coaching award is named for him.

The Maxwell Club of Philadelphia will announce later Friday that the Joseph V. Paterno Award will be given annually to a head coach who "preserves the values that Dad has brought to the game," Scott Paterno said Friday.

The club created the Maxwell Award, its selection of the nation's outstanding college football player, in 1937, and added the Chuck Bednarik Award, given to the best defensive player, in 1995. The club will present the 2009 Maxwell to Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and the 2009 Bednarik to Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh at a dinner Friday night in Atlantic City.

The criteria for the Paterno Award, which are still being developed, will focus more on the overall impact the coach has had on the sport, his players and the community, going beyond the wins and losses of that particular season.

"It isn't all about the greater glorification of Joe," Scott Paterno said. When the club presented the idea to Joe Paterno, Scott said his reaction was, "Don't make me out to be a saint."

Morriss backs 'team building exercise'

COMMERCE, Texas -- Campus police say a college football coach in Texas is backing players who removed every campus newspaper because they contained an article about teammates getting arrested on drug charges.

Former Kentucky and Baylor head man Guy Morriss is the coach at Texas A&M-Commerce, where an incident report filed by university police says he told officers he was proud of his players.

"I'm proud of my players for doing that," he said. "This was the best team building exercise we have ever done."

Morris did not stop there. When asked about the The East Texan newspaper, he panned "I don't read that crap."

Morris, who led the Lions to a 5-5 record last year, wasn't the only one to offer comment.

"I don't think they are smart enough to do this on their own," athletic director Carlton Cooper said early Wednesday of the incident.

No one has been arrested over the removal of 2,000 copies of paper on Feb. 25. Editor James Bright estimated the loss at about $1,100.

Campus police are investigating, school spokesman Randy Jolly said.

Morriss has been disciplined, but Jolly declined to discuss details. Also disciplined are the "football players involved in the East Texan thefts," school officials said in a statement.

Copies of the weekly newspaper, which is distributed free around campus, disappeared the morning of Feb. 25, shortly after football practice let out, according to the incident report. The lead story was about the arrest of two football players on drug charges.

Surveillance video near one of the newspaper racks showed two football players hauling off all copies of the paper, police said.

A policy printed in the newspaper says the first copy is free, but each additional copy costs 25 cents.

Bright, a senior journalism major, said Morriss' reaction is "appalling."

"He is condoning criminal activity," Bright said. "And to me, that is unacceptable."

Katherine Brown dies at 82

AUSTIN, Texas -- The mother of Texas Longhorns football coach Mack Brown has died after battling pancreatic cancer.

University of Texas officials say Katherine Brown was 82 when she died Sunday in Cookeville, Tenn.