I want (the players) to have enough respect for Ohio State to realize that we are playing one of the best football teams we have ever played against, ... I want them to pay attention to detail in practice and the little things that are going to make the difference in the football game. ... Practice hard, practice well, and just go out there and have a little fun.
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I don't think Derrick is going to play, which is a big loss for us. Derrick is one of the better football players in America, one of the best athletes that I have ever coached. He could play, but the doctors will be concerned that he banged that elbow up again there maybe some nerve damage and it might affect his career. He's too good an athlete for us to take a chance like that.
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Those kinds of things all kind of pop into your head, and you try to rectify them by looking at it, making some changes and stressing certain things in practice, but there's no hard and fast rule to get it done.
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He is getting better all the time. I want to give him a lot of credit. He is a good, strong runner. He works awfully hard in practice. He can catch the ball. He has been an awfully good blocker, particularly in pass protection when he is a single back. I think right now he is really a good football player.
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Jim is one of the finest people I've ever known. He was a big brother and a father to me. Jim was one of those people you come across only once in a while. I will miss him very much.
Joe Paterno
Having said that, I just want to make sure everyone understands what it takes to win a football game whether a big game, a little game, a medium-sized game it takes a lot of little things that you've got to do well to win.
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