149:"My first real contact with Jerry Sandusky came from a rather odd question he posed to me: 'How much do you weigh, young man?' I was puzzled, because I knew he wasn't interested in me as a linebacker, but I told him I weighed about 95 pounds. 'Get up on that scale,' he ordered. I did and the locker room scale topped out at 96. 'Not bad,' Jerry said, trying to sound as mean as possible, 'but you still have some work to do.' Sensing my confusion, Jerry stared at me and continued. 'We gotta get you up to 100 pounds before you're ready to fight me.' Fight him? I barely knew him. 'When you get to 100 pounds, it's gonna be you and me in the center of the locker room in a boxing match. Then I'll show you who the real boss is. It'll be you and me eyeball-to-belly button.'"
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received national media attention in
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from 1976 to 1982, wrote the foreword to the book. In it, Vermeil wrote, "This book will be a special read for anyone who respects people who are unselfish and give a little piece of themselves to everyone with whom they come in contact. I think Jerry can best be described by saying he could very
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does well is to let the reader see college football through an assistant coach's eyes. There are stories about recruiting trips, film exchanges, coaching from the press box, and working together as a member of the staff. For anyone who ever wondered just what life was like for an assistant coach,
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Richeal weighed in at 101 pounds during his senior year at Penn State, he and Sandusky met for a mock boxing match in the Penn State locker room. When Richeal knocked Sandusky down with "a swift (and well-rehearsed) right hook," the players, who had gathered to watch, cheered for Richeal.
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Sandusky and
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kept him around all those years was for comic relief and to have someone to yell at." Aurand concludes with an observation that the book "tells the story of a truly caring human being, whether it was for his players or country's children."
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have been touched by so many people in my lifetime, and how I hope I can add a little touch to others' lives as well."
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