Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno strongly considered coaching at USC

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By Matt Zemek, Trojans Wire: Before USC begins training camp, we’re continuing to offer some remembrances of Trojans football history. Did you know that Joe Paterno seriously thought about coaching at USC? I didn’t, until this past week.

We’ve been talking to our friends at @NittanyLionWire about the paths USC and Penn State followed in the 1970s, which were very similar but never led to a meeting between the two teams in that decade — not until the 1982 Fiesta Bowl.

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True story: Joe Paterno strongly considered coaching at USC

If you had never heard this story about Joe Paterno nearly coaching at USC, don’t worry — Trojans Wire hadn’t heard it, either. It’s truly stunning.

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