Joe Pa Wins No. 400

Take note. Joe Paterno, the head football coach at Penn State, has just won his 400th game. He's the first coach in major college football history to do that. What that means is Division 1 football.

Here's what you can chat up:

> His team had to come from behind to win. They were down 21 - 0 in the first half.

> He's 83 years old.

> He's been head coach for 44 seasons.

> He's donated millions to the University.

> He's passed the big names: Bear Bryant of Alabama, Bobby Bowden of Florida State.

> Talk about how he HASN'T passed Eddie Robinson of Grambling. (He is, however, only 9 wins away.)

> He's affectionately known as Joe Pa, which is correctly pronounced Joe-puh, as in Puh-terno.

> Most folks think he IS Penn State.

> Most years, when he loses more than 2 games, people start calling for his head. But not today. Today, Joe Paterno is the Lion King.

Chat it up and hail the Lion King.