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INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Dropping the Ball

Injudicious Jurevicius

by Ivan Maisel

Posted: Wed December 24, 1997

Last summer, while sweating out whether senior wide receiver Joe Jurevicius, a human development and family studies major, would attain the grades necessary to be eligible for the 1997 season, Penn State coach Joe Paterno said, "My problem with Joe is, he's got to go to class. He's a good kid. You've basically got to have a baseball bat and beat him on the head. I've tried to impress upon him that he has an obligation to the whole team." Obviously, Paterno failed. Or, more accurately, Jurevicius failed. After bringing his grades up in summer school, he let them slip again this fall, and last week Paterno decided not to take Jurevicius to the Florida Citrus Bowl for the Nittany Lions' matchup with Florida, even though Jurevicius had not yet been declared ineligible. It's a big loss, especially to quarterback Mike McQueary, who usually looked to Jurevicius (39 receptions for 817 yards and 10 touchdowns) in the clutch.

Joe Jurevicius

Issue date: December 29, 1997

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