Mizzou Coach Defends Paterno Legacy

CREATED Jul. 18, 2012

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   HOOVER, Ala.  (AP) -  Missouri coach Gary Pinkel says he thinks it's wrong to place sole blame for the Penn State tragedy on former head football coach Joe Paterno.  Talking with reporters at Southeastern Conference  Media Days,  Pinkel was quoted as saying,  "you can't take away from the greatness of this man.  He was a great man,  and you can't, however you analyze this,  all of a sudden erase all this guy's done. You can't do that.  Nobody can do that."