By Al Lesar
Tribune Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND — To hear Joe Paterno tell the story, Doug Flutie was just an anonymous, little quarterback at football patsy Boston College before he played against Penn State.
Seven games (5-1-1) into his first year as the Eagles’ starting quarterback as a sophomore in 1982, Flutie matched his skills against Paterno’s defense.
“I threw for over 500-something (yards) in the first three quarters and we got beat, 52-17,” Flutie said Saturday while in town for the College Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement ceremonies.
“We made Flutie,” Paterno said, flashing his wry smile. “Nobody knew who he was until he played us.”
“(Paterno) does the whole set up of, ‘Yeah, we made Doug Flutie’,” Flutie said, speaking for the Penn State coach. “Then he says, ‘Doug, what was the score of that game?’”
Scores don’t define Flutie’s improbable career. Neither does “The Play”.
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