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Jay Paterno asked Ohio State's Urban Meyer for coaching job

Jay Paterno wrote Urban Meyer to ask for a job on Ohio State's coaching staff, according to court documents released Monday in the Paterno family's suit against the NCAA.

Two days before Christmas, former Penn State quarterbacks coach Jay Paterno wrote Urban Meyer a handwritten note. Paterno wished the Ohio State coach a merry Christmas, congratulated him on his team's success, and then inquired about job openings on the coaching staff of one of Penn State's biggest rivals, according to court documents released Monday.