One shouldn't accept  Wikipedia as a reliable resource.

Bowden did not offer to have the wvu players where Marshall uniforms and play the game tOhio. He had a game scheduled for that weekend. He did paint green crosses on the helmets (without MU on the  crosses as stated in the same Wiki entry). Bob was offered the MU job and didn't accept it before the crash and thus spared himself on being on the plane. He did teach the new MU coach his offense after the crash.

This post reminds me of a story that's been going through my head ever since the Sandusky-gate scandal first broke.  The only problem with relating this story is that I can't remember precisely who told it to me, but it was someone who had an insider's viewpoint on college football.  Given the general time frame in which I heard this story, I believe it was someone at Ohio State who told me.  After all that buildup, the story is shorter than the build up: At meetings of groups like the ACFA, a collegiate football coaches association, the table where Woody Hayes would sit down for lunch would always fill up last, because he was considered a bore, whereas the table that JoePa sat down at would fill up first because he was a much more interesting conversationalist.  In retrospect, I'd have to say those who sat down and talked with Woody at least weren't talking to a hypocrite.  For years, the mental picture that this story imprinted in my mind colored my view of Paterno. Now, the perspective suddenly seems to be reversed.  My mind is still wrestling with the dissonance.  

By most accounts, off the football field, Woody was one of the most cordial head coaches in college football.  Also, he was one of the few coaches (in modern times) to teach classes other than those related to sports...I believe he taught history, especially relating to the histories of WW1 and WW2, and his classes were well attended.