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Joe Paterno is gravely ill and family members have been summoned to the hospital to say their final goodbyes, according to multiple reports including Blue White Illustrated's Tom McAndrew, Wilkes-Barre's Citizens-Voice, and others across the state. Earlier tonight, Onward State reported that Paterno was taken off a respirator (this is also being denied as of 9:45 Saturday night).
Michael Sisak of the Citizens-Voice had this information:
Paterno's wife, Sue, summoned close friends and longtime staff members this afternoon to the State College hospital where Paterno has been undergoing treatments since last weekend.
Paterno wanted to see them and say a final goodbye, Sue told one of the staff members, the source said.
Also, the Associated Press reports that Paterno's doctors have "characterized his status as serious" and quotes Paterno public relations point man Dan McGinn: "Over the last few days Joe Paterno has experienced further health complications."
Obviously, this is beyond a delicate subject, especially here. More updates as they become available.
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Thank you Joe.
rugbyrowe - January 21, 2012
It's remarkable how correct Joe was
That he feared for his health if he ever stepped down from the job.
bibigon - January 21, 2012
Can't say we didn't see this coming. Bear Bryant died shortly after retiring as well. It's like football was the only thing that kept them hanging on.
God Bless you, Joe Pa.
burmbuster - January 21, 2012
I think we should be realistic.
This is a sad sad day. But I don’t think not coaching killed Joe. I mean, I don’t think he developed lung cancer in one week. It just manifested itself and hit all at once.
As for Bear Bryant, Bryant coached before the internet era, before ESPFuckingN was what it is now, etc. Bryant’s coaching career probably ended right about the time where there was still a little respect for an icons private life. I remember reading that Bryant may have actually been sick before he retired, and that it wasn’t retirement that killed him.
In any event, this is truly a sad day for Nittany Nation. I was talking to my cousin and he said if Joe is interred in Brooklyn and they drive the body there as opposed to flying, the highways should be lined for the procession. He said he’d call off work. I will too if I have to.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
those of us
south of there will have to hike up
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
Yes, Coach Bryant was sick before he retired. But that's not why he retired. I just believe that coaches like the Bear and Joe Pa live for what they do.
Joe Pa was the last of the greats to stick with his university instead of skipping around from paycheck to paycheck.
burmbuster - January 21, 2012
You're dead on right about that!!!
This was never about money for Joe. That’s what made him the man he is, and not some opportunistic whore.
He stayed long enough to put down roots and make a difference, just like his father wanted him to do. Joe’s dad can definitely rest in peace knowing his son made a difference.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
Totally agree, and thanks for saying it.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
God bless you and yours, Coach.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
God Bless you JoePa
You are and always will be Penn State. Thank you for all you have done for our “cow college”
PSU_sincebirth - January 21, 2012
Said this in the FanPost, but wanted to say it here...
… Bulldog Nation is praying for Joe, his family, and for the entire Penn State family.
vineyarddawg - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Dawg.
I know we all appreciate the thoughts and support.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you, good sir.
Peter Gray - January 21, 2012
Thanks
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Truly appreciated
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
It's good to see fellow SEC folks
posting these good thoughts
aurabass - January 21, 2012
aurabass
thanks for helping to educate the people out there that want to drink PSU and JoePa’s blood. Has helped a lot of us get through these last few difficult months.
I will always have some orange in me now for your kindness.
Thanks
TJM5054 - January 21, 2012
Thanks
TJM5054 - January 21, 2012
Thank you.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
God Bless you JoePa...you are and always will be a great Man!
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Best wishes to you, Joe.
Terribly sad news.
psume06 - January 21, 2012
Thank you Joepa
The last few months do not define you. You were the best coach ever – of football and more importantly, life. Thank you for everything.
To all the trustees and arm chair moralists in the media: Screw you!!
asn121 - January 21, 2012
We all hope Joe will be around a long time
We also know how fragile life is. I just pray that when God takes him, it is in peace and surrounded by those he loves.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
God bless you Joe
I am crying now..
mook1525 - January 21, 2012
God bless Joe
JIMPSU - January 21, 2012
Coach Paterno
You and your family are in my prayers.
ljdevine - January 21, 2012
Completely devastated.
The two men I admired most in my life, with all their faults. My grandfather, 82. in a nursing home, who doesn’t know my name. My adopted grandfather JoePa, who spent his last days shamed for one misstep. I couldn’t be more heartbroken than I am right now. I spent a lot of time with three of his grandchildren in college. I am praying for them right now.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
God Bless Joe and his family
My thoughts and prayers go out to Joe and Sue, the last few months must have been just as hard if not worse for her :(
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
Hang tough Coach!
The Nittany Nation loves you!
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
This is so unfair
This isn’t how his remarkable life should have ended. He deserved so much better. This is so tragically unfair. Peace be with you, Joe. Thank you for everything you did for our university.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
It doesn't have to be unfair
It will only be unfair if we let the past 2 months define him. I refuse to do that.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
^ This 10000000000000000000 times
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
You are more right than I can express.
Succss With Honor Always - January 21, 2012 via mobile
I seriously
cannot rec that enough. God bless you sir.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
Yes, but
This isn’t fair, but Joe and his family have the strength to handle it. The whole Nittany Lion Nation has the strength to endure it.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
It's amazing how quickly things can change
A few short months ago I could have never, in my worst nightmares, have thought that all this could happen so quickly.
NewJackCity - January 21, 2012
God Bless you and your family Coach.
We all love you and know what you are all about, thank you for teaching us how to be better men, women, and people.
PSU_Brian - January 21, 2012
Thank you, Joe, for all you have done for Penn State.
And the student athl;etes you have molded into men.
NittanyNutz2 - January 21, 2012
+1000
Gopher Broke - January 21, 2012
Thank you Joe
For everything. If I can be half the man you are, I will have led a full life.
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
+infinity times 2
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
God bless you soon will be in peace.
You are in our prayers. No one could do it better and you will be remembered for all the good things.
YOU ARE….PENN STATE & WE THANK YOU FOR IT
bluebellgolfer - January 21, 2012
Thanks for all the great memories. God bless you.
PaJoe - January 21, 2012 via mobile
I'm not ready for this.
I don’t think I’ll ever be ready. Thank you JoePa. God bless you and your family, and all of Nittany Nation. Our gratitude is immeasurable, and I promise to always make you proud. Fight on State.
Succss With Honor Always - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Id like to think I speak for the entire Bama Nation by saying
peace be with your Coach Paterno. We hope for the best. You have been an inspiration to many. Your loyalty, a thing of litle consequence to many in todays big money sports scene, is matched by no man. You are one of a kind and you will be missed.
My Dad is currently very ill as well, so Im hoping for the best for both Joe and my Pops.
Tidee Whitee - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Tidee Whitee.
Prayers for your Dad, too.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
It's good to see SEC people
posting these good wishes
aurabass - January 21, 2012
God bless your father, your family as well as Joe and his Family
Thanks for stopping by. Isnt it odd that Bear died in a similar way right after leaving football (not with the massive scandal for bear), and Alabama won the MNC this year.
Bear and JoePa are going to form a hell of a team in heaven
TJM5054 - January 21, 2012
i like to think they will bicker about football
In that loveable, grumpy old man way. Then they will drink a shot and hug.
letsgopsu - January 22, 2012 via mobile
All is not lost
Serious is the second worst condition, so this is REALLY BAD NEWS, but not necessarily the worst news.
Stopping chemo treatments due to complications is not unusual either.
I’m not giving up hope.
WFY - January 21, 2012
A positive spin. We need that.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
Go with God, Joe.
But I can’t say I’m surprised, the cancer he has sounds exactly like what my dad had. In the year he died, we have a picture of him visiting Washington D.C. in August, he was diagnosed with “pnuemonia” (sp?) in early September, diagnosed with lung cancer in late September, and died in mid-November.
Joe 96alum - January 21, 2012
Joe did great things on Earth and will do even greater things in Heaven
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Men die. Legends live on.
God bless, Coach Paterno. You’re more loved than you’ll ever know.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Amen
BlueWhiteLife - January 21, 2012
You will have to excuse my lack of photoshop skills
This is the best I could do
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Heroes don't have to be perfect.
And legends never die, so long as we carry on in their stead.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
My prayers are with Joe and the whole Pateno family
I just hope that when the end comes, it is peaceful and that he is surrounded by those he loves.
nickrapak - January 21, 2012
I'm not giving up hope
The WB paper has led us astray before.
But it sounds very bad and I’m preparing for the worst.
Thank You Joe!!!
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
God Bless You Joe
The biggest hero and influence on my life outside of my family….the past two months WILL NOT DEFINE HOW I REMEMBER
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
God Bless.
This too will be done with dignity.
cwarner28 - January 21, 2012
So, uhhh, yea...
Just got here from the ESPN post, there is some serious hate getting thrown around in the comment section.
View from the Booth - January 21, 2012
Just ignore the haters, View.
We will all have to account for our words and deeds someday. God will not be happy . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Fuck 'em.
Fuck all of ‘em. They’ll get theirs in the end.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
+1000000000000
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
You couldn't pay me to go there
I can only imagine the things being said there.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
I wish I could find all of those losers who post on ESPN
And take them down like in the end of Jay & Silent Bob, but I’ll just ignore them.
I think most of them are around 14 years-old. A lot are obviously flat-out racist.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
I hope they all get taken out like this...
View from the Booth - January 21, 2012
O'doyle rules
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
We can start "bananna pellin" them all
Or we can be be proud of how Joepa lifted us up. I for one will be staying on this board and this board only as I watch the 82 sugar bowl and drink a couple of bottles of wine. I will always rember Coach like this.
PSU_sincebirth - January 21, 2012
There is a real lack of compassion in there.
Actually kind of unbelievable.
View from the Booth - January 21, 2012
Joe accomplishes more by stepping out the door
Than all their mindless rants combined. Pay them no heed.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
lol ESPN commenters
Peter Gray - January 21, 2012
Thoughts and prayers from Purdue
I was fortunate to see this year’s game in Happy Valley before everything blew up. It was one of the most pleasant experiences of my sports life. JoePa is a legend that deserved a better end.
BoilerTMill - January 21, 2012 via Android app
Thanks, Boiler!
Appreciate your kindness.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Thanks for the support
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
It is great to see the support around the nation.
UGA, Bama and Purdue all offering their support.
Thanks guys!
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
God Bless Joe and his family.
Words escape what an impact this man has had on so many lives, including mine.
jbolt1971 - January 21, 2012
We Are...eternally grateful, Coach
I hope and pray that he rebounds from this, but no matter what, I hope that Joe Paterno knows just how many of us have been influenced by this truly great man. I know it has been said by many, but outside of my father, JVP is my hero and although I’ve never spoken to him, he has shaped my beliefs and actions more than any non-Penn Stater could ever conceive.
I’m not ready to lose you, Coach. The world isn’t ready to lose you. But God bless you, your family, and your Penn State family tonight. We love you, Joe.
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
We ll said
JVP has taught me Success with HONOR.
It’s now up to (PSU family) to right this and DEMONSTRATE what he instilled in us all!!
Because of JVP, WE ARE…
Batwing - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Penn State!
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
We're praying for you, JoePa!
tadhg - January 21, 2012
This is about Joe Paterno
Anyone anywhere who makes this about about anything other than Joe Paterno is revealing the kind of human debris they apparently are.
Jitterbug - January 21, 2012
It's sad how much human debris is on the net
no way to keep up with the obvious ignorance out there
It’s depressing to see how many assholes are willing to show their rear ends
when they have nothing in their lives that compares with the great Joe Paterno
The media is responsible in many ways but posting this kind of crap at this news is beyond disgusting.
I am angry and depressed at the depth of human depravity.
And sad for Joe and the PSU family for having to suffer that kind of raw hatred even when ignored.
aurabass - January 21, 2012
It's just indicative of this debased society.
When people can post things without even using their real name it makes it real easy for people to be tough guys.
This whole affair has been personal for me from another front. There are people where I work who don’t like me, and have said numerous things about me when I’m not around, but don’t have the guts to say anything directly to me when I’m right in front of them. Just like the BoT firing Joe. They couldn’t even look at him face to face and give Joe a chance to defend himself or answer questions.
This country is full of nothing but selfish, gutless cowards. If this is the end for Joe, it is tragic also in that there is one less person in the world who actually do what’s right, regardless of the consequences.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
Rec'd
And im with you
I fear for our nation
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
What this teaches us
is we all must be leaders, all the time. If we’re inspired by the Joe Paternos, it’s incumbent on us to so inspire others in his mold, if not his name, to guide the small slice of society we influence in his vision. Yes there are miriad bad influences that make us fear for the future, but there are far more strong families that form our national foundation than those capturing headlines and stealing our faith. We can vindicate this man who has taught so much and been sullied by a vocal few by teaching others who, and what, he is, and was. We’ll be fine, in large part because of the Joe Paternos of the world, but I’m not ready to say goodbye, who could ever be?
PSUMarine78 - January 21, 2012
I have come to the conclusion
that leadership is more precious than gold or diamonds, and 100x rarer. That said, JVP has offered us a positive example for decades.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Love ya Joe.
Thank you for all you’ve done. You made Penn State an amazing place. You’ll live on for Penn Stater’s for eternity.
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
Fight on Joe
Do not go gentle into that good night
ATLion - January 21, 2012
Beat me to it
and said it better than I would have. Captures my sentiments precisely.
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
God bless.
The last 4+ months have been very hard for me.
First my wife has had medical issues beginning in October culminating with surgery last week. Things are looking good on that front, still a lot of recovery left. My wife is clearly more important than my alma mater (shes a Western Mich Bronco) but it has been very difficult for me to display any emotion regarding our beloved Penn State and Joe, that is until tonight I finally lost it, while my wife was taking a nap.
This blog and board has been my PSU therapy through all this. As far as I know, I don’t personally know any you, but you’ve been my friends and support group. Thank you.
God bless you Coach, and your family.
dwlion - January 21, 2012
Thanks for sharing! I’m glad to hear your wife is recovering! Isn’t it funny the places you find comfort! I think we have all found some solace here.
belbijou - January 21, 2012
God bless you.
I pray it turns out for the best for your family.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
My prayers are with you and your wife.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
From Ben_Jones88
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
recruits are in there tonight getting the tour, a few have tweeted pictures from the luxury boxes
dwlion - January 21, 2012
Ah, guess that makes sense
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Dear God
Wherever Coach Paterno’s path leads, may you ease the way and, as we know you know the truth, may you ensure that the truth becomes known so that we all may become enlightened.
May God Bless Joe Paterno
ljdevine - January 21, 2012
Amen
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Ditto.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
Here here
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
AMEN
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Recruit @Stevenbench had a cool shot of the west stands and field covered in snow
dwlion - January 21, 2012
I don't speak for all of UT
Don’t think anyone but Pat does,
but I know that I and aurabass both hope Joe pulls through this, and if he unfortunately doesn’t, he’ll forever remain a legend in the eyes of at least two Vols.
falconnuke - January 21, 2012
Many thanks
ljdevine - January 21, 2012
you can speak for me falconnuke
and i hope our view is shared by many Volunteers
aurabass - January 21, 2012
JoePa -- thank you for everything you have done for the PSU family
Words can’t express what JoePa has meant to the PSU family. He has brought honor and integrity to college football – he has brought countless fond memories for my family and me. I still get chills reliving the Miami v. PSU 1987 Fiesta Bowl…I remember my family all crying and hugging each other afterwards, filled with PSU pride. Thank you for putting State College on the map. Thank you for producing real men who have become productive members of society, even after their football careers ended. You will always be the number one Penn Stater. I hope we can all emulate the values you have instilled in us. May you forever rest in peace.
ssd - January 21, 2012
I'm not ready for this.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
No one is
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Neither am I
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
sara ganim tweeting that students are shoveling snow from paterno statue
moosepsu - January 21, 2012 via Android app
Yep.
Link.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
this should become a tradition going forward that students shovel snow from JoePa's statue
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Keep JoePa looking good commitee
I wish I could either start that, or be apart of it.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
i dreamt...
that Joe would recover, sandusky would go through his trial and off to jail, the 2012 season would play out w/o much fanfare off the field and 2013 would kick off with the renaming of the field and he would be there for a last wave to 110k.
hope is not lost but this is an emotional evening.
Joe will always live on
god bless the Paternos
424E. - January 21, 2012
I've had that same dream.
It doesn’t look like it’s in the cards.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
This feels like the end to a tragic movie.
Is this reality? Sometimes I wish it was a really bad dream.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
i couldn't agree more!!
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
Joe Paterno
“They ask me what I’d like written about me when I’m gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.” -Joe Paterno
TJM5054 - January 21, 2012
I think he achieved that
and then some
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
Leave it to JoePa
So appropriate and fitting
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I think it's fitting that it isn't the stadium that is named after him
but rather the library instead. His impact on Penn State goes miles beyond anything that happened on the field.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Too true.
be4time - January 21, 2012
Mission accomplished, Coach.
Dawg Nuts - January 21, 2012
He made more than Penn State better.
He made.all of us better. God bless you Joe. Words fail me now.
Succss With Honor Always - January 22, 2012 via mobile
This puts all the recruiting malarky into perspective, doesn't it?
I’m not paying any attention to the haters. They are beyond hope.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
The haters won't bother me.
But there will be eulogies from some people and organizations that will infuriate me.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
seeing syracuse b ball team lose
Makes me feel a little better tonite. ;)
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
Why?
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
two words
Jim boeheim
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
I've got a 10 year old son praying fervently right now for Joe's survival...
but as my wife says, when it is your time, it is your time. I guess I just never thought it would be Joe’s time, even as impossible as earthly immortality is.
Thanks, Joe. As much as I’ve been a Penn State football fan, I’ve been as much a fan of Joe Paterno the coach and Joe Paterno the person. Thanks for being someone that so many people could (and did, and still do) look up to, for being a bright, shining example of how to be a good person and do things right, as a coach and as a human being.
IndianaLion - January 21, 2012
As a Hawkeye fan, my thoughts go out to the PSU fan base
He will be a loss to your school, your state, the conference, the sport and the nation.
vahawk - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Hawk!
We appreciate your support.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you vahawk
Your thoguhts mean alot to us here and all over Nittany Nation
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Per Twitter, multiple sources stating that 6:30 p.m. tonight was the time.
I feel ill.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
That better be wrong
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
....
….
psume06 - January 21, 2012
I've been contemplating how this would go as long as I can remember
Since at least the early 1980s, when I was old enough to contemplate such things, I realized that Joe would retire someday and then pass on and that I’d likely be alive to experience both. I never imagined it would go like this.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
the time
that he has already passed?
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
Just for Joe
WE ARE
kmblue - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
WE ARE
kmblue - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
THANK YOU!
kmblue - January 21, 2012
YOU'RE WELCOME!
tadhg - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
WE ARE
kmblue - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!!!!
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!!
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
WE ARE
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
THANK YOU
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
YOUR WELCOME!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
YOU'RE WELCOME
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
Come to PENN STAAAAAAATE
ljdevine - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
what sources?
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
?
TheLION907fm The LION 90.7fm
Multiple alleged sources saying that Joe Paterno has passed away a little after 6:30pm tonight.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Is this true
please say no please say noe
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
Just sharing what I read.
I suppose unnamed sources are like assumptions.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
I don't have anything official.
But I’ve heard the same thing from folks outside reportable channels.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
Could be wrong.
I’m not giving it full credit at this point. It’s just what I heard.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Thanks for the updates, its appreciated.
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
AND WE ALWAYS WILL BE
because of him
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE
ljdevine - January 21, 2012
Old Man MainLion:
“I hope the entire board goes to hell. Also hope the news media is right behind if not there already.”
I agree, Pop. I agree.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Amen to that, bro.
Steebo4PSU - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
They denied us the opportunity to send him off the way he deserved.
And they did to make him a scapegoat to save their own awful asses. I’ll NEVER forgive those assholes for that. NEVER.
PSUEnrg02 - January 21, 2012
I refuse to believe this.
Without hyperbole, the University better open the gates to the stadium.
Because in my heart, I know there will be 110,000 there. On a January night. In the cold. You’ll see I80 and I99 looking like a gameday. Because there are too many of us who want one last chance to say thank you.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
That would be amazing
Under any other circumstances, I’d say this was a possibility. But I’m not sure anyone in Old Main now would do that. A shame too, because I would enjoy being proven wrong in this instance.
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
Well then they can arrest 110,000 of us for trespassing.
However they want to do it.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
I'll drive from new york right now if they do
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
I would glady hop in a car from Boston to do so.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
If I was still within driving distance of State College
I’d be right there with you
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
I think I could get in a car and drive from Dillsburg.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
I'm 2 hrs away
And feel like doing it…
Steebo4PSU - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
Do it.
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
And I'd drive up from DC
Even though I’m sick as a dog right now…
PSUbkstrk13 - January 21, 2012
I'm 8 hours away
And I’m contemplating it!
IndianaLion - January 21, 2012 via mobile
I'm 7.5 hours away and feel like doing it
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
So just circle it.
be4time - January 21, 2012
Revenge is a dish
best served cold, 02. We will vote out the ones we can, pressure the organizations and businesses who appoint others, and let the cowardly board members know they screwed the pooch on this whole situation.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Prayers for all of us
and esp. for Joe’s family.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Sara Ganim tweeted 10 min ago that it's still just "serious"
Sometimes she infers things that aren’t valid and sometimes she quotes people who aren’t worth quoting, but she usually gets her facts right.
Hmmm
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Joe represents everything good about penn state
I have been despondent and angry over so many things over the last months, but my devotion and respect for joe has never wavered. God bless you joe.
psu - January 21, 2012 via mobile
COACH YOU HAVE BEEN AND ALWAYS WILL BE A ROLE MODEL
Words cannot express the gratitude I have for you and what you have meant to me and my family. Please know that we will do our best to continue the solid foundation you have laid for all of us…
Packer710 - January 21, 2012
Thanks for the memories Joe.
We’ll never forget you.
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
At 9:00 p.m EST
I’ll be hosting a an online shot for the old man. RSVP here.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
I am in
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
in!
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
I will attend
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
I'll be in the Fan Posts.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
How does that work, jesse.?
Still an FNG.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I just put a Fan post.
I’m doing a shot at 9:00.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
I'm in
jbolt1971 - January 21, 2012
I'm opening up a bottle of Jack Daniels I got for Christmas.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
32 weeks pregnant....can't drink
But can cry. :(
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
32 weeks . .
Joe would want you to dry soon and be healthy for your little one! Bless You. Congratulations and feel life’s continuity
ComfortHePuHuTh - January 21, 2012
oh thank you!
This kid is a giant already and I’m hoping for a future PSU linbacker! I already am grooming one (who ironically last nite asked to read his “We are Penn State” book written by noneother than our own JoePa & Sue!
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
You're raising him right!
Congrats!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
In
BlueWhiteLife - January 21, 2012
yes!
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
In.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
See you there.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
I don't have any likker,
but I drink to him.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I started drinking as soon as I saw this post.
So I’m in.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Wait
you guys haven’t already been drinking? Haha, I’m in.
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
Im there.
penntatefan - January 21, 2012
in.
kmblue - January 21, 2012
I'm sitting on my couch crying like a baby
I just can’t comprehend it. Its not right. And I’m angry, so f-ing angry to those who tried to destroy him. May they rot in hell. And if its his time to go…go be with my grandfathers. The only other 2 men I have respected as much as you Joe.
lexi1031 - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Please don't be so sad and angry, lexi!
Try to remember how amazing his life has been. No, the story doesn’t seem to be ending well, which is super hard to cope with. But as he said, he had 61 great years at Penn State, a wonderful family that has always surrounded him with love, the opportunity to really make a difference in people’s lives, and 500,000+ fans who appreciate him for who he really is. Most of us will be lucky if we can say that when our time comes.
belbijou - January 21, 2012
in
and there is probably one shot left in my old granddad bottle tonight….
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
How appropriate
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Bought a new bottle on Thursday...
Not for this, though.
psume06 - January 21, 2012
The Man
View from the Booth - January 21, 2012
I am still holding out hope that he's fighting through this,
but from so many different unconfirmed sources, it’s hard to imagine. I started my honors class this semester by talking about Joe Paterno and what he meant to academics. I wanted my students to know how much I believe in Success with Honor and want to instill that in them. I never met Joe Paterno, but he has had a profound influence on my life and on my philosophy as a college professor. He’s such a great, kind man. He will always be an inspiration to me.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I already did my heartfelt post for the day
but your second to last sentence is eerily similar to what I posted on Facebook a bit ago:
Dear Joe,
You and I have never met. You wouldn’t know me if I stood right in front of you. But I, and many others like me, owe so much of what we are today to you.
We studied in a library you helped build. We met our best friends at a university you helped put on the map. We cheered on a football team that you coached to the ideal of ‘Success with Honor’.
You weren’t perfect, Joe. And you never pretended to be. But you were perfect for us, and that’s all that matters.
Get through this, Coach. You have an entire Nittany Nation behind you.
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
It's over folks.
God bless his soul.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
How do we know this for sure?
View from the Booth - January 21, 2012
seriously
O’BengPapong is claiming it as a false RT but Stupar had it up
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
We love you Joe!!
Be at peace.
dmetz - January 21, 2012
RIP Joe
“We don’t say ‘We are Penn State’ to show off or brag. We say it because it’s who we are. We have the plainest uniform you can make. We know who we are – We are Penn State, and that’s something special”
- Joe Paterno
kmblue - January 21, 2012
"His mother wanted a doctor. His dad wanted a lawyer. All they got was a legend."
-Keith Jackson on Joe Paterno.
God bless Joe and family!
Spats - January 21, 2012
There are no words.
There is only a deep sense of pride in those that stuck by and disappointment in those that did not. I don’t think Joe would want us to mourn his passing, nor celebrate his achievements. I think he did everything he did because it felt right, and most every time it was. His legacy shall not tarnish nor his memory recede.
smh244 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Coach and family.
Thank you very much.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
One bright side of all of this:
Angelo, George, and Joe get to see each other again.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Thanks Joe.
Bob Sacamano - January 21, 2012
Legends never die
Thanks, Joe.
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
Go with God, Coach.
leeharvey418 - January 21, 2012
I can't imagine what to say.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
XxActionJacksonxX - January 21, 2012
Ben Jones says it is confirmed.
He has been refusing to address it until he said he knew something concrete. Not sure what to say.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
I can't think or feel.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
We will always remember you, Coach.
You have shaped more of us then you could ever know. God bless, you.
JerseyNitts - January 21, 2012
Nothing online has confirmed it
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
cbs news confirmed
smh244 - January 21, 2012
Onwardstate has
BSD’s own Ben Jones has too and I know he hasn’t reported a thing until he knew it to be true.
Rogue Nine - January 21, 2012
"Has anybody here seen my old friend, Joe?"
Somebody needs to update Dion’s song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jzx98t_V7w&feature=related
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Great song.
Bob Sacamano - January 21, 2012
centre daily times has it up.
RIP JoePa…we love you and will miss you! You will live on forever.
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Now the family spokesperson
is saying that it’s not true as of 8:57 pm.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
This would be the biggest and most Italian
Finnegan’s wake ever.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
Joe
MainLion - January 21, 2012
's final move: passing so quickly that ESPN and CNNSI can't get the news up before others do.
Way to go, Joe.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Rec
Thanks for the laugh
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
Or not.
For which I am even more thrilled.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
RIP Joe
You were my hero for most of my life. Hope people remember the good stuff with the recent bad.
M1EK - January 21, 2012 via Android app
MOST
was that necessary to insert at this time? Can we please have our time to mourn without you getting on your soap box….just once?
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
nows not the time man
now is really not the time.
skarocksoi - January 21, 2012
+1
I took what M1EK said to be very honest. For all of my disagreements with him, I had no problem with what he said tonight. We’re all going through this together – no matter what we thought about the last 3 months.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Some things are better left unsaid
There’s a time and a place. No question it’s how he feels, but there’s a stick in the eye feel to it that is impossible to ignore.
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
that's how I feel
we are all entitled to our opinions and beliefs…but i feel like the “most” is a kick in the balls to piss us off….but that’s just me
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
I love my whole family...
even the ones that I hate.
We all need family in times like this.
leeharvey418 - January 21, 2012
Good job.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Some people have common sense. Some don't.
And you are absolutely right in your assessment.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
If there is an afterlife, a god, a heaven or hell
Joe and Jerry are going in opposite directions
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
On a rocket.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
In my thoughts
Satan is already making room for Sandusky in the final ring of hell from Dante’s Inferno.
kmblue - January 21, 2012
One of my favorite Joe videos tough get through right now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQDlaWFeilE
psuwresfan - January 21, 2012
i cry every time i see this.
Tonite is no exception.
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
8:57pm
Paterno family spokesperson- reports of PAterno’s death are absolutely not true.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
This would be the ultimate F-U from Joe to the Media.
Get em all worked up over nothing, send em all home, and pass overnight.
mvrck - January 21, 2012
Or, send them all home, call a press conference for Monday, and toy with them, talk about hangin’ around for five or 10 more years, I ’ don’t know.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
A small smile came across my face after that one.
Thanks.
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
me too.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
Me 3
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
"Aw, whattaya asking me about that for?"
Give ’em Hell, JoePa.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Saw that too.
This is really confusing.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
Here is a link explaining the conflicting reports
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/01/report_joe_paterno_has_passed.html
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
awkward
Justin F. - January 21, 2012
Just like a Paterno.
Always holding out for free booze.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Here's hoping he eventually recovers
and rubs the fact that we all look like a bunch of suckers back in our faces.
skarocksoi - January 21, 2012
I think I'll keep drinking anyway.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Changed the headline back.
JoePa, trolling the media until the very end.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Hopefully he's pulling an Abe Vigoda.
Bob Sacamano - January 21, 2012
He came back from 19 down to pass the Bear.
Let’s see one more comeback. Just one more. If not, we know that he left it all on the field.
Spats - January 21, 2012
He made our university better.
Joe you will be missed.
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
He made this world better
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Changing my pic to JoePa.
Least I can do.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Mine has been Joe's feet since the day I joined BSD.
Not to brag or anything…
leeharvey418 - January 21, 2012
And here I thought they were
Bilbo Baggins’ feet!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Kind of odd but
Your new pix is the exact one I changed my FB page one to around 5 today when I started to hear Coach took a turn for the worse.
I love this picture of him
PSU_sincebirth - January 21, 2012
Reminds me of my Dad.
We buried him wearing a sweater along the lines of the one Joe is wearing in that pic.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I still wear the PSU tie
That my grandfather wore that Joe gave him at a fund raiser in the ealy 80’s. My grandfather was a huge supporter of coach and PSU football. I will be thinking of him tonight too.
PSU_sincebirth - January 21, 2012
WOW!
I would frame that tie!!
Very cool!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I have a picture of me and coach when I was a kid
That I framed and got him to sign just a couple of years ago. The mans heart is/was so big. He cared so much about so much more then just football
PSU_sincebirth - January 21, 2012
Major truth!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
He signed a 1986 pamphlet for me.
My dad was working in the PSU locker room renovations and Joe was great. My dad asked him to sign something for me and he was so excited.
A great man through and through.
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
The stories are legion.
Truly an awesome man.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I was cashier at the Giant Supermarket.
He signed his receipt.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
So, BOB
is going to wear khakis and some nice black rimmed glasses tomorrow right?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
That would be awesome
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
rip joe and may parayers ot his family
I think this owuld be fitting for a great man who lived a life of literature
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think’st thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul’s delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell;
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell’st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die
John Dunne
May Christ who rose from the dead, our true God, moved by the intercession of his spotless Mother and of all the Saints, place the soul of His departed servant in the tabernacles of the just; may He lay him to rest in the bosom of Abraham, numbering him among the just; and may He, who is both good and kind, have mercy upon us. Amen
fromt the cathloic funeral mass
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
John Donne.
Nice touch w-b. I’m glad to hear from you.
Peace.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
peace is wajty we all need locla wbre jsut has mats dad on stating no confrimation form players yet.and the cited cbs sports.com and onward stae as confrimation
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Phil Schoener needs to stick to shitty top-5 clips on weekends.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Hitting the shot for Joe thread a little hard, eh?
leeharvey418 - January 21, 2012
He's sober.
And his typing is legendary ’round these parts.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
this is my normal typing
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
No kidding,
I had to kind of invent a self-course in w-b philology when I started here.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Hey, w-b,
hope you are well, considering everything . . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
not bad consdiering been working mad hours and travelling alot
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Hang in there;
protect your health.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
ironicallyu enoght i work in health insurance
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Life's like that.
Keep our premiums low, will ya?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
yeah i do service mgmt so i try to work the wheels to make sure bad stuff deosnt happpen
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Interesting.
You must feel like the little Dutch boy with his finger in the dike sometimes.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
LMAO that us freeking funny
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
You get through central North Carolina,
look us up. Always room for another Penn Stater.
You know I work at Duke, right? Do you ever get to the hospital there?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
no my cleints are all in allanta md and va so havent been to toabco road yet
i did nto know u wwere at duke closet bluedevil fan
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
We are equal opportunity.
I work at Duke, older son graduates from Carolina in the spring.
We like the color blue . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
i guess so so how does bball season work out?
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
We root for them both,
and brag about whichever team won.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
that is genius!!!
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
My Mom drowned all the dumb kids
in my family.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
wrong on so many levels
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Probably.
But I still love her!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
i say asl long as they dint float back up
no harm no foul
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Chuckle!
Thanks — needed that!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
HA
That’s good
LAPSU - January 21, 2012
I didn't get in touch with you over the holidays.
We’ll have to meet up when I’m there this summer if you’re in town.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
sounds like a plan
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Oh W-B,
how I missed your typing. Good to see you around, even if it’s under these circumstances.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
thanks been jetsetting for work alot as of late took a new posotion and have been in sec country alot
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
You haven't come to visit me yet?
How are you buddy?
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
considering not bad
i havent been down to bama yet been in ga and tn alot heading down to chat nexy week
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
i toild u i moved into evil medicla right
psu in the w-b - January 21, 2012
Yes, you told me about that!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Whether or not the reports are true, just wanted to say:
God Bless, JoePa.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
Thanks!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Thank you.
leeharvey418 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Gators!
Your support is appreciated.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I know it’s slightly dated now (because the reports were wrong)… but here’s a Tweet from Trey Burton. Our QB/TE/WE/RB.
I had that exact same thought when Paterno wasn’t the coach anymore. I thought it was fantastic that the Gators had the honor of playing against him and his players in what was his final bowl game.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
We hope you appreciate the assistance our
QB gave you guys in getting that win.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
We do. But in the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter anymore.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
well said
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
True.
But it’s one of Joe’s relatively few bowl losses . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
And out of all the bowl game victories JoePa had, I’ve always liked the win over Miami in the national championship game the best. Granted, I was like two-and-a-half years old when that game was played…
…but anytime “The U” losses, it’s a good thing.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
Yeah, that one is special!!
I graduated in 1984, but was still in State College for that one. Town went crazy that night.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
That’s awesome.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
I have cousins-in-law in Gainesville.
Diehard Gator fans — good folks.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Yeah, I’ve got family and friends that have gone to Penn State. They are all good people as well. One of them signed me up for the Penn State athletic newsletter.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
Stay with us during the tough times ahead.
We appreciate your support.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, and I will.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
That is indeed an honor.
Thanks, and Press on Gator.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Gators, Vols, Tide, and Dawgs all heard from
JoePa has the undying respect of the SEC it seems
That’s really good to see
aurabass - January 21, 2012
Purdue from the B1G
checked in as well.
Thank you all, SEC fans!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Iowa has checked in multiple times as well
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Sorry, Nick, I did overlook them.
Apologies, Hawkeye fans!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
I'm not in any state to read through all this.
I’ll maybe get to it eventually. Hope that it is just too soon of a rumor or whatever, but man, I’ll miss you Joe. Shitty past few months you’ve had, but you’ll always be loved.
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
A young gal on Twitter hits a homerun:
ThePhilliesGirl Rachel
JoePa may not be dead now, but credible news sources definitely are.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Haha
Reminds me of the Dana Carvey bit on SNL about the passing of Gerald Ford.
Jitterbug - January 21, 2012
He was delicious
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
And of course a friend of Joe’s.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
a Michigan Man?
Sacre Bleu!
Cock D - January 21, 2012
Anyone read the Jay Paterno tweets?
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
No.
What are they saying?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Tweet
@JayPaterno
Following
I appreciate the support & prayers. Joe is continuing to fight.
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
YES!
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
Scott Paterno
ScottPaterno Scott Paterno
CBS report is wrong – Dad is alive but in serious condition. We continue to ask for your prayers and privacy during this time.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
You have them
And anything else I can offer. This man meant more to me than anything else in this world. He will love on, he will be Penn State. I hate feeling fucking helpless because I will gladly do anything I can. I love you Joe. You will always be the inspiration, the epitome and the goal for what we can achieve. The good don’t for young, they die when their legacy can be fulfilled. Let is never let that legacy die. It is more than you or I. It is us, and WE ARE…
Succss With Honor Always - January 22, 2012 via mobile
Jay Paterno @JayPaterno:
I appreciate the support & prayers. Joe is continuing to fight.
whiteoutonly - January 21, 2012
That's Jay's tweet
whiteoutonly - January 21, 2012
Fuck this SHIT!
I haven’t lost any respect for journalism in this country, THIS is putting me over the top
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
Realized long ago that every single one of those fuckers would rather be first than right
Every single on.
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
All sources have pulled back their stories....and Joe raises his middle finger!
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Who has the pic of Joe with his middle finger pointed down?
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
Just posted.
See below.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Turns out CBS ran with the OnwardState article.
And it was wrong.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Great.
Deserve no less than to look like idiots.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
As long as Joe is in no pain --
“Hold on, Coach, hold on!”
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
This family deserves more
Posting the man’s death before it even happens is complete horseshit
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
Would we expect anything less after all the other crap that got said?
Deaver78 - January 21, 2012
Yeah, but Joe gets the last laugh.
Look at it that way.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
he's still fighting
bc that’s what joe does. never count this man out
moosepsu - January 21, 2012 via Android app
God Bless
Joe Paterno for all he’s done, perhaps he’ll start up the heaven football team and run a great show
Modanya - January 21, 2012
Did not attend PSU,
My brother did, class of “78” My daughter just got accepted at PSU for next year. I will be a proud father for her to attend such a great university.
Thank you Joe. You are what is good in this world.
Grockcubs - January 21, 2012
Welcome to Nittany Nation
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Why can't I stop crying?
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
It happens...
belbijou - January 21, 2012
Family friend tells Sarah Ganim that he is very sick,
but still able to communicate. He’s giving it all he’s got.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Joe's message to the media.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
take that
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
You missed a part
“mummble mummble mummble…Go Fuck yourselves…that is all.”
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
There it is.
kijana's acl - January 21, 2012
Fastest green ever.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
and 27 recs - go PSU_LIONS_84 great pic
aurabass - January 21, 2012
Thanks, aurabass!
It was not intentional on Joe’s part, but it sure comes in handy when Penn Staters are faced with adversity from outsiders!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Somebody is saying something wrong on the Internets?
Chris,
Despite Multiple Sources Reporting Otherwise?
Please be so kind as to name a couple of them.
Thanks for throwing kerosene on the fire.
joefromboalsburg - January 21, 2012
CBS, Onward State, Patriot-News...
And as of now, they’re all backtracking.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Onward State
Once again their website is down
Deaver78 - January 21, 2012
Internet meltdown.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
This is bound to happen in our day and age, of course
But when the pinata is big, bloated, and takes on the look of a syphilitic pig, it’s so easy to swing away.
Jitterbug - January 21, 2012
Reporters would rather be first than right
Disgusting
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
Can't Find Anything on CBS CBS NEWS CBS.COM, etc.
Did they pull the tweet?
They are certainly not backtracking.
Who at Patriot News?
joefromboalsburg - January 21, 2012
The initial report was OnwardState.
CBS then ran with it hard. Everyone else saw CBS, thought it was good, and ran with it citing cbs. Then they ALL pulled all their tweets and stories offline. OnwardState even shut down for a little to clean it up.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Now this
OnwardState Onward State
We were confident when we ran with it, and are still trying to figure out where our process failed. We apologize sincerely for error. (2/2)
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Ah yes, blame the "process".
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Responsible journalism is dead
Hey, I’m confident running with it right now
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Psh, if it's wrong
you can always just retract it later. Just hurry up and be first, hope for the best.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
scumbags
OmarLittle - January 21, 2012
Apprently, Onward state made the initital report, which they have since appologized for
Everyone else was following on their report with no independent confirmation.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
typical
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Then give Onward State credit:
At least one media outlet had the guts to apologize after making a mistake.
We ALL make mistakes. Admitting it makes them go away quicker.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
In fact, Devon Edwards resigned as Managing Editor.
http://www.onwardstate.com/2012/01/21/a-letter-from-the-managing-editor-of-onward-state/
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Devon was responsible for all this?
THE Devon?
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
I'll take your word for it.
Because that site isn’t loading. At all.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Is that Devon2012?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
yep
he seems to be taking full responsibility. I applaud him for that, at least—and for publicly apologizing to the family. More than most others have done.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
I do too.
Everyone screws up — sometimes big, sometimes small.
Owning it is the key.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Devon's a smart guy and a good writer.
And I’m sure that the Onward State people were going with the best available information to them at the time. Hell, I changed the title of this post to “Joe Paterno 1926-2012” based on a combination of their report, which included a reference to PSU players getting an email on Paterno’s death, and Mike Wallace and other football players tweeting RIP messages.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Yeah I picked a bad time to load this site on my phone when that title was up
Damn near lost my mind. Made me spontaneously cry in front of all friends haha.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
Apology accepted for changing the title early, Chris.
/LOLZ
Just giving you crap, man!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Chris, for what it's worth
I know you get some shit on here. And I know I occasionally disagree with you. But overall, you seem to be a good editor of this place. Thanks for all the work you do to make the news accurate, and the site itself a positive place to talk amongst other PSU fans.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
I'm one of Chris' ball-busters,
and I endorse this statement.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, guys.
It’s been a weird, bad night for a lot of people in some weird, bad ways.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Mike sure handed you a shit sandwich.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
VOTE SHIT SANDWICH.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Giant Douche!
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
I see great minds think alike.
icavalera - January 21, 2012
Dang. I voted for giant douche.
icavalera - January 21, 2012
LOL beat you by seconds.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
That's tough
esp. if you don’t like bread.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
You can go ahead and change night
to first year running BSD.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
True that.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
What you said pretty much sums this all up
But seriously, I know you don’t hear it enough, but thanks.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
I would have taken an apology
Which they gave. No need to step down, I would think.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
People overreact so much.
He apologized. He admitted he was wrong. There’s no need to fall on the sword.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
An apology was all that was neccessary
And it would still be more than any editor of any other major site would do. He wasn’t trying to drive up web traffic, he thought he had legitimate sources from the looks of it and they turned out not to be. He just happened to be first and he was wrong. His repeated apologies were enough.
Rogue Nine - January 21, 2012
Frankly, I never liked Devon very much, but . . .
. . . it isn’t his fault that a major new organization used a single-source website when running a story instead of confirming via multiple sources. Someone at CBS should be stepping down instead.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Seriously.
Devon manned up and fell on his sword, his initial mistake or not.
Where is someone from CBS who, oh by the way, didn’t even CREDIT onward state, but was very quick to point to them when it wasn’t true.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
exactly
they take NO responsibility. dicks. so glad they’re a LOL trending topic right now.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
"new" organization = "news" organization, of course
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
I was thinking the same thing
They are apologizing all over the place. CBS just pulled the story and is pretending they never published it.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
This is very true
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
The Information Age: Errors traveling at the speed of light.
Joe 96alum - January 21, 2012
Tom Bradley prayed two Our Fathers, two Hail Marys, and one Halftime Adjustments.
Joe’s still with us? Of course Joe’s still with us.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Thanks for the laugh at a time like this.
It was desperately needed.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
The height of embarrassment
is finishing an indoor soccer game, pulling up this thread (when it said he died), and spontaneously starting to cry in front of 10 of your best friends. I never thought this would have that much of an effect on me. I’m a 29 year old wreck of a man right now.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
Are nominations still open?
Can we nominate Joe for Trustee?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
He should be given a seat in memoriam
with a vote that automatically goes against the majority of the board
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
So what I feared appears to have been true.
That he gave that interview because he figured it was his last chance to say anything on the horrible subject.
Pretty terrible how awful the end of a very good man’s life turned out.
J Breezy - January 21, 2012
Yeah, that was my fear, too.
Hope I’m wrong and he has at least one more interview left in him.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I'm not too hopeful of that.
I thought the interview was odd and not good PR at all. That’s why I figured he was only doing it (and the lawyers let him do it) because…..you know.
So sad…
J Breezy - January 21, 2012
Yet he really said nothing.
hornedfrogs45 - January 21, 2012
Another Hawkeye fan here
Keep fighting the good fight JoePa
ManziBall - January 21, 2012
Thanks
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
thanks
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
God had Joe on the good Italian's own 17.
But God forgot about Jimmy Kennedy.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Perfect.
Tailgate Shogun - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Yahoo Sports' story about Paterno being ill
is literally about 90% about the scandal and 10% about the rest of his career. And the commenters are euphoric about the situation. What is the world coming to?
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
It’s funny, because in like 10 years, 95% of stories about JoePa will be about football, and 5% will be about the scandal and what happened after it.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
I hope that isn't the case.
You forgot the stories about the library, the religious center, the hundred of football playing boys he turned into men, or the thousands of 18 year old’s lives he shaped without ever meeting them.
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
Well, by football I mean that kind of stuff. What he accomplished during his time as a football coach
- the giving … etc. -- and at PSU.FlaGators - January 21, 2012
After rereading my comment a couple hours later, it came off more harsh then it was meant.
I know what you were going for, and you thoughts are appreciated. It is just that Joe was more than a football coach at Penn State…
VVeRPennState - January 22, 2012
Don’t know why there is a strike through that comment.
FlaGators - January 21, 2012
From an outsider.
The comments about not knowing there can be rape between men infuriated me. It came off as him making excuses.
It felt like another excuse.
hornedfrogs45 - January 21, 2012
from an insider,
now is not the place and time to visit that or assume what a very sick man meant by that. just saying.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
Can we discuss this later, hornedfrogs?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I'm just saying, don't be shocked when you see that people are being assholes on the internet.
I’ll leave now.
hornedfrogs45 - January 21, 2012
Thank you for providing an example of this
Good Lord, man.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
Honestly, hornedfrogs,
we are willing to discuss things, just not right now.
Stop back later . . ..
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I'm not willing to discuss this with people who choose to do so at this point.
No one else should either.
Adam Collyer - January 21, 2012
Thanks hornedfrogs45
You came on this site and acted like an asshole in order to warn us that people might come on this site and act like assholes. Very big of you.
speedotito - January 21, 2012
Takes one to know many?
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Texas Christian University.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Let's chill, guys.
He said he was leaving — let him go.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Listen, I wasn't trying to start shit.
I was merely saying that not everyone holds Paterno in high regard right now. The OP was asking why anyone would think that. I was giving a possible explanation.
If you really think I was dancing on his grave, well then I think you misinterpreted what I was saying.
/reallyleavingnowsorry
hornedfrogs45 - January 21, 2012
It's cool, hornedfrogs.
We are hyper-sensitive to anything that looks like criticism — especially tonight when it looks like a death watch for Joe.
Seriously, come back later on, and join in the conversations. Penn Staters’ reactions are mixed about Joe and the whole situation (except for Sandusky and the kids).
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
we know a lot of people don't look at Joe fondly right now.
We also know a lot of people have taken certain things he’s said out of context, and also fail to realize that he’s an 85 year old dying man going through the biggest crisis of his professional career, meanwhile under the influence of various medications.
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
No, that's not true.
Look back at the original post. He didn’t ask anything. He said it was a bad sign of humanity that they could be happy about someone’s death.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Correct
I of course can understand how people wouldn’t have a high regard for him, that certainly wasn’t my argument. I was lamenting how so many people are taking pleasure in this man (possibly) dying.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
You come to this board when Joe's death is reported to be imminent
and want to talk about “why not everyone holds Paterno in high regard right now”.
That is a special kind of stupid. Fuck off.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Please can you be considerate of what is going on
There will be plenty of time for you to talk about this. Tonight is not the night. You are fully entitled to your opinion, but can you please have some respect and save it for another time.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Do you know what tact is?
MainLion - January 21, 2012
clearly not.
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
enjoy
the big least when they lose their AQ bid horned
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
They're not going to the Big East...
clay-born to party - January 21, 2012
I am not feeling as polite as my fellow fans.
Fuck off, promptly.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Seconded.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
+1
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
What's your excuse?
for being a complete gaping a$$hole at a time like this?
You know nothing about this situation compared to people here that know far more than you can imagine. — And you think you have something to tell them/us?
Folks here have had to live with this everyday for months and have dedicated themselves to being informed way beyond your pitiful knee-jerk acceptance of the media. If you knew 10% of what the BSD readers know you wouldn’t be posting your holier-than-thou judgments.
aurabass - January 21, 2012
Aurabass, I (and others) thank you for eveyrthing that you have done
But this really isn’t necessary right now. Just like what we said about what hornedfrog said, there will be a time and a place for that conversation, but now isn’t that time.
Please don’t take this as a sign of disrespect, because I really do think you’ve done good by all of your posts. I just REALLY don’t want this thread to turn into what every other thread about Joe has over the past 3 months.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Pleasant. Smart. Very tactful.
Adam Collyer - January 21, 2012
Thoughts and prayers
To Joe, his family, and the Penn State family.
Ted Glover - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
thanks
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Ted!
Good to hear from you.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
thanks, Ted
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Ted, you probably aren't still hanging around
But thanks. You seem like a great guy and I appreciate your words here.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
No matter how this turns out tonight, tomorrow, I wanted to share this
Im sitting here at the computer reading along, and I look over, on top of the desk is my 7 year old sons baby book. Its one of those ones where you can slide a picture into the front cover. Im sitting here looking at this picture…..
In 2003, My two brother-in-laws, my buddy, and myself got an opportunity to go on a road trip to Notre Dame vs. USC for the game. When I got home Sunday night, after having dropped them all off at home, I walk in the door and my wife says to me “come look.” Laying on the kitchen table is a Penn State sweatshirt, T-shirt, and an envelope. I asked her whats this for? She says open the envelope. Inside are two tickets for PennState vs. Indiana in Happy Valley. You cant imagine how excited I was, this would be my first Penn State game Ive attended ever. I know in other posts Ive said Ive been a fan since 1982, but growing up, my parents never really did the going to sporting events thing and this was really only my first opportunity to do something like this, so I know this pales in comparison to what some of you have had the opportunity to do, Anyway, a few weeks later my wife informed me she was pregnant with our son. We headed down to State College for the Indiana game. When we arrived Saturday morning at the stadium, we walked around a bit, she took my picture with Joe’s Statue, and we checked out the myriad tables of souveniers. We stumbled across a teeny tiny Penn State sweatshirt. Of course we bought it, it was the first article of clothing we ever bought for Joshua…
now Im looking at this picture in the baby book, and guess what he is wearing in it.
Joe, no matter happens, I want you to know that my son will know everything about you. Everything that you have done for the betterment of others, unselfishly, and never asking for anything in return. Joshua will know your story, and I only hope he can hold you with same amount of esteem that I have since I was his age. And once Im done telling him your story, I will end it by telling him about the greatest college football coach of all time.
May God Bless Joe Paterno and the Paterno Family
And it would only be fitting to end with, even though my only ties to Penn State are Joe Paterno, the man and football coach and Penn State Football, forgive me the liberty of….
WE ARE………………………………
BRJ75 - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!!!
Thank you very much, BRJ75; awesome story and happy you are part of the Penn State family.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
I really got to dust this apartment. It is getting really bad.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
forget the like button, this deserves a personal like statement
It’s so similar to our experience – we happened to find out that we were expecting while in PA, stopped in SC and got a baby blanket that said “My first Penn State blanket” and used it to tell my parent’s that we were expecting. And about 9 months later, Clayton was born, and his middle name is Joseph. He’s 10, and was still crying and praying at bedtime…I don’t know how much my 5 year old will remember about Joe, but he will get the stories, just like your Joshua will.
May God bless Joe and the Paterno family, and all of us fans as we continue to process all of this…
IndianaLion - January 21, 2012 via mobile
When my oldest son was born,
my oldest brother (Class of 75) got him a Penn State football.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Very sorry to hear this news.
There will come a time when people will once again speak about his accomplishments. I look forward to that time as I know all of you do.
J Tadpole - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Go easy Joe Pa you are and always will be a great man. WE ARE all nittany lions tonight. From the bama nation with love.
Pachyderm Pride - January 21, 2012
Thanks...
…and congrats on the title. You guys deserved it!
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
+1. God bless
Adam Collyer - January 22, 2012
Joe's giving it a fight.
I would have expected nothing less.
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
What's really sick is there are a lot of people who are positvely giddy about this right now.
And I’m not talking about “scandal people”. I’m talking about pre-scandal people who absolutely hated Joe so much they wished death on him. Honestly, I’ve had many Pitt fans flat out say to me “I can’t wait until Paterno dies…hopefully during a game.”
Sick, sick, sick people. That is one of the main reasons I hate Pitt football.
J Breezy - January 21, 2012
Don't apologize for hating Pitt football.
It’s healthy to let it out!!
I hope people remember, when it’s their turn to die, some of the things they said about Joe. Maybe they’ll regret running their mouths then . . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
It's really funny.
For all of the academic standards and oversigning jokes we make, take a look at this thread. Now tell me who loves, respects, and appreciates intercollegiate athletics? The fans of Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Georgia et al? Or Pitt fans like those? (Has one Pitt fan said anything?) I’m really glad we got the chance to play Bama twice, and Florida in a bowl game recently. Meeting the real fans totally changed my perspective.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Pitt basketball
is too busy losing at home
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
Truth
I’ll probably still make jokes about academic standards and over-signing , eventually, but it will be with respect.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Good point
I’ve met several SEC fans through work. Despite all the jokes we make, they’ve all been good people. Important to remember.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
most of us are
there are always the ones who make bad decisions, but 51 weeks of the year, 99.9% of SEC fans are supportive of the other schools in the SEC.
falconnuke - January 21, 2012
No kidding.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
In fairness
I have seen supporting comments from some Pitt fans in other threads. Please just don’t ask me for a link just now.
PaJoe - January 21, 2012
Don't ruin my Pitt contempt, PaJoe!
/LOLZ
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Look, I hate 'em, too
Just wanted to be fair.
Actually, way back when the shit hit, my good buddy, a big Pitt fan, even called me and said he thought something was wrong the way things went down and that Joe was railroaded. So, while I hate Pitt, doesn’t mean I don’t respect some of the things they have accomplished there. Go Cardinals!
PaJoe - January 21, 2012
I only hate Pitt football
and the Pansy fans who think “12 – 0” redeems the whole series for them.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
For some reason, I always figured he’d die during a game. Seemed kind of fitting.
1LisHell - January 21, 2012
Really. All you can say is "Fuck those people."
Nobody takes their sports as seriously as I do. NO ONE! But even still, no matter who it is (Magic Johnson, Kobe Bryant, Jim Tressel, Lloyd Carr) once they leave the field of play and are no longer a threat to beating my teams I do not wish them or their families any harm or ill will. People who do that are subhuman who deserve a sharp metal object jammed in their temples.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
Sure, God had Joe down.
But he did not expect Joe to call an inside handoff to Aaron Harris.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
BEAST
OmarLittle - January 21, 2012
An I've seen it work draw play.
Ballsy time to call it. He’s still got a fake field goal too…
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Cal fan here
Hoping for the best for JoePa and the Penn State community.
Jigglz - January 21, 2012
Thanks!
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Jigglz!
Great to hear from the left coast — means a lot to hear the support.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Thanks
Jigglz
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
Thank you
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
I bawled my eyes out
And apparently for nothing. But, that’s okay. Keep fighting Joe.
speedomike - January 21, 2012
Me too
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
Not for nothing, for Joe.
If nothing else, the false reports and the reaction will remind Joe how universally loved he was by those that matter.
Rogue Nine - January 21, 2012
ditto
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
Anybody heard from Derry during all of this?
GMac14 - January 21, 2012
I've been looking for it. haven't seen it.
Rogue Nine - January 21, 2012
Sort of.
Waiting to hear further. Which is why I’ve been skeptical during all of this.
Jeff Junstrom - January 21, 2012
I hope and don't hope he shows up
Meaning I hope he is with his good friend Joe and Sue now, and doesn’t come on here to give us bad news.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Give it hell, Coach!
We believe.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012 via mobile
There are unconfirmed reports that upon Joe's spirit leaving his body, LaVar Arrington leaped over three
surgeons and a nurse.
I don’t need to tell you what happened next.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
You're killing it ML.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Death got sacked for a loss!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I love you, ML!
In a sisterly kind of way, of course!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I love ML.
In a sexually attracted kind of way.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
MainLion is a
Diva?!?!?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Well, there's a Mrs. ML,
so I don’t think so, unless ML is a lesbian. NTTAWWT.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Just checkin'.
There’s no gender key on the keyboard.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Really? I thought thats what the "period" key was for?
Thank you folks, I’ll be here all night!
skarocksoi - January 21, 2012
Can I rec something
multiple times?
That one deserves it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
and so the exclamation point would fill in the opposite role, yes?
!.
just a bit lewd there.
though I wouldn’t mind giving this to the media
..i.,
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
My wife would smack me in the back of the head
but I rec’d that!
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Needs more
John Bruno.
Tailgate Shogun - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Joe 1 Death 0
penntatefan - January 21, 2012
The Grim Reaper has a hellava team this year...
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
Heckuva.
Get it right! LOL! That QB for the Grim Reaper, Saban or whatever his name is, is a pretty talented kid.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
The whole bit.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
My favorite Joe-ism
Adam Collyer - January 22, 2012
Sorry, too much California, not enough Brooklyn
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
Oh man,
Usually I do a pretty good JoePa impression.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Death is like Pat Fitzgerald.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
So what you're saying is
Iowa should watch its back?
skarocksoi - January 21, 2012
Thanks.
Any laughs are appreciated right now.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Well Done!!!
My first hardy laugh of the evening, amazing sir!
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
Courtney is just as far off the ground
And forty pounds heavier
Just sayin
/still said he never met pro potential
hbeach08 - January 21, 2012
Just because it feels right, let do it for JoePa, again....
WE ARE
PSU_Brian - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Penn State!!!!!!
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
Thank you!!
PSU_Brian - January 21, 2012
YOU'RE WELCOME
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
YOU"RE WELCOME!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
You're Welcome!!!
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
Penn State.
Give ’em hell Joe. However this plays out.
Succss With Honor Always - January 22, 2012 via mobile
Penn State.
Give ’em hell Joe. However this plays out.
Succss With Honor Always - January 22, 2012 via mobile
WE ARE
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE !!!!!!!!
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
Reply fail.
psu2007 - January 21, 2012
WE ARE
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Penn State!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRJ75 - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!!
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
Joe is chasing down CBS
and dressing them down like a ref.
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE
PSU_Brian - January 21, 2012
How the mistaken news spread
http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/160270/how-false-reports-of-joe-paternos-death-were-spread-and-debunked/
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
The page is blank
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
LOL, symbolic much?
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
It shouldn't be.
It’s worked a few times for me, but took a while. Their site has been getting crushed all night.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
working now
Nick7 - January 21, 2012
the pocket protector must be blocking your view.
OH, you said page, not Paige.
The JuggerNitt - January 21, 2012
LOL!
I’m definitely not blank. Working on blotto, though.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
YOU"RE WELCOME!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Who's up for a He's not dead yet shot?
I think this one merits Johnny BLUE
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
I'm getting the Laphroiag right now
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
Wrong thread.
Life Shots are in jesse.’s fanpost.
Oh, and I am.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
WTF is going on . . . all i want to know is the truth
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
me too
I can’t take this. I have already cried my eyes out and now I don’t know what to feel
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
i've been almost to tears and drinking away sorrows
idk what to think now
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
amen to that
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
"And the truth shall set you free."
Apparently the rumors of Joe’s demise are greatly exaggerated . . . but it doesn’t look good for the long term . . ..
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
If the dancing of ten thousand can save one child's life,
the prayers of a few hundred thousand can save one man’s life.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
the truth is you can't trust the media, blogs, twitter, etc.
Until a family or a government official comes out and states something, assume its a rumor, lie, assumption, etc.
mleepsu08 - January 21, 2012
And never trust the government in the first 24 hours because they don’t know what’s happening. and never trust the government after 24 hours, because they’ve had time to put the coverup in place.
1LisHell - January 21, 2012
@JayPaterno: Drove by students at the Joe statue. Just told my Dad about all the love & support--inspiring him.
Mo Humphrey - January 21, 2012
i really like Jay
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
I do too, but this comment is amazing simply because I've read the last 10 years of comments.
Adam Collyer - January 22, 2012
I wish I could hug Jay right now
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
me too
and Sue.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
And Sydney Penny!
Oh, wait . . . wrong thread. Sorry.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
AWESOME
Keep it up students! Keep it up alumni!
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
We all have our opinions of Jay as a coach.
But regardless of those, he’s his dad’s son. He’s really a great person. Jay, my thoughts are with you, just as they are with the rest of your family, and all of the PSU family.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
couldn't agree more'
PSU Jen - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
Watching Clint Eastwood kick ass
in “Pale Rider”.
He’s a wuss compared to our JoePa.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I love Pale Rider!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
It just ended.
Clint Eastwood 206 — bad guys 0.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
That's funny because we are watching Clint Eastwood in Million Dollar Baby right now. Great flick.
burmbuster - January 21, 2012
Actually I think its pretty appropriate right now
and sums up how I am feeling in general towards espn and the media in general and every asshole that has texted me asking if he’s dead because they are hoping its true. so well said sir
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
reply fail
UPSUPhilly - January 21, 2012
Boy, maybe should be the focus right now.
But Ron Musselman is sucking his own dick that he didn’t report Joe’s death. Get over it, dude.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Hi guys.
I love all you Penn Staters tonight.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Seconded.
This year sucked balls and was exhausting and has made me so grateful to be here. This is where we’re supposed to be and who we’re supposed to be with.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Good thing I'm a
Comfort. (My last name — truly!)
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Weird
I grew up in Allentown across the street from a family named Comfort. Always thought it was a sweet last name.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
You guys have a hotel named after you?
And booze! Even Better
PaJoe - January 21, 2012
That is a fantastic name!
First thing to make me smile all night as my apartment is pathetically alcohol free. You have to have some awesome pick up lines with a name like Comfort.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012 via mobile
The only time it was a handicap
was in basic training. I did a lot of push-ups being “Private Comfort”.
I turned down West Point, because if I had been promoted to an Army O-4, I would have been “Major Comfort”. If I had earned stars, “General Comfort” — thought the military was not ready for that.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Well I'm drunk
speedomike - January 21, 2012
+1
Dogfish Head has been my shepard
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
What flavor?
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
Hellhound and Ta Hanket
simply amazing styles
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
Just finished a bottle of Namaste
Tried Bitch’s Brew yet?
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
no, Bitch's Brew and Liquor de Malt are my wish list of DFH styles
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
Randomly found out Allen St Grille had last year
Went there for my birthday with some friends last year, saw it sitting on top of their bar and immediately ordered it. Great stuff.
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
baller. i was just on the DFH website, so many different forms of greatness i still need to try
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
Recommend actually visiting the brewery
I plan on going myself, but plenty of friends who’ve been said it fantastic
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
i've been to the rehobeth beach brew pub. need to get to the actual brewery
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
And the night is young.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
That shot for Joe at 9 got out of hand real quick
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
It did, didn't it?
It jumped up a notch…
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Thanks to all those in the BSD (and PSU) family tonight
If I have to go through this tonight, it’s made better going through it with all of you.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
No Problem
Anytime
Deaver78 - January 21, 2012
If anyone needs a laugh, #CBSSportsSays is trending on Twitter
Link
Addaone - January 21, 2012
Thank you for that
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
These are phenomenal
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
LOL
Thank you for this. I needed a good laugh, and these are awesome. Almost makes me want to join twitter.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
leave it to Joe
To run a fake when no one expects it
farrellpsu - January 21, 2012 via mobile
looks like onward state is stepping down
Onward state editor to step down
jetskijoe - January 21, 2012
It's really
The only thing he can do if he wants to attempt to keep onward state reputation in a somewhat positive light
Deaver78 - January 21, 2012
Is that a good thing,
or bad?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I think it's a good thing for their credibility
And for journalism. Someone is actually taking responsibility for their actions. The MSM could learn a thing or two from them.
I do feel bad though, because I think he truly thought his information was accurate.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
That's what I think too
If he had multiple sources he trusted telling him the same thing, he should have reported it. He was wrong and I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to hear it. He’s a known factor around here, he loves Penn State and Joe just as much as the rest of us and wasn’t looking for fame at his expense when he made the report, he thought he had something that people needed to hear. He showed his true colors, that he’s a good person, with his repeated apologies and (unnecessary) resignation.
Rogue Nine - January 21, 2012
It's bad. He's a young buck, everyone should cut Devon some slack.
Adam Collyer - January 22, 2012
They need to
stick to fluff pieces on the new Burger King opening and leave twitter alone for a bit.
They fucked up big time tonight.
Tailgate Shogun - January 21, 2012 via mobile
CBS ran this uncorroborated story? Mike Wallace is rolling in his grave right now.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
So is Dan Rather.
Oh wait, he’s not dead yet.
J Breezy - January 21, 2012
Neither is Mike Wallace, but close enough, right?
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Mike Wallace is an ornery cat.
He will never die.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
This comment seems really good and funny right now.
WaterlooChazz - January 21, 2012
Those who can, do;
those who can’t, teach (nothing personal, educators); those who can neither do nor teach, scribble shit and call it “journalism”.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thanks :o)
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Thanks?
Not sure there.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I forgot to use the sarcasm font.
Thanks:o)Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Yeah us teachers
Constantly getting pooped on, but we know we are superior!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
You have to be superior
in order to move into the Ivory Tower.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Funny story
When I was getting an MA from UNCG our library was 8 stories tall and all white, we actually nicknamed it the ivory tower.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
LOL! You know that Pitt has
The Tower of Ignorance, right?
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
FTFY.
You know that Pitt
hasis The Tower of Ignorance, right?PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Yeah, my cousin went there
That tower though is really nice inside, beautiful architecture and rooms. Sad it is on that campus.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Hey now
I’m a journalist.
But I just write about doctors and medicine. Different kind of thing.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Shotgunning everybody
on that post. Woo-hoo!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
For which publication?
I have a PhD in Health Policy and Administration.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
theheart.org, we're part of Medscape
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
I hope he lives another 20
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
I meant...
I hope he lives another 20 or 30 years.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Can I just say
There is no place…online…i would rather be then right here at this time with all you Penn Staters.
Now go give em hell Coach, you still have things to do to clear your and Penn States name.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Right there with you
I may be 200 miles from State College, but I feel connected being here with you guys.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
We may fight each other from time to time, but this is family here.
We may argue amongst ourselves, but let a troll step in, then………
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
I hear ya Ab4PSU
We are all Penn Staters, through thick and thin, and family even if we may never meet each other.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
We are all Penn Staters and that means family.
It’s bigger than wins and losses, losing recruits or gaining recruits. Its what Joe Paterno has taught us all.
PSU_Brian - January 21, 2012
That is something
That people outside of our community just can’t understand. When we say we are a family, we actually mean it. Penn State means so much to us, no matter what happens.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
This
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
agreed
People say that Penn Staters don’t get it. I truly think that they are the ones who don’t get it, but our “it” is a different it.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Exactly
And it is so hard to try and explain it to people.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
It's not that we don't get it.
It’s just that we have wildly different definitions of “it”.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
You are very eloquent
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
"It all depends on what the definition of "it" is."
Hmmm, where have I heard that before . . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I was just sitting here thinking
but man, wouldnt be nice if those outside, all the detractors in the media, the a-holes commenting on stories would just stop and look.
Look at the students at Joe’s Statue tonight, look at all of us here on BSD tonight and I assume on other Penn State message boards, look at pretty much Penn Staters everywhere.
Just stop and look at us, I cant speak for everyone here of course, but for a good majority of us, we arent here because Joe was a football coach, we are here because we might be losing a very good human being, that has meant so, So much more than just Xs and Os and Wins and Losses.
I just “they” would stop and realize it.
BRJ75 - January 21, 2012
Outstanding, BRJ75!!!
For those who hate everything, it’s hard to understand love.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I can't rec this enough
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Yes.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
I've given up
no one outside the Penn State community can fully understand, and it’s too difficult to explain. Every time I’ve tried has been fruitless.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
How do you explain sunlight to someone
who’s never seen the sun?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Very poetic 84
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
this, exactly this.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
I've moved beyond caring what other people think.
The older I get, the more I don’t care. They can go to their graves stupid.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
While we're on the topic of what other people think
I haven’t read ESPN, but everywhere else, yeah, it seems people have been remembering the good things he’s done, and nothing to do with the scandal. Seems like a lot of people are having a very, very positive outlook on his life.
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Ha, unfortunately not even close
Yahoo Sports and CBS Sports comments are a cesspool of unbridled hate and joy that Joe could possibly have passed away.
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
The yahoo comments seemed really good to me
At least the top rated comments were, not the scrolling every other comments
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Don't read the comments unless you want to lose all faith in humanity
But if you do, remember that those commenters are angry, uneducated, miserable, hopeless bastards who suck at life in general. Either that or spammers.
danpsu97 - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
Plus, the top rated comments are, by definition, representative of the non-commenting opinion
people who aren’t total complete douchebags have a strange way of knowing when to shut up.
dees ees en drama - January 21, 2012
I still remember being an 18 year old freshman
I was in Cancun, wearing a PSU shirt and I walked into some dive burger store after a night of drinking -only to hear a table of people start yelling “we are!” It didn’t matter that they were twice my age, or that we were in another country. We immediately had a connection and started talking about how great Penn State was.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
I embarrass my 19-year-old son,
just by telling him I yell “WE ARE!” at people driving other cars with Penn State logos on them.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
If he went to PSU he wouldn't be embarressed.
I’m only 24 and I do the same thing. Hell, I was stuck in traffic outside DC the day of the Bama game this year and damn near had a full conversation with the guy in the SUV next to me, because we both had PSU stickers on our windows.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
I think he'll wind up an East Carolina Pirate
unless I get even more disgusted with current employment and move us.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
They should reinstate JoePa as HC
For his final moments. Lets just hope it is for another 20 years.
jetskijoe - January 21, 2012
HAHA.
Imagine the call to BOB.
Joyner: Yeaaaahhhh . . . sooooooo . . . we thought he wasn’t going to make it. . . but he actually bounced back really well . . . you’re not going to be able to come to PSU.
BOB: Wait . . . what?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Ha;
SubLime - January 21, 2012
"And we're betting the entire Penn State endowment fund
against the Pats making it to the Super Bowl."
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thank God for BSD during all of this
The one place I know that I can go to get the real story
danpsu97 - January 21, 2012 via iPhone app
This bears repeating
I stopped going to the MSM almost completely and I am way more well informed because of it.
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
We Are Penn State
I just got on to see whats up and this!
Dear God! I love you Joseph Vincent Paterno!
God Bless Joe and his family…… That is all of us
WE ARE PENN STATE
psu-lioness - January 21, 2012
Time to post "JoePa Facts"
Fact: JoePa was such a bad ass as a player; he once was penalized for horse collar tackling a pterodactyl.
Fact: JoePa once taught an octopus how to play linebacker.
Fact: During a head to head hit, JoePa cracked the skull of a Triceratops…JoePa wasn’t wearing a helmet.
Fact: While roaming Pangaea, JoePa challenged a Merychippus to a foot race and won.
Fact: JoePa has only burped once. It is commonly referred to as the Big Bang.
Fact: JoePa frequently won wrestling matches with saber-tooth tigers.
Fact: JoePa made footballs from the skin of T. Rex.
Fact: Bored on Antarctica, JoePa completed the world’s first cold fusion reaction when he slammed his two fists together.
Fact: When mapping the fjords of Greenland during the 16th century, JoePa made the first field goal posts from the tusks of Narwhals.
Fact: JoePa won every event in the first ancient Olympic Games.
Fact: Angered over his mother’s indiscretion, JoePa ate every snake in the Garden of Eden. God rewarded Joe with the creation of football.
Fact: It was not a meteoroid that killed the dinosaurs, rather the aftershock of a JoePa touchdown spike.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Solid gold,
except for the slight on JoePa’s mother!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Ahh, nice try. But pretty unbelievable
Except, I think he really did teach an Octopus to play linebacker.
PaJoe - January 21, 2012
They are really smart!!
And he is a good teacher
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
It was believable
until the touchdown spike.
Seriously. We are Penn State.
SarcasmJam - January 21, 2012
That's why he tells his players not to celebrate.
mvrck - January 21, 2012
BS
Joe would not spike the ball
psupride - January 21, 2012 via mobile
God ran right with Joe's last breath. God shouldn't have run right.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
So many have posted such wonderful things about Joe on here.
I feel the same as many of you, but I’m not sure I can eloquently put those many thoughts into words. So I’ll just rec what others say.
On another note, I would like to give a shout out to the fans from other teams who have come here to offer their support and condolences. Words cannot describe how much acts like these mean in times like tonight. Thank you so much. I know many of us will never forget your kindness tonight.
I love you, Joe. I always will, and you will live forever through us, our children, our children’s children, and future generations. You are, as we are, Penn State.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Very well said
VVeRPennState - January 21, 2012
So I wrote a fanpost a little while ago...
I just want to apologize to Joe, to the Paterno family, and BSD for my fanpost earlier. I still mean every word that I wrote, but I wrote it under the false pretense that Joe had passed. Of course the Old Man proved all of us wrong again! God bless him for that and keep fighting, Joe. We all love you, Joe and hope to have you with us for a long, long time.
Secondly, thanks BSD community for being here during what has become an extremely difficult and roller coaster night. We Are!!!!
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
Penn State
I know what you mean by rollercoaster, been up and down for me as well. Other friends keep checkin in with me to see if I am okay, since they know I am such a hige Penn Stater
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
WEK, I don't think
an apology is necessary. (A) For those of us not in Happy Valley, we have to rely on other sources to give good info — not our fault if they shit the bed. (B) Your eulogy was outstanding and heartfelt — just a little early.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thanks, 84, I really appreciate that
Maybe I feel guilty because my girlfriend (also a PSU grad) told me throughout every report that "Joe is still alive, I need Sue to tell me he is gone for me to believe it! I can tell you, I have never said more emphatically, “Honey, you’re right.”
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
Heck, I tell my wife of 32 years
“Honey, you’re right!” every other sentence . . . One can’t be too careful, ya know.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Well said
That is rec worthy, sir!
wek5000lion09 - January 21, 2012
Had to say that.
She was on BSD earlier tonight. Might still be here . . .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Who is Mrs. Comfort?
I have to meet her!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Just asked her to check in.
Might take her awhile to find this part of the thread.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Hi Page2PSU,
Lovely to reply! I’ve been reading (& listening) for quite a while. Just got my on signon last week. You are #1PSUdiva!!!
ComfortHePuHuTh - January 21, 2012
I don't know about that!
But I have taught your hubby everything he knows about BSD! Would love to have dinner with y’all next time I’m in Raleigh.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Look forward to that.
Just e-mail me, and we’ll set it up!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Probably be in July.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Very good!
Our fiscal year closes 30 June — July is busy for me — but we will get together!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Dinner, It's a date.
Thanks Page.
ComfortHePuHuTh - January 22, 2012
Had to say .... (maybe since
It is Saturday night !!!
ComfortHePuHuTh - January 21, 2012
Mrs. Comfort,
I presume?
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Yes!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
You found us, sweetie!
ILY!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Found, then lost ...
so many posts keep popping up and my screen goes to neverland ;(
ComfortHePuHuTh - January 22, 2012
P.S. As a RCC, I need to say this for my own sake.
God, I merely am using humor in a time of grief, sadness, and fright. Do not confuse this, or me, with being a heathen. I know you can strike me down in an instant. Mr. Cash told me so.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
RCC?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Roman Catholic Christian.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
Even sober I don't think I would have figured that one out.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
AH, yes, gotcha.
Not sure how I missed that.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Ah, thanks
I was thinking Royal Crown cola.
Jitterbug - January 21, 2012
Thanks . . .
Now I feel like I should get a Novena going.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
I have jumper cables if you need them.
Those old Chevys can be tough to get started.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Was just talking with my brother
Who graduated from PSU, and we were saying that we can see JoePa treating all the nurses and doctors like he was still coaching, like:
“ahh, you know we are goign to try some things here and see if we can be a good nursing team”
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
HAHAH, I love it.
To risk going too far:
This cancer and infection has a good team. If our nurses and doctors aren’t careful this will kick our teeth in. We gotta see how the nurses and doctors respond to some adversity, find out how they respond.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Well I think if we don't do something right
We might get licked.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I understand where you're going with this.
I’m like Chandler on Friends: Inappropriate humor is how I deal with stress.
Thank God those close to me understand that.
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
So hold on for a second, let me get this straight
Devon, the guy who wrote a fanpost about being glad Harry Kalas died because he (Devon) was a mets fan, the same guy who got banned from BSD for some similarly insensitive and stupid comments about a PSU basketball player, that guy is the managing editor for Onward State, and that guy just resigned after falsely reporting that Joe had died? Is that really the same guy?
millzners - January 21, 2012
I hope somebody can tell me this isn't the case.
But I think it is.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
wait wait wait, Devon was the managing editor for Onward State
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
It's him.
Confirmed by Chris above.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
So CBS ran with a story...
…confirmed by a guy that got banned on BSD. That’s fucking hysterical.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Best part?
CBS didn’t credit Devon/OnwardState when they ran it citing “sources”. When it blew up? Point finger at OnwardState.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
of course not
because they’re too important to quote a student-run blog, and too important to take the fall for an error. doucheas.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
That's absolutely disgusting
TheWrathofQBEagles - January 21, 2012
That's absolutely media
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Rec!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Wow
I wasn’t around here for that.
Onward State seems like a concept but a number of things I’ve read there are really asinine.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
Devon has grown up quite a bit since then.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Clearly.
But it’s still pretty funny. In a night where I’m looking for humor under the couch cushions.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
How about just some OT news?
Sukay was defensive MVP in the East/West game.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Did you see his INT?
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I am so upset I missed this, though I had friends let me know right away
what does this do for possible draft stock? I thought I heard he prob wasn’t gonna be drafted.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
He's a 7th rounder at best still most likely
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Just the replay.
Dude has been a ball hawk for two years now, not surprised.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
I was watching the game,
while also on twitter. Caught it live. He was all over the field the whole game!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Really?
Hell yeah!
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Very nice!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
He has, indeed.
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
Yeah,
He was and is a young guy. Give him an even break.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Even guys who were in Joe's doghouse could work their way out.
So yeah, Devon too.
CvilleLion - January 21, 2012
Joe Paterno
My life was better for having known you Joe. That is all I can say.
mogstaar - January 21, 2012
This whole fucking thing
is just surreal.
06Lion - January 21, 2012
i was at the statue for the whole thing since around 8
the emotion was nothing like Ive ever experienced in my 22 years. Just a emotional night
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
Thanks for sharing with us, tirpsu.
Would like to see pics if any are available. What a beautiful tribute to an amazing man!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
i have one from where i was but its not good quality
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
I understand the candles by joe's feet
but every pic i see like this makes me think people are trying to set him on fire like some sort of sacrifice
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
lol.
my phone sucks really bad. I should have taken more. fuck it its all i got.
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
It's pretty damn amazing as it is.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012
No it's great
Just commenting on every photos I’ve seen posted by the statue
Lion Eyes - January 21, 2012
lol Ithought the same thing.
I know what the purpose is, but some of the photos look really bad.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Joe's walking through fire
to impress the non-believers.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Takes a lot to make bronze burn.
be4time - January 21, 2012
Good to see, thanks!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Can't decide if I'm going staying in because I'm so sad
or going out because I’m so relieved. I can either cry in my pillow or cry on some poor confused guy’s shoulder.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012
Go out
and wear your PSU proud!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Well, as long as it's a cute guy :o)
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Honestly,
the comedic value of the situation might be worth digging out my skinny jeans and finding a pair of heels.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012
Honey,
those should always be on hand at your age!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I think they're in my duffle bag?
I suck at being a college aged female.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012
Weird
I was going to say the exact same thing.
skarocksoi - January 21, 2012
I'm sure that'll impress tat girl.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
judging from some of the other people at the bar
it just might.
skarocksoi - January 21, 2012
tat girl?
Is she the one that made Pryor commit to OSU?
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
boom
roasted
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
No, that was probably tub girl
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
KForttress11 Khairi Fortt
My man still fight hard thou #PSUspirit
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
since i have no clue anymore what is going on here
USA scores in the 98th minute to beat Venezuela
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
WOOOOOOOOOO USA USA USA
mjs2103 - January 21, 2012
the Penn Stater on the women's US team
just tore her ACL & something else (MCL? Meniscus?) and will likely have to sit out the olympics :(
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Ali Krieger
Worse, the injury was against the DR. USA won like 15-0. If FIFA made sense, that game would never happen.
reedjohnmiller - January 21, 2012 via mobile
so unfortunate for her :(
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Just got back, and I've been reading the internet for the past 15 minutes
Yeah….. I dunno, I don’t know what to say
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Guys, I'm heading out
I’ve only been around here for a few months, but I can’t thank you all enough for being a great community. God bless. Let’s hope tomorrow morning brings good news.
WE ARE…!
Nittany_Ryan - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
PENN STATE!!!
Ab4PSU - January 21, 2012
Night, Ryan!
Catch up with ya later!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Penn State!
Hopefully tomorrow morning we can all laugh about the time we thought Death had the balls to come after Joe Paterno.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
View from the Booth - January 21, 2012
one of my favorite photos :)
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Honestly,
I would pay $10,000 for a pair of those. No joke.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Typical white-shoe lawyer.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
You forgot soulless
As admitted in the music thread!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Hey,
somebody’s got to make the tough calls. Tell the seniors their healthcare is getting cut. Reduce their pensions. If someone has to do it, I might as well get paid to be that person.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Nono.
Black shoe lawyer! That’s the whole point.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
You'd have to
Nike made especially for him. Five pairs at a time.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Yeah,
went out of actual production in, what, 1980?
If it were reebok I think I could get it done, but Nike is going to be tough.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
honestly, it would be such a money maker for Nike I can see business sense in restocking now.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Give it a year or so . . .
So’s not to look callously opportunistic, and this would absolutely be an item on which Nike could put the retro push.
And I would damn well buy — five pairs, size 11.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
No, not that late.
It’s that they are non-cleated versions of cleats. He always just used to wear whatever the guys were wearing, but than even black Nikes (at least the versions that the guys are wearing now) got to be a little much. Probably in the early to mid 1990’s.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Ah, I thought what he wore was taken out
of production with the invention of the turf shoe for some reason. Don’t recall why I thought that.
Does he auction his off or anything? Charity auctions?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Oh, the shoes he wears now?
[Yeah, present tense bitch]
Out of production for years. He auctioned a pair off a few years ago, for like 10 grand.
You’re the guy who bought the Cortezs though right?
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Yes sir.
Wear them every Friday on game weeks, Federal court appearance? Oh well, risking it (has only come up once, and it was snowing, so it wasn’t all that ballsy).
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
They still sell cleats that are dead on balls.
The flap over the laces is the key. Although if you’re really a stickler (and I totally am) they aren’t the same. Getting them in just sneakers is the trick.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Yup.
I have some clients that are large sports organizations that have big Reebok contracts. So I get to negotiate with the Reebok execs here and there. Maybe I can convince them when those expire to get bids and negotiate with Nike. It would be a good time to see if I can get an exact pair.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
I spent a long time looking for "Paternos"
My reffing cleats are closer, but those Cortezs are the best sneakers I’ve ever found. And it took me months. I have two pairs. I breaking out the new ones for Court on Tuesday.
jesse. - January 21, 2012
Are the new ones also the '06s?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Don't the shoes show up
as a marker that gets some players into situations in the Denlinger book? I read it quite a ways back — but I’m largely sure that I remember some jealously of the shoes as a sort of status token.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
Still the best background ever
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
this is my favorite game from the student section.
hands down. ill never forget his speech.
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
That speech was seriously kick ass
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
I was in the Studnet section for the '02 OSU game
When Joepa beat the Bear’s record. Loudest thing I ever heard in my life. Can still hear that stadium jumping when we won.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
me too!!
cept I can’t remember too much. That’s the alcohol for ya.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Sorry, 01
Still have the ticket!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I was there wearing my 324 shirt!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I was in the senior section
Can’t remember what I was wearing.
Clothes I presume.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I have this awesome shirt,
On the front it says, “Dear Mr. Bryant,” on the back it says, “Sorry Bear, it’s 324 time in Happy Valley. Fall 2001”
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Nice
I bet you looked real hot in that shirt!!
Okay, been drinking for awhile since I heard about all of this tonight.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I did! LOL!
I still wear it occasionally, although not so much since I moved to Alabama in 2004.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Pictures?
Seriously, sorry for any and all comments from here on out form me, Stoli 100 proof might make me go “funny”
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I would have to look in some boxes
in the attic for pictures. I don’t like pictures of myself.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
I know exactly what you mean
I think I look awful in every picture of me.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I know I do!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
disagree
you’re too hard on yourself.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
I likely was very close to you.
Well, by stadium standards. I had tickets in the middle upper senior section.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
What sticks out the most, besides the game, is after, during preparation
for the celebration, they played the theme from Backdraft.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
I had junior tickets
we’re all awesome.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
I was somewhere in the senior section
(since I was a 4th year PhD student), but don’t remember where. I have the ticket in a box somewhere.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
ML,
I was very close to you.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Unrequited love is a hell of a thing.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
When Mills
turned the corner on that 69 yard run, were we holding hands?
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
It's just like you to forget the kiss.
MainLion - January 21, 2012
thanks for the humor tonight ML
it’s MUCH appreciated!
Cari Greene - January 22, 2012
Life sucks.
May as well laugh at it as often as possible.
MainLion - January 22, 2012
You know, I remember turning to a guy 2 minutes before half time and joking about how it didn't look like things would work out for Joe.
And he showed me up. Tonight is like deja vu all over again.
dwf5095 - January 21, 2012
Amazing how an old guy
keeps it fresh, isn’t it?
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Peace and well wishes to the Paterno family and all Penn State fans
PullManiac - January 21, 2012
Thank you
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Thanks alot
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
Thanks!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Thanks yo
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
Thanks
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Washington State.
Solid.
SubLime - January 21, 2012
I am really tired of people using moral outrage...
as an excuse to act immorally.
I don’t really believe in heaven or God, I believe we each have one chance on this Earth and that living a legacy that people will never forget is our one shot at immortality.
I hope that one day I will leave even half the legacy that Joe will when he takes his last breath. And take comfort in the high likelihood that the bottom feeders trying to tear him down, even now, will remain as obscure as the screen names they hide behind. Obviously, their mothers and fathers did not love them enough and they were never lucky enough to have a man or woman that was anything like Joe Paterno in their lives.
BNittsDeMilo - January 21, 2012
No words
Just sadness
KC_HAWKEYE - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Hawkeye!
Some others in your clan have checked in — we appreciate the support!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
I for one will be wearing PSU gear for the next few days
In honor of JoePa and what he meant for all of us. Anyone care to join me? Might even do a white out tomorrow for Coach.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
3/4 of my shit is PSU.....
and i wouldn’t have it any other way.
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
Same
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
definitely tomorrow
can’t really on monday with work dress code…but I’ll try to work in something. maybe just blue and white.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Wear it under your dress shirts
Have done that before.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
no dress shirts
different code for women, if I was a guy I’d surely be sporting a penn state tie.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Didn't know you were a Hottie
My apologies my dear lady.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
man, just when I thought I was becoming known around here!
LOL
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
It is really hard
To tell who is a dude and who is a Hottie.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Look for who is using the period key --
those are the Divas.
/Give no credit to me for that one
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
So wait,
I can’t be a dude and a hottie? I resent that.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
Oh I know you a Sexy bitch!!!
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Well, if you had a soul
then you might be a hottie.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
Too bad for me then, I guess.
PSUinBOSSton - January 21, 2012
aw, in my heart you are, boss!
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
Yeah, with 1,100 comments.jesse. - January 21, 2012
You're in DC aren't you?
It’s cold now, wear a jacket.I’m in that area, and I make it a point to wear a PSU jacket / sweatshirt to work every day. Not in the dress code, but as long as I take it off when I get there it;s ok. And then I get to hang it by my desk for everyone to see all day.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
yep
good call! It’s not as warm as my winter coat but it should do
I also have my ESPN college gameday penn state knit cap I got when gameday was there for the 2005 OSU game. Love that hat.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
It's a little harder for the Divas!
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
exactly
I’m sure I’ll come up with something though. At the least I have my sterling silver Penn State football pendant to wear.
Cari Greene - January 21, 2012
I'm a teacher.
I’ll be wearing a PSU t-shirt under a cardigan, jeans, and flats.
kmblue - January 21, 2012
blue and white is acceptable.
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
I've been wearing PSU gear every day since November
Just like I did before that. I refused to change that based on the actions of a few certain people, and I won’t change now.
ppfcpp - January 21, 2012
Rec
ICEICETHATGUY13 - January 21, 2012
exacalacaly
tlrpsu - January 21, 2012
I wear my PSU proud and loud
And basically dare people to say anything to me about it.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Same here.
icavalera - January 21, 2012
Same with the stuff on my cars.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
My license plate is literally
PENST8R.
Paige2PSU - January 21, 2012
mine is
NTN3LN….that should be a thread topic sometime
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
That's a fail for me.
Mine is “SF 11C2S” — my military service predates my Penn State matriculation.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
My father, RIP,
combined the two with “USNNPSU”
PSUGuru - January 21, 2012
Would join you
in the whiteout, but I’ll be wearing my blue PSU polo to church tomorrow to pray for the Paterno family, maybe after! And I have already decided I’ll be wearing my relatively new “Thank You Joe” t shirt I got for Christmas, great thing about being a PE teacher to get away with t shirts occasionally….especially for this
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
Yeah I might need to start class
With a lecture on the greatness that is Joseph Vincent Paterno
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
I may tell
my first graders to believe that deep down they are destined to do great things….then we will jump rope
va2pennstate - January 21, 2012
May I suggest
“obligated” to do great things. Inspiring young minds begins with imparting a sense of obligation and commitment…wonder where THAT concept came from! My daughter (PSU 07) does this daily with her first grade class, and she’s been proud of what they’ve accomplished together three years running.
PSUMarine78 - January 22, 2012
Words escape me.
My best to JoePa, his family, and all of you at Penn State.
Tezcatlipoca - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Tez!
If you can read through this entire thread, you can see the full spectrum of human emotion. It is all here tonight . .. .
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Same feeling here Tez
Same here
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Joe...one of the greats in college football.
Love and prayers from a Cornhusker.
And is Sue one of the greatest wives ever? When all of that crap was going on, with all of the media swarming the Paterno house, I saw such passion and affection between Joe and Sue, and such strength from Sue. When you give Joe his well-deserved Kudos, please include this amazing women.
redvalley - January 21, 2012
Thanks, RedValley!
The support from other areas/teams’ fans has been amazing — we appreciate it!!
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Thanks redvalley
Appreciate the love from Husker nation.
AriesGD - January 21, 2012
Another Hawkeye fan stopping by,
and I want to say that this may be a blessing for Joe. Everything I say from here on is meant respectfully, not critically. I thought he got a raw deal by being fired, but I also think it is possible that he could have done more about Sandusky. If he does pass soon, he (and, I hope, his family) will be spared a massive legal headache in the next few months or years. And, with lung cancer, I’d guess that Joe will also be spared some physical pain (and his family some emotional pain) if he passes soon instead of after a long, drawn-out fight with cancer.
I’ve always admired Joe and the PSU football program. My junior high football team had the same uniforms (the only difference being that we didn’t have numbers on the shoulders of our jerseys). I have a relative that looks a lot like JoePa did about 20 years ago (that relative has been asked for “your autograph, coach” by mistake). So, even when PSU was beating the piss out of Iowa in the 90s, it was tough to hate PSU. On a side note, I have absolutely no problem hating Ohio State.
So, to all you PSU fans, please don’t be too sad for too long. Joe is a legend, and you’ll always have the memories he helped to provide. Hawkeye fans will be dealing with something slightly similar when Hayden Fry or Dan Gable passes. Oh, who am I kidding, Dan Gable will never die.
Speaking of wrestling, good luck for tomorrow’s dual (Iowa vs PSU, I think it will be on Big Ten Network at 9 pm ET on Sunday).
Best wishes and prayers to everyone, and particularly Coach Paterno and his family/friends/players.
WaterlooChazz - January 21, 2012
Thanks, Chazz.
Come back later so we can show you the light. Joe did a ton — it’s not all in the public domain yet.
PSU_Lions_84 - January 21, 2012
Sorry, looks as if your wrestlers and women's BBall met their waterloo in Happy Valley today.
Didn’t see the wresters but your gals are scrappy. Glad Wahlin will be graduating and we don’t have to meet them again this year at your stomping grounds.
Thanks for stopping by.
be4time - January 22, 2012
We're around 900 comments and I'm going to bed at some point.
Here’s another thread. Please take it over there:
http://www.blackshoediaries.com/2012/1/21/2724679/overnight-vigil
Chris Grovich - January 21, 2012
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