Black Shoe Diaries

It's on

WPVI.com (6abc in Philly)

http://www.gopsusports.com/allaccess/?media=294112

Streaming live on Gopsusports.com

DVR'ing on WYOU from NEPA

so I don’t have to listen to ESPN

is Debbie Dunleavy there?

No, but David Decosmo is.

icavalera - January 26, 2012 reply

jimmy cefalo is speaking

he is from scranton i think. I wonder if WYOU will have GMac doing a dance in the corner of the screen while cefalo speaks to blow everyone in Scranton’s mind.

Pittston is where he's from.

potayto potahto

not really

Pittston is “down the line” from Scranton

true

but its like 10 miles away. 2 towns over, Scranton, Old Forge, Duryea BOOM Pittston.

its down da line, but not as far as say edwardsville

Yeah,

but Pittston and Scranton are worlds apart in many ways. I’ve known people from both to have never been to either.

Pittston is WAY more Italian than Scranton.

Heck yeah.

is that a plus or minus?

Scranton is more Irish

you decide

and more...

German and Polish.

Ukranian!

its a real melting pot heyna?

I wish I could find a online recording of “The Heyna Family” that Daniels & Webster from Rock 107 did

close the light!

SORE TROAT!

one, two, tree

I know people who think that going to Wilkes Barre is a day long ordeal

You forgot..

Moosic.

you can skip moosic, everyone else does!

Hoooo That joke would KILL in Taylor

Skate-Away on Tay-lor Hill!

isnt it a wal mart now

I just drove past a couple weeks ago

We went to Revello’s. I didn’t even pay attention

Damn...

I need me some real Pizza. Pizza in Philly area is meh.

TRUE

also wings in philly suck.

Wow, what a bunch of sad pandas

try living in Virginia. It took me 10 years to find a decent pizza and the best wings I can get are BW3. Ay caramba.

Don’t get me started about the lousy bread.

Fact: VA wings are shit.

First down in Ballston

Has good ones. AYCE variety, too. But if you’re going for quality over quantity then, well, I just can’t relate to you.

Truck O'Saurus - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

cannot lie

Philly has great bread. its why they have best hoagies

So true

so much good bread…..so little time.

so true.

Atlantic City bread

tops Philly’s. You can put anything on that and it’s a great hoagie.

nps - January 26, 2012 reply

never had

Speaking of Old Forge and bread...

Agostini’s Bakery! And if you’re talking hoagies there’s nothing like Catalano’s in Wessside (west Scranton for the non-locals) home of Mr. Moxie. I go into that place and look around expecting to see Uncle Junior and some of his buddies hanging out.

I'm more of a South Scranton

guy.

My grandparents lived there...

S. Webster Avenue

my grandparents..

lived on Beech. My uncle lives on Hickory

woo South Side!

Hit up Velocity 5

The one in Merrifield has some solid boneless wings.

cmdpsu15 - January 26, 2012 reply

A doctor here in VA

told me why the bread here sucks (doc is from Bucks Co)…it’s the difference in the glutens found in the water. So it effects alot more than just the bread, but the bread is what I mostly miss…..not a real hoagie to be found here because of it.

Walmart's across the street.

I always thought those caves on the cliff just below Skateaway on Taylor Hill looked like a cool place to hang out when I was a kid.

What about Dunmore? Or Duryea? Or Old Forge?

/naming off towns I remember hearing of on WNEP newscasts, growing up

icavalera - January 26, 2012 reply

Dunmore is straight up ITALIAN

as is Old Forge. Not sure about Duryea

mixed Italian and Irish, I think.

Duryea native here.

Sacred Heart was the church for the ethnic Germans, Holy Rosary for the Polish, and St. Johns for the Lithuanians. There weren’t as many Irish and Italians in Duryea but we were sandwiched in by the Italians in Old Forge, Taylor, Pittston and West Pittston.

Duryea funnels into Pittston Area High School home of Jimmy Cefalo class of 1975. His jersey hangs in the school trophy case if I remeber correctly.

actually Cefalo was 1973 I believe

And of course don't forget Avoca which was predominantly Irish.

Much like...

Minooka.

I went to WA.

What year?

Me too...

What year?
1987 here.

PSU_Ovaltine68 - January 27, 2012 via mobile reply

I would have..

been in the class of 98. I moved, prior to my senior year, to Allentown.

PAHS '85

We had a great battle of undefeated track teams with you guys my senior year. PA-WA is the best rivalry in the area I think, though Riverside-OF fans may disagree.

gradiology - January 27, 2012 reply

I would agree..

Dunmore played Pryor for state championship

didnt work out very well

i should say they played jeanette

with Pryor.. and Jordan Hall

How do you like your deer meat

Dun-More!
Dun-More!

haha the hamburgler?

To me, it will always be WDAU.

icavalera - January 26, 2012 reply

How the hell did I miss the NePA chat?

Jimmy Cefalo FTW.

The Cefalo Law Firm. The people’s law firm. And we like it that way.

I loved his story on Joe saying...

that his mother’s pasta sauce was better than Mrs. Capeletti’s!

gradiology - January 27, 2012 reply

NEPA Italians can..

cook.

There's a tiny, poorly advertised, nondescript restaurant in

Luzerne, PA called Andy Perugino’s. It’s worth your time and dime.

I ate there when I was younger...

I remember it being very good.

Big Ten Network

Will re-air the service at 10pm.

For any of those that might have rushed out the door this morning, only to forget to record this afternoons service.

Curmudgeon79 - January 26, 2012 reply

Hi. That's me.

Me too

lexi1031 - January 26, 2012 reply

Its being broadcast on BTN, right?

cause if what I recorded is actually the Purdue basketball game, I’ll be pissed.

yes, it's on

but it’s gonna run long

luckily with Direct TV

I can extend the recording from my phone app.

They only have blocked off for an hour

Until 3:00. Zero chance they are done at 3:00, probably 4:00.

well the initial game I had it set for was 2 hours anyway

so hopefully that still recorded even though they changed the guide afterwards. If not I’ll just watch it at 10 tonight since I have tomorrow off.

This must be tough for the girl

but she is doing well.

Yeah,

she made it through that touch part pretty well.

Also on ESPN3.

Which was said above. My bad.

Penn State Way = Paterno Way

Paterno Way IS the Standard!!

Charile Pittman did great.

“Rest in Peach Coach. We’ll take it from here.”

Really hope the letterman start something big

to carry on what Joe started. Something we can all be a part of.

Nice job by Charlie Pittman there.

Nice speech by Charlie Pittman.

This open cubicle is getting quite dusty.

larchpsu - January 26, 2012 reply

That video got me dusty at the 400th win.

Yeah, is this one a re-run?

I think all but the end was.

Was it the "Father and Friend" one?

That’s my ringtone for when my pop calls me.

Also, my favorite Joe related video ever.

Adam Collyer - January 26, 2012 reply

Yes.

HBeach just got a mention by

1st Paternoville Mayor.

Jeff's a great guy. He was very surprised to get the call from Guido to speak at this event.

Never met him personally but saw him many times waiting to get into Beaver Stadium

That was a special group and special season so glad I was there. First fall football season was 2003.

larchpsu - January 26, 2012 reply

I missed that

Damn

I did too.

I’m going to have to go back to that part later.

Great Video!

The mix of speakers

is really appropriate. Young, old, football, academic, black, white, male, female. He made a difference to everyone.

Yes...

there was no black or white for Paterno, just the person.

which explains his choice in Safties

that's hilarious

my dad, brother and I have been bitching about our “slow white safeties” for years.

NuclearLion - January 26, 2012 reply

/thatsracist.gif

Truck O'Saurus - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

KNIGHT RIDER

Phil Knight?

We've been in business with those people for 30 years.

Maybe more.

Yeah makes sense. Just seemed odd to me at first.

I’m waiting for his, “this one time at band camp” story.

Yea, a short timer

Phil Knight looks like

Michael Caine and Dr. House merged

that’s pretty spot on

Just out of curiosity, did JS show up to any of the events?

Just to reinforce my suspicions that the man simply cannot stay away from PSU

Mr. Rosewater - January 26, 2012 reply

Isn't he under house arrest?

I wish he were underground.

Yeah, but I can see him getting out of it for the funeral

Mr. Rosewater - January 26, 2012 reply

Correct

Legally JS cannot leave his house. The better question to ask is if Curley or Schultz attended any of the events.

catesinator - January 27, 2012 reply

Curley was there from what I've heard

he was a long-time family friend of the Paterno’s and I don’t doubt that it was important to him to attend this event. I also don’t think the family looks at him as a major villain.

Tailgate Shogun - January 27, 2012 reply

This

Curley rode the blue bus with the family – seems they’re satisfied with his actions.

Anyone see Spanier on the family bus? No?

Anyone see Spanier there??

OMG NEUHEUSEL MENTION

he’s coming to Penn State

This must confirm it.

Nah...

But Urban Meyer is wearing a blue tie.

wonder if hell be sleeping at his home in boalsburg

By the way

My seats had a great view of Urban’s face for the whole thing. Dude is a robot. He clapped most of the time during standing ovations, but for long portions of speeches he was scrolling his phone it looked like.

It’s funny, because from what I’ve heard, he really liked Joe. And there were a lot of lessons about family that I can’t imagine would have been lost on him…

osu and family

Apparently an osu asst coach tweeted he hasn’t seen his kids in 33 days because he wants to get the recruiting class all set. Timm from VBR retweeted it I believe.
/priority failure

moosepsu - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

I've always said

he was a complete douchea. Guess he proved that today to others.

Yeah

I really don’t know what Joe saw in him. Seems like a complete snake.

FB6244 - January 27, 2012 reply

Joe liked pretty much everyone, I think

well, almost everyone

(coughswitzershirrelmediahackscough)

letsgopsu - January 27, 2012 reply

Jay's wife?

Not bad…….

How many children?

Not sure..

and assuming that she is his wife.

yes, that is Kelly Paterno, Jay's wife

IndianaLion - January 26, 2012 reply

Jay has four or five I think

they are a fertile family

old-school Catholic

six i believe....

Is your name Chaz?

Eyeballing the women at funerals and memorials. Genius.

No, but Good catch!

Phil Knight...

looks like he just got off a rocket plan fueled by narcotics.

I like the way he’s speaking though.

in his head hes thinking

he now can slip those shitty uniforms every other school thinks is cool under our noses and get us wearing them

and now i dont give a shit

after that speech i will wear a thong with a swoosh on it to court if he says so

Woah, woah... woaaaaah...

Are you talking under a suit or just the thong?

Tezcatlipoca - January 26, 2012 reply

Wow

Look at Phil Knight go.

WHOA

Whoa is right.

WHOA

This is EXACTLY what I was thinking when I heard this. My mouth dropped open, and then I almost leapt up out of my office chair to cheer! Mr. Knight, with your speech today you earned my complete respect and admiration! It was so refreshing to hear someone finally have the gonads to say that!

Phil Knight bringing down the house.

Standing O

Take that...

Phil Knight coming out swinging in defense of Joe

GMac14 - January 26, 2012 reply

Best coming from outsider, too.

FUCK YEAH PHIL KNIGHT!

Holy Shit.

Phil Knight just ruined Tim Curley and Spanier.

Way to go, Knight!

THAT

was awesome. Phil Knight may have bigger balls than Joe.

He's even railing on Penn State.

Wow - He went there

awesome

I will never buy another brand of shoes other than nike again.

carolinaeasy - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

Me neither!

Well, tennis shoes, that is.

Nike does own Cole Haan so

yes you can dress up.

Aren't those men's shoes?

Pretty sure 3/4 of the store

here in Williamsburg is women’s.

You can make the call on the style.

Cool!

Thanks!

I'll be buying all my handbags from Cole Haan now.

kmblue - January 26, 2012 reply

For the men out there

Man purses/murses made by Cole Haan are now totally acceptable.

Same here.

I won't be buying anything but Nike the rest of my life.

Me either

What about food?

Shoe leather has nutrients. Right?

You need to buy the red shoes for iron.

So I'll lose a little weight.

The bigger issue is figuring out some way to distill booze from their products.

You make an accurate statement.

Phil Knight has brass balls.

I like it.

EREX21 - January 26, 2012 reply

WOW

Did not expect that. Least of all from someone who isn’t a “Penn State guy.”

Awesome

bigs26 - January 26, 2012 reply

WOW!!

Nike is my new favorite brand!! Wow! WTG Phil Knight!

As if I needed another reason to love Nike.

Way to go Phil!

We’ll see if ESPN asslickers play that over and over and over and over

pmm156 - January 26, 2012 reply

Id love to see their faces

and how conflicted they must be on this

Rec'd for the phrase ESPN ass lickers

That is one fine cuss word my friend.

carolinaeasy - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

LETS GO BUY EVERYTHING NIKE EVER MADE

Oregon has the second best uniforms in college football.

whoa whoa whoa

Let’s not go to far in Knight praise!

I felt dirty after I typed it

I still hate them. But that was excellent.

He really is a big PSU supporter

Father Matt at the campus ministry said he donated a million to the soon-to-be completed Susan Pohland Paterno Catholic Student Center. Solid guy

Yeah that's what I heard.

Just wish I liked more of their stuff, and that they would be made in the USA like some New Balance.

Well I have a lot of Nike crap, if for no other reason than the fact that approximately 37% of my wardrobe is PSU stuff

I want a shirt that has some of those quotes from

Phil Knight on it.

I would like to subscribe

to your newsletter.

I think I may go out

and buy a pair of Nikes this evening. Color choice: black.

PSU Mudder - January 26, 2012 reply

You've gotta go navy blue.

Can’t go wrong with either.

He has watermelons for balls

carolinaeasy - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

"Who is the real trustee at Penn State University?"

The appointed ones are pissed as hell right now.

He killed everyone not named Joe Paterno in that speech.

Seems about right - about time.

I'm still smiling about it.

It was so well done.

im suprised they didnt cut off his mic

CM Punk style

They are called epideictic speeches

which the Greeks thought of as ’to praise or to blame."

Knight nailed both.

His balls just pulled the moon off orbit and changed the tides.

Joe would have loved that as well

Bringing in the Greeks and their ideas about how to honor a man, probably not what he would have liked to hear, since he didn’t want to blame anyone or point fingers.

But the Greeks were right in how they honored great men, honor the actions, honor the deeds, honor everything about them, and do it as grand as the person themselves.

AriesGD - January 27, 2012 reply

It Was A Deliverance-Served Up By Phil Knight

You could feel it building in his address. I was hoping, maybe, he would go there. Only he could it, no one else would be seen as having the proper distance to do so. And then he did, and it was dead-on perfect.

Thank you Phil Knight.

DAMNNNNNN PHIL!

THAT, my friends.. is how it’s done

/goes to buy all things nike

Phil Knight is kicking ass.

I think I know what my favorite brand of sneakers are.

'Bout time...

Somebody from outside of the University had the cajones to say the right thing

Who would have thought...

The mastermind behind Oregon’s “pro-combat” uniforms…

would move me to tears with his exemplary respect for Paterno.

Well done, Mr. Knight. Well ****ing done.

When you are..

pajama rich, you can do that.

Or if you just always wear pajamas

Always.

So what's this Phil Knight business?

Some of us have jobs.

This.

The No-Fun Police (IT) have decreed that streaming media is a no-no.

DrewRusse - January 26, 2012 reply

Try being on an aircard on client site

Will have to watch it later tonight on BTN.

cmdpsu15 - January 26, 2012 reply

same here

But can’t wait to watch. Heard Todd Blackledge’s comments on The Fan.

Spats - January 26, 2012 reply

In Part he said:

He’s been my hero for 12 of the past 12 years…

If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in the investigation, no in Joe Paterno’s response.

That old hero, he set a standard that will live forever.

It leads me to question, Who is the real trustee at Penn State University.

From business insider.com

Nike’s Phil Knight just talked about the elephant in the room at Joe Paterno’s memorial service — defending JoePa and saying the trustees are to blame for the Jerry Sandusky cover-up.

“If there’s a villain in this tragedy. It lies in that investigation, not in Joe Paterno’s response to it,” he said, which led to a standing ovation, Ben Jones reports.

He instead put the blame on the Board of Trustees.

“It leads me to this question: Who is the real trustee at Penn State University?”

“That old hero, he set a standard that will live forever.”

So there you have it. Joe Paterno is blameless and a hero and it’s all the trustees fault.

Pretty sure he didn't actually blame the Trustees

but nice try with the conjecture businessinsider

Probably not blame for a coverup but the handling of the situation thereafter.

Loved the: he’ wasn’t just the hero for 11 of the 12 years, but 12 of the 12 years. One of the longest applause breaks!!

Oh, I Don't Know About That

I saw Phil Knight’s address and it hit me that he took dead aim at the university administration and the BOT. They should’ve known by a lifetime of examples of the man’s character that he would never knowingly further something as heinous as child abuse, nor would he engage in a witch hunt either. Just looking at his family would tell you that. Coach Paterno did what he felt was best under the circumstances, which was to be sure the allegation was duly reported, and then got out of the way and let the process go forward, lest the “Lord of Penn State” be accused of interfering with something so serious. For all he meant to and had done for the university, the BOT should have at least given him the benefit of that doubt. Instead, in the face of a media storm they panicked and acted selfishly, cowardly. I do not accept for a second their pleadings that they acted out of concern for the good of the university, for what they did was to rip out its heart, its very soul, and unleash a firestorm that did far worse damage. Only the good graces of Coach, his wife Sue, and his family helped lessen that wholesale bloodletting. Even in that tragic end, Coach gave one last measure of devotion to the place he loved so much. The stunning thing is I don’t think the BOT ever really understood just how much Joe was cherished by so many, or how much he came to symbolize what we all love about our alma matter and what it stands for. If they had, they would have found another way.

He didn't lay it on the trustees entirely

But they were certainly among those at whom he voiced his displeasure with. He mentioned the phone call and asked “Who is the trustee of Penn State?”

Hold on

Are people thinking the “villain” he referred to is the BOT? No, clearly it’s Sandusky. I thought that was obvious. He did take a swing at the BOT, but that was separate.

reedjohnmiller - January 27, 2012 via mobile reply

They way he said it is unclear

But the way I heard it was that the villain was the investigation.

Rogue Nine - January 27, 2012 reply

I thought it referred more to

Sandusky and the administration’s handling, and not so much the BOT.

Paige2PSU - January 30, 2012 reply

Watching on my iphone...

with my buddie’s BTN log in.

Suck it BTN – that’s right my f-ing cable company doesn’t carry the BTN but I know people who get it on DirectTV. Thanks for BTN2Go.

Please.

Adam Collyer - January 26, 2012 reply

He crushed ESPN, Curley, Schulz, Spanier, and the BoT. Find footage of it.

in short he took a hot iron poker to the BOT and brought down the house

He went there.

He called out the media (ESPN mostly) and the board of trustees for vilifying Paterno.

He just went HAM

Is how I’d sum it up in a nutshell.

mikjones24 - January 26, 2012 reply

It is quite possibly the greatest thing

I have heard or saw in the last three months.

Seconded.

Thirded

fourthed (?)

I can't wait to get home and watch it!

I tried watching it at work and started to cry when the Paterno fellow student was talking so I had to shut it down.

I think I'm past tears

Maybe

I'm 33 weeks pregnant

I have a lot of tears left for everyone. ;)

Well God bless you and your child

Thank you!

Maybe one day he and his older brother will play for PSU. :)

get them hitting the weight room. And the library of course

but of course!!!

PSU Jen - January 26, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Dot drills...every day

Just google bfs dot drill….if you have kids and want to help them be in better shape to play it isnt the weights, it’s the quickness and agility that make the biggrst difference

carolinaeasy - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

tried doing those in high school for baseball…not a fan. But they are good though

nope, not even close

ready the sump-pump for this one.

It was

For a few moments, and then JayPa took the stand.

I Completely Agree

Thank you Phil Knight.

I think he took a chair to Spaniers back

then gave the Stone Cold Stunner to Mark May.

It did feel like that.

Just for the reference, I’m going to shotgun two beers Steve Austin style tonight.

and the people in attendance gave TWO standing ovations

Home from the service...

It felt great to jump up from my seat when Knight blasted everyone. That was some cathartic release!!!

Smee - January 26, 2012 reply

I So Wish I Could've been There

Please, if you see this and have a second, tell us a little something about what it felt like being there this afternoon…especially when Charlie Pittman, Phil Knight and the others spoke. Many thanks.

Random thoughts...

As we left BJC I looked at my wife and said, “What time is it?” She looked at her watch (yes, some people still wear them) and said 4:30. And we looked at each other and realized we had been sitting in there for two-and-a-half hours. And they were the shortest two-and-a-half hours of our lives. Every second you were totally absorbed in the moment. (OK, maybe not when Jay went off on his walking through the park, looking at the shadows on the twigs tangent). Choked-up, teary-eyed, barely breathing. Thousands of people sitting in BJC just being Penn State. It was an honor just to be there and to be a part of it.

There were a few times when it was quiet. Totally quiet. Just as it was during the funeral procession as the hearse passed. Yet you know there are thousands of people all around you. We were seated on the floor so the bowl effect was magnified looking up — especially into the second level — which for anyone who goes to BJC much is often covered partially or completely by black cloth.

When Sue came in we clapped. And clapped. And clapped. And frankly, I don’t know why we eventually stopped clapping, but I would have been fine if we just stood there for two hours and clapped for her — and Joe.

The Father who opened the memorial was unexpectedly good. As he walked to the podium I didn’t have any expectations, and although I can’t recall exactly what he said, it exceeded them by a distance. And it felt right.

Todd was OK. His recounting of Dick McGuiness felt the most real of all his words.

Charlie Pittman was good. Recollecting his recruitment, he and his son’s collective won-loss records AND academic all-american status, and finishing his speech the way he did — looking forward — that felt real. It felt like he was talking, not speeching.

Phil Knight — what can you say. He got off kind of slow, and when he hit his stride, well, I would have been fine clapping for an hour just to hear the CEO of Nike call out his business peers — the CEO’s of Merck, US Steel, and other exec’s. Those were some extremely high moments. And you definitely felt the energy level in the building rise then. I think I might have shouted "woop!’ when he made one of his remarks. I’m also sure we all did the same thing and thought, “damn, I gotta go get me some Nike’s!”

Anyway, it was very special. When it was over, no one wanted to be the first to leave. Charlie had to coax Jay off the stage so people would know it was done. Then we clapped. Then someone yelled “We Are” and the whole building answered “Penn State”. That went back and forth a few times, then we clapped again. Then a collective sigh, and maybe the realization that we all needed to go out in the world and get on with our lives. But to be there, in BJC, with the family, with thousands of “Penn Staters”, for those hours, to celebrate the MAN, well, that’s a lifetime memory.

Smee - January 26, 2012 reply

I thought Jay's speech

about the park and the twigs and the shadows and all of that was incredible. Of course, I have somewhat fond memories of that park and could see it as he talked about it.

Sunset Park memories...

oh, the wife and I spent a night or two in that parking lot in my “van” back in the day. The one with the “Don’t laugh, you’re daughter might be in here” bumper sticker. How her parents ever allowed me within a mile of her is still a mystery to me.

Smee - January 27, 2012 reply

The second guy ever

who told me he loved me did that in Sunset Park. Alas, it didn’t work out because I’m a bitch, but I still have fond memories of that.

Fr. Matthew is a wonderful man

“The Father who opened the memorial was unexpectedly good. As he walked to the podium I didn’t have any expectations, and although I can’t recall exactly what he said, it exceeded them by a distance. And it felt right.”

I can honestly say if there is anyone whose integrity and general regard for human beings can come close to matching Paterno’s, it is Father Matthew. As a Catholic who has moved more than a few times in the past couple years and probably went to services with 100+ priests, no one can come even close to matching the power of his homily’s. The other priest at PSU, Father David, is an equally great person.

tbs5005 - January 27, 2012 reply

As a recent grad who happens to be Catholic, I second your praise of Father Matt and Father David. Great priests

OmarLittle - January 27, 2012 reply

they've been there for so long

Fr. Matthew came my junior year (fall 2004 i think). I was really glad to see him still there. he’s a great guy.

Is Fr. David

The priest with the long beard? Every time I went to mass he was the priest. Excellent homilies.

Father David has white hair, and last I saw him (Nebraska weekend) he had a mustache. Can’t remember him ever having a beard either.

OmarLittle - January 27, 2012 reply

fr. boniface had the long beard

he was only at PSU to get his phD in computer science (he’s probably teaching at St. Vincent’s now). i got to be quite close with him for a while.

The St Vincent guys occasionally sub in at St Richard in Gibsonia

Fr. Fred was a regular before he moved to Detroit, and Fr. Boniface is there from time to time. His beard is still quite long.

Fr Boniface has an interesting life story — if I recall correctly he was an atheist (or at least an agnostic) when he started at PSU.

lol yeah

he used to be quite the hippie.

Get out!

The Catholic Willard Preacher, eh? Okay, not so much.

Mudder—do they ever announce when one of them will be there to sub? I don’t live too far from Gibsonia and would probably make the trip.

I'm not even Catholic

But when my husband and I are in State College for games, we go to whatever mass Fr. Matthew is presiding over. He’s one of 2 priests who actually make me enjoy sitting through mass (the other being our presider at our wedding). He always gives amazing homilies that typically get discussed on our drive home (and it’s not exactly a short drive).

I’ll have to tell my husband that Fr. David’s masses are worth going to next time we’re in town on a Sunday.

PSUbkstrk13 - January 27, 2012 reply

Smee, my husband and I did the same thing as we were walking out. “What time is it?” “430” “430! There’s now way that was 2.5 hours!”

It was amazing to be surrounded by family and to be in that moment. You summarized my impression perfectly. Thanks.

Phil Knight

said what every PSU fan and supporter of JoePa has wanted an outlet to say for months.

Let’s just hope that people start to listen and not merely hear.

So we have what, 3 hours until someone burns a pair of Air Jordans and demands Nike be boycotted for enabling pederasty?

nah

they’ll just add pederasty to child labor and keep burning. But why they’re burning the shoes all those little kids worked so hard to make, I’ll never understand.

Malaysian children are actively laboring to enable rapists of American children.

A xenophobe’s ~~wet dream~~ worst nightmare!

i think we should take out the prime minister of malaysia

I'm pretty sure that they've made huge strides in recent years with regards to child labor.

already saw a Tweet that said something about child labor

Can't wait to see the talking heads on CNBC

trying to figure out why Nike had a huge uptick in sales in PA.

nps - January 26, 2012 reply

He finished by saying, "Who was the real trustee of Penn State?"

spakajewia - January 26, 2012 reply

Cefelo

Is doing a good job too. Great stories.

This whole thing has been great.

Incredibly tear-jerking, but great.

PSUmob - January 26, 2012 reply

Jimmy Cefalo...

Is doing a fantastic job bringing to life Paterno the man, the grand scientist, the molder of men.

Every speaker has been really good so far

So many contrasting styles, yet the message is consistent and strong.

Aw, Franny Fisher sighting!

I love the old footages

Mr. Rosewater - January 26, 2012 reply

So far this is great...

I can’t believe they put it together in just 4 days.

agreed

The old archival footage is amazing.

I think most of it has been ready longer than that

Phil Knight just took care of business

I don’t think I’ll ever root against Oregon again.

hatch - January 26, 2012 reply

If they put this on DVD, I'd buy it in a flash

If just to watch Phil Knight and fist-pump the entire time.

Phil's speech would be incredible pregame warm up shit

Phil's speech

should be played on loop by the new NBC sports channel as a giant eff you to espn

FIFY

Phil’s speech should be played on loop by the new NBC sports channel as a giant eff you to ~~espn~~ everyone.

So how'd they decide who spoke for what decade?

There had to be a lot of requests/volunteers

I believe the family asked

MICHAEL ROBINSON

Hell YES!

I Hope He Coaches at State State Someday

He is a fine example of the legacy that Coach created. We need him and others who played under Coach to be coaching here. I have nothing but support for Coach O’Brien, and wish him well-he has an amazingly tough act to follow-but somehow I wish those who were forged in Coaches crucible were at the helm…

MRob.

M-ROB!!!

What a great person MROB is

Proud he is a graduate of our university.

MRob confirming how dirty recruiting is

and how clean Joe was

It really is shameful.

And it makes me so proud of the people who do it the right way.

I wonder how Urban feels about that comment?

I don't care

Just Teasing

In fairness, he probably wasn’t a factor in recruiting MRob at Bowling Green or wherever

Before today, I wasn't a fan of the Nike logos all over the JoePa statue

Now? I can’t think of anything more appropriate.

I think Phil Knight earned a few lifelong customers today.

newenglandnittanylion - January 26, 2012 via Android app reply

As an aside...

this summer we need a thread developing and debating the PSU all 60’s team, 70’s team, 80’s team, 90’s team, and 00’s team.

That sounds like fun.

Well it is the off-season now...

Haha

MRob just basically called Spanier, Curley and the BoT ‘sharks’

LAPSU - January 26, 2012 reply

Look at me now.

Look at me now, yeah.

Dammit MRob, now I have terrible music stuck in my head.

What's right is right.

i still shoot back in memory

when MRob said at the Orange Bowl, “I just can’t believe, I can’t believe, they wanted him to leave”

it was almost poetic and replays in my head every time i see MRob

^this

Did I miss the 80s?

Blackledge

Blackledge started it off

Not sure.

If you did, I did too.

Blackledge covered the 80s.

in many ways

we all miss the 80s…

Duran Duran fan?

That was the first concert

I ever went to!

LOL

My first was INXS.

Since you're in VA, you'll appreciate it.

Duran Duran at the Hampton Coliseum in 1984.

Good venue.

In 1984 it may have been,

in 2012 The Hampton Coliseum is a dump (hell, it was a dump 10 years ago). Same goes for the Richmond coliseum and the Norfolk Scope.

It's a fun venue.

Not everything has to be brand new.

I don't know how great it was then,

but it was a fun first concert.

It's like Phish's favorite venue.

Mostly because it’s small, general admission, and they have pretty lax security. They always play awesome shows there. It’s like a right of passage for a Phish Phan to see a show there.

It did look nice lit up on that cover.

Having an altered state of mind certainly helps.

Going to the icecapades, circus and train shows with a bunch of kids does not. Maybe that’s the answer, being lit up.

I was there for the reunion show in 2009

That was going to be a fun show no matter where it was played, but it was a really great show.

Thomas Dolby

Spats - January 26, 2012 reply

Big Country

SCIENCE!

did you know he invented ringtones

and is now like a billionaire from it.

I didn't think it was possible

to be a bigger fan of Mike Robinson than I already was.

What a great representative of the Pennsylvania State University.

CvilleLion - January 26, 2012 reply

Mauti is so well spoken.

I think he will be another fine representative of PSU.

His dad was interviewed on ESPN

after Joe was fired and he was great. A chip off the old block!

"I'm here."

If he stays healthy

I think he is our next All-American. Maybe Bednarik winner.

Fortunately

He doesn’t have any more ACLs to tear

Shhh...

Don’t taunt the evil ACL-eating monster.

Well kid?

What’s it gonna be?

"I'm here."

Somewhere Kerry Collins and Anthony Fera

are pouring one out for Joe

Actually,

I hope Fera is in the audience with the rest of the team.

Fera is probably at the service

He may be drinking from the flask though

lbu828694 - January 26, 2012 reply

i was just joking

i hope they are both there

I love the Tamba smash.

Wow

Jay...

Tear overload incoming…

Oh wow Jay is speaking after speaking yesterday at the funeral.

Actually

He was the only Paterno child not to speak yesterday, from what I read.

Oh okay, makes sense that he saved his speech for today

Oh God

I really hope that Jay gets an administrative position at the University, he's a great ambassador for us.

Me too. It only seems right that Penn State always has a Paterno in the organization.

Although let’s not forget that Sue is and always will be the First Lady of Penn State.

Yup

I agree.

The back-in-the-day Joe stories

get me every freakin’ time.

LAPSU - January 26, 2012 reply

I love that he just brought up the Herbstritt story. He was my friend’s cousin. They were SO thankful for all of Joe’s help.

Jay is doing a great job.

remarkable

yeah

and then he calls a reverse

Jay

is doing an amazing job honoring his father. What a testimony to see the kind of kids that Joe molded every day away from the football field.

Rev.Nittany - January 26, 2012 reply

Does it look like this is going to last more than another 15 minutes?

I set my DVR to record until 4:30 (since it was only supposed to last until 4) and I’m worried that I should extend it some more.

Looks like it should be done in 15 minutes.

But that’s assuming Jay is last.

It's over.

Ended at 4:21PM Eastern.

B1G Network is doing so post-segment work from the studio, but it isn’t from the Bryce-Jordan center.

But then it was at BJC with more interviews of players and Steve Jones.

Our Father

What an excellent way to end it.

Amen to that

Can't even listen.

Not at work.

I'm glad I'm in a secluded-ish cube

Because the end of that just destroyed me. Holy cow.

I'm glad I have an office with a door.

Even the guy from the BTN

has obviously been crying.

ha, beat me to it

Revsine looks like he's been crying

I noticed that during the pre-memorial too

Very touching Mr. Revsine.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/01/26/phil-knight-joe-paterno.ap/index.html

Phil Knight quotes defending Paterno

For those who missed it and won’t be able to see it until later.

I'm going to

go buy some Nikes now.

Rev.Nittany - January 26, 2012 reply

That is not an accurate recitation of what Phil Knight said.

Not at all. Not even close. Not even in the same zip code.

You expected journalistic integrity?

http://deadspin.com/5879688/heres-video-and-a-transcript-of-nike-chairman-phil-knights-vehement-defense-of-joe-paterno

I know most hate Deadspin but they have a word-for-word transcript and video of it

Gawd, I love the Internet

/bypasses SI, digs into the deadspin transcript.

jtothep - January 26, 2012 reply

I swear to god

There is an article underneath that titled “By dying, Joe Paterno is still protecting Penn State”.

60% of the time

Deadspin sucks all the time

Its really only 60%?

Since Katie Baker...

left the only worthy read on there is Magary.

Magary is hit our miss..

does he still write his weekly column of fart jokes and mailed-in frat boy stories?

Yeah

Those posts are getting quite old by now. His weekly NFL posts are excellent but that’s about it.

of course..

He’s a good writer, even if it is locker room humor. He wrote some stuff about the PSU think that actually was well thought out.

I also enjoy when he talks about the ups and downs of being a parent.

When he's writing he's good. When he's a letter aggregator he's a letter aggregator.

there's at least 3-5 posts a day about how horrible PSU is

EVERY. DAY.

Is it related to the fact that his GJ testimony is inadmissible?

I'm not going to lie.

I didn’t really read it. But I think so.

Yeah

Because not being available to testify something that could, potentially, hurt two individuals in a criminal trial is protecting Penn State. Leaving aside that they would never be convicted of perjury whether Paterno testified or not, that is so horribly devised and so poorly considered that it shocks me that it can even be published on an alternative blog.

Like a Pearl Jam fansite or somesuch?

duh

of course Joe got cancer and died on purpose so the real truth wouldnt come out.

/killsmyselfafterrealizingthesheerstupidityofmankind

Did Joe fake his own death?

I’m off to Vegas to see if I can have a JoePa siting!

Closed casket.

Start the rumors.

That wasn't really him in the WaPo interview.

It was a double they used to make him look sickly.

He stole body double idea

from his buddy Saddam Hussien. They regularly spoke about how to have an Evil Impact.

Only after they got a Muslim terrorist elected president.

Once the truth about Obama comes out, it will ensure the dominance of the Republican party for decades. Something about Osama bin Laden as well.

Keep in mind

President Obama did tell Sue to keep up the work. Coincidence?

Didn't Jay vote for Obama?

Coincidence?

And campaigned for him, I think.

A great deal actually

Is this why they buried the casket in a different cemetary?

To eliminate any evidence that he was not actually in the casket?

and with that

you’ve created an internet rumor, my friend.

just read it

that’s what F.U. money will do

wow

hbeach08 - January 26, 2012 reply

Oooh. Good find.

Thank you kindly.

Their "transcript" is full of errors though

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=7507069&categoryid=2564308

The lead up was the most important part

speedomike - January 26, 2012 reply

Spider just walked by.

Has it been confirmed that he has been kept on as equipment manager? Geeze, I hope so.

CvilleLion - January 26, 2012 reply

ESPN posted a video of Phil Knight’s talk.

Mrob as PSU Coach

He just put it out there publicly on BTN — he wants to come home and coach. Hope BOB is listening!

lmrlion - January 26, 2012 reply

He's stated his desire to coach in his twitter before

I can’t wait for him to come back. Probably in a few years though, a pro-bowl FB and all. So proud of him.

At least we know we'll still have someone fond of FB dives :-)

Ki-Jana, what will you take away from this service.

Besides another torn ACL?

Now that it's all finally said and done...

Joe Paterno lived and died by his beliefs. I love him more now that ever. The Nike guy and Jay kicked it out of the stadium of life. As for the Board of Trustees… Here’s a heartfelt toast:

“May route 322 hit you in your individually asses on your way out of town”.

Rest in peace beloved JoePa.

jessedotsmom - January 26, 2012 reply

You said it perfectly.

Emotional typos...

I love him now more than ever.

“May route 322 hit you in your individual asses on your way out of town.”

jessedotsmom - January 26, 2012 reply

i will rec this every time you say it

and i dont care in what grammatical context

DeuceisLoose926 - January 26, 2012 reply

Does anyone have a link where it was replayed online?

My cable doesn’t have BTN and I am trying to find a replay.

BTN.com has it archived

BTN2GO or some shit.

DeuceisLoose926 - January 26, 2012 reply

thank you

try this

and your welcome.

although. the link i just gave you is a direct link to where you can watch it.

DeuceisLoose926 - January 26, 2012 reply

that one's perfect. thanks.

anyone else

Finishing a bottle of old granddad…or any other bourbon…after all this?

va2pennstate - January 26, 2012 via iPhone app reply

I sat by myself, on a barstool in my kitchen, and...

… cried, laughed, cheered and cursed. Not going to lie, I drank a few G&T’s.

JoePa got the last word. It is up to all of us now. Now I get it. I can move forward.

jessedotsmom - January 26, 2012 reply

i will drink at some point tonight

I've been annoyingly out of bourbon

But I’ve never had a bottle of Doublewood disappear as fast as it has this week.

jtothep - January 26, 2012 reply

I have been

a rum drinker for about 5-10 years, until I found out Joe loved Old Granddad. Now I’ve come to the conclusion that the PSU Man Cave will always have two bottles of OG Bourbon, one full on deck, and the one I am drinking out of…for Joe….as his cutout sits in the best corner seat by the bar facing the TV to watch the Nittany Lions every fall Saturday.

Having a bit of a wake with my friends this weekend for joe

Drinks will be drank.

Finished mine Tuesday.

Need a break.

psume06 - January 26, 2012 via mobile reply

This is the closure

that I needed.

I hope that this Memorial is DVD’d and put out for sale. I would guess the University will since they recorded it, and they should put over 50%, if not all, of the proceeds to THON or Special Olympics, because I want to watch this on Football Eve EVERY YEAR AS LONG AS I LIVE TO UPHOLD WHAT JOE BUILT

Damn

Watching a second time, so many things to take but:

“The legend…of Joe Paterno, lies in each one of us”

If somebody had to miss the service, try to get a full transcript video.

You need it ALL to get the best flavor – sound bites won’t quite do it justice.

My usual tear limit for something good is 2 handkerchiefs. This one was a 3.

I'm pretty sure

every time I watch it I’ll cry, and I think this should be a mandatory watch on Football Eve for anyone who bleeds Blue and White

Phil Knight

PPhil Knight rocked!!!!

His comments and meaning is all over the web

airleg1 - January 26, 2012 reply

My estimation of Jay Paterno

has undergone significant change the last few months, culminating in his eulogy today. I wouldn’t know a good football coach from Al Bundy, but as a senior leader my hat is off to that man. Very impressive, and comforting to know he’s holding that family together.

Totally agree on Jay

While Penn Staters may have differing opinions on Jay Paterno the coach, I don’t think any of us can ever doubt the quality of character of Jay Paterno the man

danpsu97 - January 26, 2012 via iPhone app reply

Chip off the old block

LAPSU - January 26, 2012 reply

In every great sports drama--take Rocky--there's the point where the protagonist is against

the ropes, down, and nearing defeat. And yet, that guy musters the strength for one punch, one match-changing, mood-altering punch that leads to a comeback.

Penn State was down.

But Phil Knight—I cannot believe it as much as anyone else—threw a haymaker that landed square on the chin of every member of the Board of Trustees, every rank-and-file employee of Penn State’s executive body, every asshole who moonlights as a sports reporter, and every waste of sperm that hides behind the anonymous name of a sports message board spewing hate and vile.

Take something away from this, folks: don’t sit back as folks swing away. Land a blow. And another. And another. Because we don’t accept defeat. Because we are down, but not out. And because We Are Penn State.

I'm still a little blown away by his speech.

hbeach08 - January 26, 2012 reply

I want someone with those cajones for President.

psume06 - January 26, 2012 via mobile reply

Phil Knight/JayPa 2016?

I don't know about Jay, but I'd vote for Phil.

I want to run through a brick wall now.

Great words, ML!

Thank you.

Such a privilege to be able to attend JoePa's memorial today.

I don’t think I’ve been on an emotional roller coaster like that in quite some time. To see just a glimpse of some the truly inspirational moments Joe has provided throughout his career was truly moving. From more of the inspirational commentary provided by Todd Blackledge, Charlie Pittman, Jimmy Cefalo and Michael Robinson, to a downright ballsy speech by Phil Knight and to cap it off with the heartfelt words by Jay Paterno, this memorial ran the whole gambit. I came away with even greater respect for a man that I couldn’t possibly have respected more. If the entirety of one person’s life like Joseph Vincent Paterno does not inspire you to “make an impact,” I don’t know what else can.

I've gotta be honest...

… I don’t know if I can bring myself to watch this.

I love knowing that so much of the good people in the Penn State community were there today. I love knowing that there is so much love for Joe, Sue, and what the name Paterno has meant for Penn State.

But I just don’t know if I can watch this and not break down.

Tezcatlipoca - January 26, 2012 reply

Watch it?

I can’t read TWITTER UPDATES and not break down. I’m going to record it, and watch it when I can.

PSUinBOSSton - January 26, 2012 reply

You have to watch.

It is part of the price of being a Penn Stater. Should be required viewing for all Freshman from now on.

Oh my god, yes.

I missed the first 20 minutes of this rerun, but it’s amazing.

It's acceptable in this case to break down,

even if you’re a big, strong man. You will eventually regret it if you DON’T watch it.

http://wearecentralpa.com/fulltext?nxd_id=339792

I watched it.

The best of Penn State was on display.

Tezcatlipoca - January 27, 2012 reply

For those interested in purchasing the memorial:

They are $25, proceeds go to THON.

Phil Knight for BOT.

mvrck - January 26, 2012 reply

+1

He lacks the credentials

But the Principle, Senior, Most Exalted, advisor role begs his appointment. And if anyone gives him any shit, Sue will kick them in the balls….I’ll steady her so she can.

I am waiting for Sue to grant her first interview

and just let it all out, with class and dignity

I think the 1st Lady of Penn State

and all of her family, need a good long rest for a week or so. The class and dignity are standard issue for them, but they must be tired as hell.

Watching the whole thing now

Some of his grandchildren look too young to even understand. What a beautiful family.

That's the sad thing, though.

I saw one of Jay’s kids – looked like they didn’t want to be there. Someday, they’ll be able to watch this and they’ll understand what their granddad meant to so many.

They were still

very well behaved. My 3 year old niece pitched a fit at my grandfather’s funeral. She didn’t know any better and was a handful.

I was fortunate to get tickets...

and the atmosphere was amazing. The speeches were incredible, and the fact that each of the 10 speakers spoke about Paterno, and not one of them pertained to football, and not one of them were remotely similar in context is such a testament to Joe and the life that he lived. Phil Knight’s standing O was only outdone by the one SuePa received upon entering the arena. Saying the Lord’s Prayer at the end was very emotional, I regret not taking tissues, I was in tears the whole time. A once in a lifetime experience that I’ll never forget.

I’m sorry for the fragments of sentences, there’s so much in my head that I want to get out, and can’t type as fast as I think.

I was ther too.

I loved every speaker they had. I read earlier on FB that the BOT got a big middle finger in the shape of a swoosh! I was very surprised with the amount of empty seats. Don’t know if that shows on TV but it was shocking. My tickets that I got on line where up graded to the floor. I got to sit about three rows behind the players.
I will never buy anything but nikes now thats for sure. The videos where soooo damn emotional especially the one that they had for Joes400th.
God bless sue and her family for sharing JoePa with us. I never really thought about it in that way but it was a common thread with the past players.

i too was surprised at the empty seats

at first my buddy and I thought they were reserved for someone, but it became evident that they weren’t anything but empty. Thats interesting that your tickets got upgraded…i was in section 114 (head on to the stage)

I was in 202 behind the stage and a usher came and gave our whole section floor tickets.

It was bad up there! The sign on my floor seats said intercollegiate athletes. So I think thoes empty seats where reserved for other sports teams

I noticed the intercollegiate athletes sign as well

I wonder why some of them didn’t show. I know for a fact that the Hockey team was on their way to Ohio since I saw them at the Ice Pavilion while buying tickets for next weekend’s game (Got a chance to meet Guy Gadowsky, pretty cool). Kinda disheartening so many empty seats when there were plenty of people looking for tickets

They didn't show

because they were being sold on ebay, maybe?

How were your seats upgraded?

My girlfriend and I were sitting in 218 and right as they were starting the ceremony, an usher came up to me and asked if we wanted to take floor seats. We ended up a couple rows from the back. Very lucky.

Same way but earlier. We sat a couple of rows from you by the sounds of it.

Once on the floor you could sit where ever you wanted. They told me family up front or fill in where I wanted to. I am not a duechbag so I gladly took a empty seat near the middle toward the back. Walked out with Coach Vandy.

Small world

I followed him up the stairs on the way out

Then you walked right with me too...

Funny

Managed to spot a number of coaches on the way out

Saw Chambers and Bradley as well. Funniest thing was overhearing a guy speaking with the guy from ESPN telling him that their recent coverage has been much better than other media outlets. Can’t remember the ESPN guy’s name right now, but his response was something along the lines of “there’ve been some varying reports, but we’ve been trying our best”

I saw McQueary on the way out

made eye contact, nodded. To say this has taken an enormous toll on him would be an understatement.

I thought the same thing

In the pictures I saw of him from the viewing.

He looks like he lost about 25 pounds.

I read a post on a different board that he had the face of. Tortured soul.

Was pretty dead on description.

If you knew me personally this would be funny

But I’m being 100% earnest when I say that what filled that room was something I’ve learned to recognize in my 27 years of life. It was an unmistakable emotion. It was unmistakably, absolutely love.

I don’t even know what to say, there is nothing like the Penn State family, and there will never again be anyone like Joe Paterno.

Michael Robinson will be like Joe.

My biggest fear with BO'B, et al. is losing Success with Honor.

Today showed you what the program was with Joe at the helm. Anything less than this is wholly unacceptable to me.

I think BOB gets it.

He’ll see this, if he hasn’t already, and he’ll get it.

I've heard conflicting reports

Best believe people will be watching closely, though. And playcalling and coaching will have very little to do with it.

can you explain at all?

at least publicly he’s saying all the right things.

Just heard some behind the scenes things

Which could lead one to question his dedication to the tradition of the program and his respect for certain others.

Just say the word.

Not yet

But I’m definitely shortening my personal leash and watching more closely.

that doesn't make me happy.

This disturbs me.

People don’t like me when I’m disturbed.

Color me skeptical of "behind the scenes things" that aren't substantiated

As much as there may be reliable reports, there may also be people with agendas circling in the rumor mills. BOB’s hiring was controversial and I’m sure there are those who are still upset.

Of course, if you gave specifics, my opinion might change.

Have no fear.

After today, you have to realize that the culture is ingrained in the school. Joe’s vision has indeed become the standard. We as fans would never let that be lost. Any coach coming here automatically must understand that or risk a short tenure.

Succss With Honor Always - January 27, 2012 reply

I agree, but we need to be responsible for this.

We can’t just assume that it is going to happen, we have to remain watchful and diligent in making sure it doesn’t happen. I don’t think any coach ever sets out to succeed without honor, but when they’re not able to, that’s when things start taking a turn. That’s why we were so ungodly fortunate with Joe Paterno, he not only was able to achieve it, but to also get every one of us to believe in it and ingrain it in the institution itself.

I don't think we're going to have a problem with diligence and oversight

All the outsiders in the past few months who have called us cultists or whatever don’t realize that the internal distress and turmoil each of us suffered from the scandal was far, far, greater than what anyone in the media or outside could’ve imagined.

For a coach or a group or an administration or whomever that would ever consider doing anything that’s not exemplary of the highest standards of moral character we emphatically say: Never again. Not on our watch.

I am so proud to call myself a Penn Stater.

The entire memorial was perfectly done with Phil Knight and Jay Paterno leading the way. I am so thankful for Phil Knight saying what every Penn Stater has been feeling for the past 3 months. The incredible spirit of Joe Paterno was on hand for the entire ceremony, and it will continue for many many years to come. It is my hope that Jay Paterno stays with Penn State in some capacity. Wouldn’t it been fitting, I don’t know that it is possible, for Jay to be elected to the Board of Trustees. Whether he would want to do it remains to be seen, but it would be something to behold. I am so thankful for Joe, Sue, and the entire Paterno family. The strength and courage that they have shown has beem amazing to see.
We as Penn Staters can carry on JoePa’s spirit, so our chilldren, grandchildred, and so on can have the values that we were so lucky to see firsthand. God Bless all of you. WE ARE!

PSU_Brian - January 26, 2012 reply

This week has been something

Grief, mourning, acceptance, remembrance, and love. I’ve gone through so many emotions in the last few days, and I never even met Joe, it really speaks to who he was and what he represented. From barely being able to speak to my father through the tears when he called me Sunday hours after the world found out just to ask how I was doing to now, watching some of these speeches from the memorial several times over and over again, not with sadness anymore, but with immense pride in having had Joe in some capacity in my life. Also pride in my fellow Penn Staters in the fitting tribute to Joe’s life this week has been. From the three or four people gathered around the Paterno statue at 2:30am early Wednesday morning when I dropped by on my way in after work in DC, to the hundreds already in line for the viewing just a few hours later at 7:30 before the gates even opened to the thousands upon thousands who lined the streets to wave one final goodbye to the man who loved us all so much and finally to the packed BJC where a player from each decade spent little time talking about Joe the coach, but rather Joe the person and how much he cared about each of them and their lives. After all of this, I think I’m mentally prepared to move on to a world without Joe here in the physical sense, because I know after everything I’ve seen this week that there is no way his spirit can ever die with the many thousands of people he has touched in his decades of service to humanity ready to carry his torch. After being back at Penn State I was reminded that there is nothing like it in the world and I’m OK being a part of the crazy cult that I affectionately refer to as “Paternoism”.

P the S out of U - January 26, 2012 reply

Watching the replay on ESPN3

this is going to be rough.

For sure...

Tailgate Shogun - January 26, 2012 reply

Just got home

Seeing Phil Knight roundhouse kick Spanier and the BOT (and the media, to a lesser degree) in the face may have been the highlight of my life.

SHAZAM, MOTHER FUCKERS.

Im watching it again and Phil Knights speach........

F**king Rocked…. I love and respect the loyalty, I lovedit there and it’s better now

Tailgate Shogun - January 26, 2012 reply

ummmmm,

just a reminder: JOE PATERNO ENABELED CHILD RAPE. AS IN, BOYS WERE RAPED. RAPE, as in RAPE. not a saint, but a CHILD RAPE ENABALER. you people are the worst. this place is a fucking cult. When Cardinal Law dies, will people have the same reaction? Well, I guess he didn’t win a bunch of football games, though. morons

mh444 - January 26, 2012 reply

Cool story, bro!

We're very pro-child rape around here.

You’ve enabled me to think you’re an idiot. ENABLER!

Thanks for stopping by.

Ignore the douches.

Tailgate Shogun - January 26, 2012 reply

Agreed.

But it’s hard, particularly when they go out of their way to share their view that Joe is the root of all evil.

Fuck em.

fucking prick

my appologies

for the language there, I’m a little emotional right now and this troll douche made me lose it mommentarily

u mad bro?

jdj5045 - January 26, 2012 reply

Is that you, Bastin Tahmmy?

How do you feel about the fackin dahkies?

Asshole.

P.S. Fun story.

Though semi-distant descendants, I am related to Cardinal Law.

Man. Penn State fan and related to Law. I am so a child rape condoner.

I am a distant relative of the British Monarchy.

So, you know… Britain must support child rape.

We may be distantly related :o)

Main - would those be your antecedents (or are your children precocious)?

be4time - January 27, 2012 reply

Yeah, antecedents.

Not my descendants or issue. :)

RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE

If raping is wrong, I don’t wanna be right!

Rape Cult Assemble

HOOOOOOOOOOO!

You continue to entertain me.

Shit.

I thought this was the rapping cult.

Fo sho now I’m lost.

You need to find a new site, I guess.

JUST KIDDING!

And flagged.

Rogue Nine - January 27, 2012 reply

I've noticed a lot of this lately...

… so many places where people seem to measure their own self-worth by denigrating others with hatred and ignorance.

I would completely fear for the future of humanity, but I know that Penn State continues to follow the Paterno Way and produce good people.

Tezcatlipoca - January 27, 2012 reply

Finally

I’m currently attending a military course at Ft. Sam Houston and due to the high intensity pace of the course haven’t had an opportunity to grieve for the loss of Joe until today. It’s been just sitting there in the back of my mind all week while I struggled to focus on my A&P exams. Today was my last exam of the week and I was finally able to sit down and reflect on his passing. I watched the memorial and am not ashamed to say I shed more than my fair share of tears while doing so.(Thank you tlrpsu for posting the link) I don’t comment here nearly as much as I used to, but still lurk here plenty. I just want to thank everyone here for giving me a place to go for anything PSU related. And also all the members of the community for sharing their thoughts and feelings. I don’t know what I’d do without a place, “to hug as grown men do.”

With you bro

hbeach08 - January 26, 2012 reply

Thanks for your service, biscoiv.

Nice to see you back, biscoiv,

Glad that you got to see the memorial. Thank you for your sacrifices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_gZLvYTijw

Another great video of joe:

The memorial was incredibly touching. All the speakers were wonderful. I love my Penn State community. I love Sue. I have the utmost respect for Jay to deliver a powerful speech during such an emotional time.

Joe Paterno will always be my hero. And, even though I’m only in my 20’s, he will be a role model for my children, and my children’s children, and so it goes.

Mr. Knight for BOT??

jdj5045 - January 26, 2012 reply

Just watched the replay.

My wonderful wife (who is not a Penn State fan) has been so understanding during this week. Over the years, I have spent many Saturdays “ignoring” her. I’ve tried to get her to watch with me, but she just doesn’t like football. Her knowledge of Joe Pa was “that old guy in the glasses.” Thankfully, she understands me, and my devotion to Penn State. On Saturday, she was the one to tell me about the false report. On Sunday, she was the first to say “I’m sorry”, and allow me to try to explain how important Joe was to me once again, and why she should care (to no avail). Being in the Navy has made it difficult to maintain a close relationship with fellow Penn Staters. When I first came to BSD, I found people who, like me, enjoy Penn State football. After November, I found it hard to write anything here. I felt that there was too much arguing between the posters. In my view, we were a house divided. My belief in Coach Joe’s integrity never wavered, which caused more than one argument with outsiders ignorant of the facts and quick to blame. I felt betrayed by my school, angered by the media, and disgusted with the B1G. I wanted to wait until I felt like I needed to post before I wrote anything again. I’m now glad I did. The Memorial Service was just the right thing I needed to put it in perspective. I am so proud to be a Penn Stater. Hearing every story has replenished my belief that Penn State is indeed that wonderful place that I remember. I now realize it wasn’t the football games that made me feel that way. It was the people. Joe might have put us on the map with football, but he made Penn State what it is today with the influence he had on all of our lives. I am glad that my son was able to know who Joe was, and I hope to continue to instill in him the same integrity that I learned from JoePa.

Thank you

for your service. I’m in the army but am currently taking a class with some sailors at Ft. Sam. It’s different being in class with another service but they seem to be very solid individuals.

Right back at you!

I’m in Pensacola right now finishing up my Shore Duty rotation, about to go back the the Marine Corps in Hawaii in June. I definitely understand how strange it can be working with other branches, but in the end we all are serving our country. We have more in common that people realize.

Please ignore my terrible typos today.

I usually type much better. Much be the sheer emotional exhaustion.

haha

no prob

biscoiv - January 27, 2012 reply

"I worked at Nike for 48 years, and some might call me a short-timer."

Wow, Fortt.

This isn’t a damn opera, you can clap.

And I did!!!

I have been stricken with grief. I work at a NYC financial institution and on monday wearing a PSU sweatshirt at work was told by a douchbag that my shirt was “very appropriate” I promptly told him that it was no accident and went about my work.

I dont know how to continue….. so many memories, so many thoughts…. I’ve been posting here for years…. but cared for longer…I’ve always felt like an outsider cuz i never went to Penn State, but always felt welcome cuz my post were well received.

like many of us I’m lost and am rambling…………Just know We are PENN STATE!!!!!

(PS - please feel free to reach out if you;’re in the nyc area)

platnumkid - January 26, 2012 reply

I thought you were Fortt for a second.

You don’t have to go to Penn State to be a Lion.

FYI - it's spelled 'doucheabag' around these parts.

leeharvey418 - January 27, 2012 reply

Was BoB there today?

AriesGD - January 27, 2012 reply

No.

Silly Super Bowl to prep for. He’s coming back for the recruiting weekend tho.

newenglandnittanylion - January 27, 2012 reply

Sorry

Didn’t know if he was there for a bit then left, or what. Actually forgot about the Super Bowl.

AriesGD - January 27, 2012 reply

Pictures show him attending the viewing.

be4time - January 27, 2012 reply

As I watch

the memorial service I, ….wait let me go back. Yesterday as I stood along Curtin Rd waiting, I glanced up and down the road at all the lives Joe has had an impact on. For as far as I could see WE stood. Now as I watch the memorial service I have to wince as I shake my head and say to the BOT, YOU FOOLS! What have you done! All of these lives that Joe had such a profound impact on will drown out any attempts to ever vilify him.
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN.

penntatefan - January 27, 2012 reply

A wonderful memorial, from start to finish

Phil Knight, Jay, and MRob might grab the headlines, and they were great, but I think my favorite eulogies came from the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Chris Marrone. And my favorite line of the night: “We’ll take it from here.”

Yup

Cefalo and Blackledge the polished tv pros, the goodnatured “jocks” mrob and mauti….but The Dean and Chris were very real life. Very impressive. I was so proud of Chris.

hbeach08 - January 27, 2012 reply

And Kenny Jackson. Purely heartfelt

JuniataMan - January 27, 2012 reply

"My teacher"

Jeannine Pinaula - January 27, 2012 reply

And the two students

The Paterno Fellow and the Mayor of Paternoville gave great prospective of being just normal students at Penn State and what impact Joe had on us as well even tho we might have only passed him or spoke to him once or twice.

tc2621psu - January 27, 2012 reply

On twitter

ForeverJVP posted this:
I used to get angry when people said Penn Staters “just don’t get it.” After today I just feel bad they don’t get to be part of this.

How true!

wonderlin - January 27, 2012 reply

PennState Proud

retweeted someting yesterday that I thought pretty much summed it up:

“From the outside looking in you can’t understand it, from the inside looking out, you can’t explain it”.

Why was the Big 10 Commisioner there ?

I think that takes some nerve to strip Joe’s name off the trophy months earlier saying they cannot have their trophy named after someone like that only to show up at the ceremony like he’s a friend of Joe Pa. It makes me sick I hate phoneys !!!!

Was BOB there ? I didn’t see Jack Ham either.

NJDeadhead - January 27, 2012 reply

I think BOB was back in New England.

He was there for the first two days of events though.

Chris Grovich - January 27, 2012 reply

Jack Ham was there.

BOB had another job commitment

and I think we can excuse him. He paid his respects, he spoke to the lettermen, I think we can excuse him if he watches this one on TV.

As for Delany, I’m glad he was there. It was something he needed to see.

I just cannot imaging the humiliation

that Joe must have felt when they stripped his name off that trophy. I hope Sue or another family member said something to him. He was never a big supporter of PSU, I believe he was one of the people who voted down PSU’s acceptance originally. I could be wrong though.

NJDeadhead - January 27, 2012 reply

If you were paying attention yesterday

I don’t think he felt anything nearing humiliation. I really don’t. I don’t think having his name on a trophy would have struck him as all that important an issue in his last few months.

I did pay attention

I am not saying yesterday he felt that way, I am talking about when they 1st announced it then stripped it. I know Jay didn’t like it one bit and he said so, that is why they said if they one it they were going to tape a sign on it saying the JoePA trophy. I think it would have been nice to have a trophy named after you recognizing the Big 10 Champ would have been nice his grand kids would have liked hearing years from not Penn St is playing for the Paterno Trophy. I think Lombardi & his family enjoy his. Just a thought.

NJDeadhead - January 27, 2012 reply

I agree with you that it would be a nice thing

for the Paterno family and many Penn State fans. I just disagreed that you framed it as humiliation. I think Joe wasn’t humiliated or bitter about any of that stuff, and that he understood that having affected and improved so many lives and done what he loved and accomplished so much, the honor of having a trophy named after him or not wasn’t something that would really tip the scales in either direction.

Succss With Honor Always - January 27, 2012 reply

Paterno has a very true perspective of his life and accomplishments.

First and foremost was all the lives he’s improved for the better, both the players he coached and molded, to the students who were able to get a high quality education thanks to him. I think in his mind, having his name removed from the trophy, no matter when or how it happened, never even registered on his radar.

If they really wanted to honor Paterno...

they would rename the conference All-Academic team after him.

well done

moosepsu - January 27, 2012 via Android app reply

This rings true to me.

At his age and with his life, I rather think he was well past sweating the small and inconsequential.

Vinnie and Cooke on 93.7 The Fan aren't fans of Phil Knight

They feel he was grand-standing… the memorial wasn’t the time or place… he should have said this closer to Joe’s dismissal. I support Phil’s statements. In Pitt, its about 50/50 support and against.

PSU_Ovaltine68 - January 27, 2012 via mobile reply

I agree that this wasn’t the time or the place. But I loved it too much to really care about propriety. It only worked because it was Knight.

Too many people.

Myself included, spent too much time worrying about the right time and place to speak up for Joe Paterno. Only a few people have a clear conscience in that regard, and the only one I can think of is Franco Harris.

Yes.

SubLime - January 27, 2012 reply

This will ramble.

I read an article about how “trolls” ruin the internet. The premise being that if 30,000 people read an article, maybe 300 will comment on it. It was a funny article and it theorized that most people will not put an opinion out there, no matter how well thought out, if it subjects you to being called a fu@#tard. I guess the idea is that a rational human being doesn’t like being called a fu@#tardeven once. Moreover, people who do post, generally don’t post again, because the thought of being called a fu@#tard for the second time is simply too much to bear.

And the article was funny. But how many times did you personally not speak up in Joe Paterno’s defense on facebook because you didn’t want to be called a kiddie rape apologist. How many times did you let it drop because you couldn’t do it again.

For me, personally, it has to be in the 100’s. I’m happy that Knight gave me some cover, but I shouldn’t have needed it.

I'm feeling sort of proud of myself lately

Because I said a lot of things right after that to a lot of people sounded crazy and tone deaf. But in the intervening 2.5 months, I’ve seen a lot of the sentiments I put out there in November being “arrived at” by people in January. The best one was when SportsbyBrooks did a sort of 180 and started posting articles about Paterno from the mid-90’s.

It was hard for people who hadn’’t read those articles or hear those stories about Joe and his involvement and generosity and general goodwill and inclusiveness to understand where a lot of us were coming from back then. But now, even the harshest critics are starting to get some of the context that built the foundation for our arguments. And it makes more sense. I hope they learn a lesson.

I'm referring more to the actual allegations.

I mean, it’s clear that Joe Paterno didn’t “cover up” these allegations. Not “following up” remains debatable, but he heard from Curley, and he talked to McQueary after the fact. Or the one where people say “he kept seeing Sandusky on campus”, which of course ignores the fact that their offices were in totally different buildings, and nobody ever actually saw them together on Campus. And on and on.

It’s exhausting. Somebody says something, and it’s hard to be respectful when your honest answer is everything you just said is factually inaccurate, and it implicates a good man in a child abuse scandal. And seriously, you’re that pissed and you can’t even bother to get your facts straight?

I’m tired. At least for a few seconds I felt that Phil Knight spelled us for a few seconds. And maybe makes it a bit easier to defend his statements when people say dumb shit about it. Which is happening already.

I've defended since day 1.

I’m very proud to say that. Dropped friends, argued with in-laws (good times), fought with complete strangers on Twitter, and Quora (which I still am trying to do). I know I can’t always change minds but if I make my point with class at least I can live with myself.

Saw a study from the Pew group yesterday (not sure if I can link to it as I’m not sure what board link rules are). Most Americans now believe that Joe should not have been fired. It makes me want to scream, but I’m glad to see that public opinion seems to be changing.

Getting rid of the BoT and affecting change is going to take a while, but let’s not forget the lessons of Joe & why we’re here: to make a positive impact. Let’s fight the good fight.

This remark resembles me.

More than I would like. Only the details — the distinctions with no practical difference vary.

It will be corrected.

If the family had no problem with the time and the place

then I have no problem with the time and the place.

Maybe I'm a rube

But I don’t think Knight thought for one second about marketing or timing. I think he really, genuinely loved Joe and that Joe really was his hero. He was really hurt by everything that happened.

If we get to a point as a society where we question everyone’s motives any time they say anything they feel, that makes me kind of sad. Like I said, I can generally feel when someone is putting me on, but I’m not going to give sideways glances when I see someone who is hurting and who has lost their hero go on to say strong things.

It was not marketing

The Paternos wouldn’t have included them if they thought that was about Nike.

Besides, Phil Knight has nothing left to prove. He’s in the late “I can say what I want to” phase of his career.

reedjohnmiller - January 27, 2012 reply

Agreed.

I like how Nike released a statement that it remains genuinely concerned about the allegations. We all are. But Phil Knight could give the OHDWM with impunity.

I like the line.

I worked here 48 years and I’ve never gotten a promotion.

And he's a short timer!

Maybe I’m a rube

You’re from Ebensburg, are you not?

I grew up a literal stone's throw

from the county fairgrounds. We would sneak in and make fake handstamps. The real rubes came in from out of town.

OctaShields - January 28, 2012 reply

So awesome

I was there. It will go down as one of the most affecting experiences of my life. There are so many things I could say, but I still want to think about it all.

As for Phil Knight, I’m a Nike man forever now as long as he keeps the experimentation in Oregon. And I think he will. PSU’s simple look sells well for them.

It was a real “I’m Keith Hernandez!” moment, wasn’t it?

reedjohnmiller - January 27, 2012 reply

Everyone, thank you for your comments! It has been a pleasure. The one thing that has not yet been said is this…

I was sitting there watching the media (camera men, writers, reporters, etc). Most looked completely disinterested. I kept wondering if they felt surrounded. If they finally felt how we felt… Surrounded by people who had absolutely no respect for them. I wondered just how miserable they were to be sitting there in our world. I wondered if they were beginning to understand. And as someone said above, I eventually felt sorry for them, because they don’t get it. Because they have never been a part of something like our family, to know what it is like to be a part of something infinitely greater than we will ever be on our own. If they had, their story would have been very different.

Because they have never been a part of something like our family, to know what it is like to be a part of something infinitely greater than we will ever be on our own.

It is hard for many people to conceive of what we’re feeling. If you aren’t a part of it or something very similar, you have no frame of reference. For alumni and fans of many other schools, it’s about coming together to cheer their football team on Saturdays. If that were all it were about for Penn State, I’d agree that this would all seem pretty weird. But it’s not, not by a longshot, and most cannot conceive of the very real, far-reaching connection many of us have.

I felt what I felt yesterday at THON. It stays with you. From the outside it seems backwards and insular, and that’s really unfortunate, because it’s one of the most fulfilling and rewarding experiences of my life.

Speaking of THON

Is anyone going up this year? I can’t wait.

My girlfriend is running the mountain-leg as a member of The Hope Express.

She danced as a senior in 2006 and is pretty pumped.

Bob Sacamano - January 27, 2012 reply

Good luck to her!

I know one of the members of the Hope Express…really impressed by the dedication.

iamkatemcg - January 28, 2012 reply

I'm pretty sure that we know the same person. Initials MP?

Bob Sacamano - January 30, 2012 reply

Most of those people were just doing their jobs.

A cameraman is a professional, he can’t get emotional or caught up in the moment. That being said, the BTN guy who was there had clearly been crying.

Yeah, he was so sincere

I felt like at one point he was going to hug Daryll

This sentiment is going to seem weird and come out all wrong

But I sort of feel like that was the end of the game for me and Penn State Football. It’s over, we won. 2 National Championships, 5 undefeated seasons, victory in every major bowl, hundreds of young men prepared for life, hundreds of thousands inspired, now top 50 in rankings as a university. And the football part of it seems so insignificant, that I’m not feeling it as far as renewing my tickets. I’m more interested in seeing justice done to Sandusky, fixing the institutional problems that screwed up the investigation, supporting the new child abuse research efforts, and restoring the good name of the university such that somehow showing up next September and sitting in the stands seems pointless. Yesterday was the victory parade; what more is there to accomplish in Beaver Stadium? The game has ended, book closed, tie a ribbon on the football part of it.

I don’t know, can someone talk some sense into me?