January 22, 201214 yr Joe Paterno, the man who for decades was synonymous with Penn State football and was known by the college football world as just "JoePa", has died. Paterno, 85, had been receiving chemotherapy as part of his treatment for lung cancer, and complications from that treatment claimed the longtime Penn State coach's life on Saturday. http://eye-on-colleg...156338/34497800
January 22, 201214 yr Wait. He's alive. He's ALLLIIIIIIVEEEEEEEEE! Penn St. released a statement saying so.
January 22, 201214 yr They're saying he's still alive..barely..for now anyway. ESPN is reporting that he's already said his goodbyes to his family.
January 22, 201214 yr I have a feeling that a lot of people are going to blame Penn St., at least subconsciously, for causing "undue" stress and accelerating his death.
January 22, 201214 yr I have a feeling that a lot of people are going to blame Penn St., at least subconsciously, for causing "undue" stress and accelerating his death. Based on the reactions of the student body + some of the media when he was fired, that's a very good possibility.
January 22, 201214 yr This is just really sad for him and his family over the last 10 weeks. And his failing health over the last couple years. In overall scheme of things maybe it is better that the mind goes first and instead of the body. Just thinking about it.
January 22, 201214 yr Someone please change the name of this thread to Joe Paterno IS Dead or RIP Joe Paterno.
January 22, 201214 yr I have a feeling that a lot of people are going to blame Penn St., at least subconsciously, for causing "undue" stress and accelerating his death. He kind of caused the stress himself. If he wasn't a pedo-enabler he wouldn't have been but under such stress. Who knows, maybe hiding what he knew for so long literally ate at him. Jerry Sandusky lost a friend today.
July 12, 201214 yr This is just really sad for him and his family over the last 10 weeks. And his failing health over the last couple years. In overall scheme of things maybe it is better that the mind goes first and instead of the body. Just thinking about it. After the Freeh Report today, no one should ever feel sorry for JoPa or any of his family. His legacy now is of knowing about a child predator and covering it up because of the "bad publicity". The report states that neither he, nor any of the others at Penn St ever showed any remorse for the victims of Sandusky, until after Sandusky's arrest. That is nauseating and sick.
July 12, 201214 yr This is just really sad for him and his family over the last 10 weeks. And his failing health over the last couple years. In overall scheme of things maybe it is better that the mind goes first and instead of the body. Just thinking about it. After the Freeh Report today, no one should ever feel sorry for JoPa or any of his family. His legacy now is of knowing about a child predator and covering it up because of the "bad publicity". The report states that neither he, nor any of the others at Penn St ever showed any remorse for the victims of Sandusky, until after Sandusky's arrest. That is nauseating and sick. I agree. Originally I defended him but now I take it back. After the Freeh report with all the evidence out it's safe to say everyone involved including Paterno were criminals. I wonder what happens with the program. Everyone is calling for it to be shut down.
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