since he's pretty sick, this is where we can discuss his many accomplishments over his multi-decade career in football

how will he be remembered eventually? 20 years down the road will people forget about the controversy and focus on the numbers?

1/21/2012 6:47:55 PM

I vote for this thread.

Man, what's crappylast year he's had, kinda wish he would've gone outon a good note after the scandal

1/21/2012 6:50:45 PM

if it had come out after he died, mcqueary could've come out and said "i ran right into coach's office and told him graphically that sandusky was raping a boy. he told me it was none of our business and that if i called the cops he'd schedule me a visit to the state prison for some 'horsing around.'"

1/21/2012 7:21:30 PM

Wat

1/21/2012 7:44:09 PM

you had to know this was gonna happen. Football was obviously all that JoePa had in his life, family aside, and getting crushed like this simply had to kill him

1/21/2012 7:45:52 PM

cbssports says he has died

[Edited on January 21, 2012 at 8:58 PM. Reason : .]

1/21/2012 8:57:21 PM

1/21/2012 8:59:55 PM

RIP Joe Pa

1/21/2012 9:05:13 PM

RIP Joepa

1/21/2012 9:21:29 PM

He ain't dead yet folks. Cbssports pulled their report

1/21/2012 9:22:55 PM

CBSSports article isn't true according to family (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/21/joe-paterno-dead-ex-penn-state-football-coach_n_1221289.html?ref=college).

Still clinging to life

1/21/2012 9:24:40 PM

RIP

Joe Paterno made a difference in thousands of young mens' lives. It's a shame how so many people villanized him for events that were out of his control. He told the man who heads the campus police about what he was told happened. Joe Paterno came from a different era where child abuse was rarely in the news, and rarely talked about. I'm not saying it never happened then, but telling someone back then that their friend had been sexually abusing little boys was unthinkable and would make their head explode.

Damn CBS. Either way I hope that when he passes, people remember him for all the good he did and stood for.

[Edited on January 21, 2012 at 9:28 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2012 9:25:58 PM

cbs is run by hacks and employs hacks that couldn't even get jobs on fanhouse (prisco, doyel, etc)

1/21/2012 9:29:05 PM

Looks like I'll be avoiding facebook for the next few weeks.

1/21/2012 9:39:37 PM

Do this many of you guys get your sports news from CBS?

1/21/2012 10:06:51 PM

yeah I don't get this shit, I wouldn't use cbs to wipe my ass

1/21/2012 10:09:25 PM

I don't. I just responded to the earlier posts in the thread.

1/21/2012 10:21:41 PM

I rely on Chit Chat to inform me who is alive and who isn't.

1/21/2012 10:42:33 PM

it's my top source for being trolled by subpar bloggers about herb sendek

1/21/2012 10:44:17 PM

Fuck Joe Paterno

1/21/2012 10:45:27 PM

Quote :

"It's a shame how so many people villanized him for events that were out of his control. "

Come on, son.

This is how I'll remember him:

1/22/2012 1:36:02 AM

events were not out of his control. that's ridonculous

1/22/2012 8:24:48 AM

^

once he knew about it, it was very very much within his control.

1/22/2012 8:40:24 AM

Quote :

"Damn CBS. Either way I hope that when he passes, people remember him for all the good he did and stood for."

That's so naive. I hope he is remembered for all the good he did, and that is substantial, AND for the fact that he blindly turned an eye on a young boy (or boys) whose lives are ruined before they had a chance to really have a life.

You don't just throw away all the bad when someone is near death.

1/22/2012 8:43:41 AM

I think Penn State did the right thing by letting him go, but the way he was treated by the media it was like he was the one that molested the boy(s). Should he have done more, yes. But it's not like he tried to cover it up. He told people higher up, one of which was responsible for the police at the school. In this instance the chain of command failed. I'm not saying he shouldn't be remembered for his further inaction, because in situations like this it's a lesson that people should do everything that they can to get the authorities to respond. I just think that the real anger should be directed to the sick son of a bitch that actually raped and molested the boy(s).

1/22/2012 9:58:14 AM

He gone.

1/22/2012 10:21:00 AM

^^if it were his grandchildren getting raped, he probably would have done more than "tell the higher ups"

1/22/2012 10:22:50 AM

...and now he's dead:

https://twitter.com/#!/AP/status/161105001366822913

1/22/2012 10:29:18 AM

I'm waiting for the SportsCenter segment "Tebow's Thoughts on Joe Pa"

1/22/2012 10:50:52 AM

DeadPa

1/22/2012 11:14:54 AM

I think the world will explode if it ever turns out that all those boys were lying and Sandusky is innocent

RIP JoePa, truly a sad day for the world of sports. Very sad how quickly he passed away after football was taken away from him.

Can't wait for the inevitable onslaught of ridiculous status updates on Facebook

[Edited on January 22, 2012 at 11:29 AM. Reason : Fjsjd]

1/22/2012 11:27:33 AM

Quote :

"Joe Paterno made a difference in thousands of young mens' lives."

unfortunately, it's the young boy's lives that he DIDN'T make a difference in that he will tarnish his legacy.

1/22/2012 11:57:52 AM

1/22/2012 12:05:16 PM

wow, that picture makes him look all distinguished and shit.

1/22/2012 12:05:59 PM

Quote :

"Can't wait for the inevitable onslaught of ridiculous status updates on Facebook"

I logged onto Facebook this morning, bad idea. Couldn't scroll past all the mourning.

1/22/2012 1:56:42 PM

I think he should be remembered for the good. Most if not all the things he did were good. Sad people talk bad about him via the internet. I hope for your sake the same doesnt happen to you when you pass.

1/22/2012 8:43:04 PM

and I hope for your sake that you don't turn a blind eye to child sexual assault

[Edited on January 22, 2012 at 9:23 PM. Reason : ]

1/22/2012 9:23:38 PM

People are saying its too soon for JoePa jokes. I guess I should wait a decade to say anything, just like JoePa did


disclaimer: stolen from the twitters

1/22/2012 9:27:47 PM

Dag on.

1/22/2012 11:40:31 PM