317 replies to this topic

[canderson]

Can't confirm if he's died yet, but if not it is imminent.

His family is making an announcement in the next hour or so, no specific time yet. Friend works at OnwardState (site's crashed) told me this. Will get links when "public."

We are working to get the site online ASAP. We have reported that Joe Paterno was taken off of a respirator this morning. (1/2)

The info, which comes from team source, meshes with forum post by BWI's Tom McAndrew that Paterno's extended family has been summoned. (2/2)

twitter.com/onwardstate

Edited by canderson, 21 January 2012 - 06:07 PM.

[Tyrone Biggums]

WOW...speechless

[dcmissle]

Sally Jenkins said she had the definite sense that Joe knew her interview would be the last one. Correct me, but it seems there was no indication he was this close to death or even terminal.

[Tyrone Biggums]

I'm not seeing this reported anywhere else...wonder if its credible

[dcmissle]

I'm not seeing this reported anywhere else...wonder if its credible

Quick check of cbs/nbc/abc/espn/wapost ... even Drudge -- nothing

[Corsi]

BREAKING: Penn State coach Joe Paterno near death, family summoning close friends to hospital for final goodbyes.

https://twitter.com/#!/cvmikesisak/status/160857688736153600

[canderson]

Not released yet, family has given notice to one paper that I know of directly.

[Foulkey Reese]

I hope hell has a shower room.

[spy5007]

Fuck you foulkey. I hope karma catches up to you

[Greg Blosser]

Just reported on the local CBS news in NYC.

[ibrewbeer]

I hope hell has a shower room.

Bravo

[axx]

Knowing how this story has gone, it wouldn't surprise me if Paterno was intentionally poisoned to aid in the cover up somehow.

[The Allented Mr Ripley]

Fuck you foulkey. I hope karma catches up to you

Shut the fuck up, you fucking pussy.

[Kremlin Watcher]

Cue speculation as to the extent the scandal and termination hastened his death. Bear Bryant lasted about a month, Paterno not quite three.

[CoRP]

I hope hell has a shower room.

Sandusky should be following him there shortly. No way that guy lasts a month in prison.

[Jerrygarciaparra]

http://deadspin.com/...edly-near-death

[dcmissle]

Knowing how this story has gone, it wouldn't surprise me if Paterno was intentionally poisoned to aid in the cover up somehow.

I don't believe LHO acted alone -- but dude, he's an 85 yr-old with lung cancer.

What you're likely to hear out of some quarters of Happy Valley is "They broke Joe's heart and killed him." Or, at least, "They prejudged him and made his final days miserable."

I just hope there is not blowback on BOB.

[dcmissle]

Quick check of cbs/nbc/abc/espn/wapost ... even Drudge -- nothing

New Media racing circles around MSM -- of the 6 sources above, only (ms)nbc has anything out on this. Others still dark.

[spy5007]

Shut the fuck up, you fucking pussy.

Thanks for the insight. Good thing im so afraid of tough guy 40 year olds on the Internet. Get a life

[axx]

New Media racing circles around MSM -- of the 6 sources above, only (ms)nbc has anything out on this. Others still dark.

ESPN has an article up on it now.

[sfip]

The ESPN article says he's in serious condition. Doesn't say anything about life support. This still sucks regardless.

[The Allented Mr Ripley]

Thanks for the insight. Good thing im so afraid of tough guy 40 year olds on the Internet. Get a life

Why can't you do what you're told? You're horrible at following directions.

[spy5007]

Why can't you do what you're told? You're horrible at following directions.

I'll make a deal with you. Once you leave your parents basement I'll stop posting

[The Allented Mr Ripley]

17 posts in and a parents' basement reference! We have a new winner!

Remember, this was started because you're the guy who got butthurt by a throwaway line on an internet message board.

[E5 Yaz]

[spy5007]

17 posts in and a parents' basement reference! We have a new winner!

Remember, this was started because you're the guy who got butthurt by a throwaway line on an internet message board.

Oh Im so sorry, my apologies for being a normal person and taking offense to someone celebrating the impending death of a human. Next time I'll be more sensitive to the fact that ignorant ass holes have feelings too

[Hendu's Gait]

Dear шoпa and Pedo Valley,


too bad so sad

[The Allented Mr Ripley]

Oh Im so sorry, my apologies for being a normal person and taking offense to someone celebrating the impending death of a human. Next time I'll be more sensitive to the fact that ignorant ass holes have feelings too

Thank you, that's all I was looking for. If I'm cut, do I not bleed?

And besides, I'm never leaving my parents' basement, I've got FiOS down there and everything.

Edited by The Allented Mr Ripley, 21 January 2012 - 07:27 PM.

[ThePrideofShiner]

Oh Im so sorry, my apologies for being a normal person and taking offense to someone celebrating the impending death of a human. Next time I'll be more sensitive to the fact that ignorant ass holes have feelings too

We're not allowed to celebrate people's deaths anymore?

Were you sad when Hitler died?

[E5 Yaz]

From parents' basements to Godwin's Law in 6 posts. Quick someone quote Blutarsky about Pearl Harbor

[StuckOnYouk]

Oh Im so sorry, my apologies for being a normal person and taking offense to someone celebrating the impending death of a human. Next time I'll be more sensitive to the fact that ignorant ass holes have feelings too

Normal people aren't sad when a guy who allowed child rape to be swept under the rug dies. Speaking of karma, don't you think THIS is karma?

Edited by StuckOnYouk, 21 January 2012 - 07:35 PM.

[ThePrideofShiner]

From parents' basements to Godwin's Law in 6 posts. Quick someone quote Blutarsky about Pearl Harbor

Perhaps I was too quick on the Hitler draw.

How about, will he be sad when Sandusky dies?

[kenneycb]

Oh Im so sorry, my apologies for being a normal person and taking offense to someone celebrating the impending death of a human. Next time I'll be more sensitive to the fact that ignorant ass holes have feelings too

lol boo hoo

[jon abbey]

I put a question mark in the title for now.

[kenneycb]

What a buzzkill.

[jacklamabe65]

This thread reads lika an exchange between Red Sox Brain, Ted Garciaparra, and Steve Silva back in the old days.

[wibi]

I'll make a deal with you. Once you leave your parents basement I'll stop posting

How the fuck did you get a membership here?

[kenneycb]

How the fuck did you get a membership here?

He left his parents' basement.

[DrewDawg]

How the fuck did you get a membership here?

Duh, he's a spy.

[BigSoxFan]

Back to JoePa, it's only a matter of time before the moronic alums blame the BoT for his death, whenever that occurs.

[Bob Montgomery's Helmet Hat]

From parents' basements to Godwin's Law in 6 posts. Quick someone quote Blutarsky about Pearl Harbor

Forget it. He's rolling.

[spy5007]

Rather than spending my night individually responding to the uproar of people equating an 85 year old football coach with lung cancer to a man who single handedly led the genocide of thousands of innocent people, I'm going to go out and enjoy my Saturday night and pray for the well being of him and all those suffering from illness and poor health.

Good night

[RedSoxFan]

[terrynever]

Well, I knew Joe in the 1970s when he was in the prime of his life. It was hard to compare him to the guy who coached those last 10 years at Penn State. In his prime, Joe was an incredibly curious human being who relied on a great staff inherited from Rip Engle to help build powerhouse football teams that played "soft" schedules against fading Eastern football powers like Syracuse, Army and Pittsburgh. He made the program national and won a couple national titles in the 1980s. Should have quit in the early 1990s when he hit 65 but never could leave the program that became his life.

I'm going to remember Joe as the guy from those younger days. The sad part of life is if you hang on long enough, the end game is usually not a pretty one. Still, nobody who knew Joe thought his career and his life would end in this kind of scandal. Joe lost sight of the detail work that made him such a great coach. If he had paid attention to the details, he would have fired Sandusky in 1998, no questions asked.

I understand the back-and-forth on this thread about Joe. It's indicative of the anger people have that a supposedly great man could be so ignorant about sexual perversion. But that's the thing about Joe. He wasn't really worldly back in the 1970s. He was a football coach who buried himself in game plans and program details. There's a danger in that for coaches. Usually the wife walks away, as happened with Parcells and maybe even Belichick.
Football coaches are a strange breed.

I am sad tonight that Joe is dying. Sad for the Joe I knew, not the guy from the last 10 years.

[PBDWake]

Back to JoePa, it's only a matter of time before the moronic alums blame the BoT for his death, whenever that occurs.

You say that like it hasn't already been done. I've seen the BoT, McQueary, Media, and even BOB by one guy blamed for this.

Rather than spending my night individually responding to the uproar of people equating an 85 year old football coach with lung cancer to a man who single handedly led the genocide of thousands of innocent people, I'm going to go out and enjoy my Saturday night and pray for the well being of him and all those suffering from illness and poor health.

Good night

Get over yourself. Even if you don't agree with it, the man was part of a very recent and reprehensible cover up of an atrocity. Sympathy will be limited for many, and I'm being kind with that.


I'm disappointed this is happening on multiple levels. Firstly, I don't think he's an inherently evil person (I think he was a coward of monstrous proportion though), so there's a level of sympathy. Don't like seeing people dying. 2) That he'll never see the stand again is also disappointing.

[LTF]

I put a question mark in the title for now.

And I changed it to an exclamation point. Because I wanted the headline to have a town-crier vibe. (Also because I've been drinking.)

[PortageeExpress]

And I changed it to an exclamation point. Because I wanted the headline to have a town-crier vibe. (Also because I've been drinking.)

This is why you are my favorite mod ever since Maalox died.

[The Napkin]

I'm going to remember Joe as the guy from those younger days.

Yeah, seems like lots of Penn State people prefer things younger.

[Kremlin Watcher]

http://www.pennlive....sufootball/

PSU boards saying he is dead.

Edited by Kremlin Watcher, 21 January 2012 - 08:55 PM.

[Greg29fan]

Hasta eternidad

http://eye-on-colleg...156338/34497800