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As I posted in that other thread, my brother's 29 today and he's the most devoted college football fan I know. He graduated from Penn State a few years back and lived for that football team, and to see this all crumble and end this way is too sad to put into words.
I hope in time those with no vested interest in Penn State are able to acknowledge that prior to his terrible mistake he was a really great man and did a tremendous amount for his players and various charities. I know the public at large will always think of him as a bad person because he didn't do enough when faced with extraordinary circumstances, but that wasn't JoePa, and if you think that's all there was to him, then it really is an incredibly sad day.
Rest in Peace.
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I heard quotes from Matt Millen and Lou Holtz intimating the scandal robbed him of his will to live. This was my first thought when I heard the news this morning. So sad not only his career and now passing will be tied to that mess. All that aside (something tells me lots of ugly is about to come out on the internet), what tremendous football coach and leader of men.
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I heard quotes from Matt Millen and Lou Holtz intimating the scandal robbed him of his will to live. This was my first thought when I heard the news this morning. So sad not only his career and now passing will be tied to that mess. All that aside (something tells me lots of ugly is about to come out on the internet), what tremendous football coach and leader of men.
I think he would've died pretty quickly no matter how he left PSU, much like Bear Bryant.
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I don't know, man. Imagine being related to one of the kids that was raped and turning on ESPN today to hear Chris Berman talk about how legendary JoePa is.
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I dont think it's pretentious at all to say that people who cover up the rapes of dozens of children should not get a pass because they built a great football program.
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