Godspeed, Joe.

JoePa goes to the hospital.

Here's to a speedy recovery good sir.

JoePa* Doesn't Want You. And That Says Something.

JoePa has not only outlasted another leader, but has slapped one upside the face.

That's a lie.

But apparently JoePa's conservativeness stopped him from greeting former President Clinton when he visited PSU.

I personally love the statement, "I didn't want to get into that because of my situation, because I couldn't vote for either one of them because I'm a Republican."

That's JoePaspeak for "Suck it bleeding-heart liberal commie" Maybe not. But we like to assume.



*I just realized how much of my content involves JoePa. It's really not on purpose. They guy just seems to make a lot of news. I'm not complaining because it's OK. I should blog about him. He's one of the greatest, most newsworthy coaches out there. I just feel a little gay about it. But a good gay. JoePa Gay.

PSU continues to have its head up its...

Assumption that they can actually force JoePa to do anything. (See what I did there?)

Here's another article talking about why and when PSU wants Joe to put up the clip board.

I still find it humorous that a team with 29 wins in 3 seasons is looking to out their coach.

If my coach literally dead and still giving me 9 wins a season, Give the SOB a raise. He's doing as good as or better than 80%* of coaches in the country.

Seriously ask people @ A&M, Arkansas, Washington, and the like. They would hire Osama if he put up 9 wins a season for three years w/ a conference title thrown in there.**




*That statistic is totally made up. But it sounded really good.
** That's probably not true either, but go with it

JoePa is now officially a case study. SI.com reports that PSU has started enrolling for a course that studies JoePa's relation with the media.

Can you say awesomeness incarnate? As a comm major, I'd be in that class before you could say "enroll me."

"There's a reason that Joe, more than any other college coach, does what he does," said Poorman, who has written about Paterno and the team since 1979. "Whether talking to the media, delivering a corporate address or interacting with his staff ... it's meticulous. There's a reason why he does everything."

Poorman said he hasn't talked to Paterno directly about the class, though he received word through the coach's family that he is OK with the endeavor.

Paterno's son and quarterbacks coach, Jay Paterno, said Thursday night his father's initial reaction was "What would they want to possibly do a course about me for?"

Another focus of the class is the evolution of sports journalism into a fast-paced, Internet-driven media marketplace.

A weekly in-season news conference once meant Paterno talked with six reporters around a table, no microphone or TV camera in sight. Paterno knew every reporter's name on the beat, Poorman said.

Today, remarks can spread quickly through blogs and Web chat rooms, not to mention the live broadcasts over the radio. Now Paterno sits at a table overlooking a Beaver Stadium media room with more than a dozen reporters, with at least another dozen asking questions via teleconference.

"There are very few people in the same job, the same role, the same company" for the length of time that Paterno has been at Penn State, Jay Paterno said about his father. "He's the perfect person to study the changing media."

Personally I love how JoePa handles the media. Between him being a coy smart@#$ to them and the fact that you always need to fear for your life when in an interview with him, that class would have probably been retaken each semester just to keep me sane.

JoePa suspends Sixth PSU Player, Says Something About Whippersnappers.

PSU has put it's sixth player on suspension.

Apparently these all stem from one fight in October 7th, which is pretty impressive. If these all counted toward Fulmer Cup, sweet victory might be in JoePa's hands. Not that JoePa ever doesn't have sweet victory in his hands at all times. Every now and then he lends it out to others.

And if your a booster or whatever of PSU and you're thinking of trying to give him the boot after this season he will suspend you too. Except your life and stuff.

Image is from LSUFreek who in fact is in actuality a true freak of the photoshop.

Pryor weighs his options... still.

It would seem that Pryor still hasn't made a choice as to where he wants to play football. The Wizard of Odds has linked this morning to an article with the Pros and Cons of each school.

None of these schools are going to be a bad choice for Pryor. Each one (well coach in Michigan's case) has shown some success with a dual-threat QB like Pryor.

A small recap

OSU

Pros:
- Current leader
- Likes Tressell
- Recent success

Cons:
- Won't start right away
- Not running an offense that calls for his "athlete" abilities


Mich:

Pros:
- RichRod has come after this guy hard before arriving in Ann Arbor
- Spread offense would be optimal for his skill-set
- Could start right away

Cons:
- Mich will be in transition. This ain't good.


PSU:

Pros:
- JoePa!!!
- Family
- Need a solid QB now.
- JoePa!!!

Cons:
- Hasn't had a mobile QB since Robinson
- JoePa!!!
- PSU isn't known for top notch player development


Oregon

Pros:
- Showed much success with Dixon last year
- Offense is made for somebody like Pryor
- Smaller market away from East Coast

Cons:
- Away from family
- Never visited


Deciding Factor you ask?

JoePa!!!

I'll die on the sideline if I want to.

Things could be getting ugly up in Happy Valley.

Just a thought. (And this is not directed at any single person mentioned in the article at all. Just a general thought towards people saying anything about JoePa quitting)

When you have 50+ years of experience in your job and are regarded as one of the greatest college presidents, journalist, or board member in your career's field, you might be able to think about talk firing a coach that reflects the same accomplishments.

But you don't.

Till then...

Shut your mouth.

Paterno can still kick your butt up and down the sideline and he will for mouthing off.