Comments on: Joe Paterno: 1926 – 2012

By: Poppawheelie

Poppawheelie — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:41:58 +0000

“Only football” was only a venue for a great man, who did more good for his fellow man than most of us. Makes no difference what the game was.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:59:13 +0000

For those of us who have been in and around Penn State for many years, the many large contributions Joe Paterno made to the University's development are apparent. Whether or not one appreciates the realities of big-time college football and all the hoopla and moolah that accompanies it, Penn State is a very different place today than it was early in Joe Paterno's career here.

Many of those changes resulted, or were accelerated, from the influence and achievements of that one remarkable man. Like all of us, he had his faults, but there is no question that he was a great man in terms of his accomplishments and leadership. We will not see his like again.

RIP Joe Paterno, and condolences to his family and many, many Penn State friends.

By: Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:08:15 +0000

Ok...I have to say this. I am not saying anything ill about the man and I never met him. I played soccer at a branch campus. Getting money for the soccer program, while any sports program was not possible because everything went through JoePa's office first.

The recent scandal should not have happened, but it did for one reason and one reason only. The money that Penn State football brings in. In any other sport at Penn State things would not have happened the way they did. Coaches would have been fired. People arrested much earlier then they were. But it's Penn State Football.

I ended up transferring out of Penn State for reasons other than sport. I know I sound bitter, and maybe I am a little. My heart goes out to the Paterno family, but in the end it's only football, it's only a game and he was only a man.