Happy birthday, JoePa
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Happy Birthday, Joe. We are because you were.
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For many years I sent Joe Birthday cards. One I remember most was one that opened from left since I knew Joe was left handed.
STILL MISS ‘YA JOE.
What an absolute tragedy that our BOT allowed his legacy to be tarnished in the manner that it was. RIP JVP.
Happy Birthday JVP. I remember passing him frequently going to Rec Hall from North Halls. He would always smile and say hello in reply to my “Hi Coach.”
Damn, but I miss that man and what he stood for. He should be resting easy knowing that a man with similar values has taken the reins and and is continuing his legacy. Success with honor.
With each passing day I feel the wrongs done to Joe will never be righted. It’s time PSU rectified this and honored Joe and what he stood for and initiated, which is Succees with Honor.
Ditto. I lived in Beam (north halls) right at the end of McKee St.....
Oh I know where Beam is, future off campus roommate lived in Beam. My older brother also lived there 1968.
I had the honor of having Jay and spider come to my restaurant today. Very humbled to have them on such a momentous day. Jay said he’s bringing mom next year. God bless the Paterno family.
School should have a huge weekend and honor JVP and family in style. Some outsiders will squeak but too bad for them!
Happy Birthday Coach.
I was at his bedside the afternoon of January 17, 2012. He had just returned from chemo treatments. We chatted for an hour. The night before I had spoken with Bill O’Brien who had been hired two days earlier. Joe shared with me that Bill called Joe and they spoke briefly. Joe offered his help to Bill in any way Bill thought he could.
As I get older, my appreciation of Joe and what he represented and accomplished grows. He was truly an icon who transformed an agricultural college in the center of Penn State.
His speech to the BOT in 1983, after winning PSU’s first National Championship is remarkable in that he challenges everyone to dare to be great. To him, football was a metaphor for life and Success With Honor wasn’t a catchphrase
I miss you Joe.
I’m not done fighting to right the wrong heaped on you by a group of cowards led by John Surma, Joel Meyers and Paul Suhey who were looking for someone to blame. Just ask Ken Frazier.
I was at his bedside the afternoon of January 17, 2012. He had just returned from chemo treatments. We chatted for an hour. The night before I had spoken with Bill O’Brien who had been hired two days earlier. Joe shared with me that Bill called Joe and they spoke briefly. Joe offered his help to Bill in any way Bill thought he could.
As I get older, my appreciation of Joe and what he represented and accomplished grows. He was truly an icon who transformed an agricultural college in the center of Penn State.
His speech to the BOT in 1983, after winning PSU’s first National Championship is remarkable in that he challenges everyone to dare to be great. To him, football was a metaphor for life and Success With Honor wasn’t a catchphrase
I miss you Joe.
I’m not done fighting to right the wrong heaped on you by a group of cowards led by John Surma, Joel Meyers and Paul Suhey who were looking for someone to blame. Just ask Ken Frazier.
Anthony, thanks for all you have done. I only disagree with one thing....Surma, Suhey etc. aren't fit to be called cowards.....they are human excrement.
GOAT College Football Coach... or as Coach Franklin put it in his inaugural statement as PSU's Head Coach about following in the footsteps of, "...the Great Joe Paterno..."
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I have always believed that Frazier played an integral role in facilitating the Freeh narrative that scapegoated Joe.
Joe’s legacy is not the wins and losses. It’s in the steadfast desire to be better -that he instilled in the people that knew him
Go get ‘em Ant.
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Ken Frazier participated via telephone in the Sunday 11/6/11 Emergency BOT meeting. His recollections of that meeting are revealing.
JoePa made Penn State immensely better in athletics and academics, no doubt about it. Love and respect for you JoePa.
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