Lots of people asking where to find the rather stunning Joe Paterno video that was played before...

Lots of people asking where to find the rather stunning Joe Paterno video that was played before and after Saturday's game. So at the risk of making your cry like babies in your respective cubicles, here it is.

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Incidentally...

…this is the “after” video, with some footage from Saturday night sprinkled throughout.

by Run Up The Score on Oct 27, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Would have been seriously impressive if it was the “before” the game video

by Tailgate Shogun on Oct 27, 2008 7:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The video through 1:52 (or so) is the BEFORE video

The rest of the video is the AFTER THE GAME version. (The footage from Saturday was used after the ~ 1:52 mark.)

by Aaron PSU on Oct 27, 2008 9:49 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah, but imagine if they were able to show clips from the game BEFORE the game actually started? That would truly be a sight to behold.

by Tailgate Shogun on Oct 28, 2008 7:31 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes, yes, that's what I meant.

It’s before and after, so that’s why it kind of repeats.

by Run Up The Score on Oct 28, 2008 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

gettin' a little misty in here

http://glassesofjoe.blogspot.com/

by psudrozz on Oct 27, 2008 2:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm a sucker for these things...

The picture of him waving to the crowd from the booth says it all.

I went looking youtube for it last night, too. My 7-year-old son has been watching it on constant loop since I found it.

by Spats on Oct 27, 2008 2:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

You guys are killing me...

I love this video and wish my Dad was still here to see it

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 27, 2008 2:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

He was

by tr88 on Oct 27, 2008 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I have an office, with a door

I feel choky and misty

I don't know, Mello Yello is pretty awful. What's the worst that could happen?

by psu on Oct 27, 2008 2:58 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Kleenez

is needed. I want this NC more than anything else.

"Red, it took me sixteen years to get here. You play me, and I'll give ya the best I got."

by Touchdown on Oct 27, 2008 3:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I just wonder

How many more of these teary-eyed tributes we’re going to have to endure this year. That one was pretty tough.

Mike
Black Shoe Diaries

by BSD on Oct 27, 2008 3:50 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The opening on Saturday....

and the Keith Jackson statement earlier this year both killed me. I can’t say it enough…..we are the luckiest fans/alums in the world. We deserved nothing and got the greatest ever!!! Okay, now I just made myself tear up.

by RNF18 on Oct 27, 2008 3:56 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

When I saw this vid on Sat night, I found it kind of weird…. the sappy music, the odd ending with him with his hand on the glass from the press box…. I don’t know. Seemed a little strange to me. The ending is kind of sad, but in a pathetic way, I think.

Not that our coach would ever get a tribute video… let me just get that out of the way.

[insert prophetic yet obnoxiously haughty and annoying quote here]

by J Money BS on Oct 27, 2008 4:10 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I know what you mean.

Although enjoyable, I thought it had the feel of a posthumous retrospective.

by PaOhWi on Oct 27, 2008 6:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Historical question

Call me historically stupid, but when and why did the numbers come off the sides of the helmets and the stripe down the leg? I know it looks kind of Alabamaish, but i was just wondering. I saw in Lions Pride they are selling the old throwback football helmets with i think Cappy’s number 22 on the side of them. I thought it would be cool for one game a year where they did a throw back game. Anyone have any input on this and can help me out or maybe just miserably shoot me down. haha thanks!!

For the Glory of Old State

by PSULion29 on Oct 27, 2008 6:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I wondered about that too

I looked this up recently because I saw an old picture with the numbers on the helmets. I found this site with a history of helmets in the Big Ten that says Penn State wore numbers on head gear in “1961 (and possibly earlier), and again from 1967 to 1974.”

http://www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project/big10.htm

Not sure how reliable the site is but it’s at least interesting. I’m not sure the one “throwback” game a year would make much sense for adding helmet numbers. With such a little change to turn the uniform into a “throwback” it might just look weird to add numbers once a year.

I'm too country for Terrelle Pryor.

by NewJackCity on Oct 27, 2008 7:06 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

every game is a throwback uniform game for Penn State

by The JuggerNitt on Oct 28, 2008 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Let me premise this by saying I LOVE Joe Paterno

I thought this was wayyy over the top and a total slurp job on Joe. You would have thought he has terminal cancer the way that thing was produced. Like the sentiment, not the execution

"For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled"- Hunter S. Thompson

by phishead_psu on Oct 27, 2008 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We kinda thought the same thing

The room was quiet, then in unison said “Um…he’s not dead, right?”

John Madden told me 90% of the game was half-mental...

by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Oct 27, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"Um…he’s not dead, right?"

That was my initial reaction too when I saw this.
The whole thing had a creepy feel, like being at a wake.

by NJ lion on Oct 27, 2008 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah

I feel like it’s almost a disservice. If I was joe and saw that, I’d be either embarrassed or offended.

Remember the good times, but they’re not over! We’re 9-0 and rolling through the big ten.

by borisborisboris on Oct 27, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

1: How exactly do you do a slurp job for a legend? They couldn’t lavish enough praise on Joe for what he’s done for Penn State, for college football, and for the kids he’s worked with.

2: They had a Buckeye tribute a minute or two later. It was fairly balanced coverage. And far more impressively, they didn’t fill the night with “Joe Pa is older than…”

by Bleed Blue 'n White on Oct 28, 2008 1:17 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The song...

My lady was watching it this morning and, even though she really enjoyed the pics and videos (LOL’d at JoePa chewing up the refs), she asked ‘Good Lord, who in the hell is singing that? It sounds like someone is killing her?’
Personally I liked her voice over Musberger’s

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 27, 2008 8:48 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

It's Brandi Carlile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq-ZmAYLeB8

I think the song has been out for about a year.

I liked the video. Remember that this was probably made with the idea that a lot of national viewers watching wouldn’t necessarily know all the details of JoePa’s career, like that he was coaching as far back as Woody Hayes and beyond.

by Joe 96alum on Oct 27, 2008 8:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I think

I screwed up the link. The song is called “The Story” by Brandi Carlile.

by Joe 96alum on Oct 27, 2008 9:01 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This is a clickable link

here

by Elihu on Oct 28, 2008 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Personally

I had never heard of her until last year when this song came out. It was one of those videos that was on VH1 constantly for three weeks and then you never saw it again.

by Joe 96alum on Oct 27, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

When I got home from the Horseshoe Sat. night at 1am, I had to watch the game again (I live in Cbus). Little did I know I would be treated with this surprise. This piece is going to around for a while.

Come on Lions! Lets get JoePa one more!

by Dutchman1350 on Oct 27, 2008 10:09 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

So What's The Take Here?

In August, ESPN does the hatchet-job “OTL” piece. JoePa’s lost control, yada yada.

Then they release this video, which while great, makes many of us wonder, “Did Joe just die? What’s the deal?”

I mean, yeah it’s advertising the game. But I’m torn with ESPN pulling the bait-and-switch on JoePa here.

by Kunk on Oct 27, 2008 11:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

strange

I agree with everyone who says that this sounded like a Joe Pa posthumous memorial, with the sappy songs and the picture at the end I expected it to say “1926-2008” at the bottom. It’s awesome that they did a tribute to Joe Pa, I doubt they’d do that for any other coach in college football, but the whole thing was very strange overall.

by EaglesPhan53 on Oct 28, 2008 7:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Admittedly, it was a little odd.

The future Mrs. RUTS, a casual PSU fan at best, had that same “did he die or something?” reaction.

by Run Up The Score on Oct 28, 2008 10:26 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

"a casual PSU fan at best, "

Future reason for divorce, with ensuing full custody of the kids, no doubt.

"Dig In....Hit Hard"

by TexasLax on Oct 28, 2008 11:33 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

She's learning!

I mean, she went to Muhlenberg. It’s not like she has many other viable choices (the Mules’ current #2 ranking notwithstanding).

by Run Up The Score on Oct 30, 2008 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Muhlenberg Mules?

Wonder how long it took ’em to come up with that mascot? :D

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

by TheMightyErik on Oct 30, 2008 10:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wasn't PSU's first "unofficial" mascot a donkey?

Just one more school ripping us off with their half-breed immitations!

by The JuggerNitt on Oct 31, 2008 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

That

For the glory

by Paige2PSU on Oct 29, 2008 12:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oops

That’s a great tribute, except for the singing. I thought it was really cool when I couldn’t hear the sound, but I think the song makes it seem depressing. I wanted to see the footage of Joe chasing after the ref and grabbing his jersey (was that the Iowa game?) several years ago. That is a cool clip!

For the glory

by Paige2PSU on Oct 29, 2008 12:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Paterno video

36 years ago I graduated from Penn State. Yes, it was 1972 when Tricky Dick Nixon crowned Texas and stole Joe’s first National Championship. It is hard to explain how, in that short 4 year stay in Happy Valley, I became so emotionally attached to guy I never met on campus. I thought the video was great and kudos to ABC for doing it. It did make me cry, and it made me ever prouder of the PSU diploma on my office wall and the PSU ring I wear to this very day!

by izzy72 on Oct 31, 2008 5:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs