That's What He Said
by Run Up The Score on Jul 28, 2009 9:10 AM EDT
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And here is the unofficial "ambush Joe in the hallway" presser afterward, courtesy of FOS:
Paterno Big Ten Media Days 2009 (via mxbscout)
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My favorite quote
Right at the end of his press conference, he says “hey (I forget the name), you got that Tweedle-dee? Yeah? Write me a love letter will ya?”
f’ing priceless Joe Paterno
"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.
That would be former LSU coach (and current BTN analyst) Gerry DiNardo
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by Run Up The Score on Jul 28, 2009 9:38 AM EDT up reply actions
DiNardo
Didn’t he used to coach Indiana as well?
Let's Go State!
by Gopher Broke on Jul 28, 2009 10:54 AM EDT up reply actions
Goal line stand
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 28, 2009 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions
My other favorite quote
“Coach, what makes you come back year after year?”
JoePa: “Oh… I’ve missed you guys.”
It's lines like that
that make me love this man more and more. Still as sharp as every knife in the drawer, even at 82.
by dawsonPSU10 on Jul 28, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Interesting question
By Eric Thomas via Tweedle-do: Wonder if @AaronMaybin58 returned this season if he would have been B10 preseason Def POY??
Well, not if J.L. was allowed to return to Columbus as well. Not a chance.
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by Run Up The Score on Jul 28, 2009 9:42 AM EDT reply actions
the difference
one would have had eligibility, while the other was out of eligibility
by The JuggerNitt on Jul 28, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I find it funny that someone asked Joe about Pryor…as if “He’s a heckuva football player.” wouldn’t be the answer.
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
But how amazed would you have been if it wasn’t?
Penn Staters belong at Penn State. The problem with a lot of kids is they just don’t know they are Penn Staters yet. -jesse. @ BSD
by TheK-GunNeedsReloaded on Jul 28, 2009 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions
He might surprise and say...
“Remind me to wear my wellingtons on November 7 because if that boy blubbers as much after the game this year as he did last year I’ll have to put an extra roll in my cuff to keep them dry.”
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
For those of yous in my boat
Cube life, no headphones. Here’s the text.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
ummmm, link paste FAIL
Unless you’re interested in Joe’s opinion on the QB battle between Devlin & Clark….
/walking away feeling like a real doucheabag.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Awwwll, that's ok, Jtot; Keep ur head up!
Should’ve learned the lesson about urgency from this joke:
A papa ram and his son are standing upon a hilttop and notice a flock of sheep below. The younger ram says: ‘Hey pop, let’s run down there and f*ck one of those sheep.’ The papa ram turns and looks at his son, still wet behind the ears, and says: ‘No, son. Let’s walk down there and f*ck all of them.’
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
+1
or… all the sheep you can handle, I guess…
by ChrisHarrell's_stache05 on Jul 28, 2009 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions
I hear they open
freshman orientation at most Big12 schools with that story.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Except there...
It’s just a father and son having the discussion, not a papa ram and his son.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 28, 2009 12:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I got you jtothep-
Thanks for not looking at my fanshot… You get my vote for least favorite poster now.
http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/big10/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/727-paterno.pdf
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?!?! You stupid monkey!
by leeharvey418 on Jul 28, 2009 10:39 AM EDT up reply actions
Dammit!
I’m a double douchea now. My gawd. Sorry dude. And thanks!
Won’t the goat joke at least keep my hated votes clean?
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
I can't stay mad at you...
No one who posts livestock-related humor can stay in my doghouse for long.
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times?!?! You stupid monkey!
by leeharvey418 on Jul 28, 2009 10:46 AM EDT up reply actions
But you did vote me most hated?
I had a clean slate this morning.
I’m very fragile. This could be devastating.
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
Couldn't
Rambler earned that vote, just by starting that thread.
On another note, at least some good came out of Media Days- I got a new sig line.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 28, 2009 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions
I was getting really
fired up reading that and couldn’t wait for the fall to find out who wins the starting job.
One man doing the work of 100's for the good of 1000's
Attempt to get PSU the #1 liquor ranking
Everyone takes a shot of Paterno’s favorite drink, Jack Daniels, every time he says that someone is a heckuva kid/athlete/talent/position or that an opponent, win or lose, is a heckuva team, or whenever he says “I don’t know, we haven’t faced anybody yet” or “we haven’t faced any adversity”
3 shots (just for the rarity of it) whenever he says he made a mistake in playing someone. To be honest, I’m kinda surprised that he said he was wrong in thinking QB14 woulda been good QB and that he had to keep his confidence high. You don’t usually see Paterno say something negative about a former player like that.
See you guys in detox soon.
by The JuggerNitt on Jul 28, 2009 11:41 AM EDT reply actions
More
Take a sip when he says “The whole bit”.
Take a shot when he mocks a journalist(s)
Take two shots when he offers stories of his childhood battles with Bob Cousy
Drink the whole bottle if he says “I like our team”
DO YOU HAVE PRIDE, DANNY?
by ReadingRambler on Jul 28, 2009 11:49 AM EDT up reply actions
about QB14
The way I read it, it seemed like when he said “I blew that one” he was referring to not playing Clark more, and not necessarily talking about Mor- I mean QB14’s potential.
yeah
it seems like he made a similar comment twice, and one of the times it definitely seems like he meant he blew the chance to get Clark more experience…though in hindsight did he really mess anything up? I mean Clark came in firing on all cylinders as is. I can’t imagine he could have been that much more prepared getting some more snaps during 2007.
by The JuggerNitt on Jul 28, 2009 1:12 PM EDT up reply actions
Lies, lies, lies!
It was Joe who wanted the pull Morelli from (I believe) the Michigan game in ’07, but Jay talked him out of it. This is how the story was relayed to us on the premium message boards immediately after the game. This “I blew it” talk is just Joe protecting the coaches. Revisionist history.
Doesn’t really matter much now, of course.
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by Run Up The Score on Jul 28, 2009 2:41 PM EDT up reply actions
I've heard the opposite
From some people who couldn’t get much closer to the situation without being Joe or Jay. Said when Joe signed Morelli, everyone wanted him out so he wanted to prove he still had it. I’m sure the truth lies somewhere in between.
Somebody's pants are on fire
"For me the game wasn’t grounded in reality. It was about the uniform you put on that turned you into a warrior. It was about the mythology of the battle, the victory, the defeat, the struggle." - Mike Reid, PSU '69
ARE YOU CALLING ME A LIAR?
It’s possible I’m remembering the wrong thing correctly, if you know what I mean.
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by Run Up The Score on Jul 28, 2009 11:40 PM EDT up reply actions
No
That was how it was relayed on TAP (that Jay wanted to stick with Morelli and Joe wanted to try Clark). I’ve heard it was Joe who wanted Morelli.
Think about it
Given the general sentiment toward Jay in 2007, it would make perfect sense that a comment could leak out about Jay wanting to bench TQBWMNBN in favor of Clark and Joe disagreed, but the story got twisted around to make it sound like it was Jay making a mistake… Somebody heard it right, but just assumed that the person saying it was getting their Paternos mixed up.
I’m not saying that’s what happened, but it sure sounds like a plausible explanation to me.
"I thought the kid we were using had the potential to be a good quarterback, and I blew that one." - Joseph V. Paterno
by leeharvey418 on Jul 29, 2009 11:20 AM EDT up reply actions
I've always believed this story
Given Jay’s issues with the staff this would just make more sense to me. Joe does protect Jay to an extent.
"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"
I loved the shot at Michigan
“Look at what’s happened to teams the past couple of years in their opening games. They’ve gotten licked because somebody thought the team they were playing wasn’t very good.”
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