An online shot for the Old Man.
by jesse. on Jan 21, 2012 8:47 PM EST
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PrintIt looks bad. It's looked worse.
Maybe not. But until it's official, I will hold a good thought. A prayer even, on a night I've dreaded for sometime.
New Orleans funeral rules apply. I'm sad you're.... well, I'm not going there yet. But I'm sure as hell glad I knew you. And in your honor we'll do a shot at 9:00 just for you.
Tell me what you drank, and tell me a happy story.
For the glory. One more time.
EDIT: This went up before the rumor word, became the quasi official word. I'll leave it as is, as the last thing I wrote about the guy while he was still alive. I'm really just stunned. And sad.
And I'm happy that he had such a great family that loved him, and that was there with him until the end. He deserved that. And he probably wanted that more than anything else.
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Thanks Coach
We will always be Penn State
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
The thing about all this
is that I went to the Iowa game this year and truly enjoyed that as much as any sporting event I’ve ever been to, and I mean any event as I’ve been to a lot of college & pro games, an AFC Championship game, and a Stanley Cup final game. The weather was perfect and I ran into someone from college I hadn’t seen for a long time. Good God, that was just 3.5 months ago.
I've been downhearted baby, I've been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met . . .
The road to JoePa's heaven...
… is paved with Blue and White!
by jessedotsmom on Jan 21, 2012 8:56 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Real Russian Vodka...
right out of the freezer poured into my personal PSU shot glass.
by jessedotsmom on Jan 21, 2012 9:03 PM EST up reply actions
this ones for you coach
old grandad 114
Still searching for posters from 1986
by brubby on Jan 21, 2012 8:58 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Same...
So weird. I bought a bottle of Old Granddad on Thursday. I actually buy it now, because of Joe. A friend asked me yesterday why I bought it and I said it was in honor of Joe…
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
agreed
used to be a Captain Morgan and all rum fan….changed that in November for him…and Old Granddad is the only liquor I will drink for the remainder of my life
by va2pennstate on Jan 21, 2012 9:19 PM EST up reply actions
that was it
gone now…stores closed…gotta wait til the morning…
by va2pennstate on Jan 21, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
I hate tequila
But I’ll be stealing a shot of my husband’s expensive pink tequila.
I was a spoiled PSU fan- my first PSU game in person was win #300 my senior year of high school. I was hooked before that, but became a diehard after that. Was in the original group of students that slept out for games, starting with Nebraska in 2002.
For a good man, gotta have a good scotch.
Lagavulin 21-year-old single malt. Neat.
(raises glass)
RIP and God Bless.
Editor, Dawg Sports.
Go Dawgs!
All Good Wishes and prayers for JoePa
and shame on those who doubt his honor and good name
Joe is a King and Giant among men
If we all could be half as good a Joe the world would be a better place.
as I down another Cognac in a toast to a life well lived and a legacy second to none.
Born in Fort Sanders - 1st Residence Aconda Court (Alumni Hall) - 1st games at Neyland 1947 - Mother = TORCHBEARER - Dad grad of UT & UT Law + professor BORN ORANGE and BLEED ORANGE .......
Lets do this folks
This one is for you Joe. RIP.
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I took a shot of Pinnacle Gummy
Only spirit I have in the house other than wine.
Joe… my best memory of Joe is jogging on Park Avenue one morning and seeing him walking to campus. He tipped his head towards me since I’m a lady (and BSDiva) and I said hello. Simple and understated, just like Joe.
RIP JOE PA
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Not Joe’s brand, but it’s the best I have and what feels right.
I read my son “Hello, Nittany Lion” tonight and when we were done he asked if he could go to Penn State. I hugged him harder than I remember ever doing before. He just knew what to say.
"WHY IS EVERYONE THE FREAKING STUPID?" BMAN13
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I would like to add my prayers and thoughts to the Paterno Family. We love, respect and admire you and send you our best memories and every ounce of strength available to support you at this time. It is a treasure to know a Man of Joe Paterno’s character. To Joe’s Family, it is quite an honor to have experienced this Man in strength and weakness. May God grant you the serenity you need at this time.
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me'.
Erma Bombeck
by ComfortHePuHuTh on Jan 21, 2012 9:01 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
My one experience
with Joe was after a BW game when I was a teenager sometime in the late 90’s…my cousin, grandpa, and I were hanging out tossing the football in the grass lots (back when they were right there) and we were by Courtney Brown’s family, I remember Courtney coming down after and being amazed at his size…
Then the man himself JVP comes by us on his way to his house…and of course we can’t find our pen and paper, but we were able to get a picture of my cousin (and the top of my head) standing right next to him and his hand reaching out to shake ours…..
That will live with me forever
Vodka.
I watched the 914 Boston College game today. I was 7. I was there.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
The Glenlivet 12 yr
I just got the ’Captain’s Letters to Joe’ book in the mail last week from the Family Clothesline. I try to read a few every day. So many great stories.
"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
Started reading his new Bio today, Pride of the Lions
Might not be able to for a few days, would weep to much reading it now.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
I may have to grab that too.
Can I order it somewhere?
"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
I got it off of amazon
not that expensive
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
I don't have any liquor
A bottle of Troegs will have to do. Thank you Joe. For inspiring so many people to better themselves. For all you did to better the university. For everything.
Was a student from late 1980 - 84.
Saw Joe coming out of Old Main one day and said, “Hi, Coach!” He returned my greeting just as cheerfully as if I was one of his players. No pretense, no acting like he was too important to speak to Joe Average Student.
Say hello to my Dad for me, Coach. He sure admired you, too.
"Make haste to reassure us, I beg you, and tell us that our fellow citizens understand us, support us, and protect us as we ourselves are protecting the glory of the Empire.
"If it should be otherwise, if we should have to leave our bleached bones on these desert sands in vain, then beware the fury of the Legions."
I can't tell you how many shots I shared with a cardboard cutout of the man while I was at Penn State
Here is one more for you, Joe.
Grey Goose is all I have, wish it were a whisky.
I find myself strangely at a loss for words.
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To JoePa.
Thank you for setting an example for me. Thank you for setting an example for my son. We are both Penn Staters, and we are both Penn State proud of you.
Oh, yeah.
All I have is wine in the house right now. A full glass of Shiraz for Joe. I hope he will forgive me for not having any Jack on hand.
For me its a half bottle of Jack
shame its not full.
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The only liquor in the house at the moment is tequila.
At least I can mix it with a little limoncello for the Italian effect.
Unrepentant Joe Paterno Apologist®
just reminded me of my limoncello in the freezer
gonna do a shot of whiskey, then some limoncello, and then finish out the night with some Yuengling. That should be the right magical recipe for a long life blessing, right?
by The JuggerNitt on Jan 21, 2012 10:28 PM EST up reply actions
To JoePa!
…a Rolling Rock, back to the days at the ’Skeller
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
Seagram's VO 8 Years Old
A former roomate gave it to me when I graduated because I spent 8 years as an undergrad at PSU. Just made sense.
I was walking back to my apt one night and passed by Baby’s. Joe was in the back room having dinner with Jay and Jay’s kids. It was such a beautiful scene with an amazing family man.
Nice choice.
Mine was the same. God bless and good health.
.....that which we are, WE ARE;
One equal temper of heroic hearts
My two absolute favorite Joepa pictures
"Believe deep down in your heart that you're destined to do great things."
by LAPSU on Jan 21, 2012 9:13 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
So...
From Ben_Jones88
Including reports of player emails RT @AP_Top25: Paterno spokseman Dan McGinn: reports of former Penn State coach’s death are “not true.”
I can’t keep this up, been weeping for hte last hour and a half.
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose - Janis Joplin
I hear ya...
God Bless you JoePa.
" When you cross that Blue Line, you are mine...Across the Blue Line, it's all football. " " And what you need to do in your life is paint Blue Lines everywhere. " - Joe Paterno 2009
by BlueWhiteLife on Jan 21, 2012 9:17 PM EST up reply actions
Old Granddad.
Just like Joe would have wanted.
"Every player we have, someone-maybe a parent, a grandparent, someone-poured their soul into that young man. They are handing that young man off to us. They are giving us their treasure, and it's our job to make sure we give them back that young man intact and ready to face the world."
-J.V.Pa.
We dont have to stop drinking though, right?
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Can't see why not.
The going back and forth is not pleasant.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
And Scott
ScottPaterno Scott Paterno
CBS report is wrong – Dad is alive but in serious condition. We continue to ask for your prayers and privacy during this time.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 9:26 PM EST up reply actions
OUR SHOTS WORKED.
KEEP IT UP PEOPLE, WE CAN’T STOP NOW.
FOR JOE!!!!!
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 9:27 PM EST reply actions 7 recs
give me all the liquor
now
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Another shot for me.
Except this one for life.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 9:37 PM EST up reply actions
Went down a bit better I imagine
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
Wasn't nearly as salty.
Easier when you don’t have choke through the tears.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 9:55 PM EST up reply actions
if only we really could
i would gladly give up my liver for Joe
by va2pennstate on Jan 21, 2012 9:29 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Makes me think of
The King is Dead! Long live the King!
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I actually thought of that
when BOB was announced. But not with literal death of course.
Fire Dan Snyder
by Cari Greene on Jan 21, 2012 10:15 PM EST up reply actions
The same bottle of knob creek that my pap and I would drink
Pap has been gone for 5 years and I still have some that I dip into on his birthday every year, I it seemed the best shot tonight. Godspeed joe!
If I had to choose today between the moral integrity and character of Joe Paterno and the politicians and commentators criticizing him, I would pick Joe Paterno, hands down, no contest every time. - Franco Harris
by carolinaeasy on Jan 21, 2012 10:10 PM EST via Android app reply actions
Knob Creek question
Had a bottle that I opened on a trip, didnt finish in one sitting, and when I got back home it had turned almost black and tasted terrible. Is that something that happens?
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Not that I've heard of . . .
We’ve kept it in various degrees of openess for months with no problem. It’s whiskey.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Thats what I thought
I had it in my suitcase, dont know if that makes a difference (varying temps, getting shaken up, etc) or not. Very weird. Also very sad.
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Very sad.
We not only drink it, but my wife can do a serious bread pudding with a choice of two different Knob sauces.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Could I get that recipe from your wife?
"Want a donut go to dunkin donuts, want a linebacker go to Penn State."
- Cris Carter, NFL Draft, 4/25/09
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Feels wrong
My celebratory stout for a Tennessee win will have to do
It's Great! To be! A Tennessee Vol!
Thanks, FN.
I’ll join you for another.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 10:26 PM EST up reply actions
Grey Goose- two shots. I needed it.
My closet encounter with Joe was answering the phone when he called at a family member’s house I was at. I fumbled the phone and tried to say Hi but was awestruck and it came out something close to “uhhhh ummmm”. He said he would call back later. Pathetically small moment for mankind, huge moment for me. I may need to do another shot now.
Thanks for sharing Mlee.
I will confess that I’m afraid to go to sleep. I feel like as long as I keep watch, Joe will be ok. I’m worried that if I go to sleep I will wake up and find out he didn’t pull through the night.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 10:27 PM EST up reply actions
Funny, I had the same thought.
As irrational as it is, I keep thinking “Joe needs us right now.”
Then I realize the truth, I think we need still need Joe.
by ppfcpp on Jan 21, 2012 10:29 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
A fellow Bostonian- yes me too. My husband has jokingly said that I've been keeping a JoePa vigil for a while.
I’m going through a lot with my actual grandpa the last few months (got a call that he might die the night of the Nebraska game) that I’m starting to feel like I need them more than they need me. They are both incredible yet imperfect men, and I really don’t know what the world will be like once they are both gone.
You're right.
When I start to take myself too seriously, I try to remind myself . . . if the world comes to a screeching hold when I’m gone, I’ll be the first the world couldn’t do without. Somehow it doesn’t feel like it applies to those who have really impacted my life. Like ppfcpp said above, the truth is we still need them. But if we use what they taught us to be better people, they will live on in us.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
+1 for your last sentence
It doesn’t matter what happens tonight. As long as we pass on everything we’ve learned to those who come after us, Joe will live on.
Joe Paterno is going to live at least another 50 years.
There are too many people out there that won’t stop being Paterno embassy’s on Earth.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
by jesse. on Jan 21, 2012 10:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I actually have Schlitz retro Tall Boy cans (don't ask).
They seem appropriately simple as a companion to several shots of Maker’s.
"The limits of my language mean the limits of my world" -- Ludwig Wittgenstein
Wish I had OFC, but we drank it all at Christmas....
Canadian Club neat with a DogFish Head backup.
This has to be...
…the most bizzare version of a vigil I’ve ever been a part of.
...may we compete with fierce intensity, with the gifts that we have been given...
How much money do you think current BOT
members are spending sending in doctors, medical supplies etc right now? They are probably somewhere on the phone going, “I DON’T CARE WHAT IT COSTS, IF HE DIES NOW THE ALUMNI WILL LITERALLY HUNT ME DOWN AND MURDER ME!”
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 10:54 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think they are that benevolent, or aware.
Ignoring their morals, they fired the man at 10pm on a Thursday without considering a riot. Don’t expect them to be any smarter now.
The BoT has to be in panic mode.
If Joe does pass before he’s honored or the university has reached out to him to make some sort of amends, and he dies outside the good graces of the university, the backlash could make what’s going on now look like a routine family squabble at the Paterno family dinner table.
I figure they are all making sure...
… their passports are in order and their airline tickets are purchased.
by jessedotsmom on Jan 21, 2012 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
Seeing them laughing and having a good time...
… on the front page of this AM’s CDT made me want to bitch-slap them (or at least the ones I know). Shamless…
by jessedotsmom on Jan 21, 2012 11:37 PM EST up reply actions
Son...
… I went down to the PSU shrine and got the vodka out of the freezer, poured it into my PSU shot glass and cried until my eyes were bleeding.
by jessedotsmom on Jan 21, 2012 11:35 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
JDM,
Vodka with tears was both of ours drinks tonight. But I chased it with tearless vodka? What is your vodka of choice? My list would be:
1) Russian Standard
2) Grey Goose
3) Everything Else
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 21, 2012 11:52 PM EST up reply actions
I'm a gin drinker, but in the Joe Paterno shrine freezer I keep...
… a TOP SECRET bottle of STARAYA MOSKVA (which I don’t much share but drank tonight).
The rest of the label of that bottle is written in Russian Cyrilic (sp).
That being said,
Wyborova is in the un-top-secret part of the JoePA shrine freezer.
Grey Goose madarin is on counter at bar at the JoePa shrine.
There are a few others, but those would be my top three.
by jessedotsmom on Jan 22, 2012 12:27 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Sounds terrific.
A Russian colleague was bringing me back Russian Standard whenever she would go home, pretty well before you could find it in liqour store here in the states. I will have to keep an eye out for those others. I am friendly with a store owner nearby from Kiev. Maybe I will see if she can order me some.
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by PSUinBOSSton on Jan 22, 2012 12:40 AM EST up reply actions
I will rec anyand all gin drinkers.
They are far to rare of a breed.
Who ever said our family was normal?
But we are family.
Joe PA...
… is family. We’re just Penn State.
by jessedotsmom on Jan 21, 2012 11:38 PM EST up reply actions
So..now I don't know what to do.
Just sitting here trying to drink all the beer.
.....that which we are, WE ARE;
One equal temper of heroic hearts
So new Cortez's?
’06s also?
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Well it's near 2 am in La.
Got the Johnny Walker Black out (best stuff I have), 2 smooth shots. Hang in there Joe. It was a very warm sunny day down here. 82 degrees high which made me happy.
GET TO THE RIM HEAT (and SKY)! ATTACK THE PAINT!
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