Paterno coached football at Penn State for 62 seasons, including 45 years as head coach. November 9, - In response to Paterno's firing, protesting Penn State students clash with police.
The crowd tips over a news van and is later dispersed with tear gas. It is the first game since Paterno's firing. November 18, - Scott Paterno announces that his father has a treatable form of lung cancer. December 11, - Paterno is admitted to a hospital with a re-fractured pelvis due to a fall in his home. He initially injured his pelvis in August during a preseason practice collision. December 16, - Is released from the hospital. January 22, - Dies of metastatic small cell carcinoma of the lung at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College at the age of June 22, - Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is found guilty on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys over a year period.
He is later sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. The report accuses Paterno and other former leaders at Penn State of showing "total and consistent disregard" for child sex abuse victims, while covering up the attacks of a longtime sexual predator. Of his wins, Paterno is stripped of , leaving him with The NCAA later seeks to dismiss the suit. The agreement is part of a settlement reached between Pennsylvania state officials and Paterno's family, who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA.
No one ever wanted him to die. I didn't want him to die, not while I was here at Penn State, a freshman. Today I cried all day, cried not only because he died and that I loved him, but also at all the hatred and gross comments towards him, and that's why the record has to be set straight.
Joe Paterno, in his 66 years at Penn State, has done so many things for this community. Not only is he the winning-est coach in college football history, the greatest college football coach of all time, have the most bowl appearances and bowl wins, but he has won in life as well.
He has won with the hearts of all who he has affected. Even though his body may have died, his legend still lives on. He lives on in the millions of dollars he's donated to the library and other projects at the school.
He lives on in the hearts of all the players, coaches, co-workers, and people who have openly stated over the years and especially in the past few months how Joe Paterno has taught them to be successful in life, to be a better person.
Many current and former Penn State players talk about how great Coach Paterno was, and how they wouldn't have been who they are now, successful in life either in the NFL or another profession, if it wasn't for this great man.
Recently the scandal broke out with Jerry Sandusky, and Joe Paterno took a lot of heat. But now, in his time of death, I feel it is only right to set the record straight.
They were bashing Joe Paterno all along for only reporting to his superiors, but yet, with the Syracuse scandal, they did the same thing, and didn't report to the police. What makes ESPN's situation even worse, is that while Sandusky is on trial now, ESPN's failure to do anything resulted in an alleged pedophile getting away, as he is now out of the statute of limitations. As far as the Penn State, no, the Jerry Sandusky scandal, there is some information that the media leaves out so Joe Paterno, this great legend, can be attacked.
First off, Mike McQueary allegedly witnessed the incident, he should have been the one to go to the police. He may have been a graduate assistant, but he was 28, not some helpless year-old.
Second, Joe Paterno did what he was legally supposed to do by reporting to his superiors. Third, both the District Attorney and Attorney General knew, but refused to press charges. Yet Joe Paterno seems to take more blame than the alleged pedophile Jerry Sandusky, the witness Mike McQueary, his superiors, and the DA and Attorney General who refused to press charges or do anything about the alleged incidents.
Joe Paterno was the only one who really did what he was legally supposed to do, and yet he got attacked by the hypocritical and heartless media. The Board of Trustees then fired him in the most disgraceful way—over the phone. The Board of Trustees wouldn't even send someone to his house to inform him, or let him finish his season after he said it would be his last season.
This was classless. At the final home game against Nebraska, I was in the student section. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Ad Choices. Report a digital subscription issue If you are being blocked from reading Subscriber Exclusive content, first confirm you are logged in using the account with which you subscribed. Don't settle for anything less than responsible journalism.
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