Joe Paterno - Father and a Friend

Joe Paterno: 1926-2012

[@JohnKromko-vm7of]

I used to run into Joe walking around campus...we always had a nice little chat. He was assistant coach when I was an undergraduate... (Class of 1962)...PSU was smaller then. What a great guy...an inspiration. He really built the place...when he walked into the room, everybody was filled with pride and a willingness to help the school. When he asked for money to build a library or something, everybody gave as much as they could. I still have my Wheaties cereal box with his picture on it.

[@johnvillella1087]

What a great story sir, god bless

[@williamhetrick1550]

We will never have a Head Coach as good as JOE PA! NEVER!

[@tonygalati2672]

And you'll never have one that covered up as much child abuse as old JoePa.

[@riprock57]

Still miss you, Coach. It wasn't until your passing that I really reflected thoughtfully on your contribution to Penn State and your life lived with integrity, purpose, and yes, "Succcess With Honor". Now I consider you a second father, inspiring me to be a better man. This video montage and soundtrack is a great reminder of that. -Class of '79-

[@mbenjamin72715]

Joe made this world a better place. RIP Joe, you were so loved and will alway be loved, no matter what!

[@georgetpeppel2900]

A better place? Not for the many unnecessary victims of Jerry from at least 1998 to 2011 that wer actively enabled and covered up by joe and the three stooges. Not for victims and survivors everywhere that continue to suffer while the world celebrates this criminal.

[@mcmets2313]

@@georgetpeppel2900joe did everything he did he reported to the police they took advantage of him big time

[@riprock57]

Still miss you, Joe. There will never again be a football coach as great as you, and I’m talking not about the 409 wins and the national championships, but about your outstanding 61-year legacy as a teacher, a promoter of hard work and morals, Success with Honor, and all you did to transform the Penn State of 1950 when you arrived into its current size, status, and world-class excellence. Paterno Library, which you personally funded, is but one example of that. I look forward to the day when you are vindicated, properly honored, and once again proudly feted by the University whose Board of Trustees committed the most terrible acts of fraud, deceit, jealousy, ego, and incompetence that I have ever seen. As shameful as it was infuriating. I consider you to be a second father, Joe, inspiring me to be a better man. This video montage and soundtrack is a great reminder of that. - Class of '79 -

[@gapa11]

and don't forget, the best pedophile enabler EVER! Miss you Joe Pa!

[@georgetpeppel2900]

Jesus, you need to get real. He covered it up and enabled it for 14 years. Not a good person.

[@riprock57]

@@georgetpeppel2900 Linda Kelly | Pennsylvania Attorney General: "Joe Paterno did the right thing and reported an eye-witness report of child sex abuse by Jerry Sandusky in the football locker room. Paterno handled himself appropriately in 2001 and during the three-year investigation." In fact, Joe was the ONLY person to report the information he’d received. Think for a minute. What would Joe have gained by hiding or covering up? Sandusky was retired, no longer had anything to do with the university or the football program. I repeat: THE ONE ON-CAMPUS INCIDENT HAPPENED *AFTER* SANDUSKY HAD RETIRED. It would have had no ill effect on Joe, the university, or PSU football. Quite the opposite: Joe would have been given an even bigger crown as King of Morals if he had turned in Sandusky! (Actually, he DID turn in Sandusky; his superiors Curley and Schultz dropped the ball and were convicted.) You know, the whole "Saint Joe" thing that made so many people jealous of him, his Grand Experiment, and "Success with Honor". I guess it's just too hard for you to believe that a pedophile can fool as many people as completely as Sandusky did, and you're so hateful/spiteful/cynical that you just want to see "Saint Joe" go down in flames. Makes you feel better about yourself somehow. Police officers, the State DA, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, officials at Penn State, officials at Second Mile, officials in the foster program, multiple psychologists, officials from the Department of Public Welfare, and officials from Child and Youth Services were all fooled by a serial child molester. Solution: Put sanctions on the Football program. 🙄

[@1psuviking]

I can't help but shed a tear while watching this. Joe Paterno was a great man, great educator and most of all a great human being. WE ARE.... Penn State!!!

[@biggseye]

+Nils Johannessen we are pedophilia Penn state. they should have been kicked out of football forever. no they should have shut down sports there completely.

[@biggseye]

sorry no, your retort shows that you do not care that Penn state was shown to be up to their necks in a coverup.

[@nilsjohannessen956]

+William Fitzgerald Nothing has been proven yet. Spanier, Curley, Schultz, etc. have never had a day in court. It's all sensationalized BS! You obviously know nothing about Joe Paterno and what he stood for. You're nothing but a clueless drone eating up what the media feeds you. I have no time for losers like yourself. FUCK Off!!! 😆

[@nilsjohannessen956]

+William Fitzgerald, In your dreams! Fuck off and get your so called facts straight you piece of shit! 💩

[@biggseye]

Little man, the facts are clear. Joe pa and through him the upper levels of Pedophile State knew all about Sandusky and did nothing. that actually lied to a grand Jury in 2002. The fact that you do not wish to accept this in no way changes it. Only a small minded shit for brains like yourself refuses to see the truth as you are emotionally attached to a false reality. Not a single member of this group gave a damn about the abuse of these children, And it seems that neither do you. As I have said before, Pedo State should have lost football for 10 years,

[@Davy323]

What a simply AMAZING tribute to an AMAZING man! Song fits perfectly! Miss you Joe!

[@tonygalati2672]

He covered for a child predator. He's sizzling in hell.

[@andrewstevens6736]

Beautiful tribute to one of the greatest coaches and humble human being there ever was! God bless you JoePa. You are forever missed.

[@tasha9002]

The baby is so cute!!!🥰

[@asquare176]

We are (and will be) because you were...

[@treeartist]

Very nice tribute, you are right on.

[@melanieludy74]

we love and miss you Joe Pa! We Are Penn State!!!

[@tonygalati2672]

Pedo State.

[@Nucci604]

I never knew to much of Penn State until the passing of Coach Joe Paterno. What a legacy He left behind for all the true Trustees of Penn state !? I wish you all well and hope you will carry on his visions and always be pround of who you are ! RIP Joe Pa !

[@tonygalati2672]

He was a pedophile enabler.

[@barbaralindemuth3855]

I love this video..........and I miss Joe more than I can ever express.....thanks for the memories. Thank you also for all you have done for children for so many years... nobody ever did it better than JoePa....its not hero worship, its the facts. Those that speak so ill of a man who so generously gave of time and money to help children in need are showing lack of knowledge and integrity. Joe did it right. Period.

[@georgetpeppel2900]

All he’s done for children? You are callously forgetting the vulnerable children that were abused by Jerry while joe actively kept a lid on it and actively enabled it fir 14 years? Facts should be separate from opinions and emotion.

[@tonygalati2672]

What did Joey do right? Not go to the police? Cover for a pedophile? He helped kids get molested.

[@PattyBandAidz]

So proud of all the wonderful comments here....thats all I want to say Miss you Coach WE ARE....

[@tonygalati2672]

PEDOPHILES

[@frankgn87]

beautiful. Love ya Joe!

[@ticitak1]

I loved watching this. Thanks for the upload!

[@devonb9348]

The greatest ever! JVP one of a kind!

[@tonygalati2672]

The greatest at covering for a child predator.

[@podmonkey9]

wow do i miss ya joepa...hope to be half the person he was.

[@brianwi1683]

And the ncaa folded like a house of cards after their fraud and collusion was proven. They should be thankful they were not thrown in jail. Joe PA 409 forever

[@tonygalati2672]

So you hope to only cover up half the child molestation?

[@MchaleLogan]

"You've won Dad... Now go home" - Jay Paterno

[@GentlemanJack295]

But the kids lost. They can't go home.

[@1USACitizen192]

Did Joe analyze Jay????

[@tonygalati2672]

He covered for a child predator and he's getting charbroiled in Hell.

[@cbone72]

I miss him too I'm with you Barbara Lindemuth

[@LongLiveTheHero]

Was named after Penn State, and Joe will always be in my heart as a father and a mentor.

[@tonygalati2672]

And he'll have your back if you ever molest any kids.

[@PSUGwen]

Name of the song is Father and Friend by Alain Clark. Very nice...the music and the video!

[@bigverybadtom]

With apologies to Ludacris: "My coach bad, my coach hood, my coach turned a blind eye like I knew he would..."

[@gdtimay]

greatest man ever

[@tonygalati2672]

Greatest at letting children be molested and covering for his pedo pal.

[@koscheithedeathless2453]

well said.

[@jlp306]

alain clark, father and son i believe. i sound hounded it yesterday.

[@ThomasJohnson-qg2vz]

Joe knew from 1976

[@maddie4725]

WE ARE PENN STATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@KimChiiChan]

riprock 57 - Maybe we met along the way.but the hatred will long outlast any efforts to "win" back the coach's reputation.If they ever bring those administrators to trial,for their parts in this, maybe we will find out more about who knew this and who did that. No one who ever carried a clipboard or strapped on a whistle will ever forget him.

[@GentlemanJack295]

Joe knew. Kids paid.

[@worldclassjud2243]

@@Srdjana- Me willing to do beyond my ability to stop child molestation makes me a liberal? You mean if I was a conservative, I would just walk away if the police did nothing? Is that what you think?

[@riprock57]

Pretty flippant. Guess you didn't go beyond the clickbait headlines. Think for a minute. What would Joe have gained by hiding or covering up? Sandusky was already retired, no longer had anything to do with the university or the football program. It would have had no ill effect on Joe, the university, or PSU football. Quite the opposite: Joe would have been given an even bigger crown as King of Morals if he had turned in Sandusky! You know, the whole "Saint Joe" thing that made so many people jealous of him, his Grand Experiment, and "Success with Honor". I guess it's just too hard for you to believe that a pedophile can fool as many people as completely as Sandusky did, and you're so hateful/spiteful/cynical that you just want to see "Saint Joe" go down in flames. Makes you feel better about yourself somehow. Police officers, the State DA, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, officials at Penn State, officials at Second Mile, officials in the foster program, multiple psychologists, officials from the Department of Public Welfare, and officials from Child and Youth Services were all fooled by a serial child molester. Solution: Put sanctions on the Football program. 🙄

[@GentlemanJack295]

@@riprock57 Succinct and accurate. Joe and CSS covered up 2001 because of 1998. Penn State was given a report by a licensed psychologist Alycia Chambers that said Sandusky was a pedophile in 1998. If 2001 had gone public and then the media found out about 1998 then "saint" Joe and CSS would have been fired. That plus PSU football sucked in 2001. So, you see not everyone was fooled and it was covered up to protect the image of the university of which football was the face.

[@solomonandlord]

Not a dry eye in this house.

[@canttalknowtoobusybeingawe4788]

Grambling State's legendary football coach Eddie Robinson is once again the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I football history. On Monday, the NCAA announced in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal that it had vacated late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno of his wins from the 1998 to 2011 seasons.

[@riprock57]

^^^ This didn't age well. Great respect for Coach Robinson, but yeah.... #409

[@GentlemanJack295]

@@riprock57 Coach Robinson didn't look the other way while a pedophile was on his staff. CSS also ALL went to jail.

[@412Pittsburgher]

Joe-Pa knew...

[@GentlemanJack295]

and did nothing

[@GentlemanJack295]

and did nothing

[@riprock57]

Pitt fan troll. Fail. Your flippant comment is not really about child abuse or 'coverups'. It's your sports-hate and jealousy of Penn State that makes you write such venomous and vile things. It's your chance to "get back" at Penn State, something you and your fellow Pitt trolls couldn't ever do on your own. You couldn't live up to Penn State's ideals and success, so now you try to tear it down, taking crude potshots behind the veil of Jerry Sandusky. You're pretty pitiful and should be ashamed of what you're now doing. Linda Kelly | Pennsylvania Attorney General: "Joe Paterno did the right thing and reported an eye-witness report of child sex abuse by Jerry Sandusky in the football locker room. Paterno handled himself appropriately in 2001 and during the three-year investigation." In fact, Joe was the ONLY person to report the hearsay he’d received. Police officers, the State DA, parents, teachers, guidance counselors, officials at Penn State, officials at Second Mile, officials in the foster program, multiple psychologists, officials from the Department of Public Welfare, and officials from Child and Youth Services were all fooled by a serial child molester. Solution: Put sanctions on the Football program. 🙄 I guess it's just too hard for you to believe that a pedophile can fool as many people as completely as Sandusky did, and you're so hateful/spiteful/cynical that you just want to see "Saint Joe" go down in flames. Makes you feel better about yourself somehow, and eases the pain of Pitt football sucking so bad. See you at the next Heinz Field Yellow Out.

[@edenalcantara8472]

Too bad Joe Paterno did NOT do the right thing.

[@brianwi1683]

He did, he reported up tge chain as per state and federal law.

[@riprock57]

Fail. Do some research, don't just read the clickbait headlines. Linda Kelly | Pennsylvania Attorney General: "Joe Paterno did the right thing and reported an eye-witness report of child sex abuse by Jerry Sandusky in the football locker room. Paterno handled himself appropriately in 2001 and during the three-year investigation." In fact, Joe was the ONLY person to report the information he’d received.

[@GentlemanJack295]

@@brianwi1683 He participated in the decision not to report Sandusky in 2001.

[@Phillyfan320]

Then by your definition, everyone in this country has a hick like love for football. You try telling me that Ohio St., Michigan, Texas, and other big football schools don't have the same passion for the game, or that any sports fan doesn't love to cheer for their team. It's not a student's fault that football was put first just because they were a fan. You can't blame that on the kids! If you're under the impression I support Paterno, I don't. Your comment is a testament to your ignorance.