Bobby Bowden passes away 🥲

[53' Stude]

May he Rest In Peace

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...ida-state-football-coach-bobby-bowden-dies-91

 

[Rand]

RIP. While sad. nothing in college coaching will ever be sadder than Joe Paterno IMO.

 

[Dave Hess]

RIP.

Best times I remember was the big rivalry between FSU and the Hurricanes back in the 80’s. Tons of great games and future NFL Hall of Famers made for some great college football.

 

[BISCUT]

RIP. While sad. nothing in college coaching will ever be sadder than Joe Paterno IMO.

A lot more than sad. Impossible he did not know what Sandusky was doing. Legendary coach tarnished forever.

Last interview from Paterno before he passed.

JENKINS: Assuming, presuming some of these allegations are true, how does something happen, how does someone hide in plain sight that way?
PATERNO: I wish I knew. I do know this, when young Mike McQueary came over to see me the next day [in 2002], he was very upset and I said why, and he was very reluctant to get into it. He told me what he saw, and I said, what? He said it well looked like inappropriate, or fondling, I’m not quite sure exactly how he put it. I said you did what you had to do. It’s my job now to figure out what we want to do. So I sat around, it was a Saturday, waited ’til Sunday because I wanted to make sure I knew what I was doing. And then I called my superiors and I said ‘Hey we got a problem, I think. Would you guys look into it?’ ‘Cause I didn’t know, you know. We never had, in 61 years, until that point, 58 years I think, I had never had to deal with something like that. And I didn’t feel adequate.
…
JENKINS: Did you understand the seriousness of what Mike McQueary was telling you at the time.
PATERNO: Well not really. I knew it was serious and I wanted to do something about it. And that’s why I went up the chain of command.
JENKINS: People have speculated that you had knowledge of the 1998 police investigation. You didn’t hear any whispers, rumors, reports before Mike McQueary spoke to you in 2002?
PATERNO: I had never heard a thing.

A lot of holes here. I knew how serious it was...from what is out there did not seem that Paterno followed up on it once he pushed it up the chain of command. For a man of his stature to not follow through and to feel inadequate but not gain control of this? Anyone who has played organized football can see this is not a valid answer.

He knew he is complicit, and he deserves the negative marks on him as a person.

 

[BISCUT]

RIP.

Best times I remember was the big rivalry between FSU and the Hurricanes back in the 80’s. Tons of great games and future NFL Hall of Famers made for some great college football.

That was an incredible era. At 48 now, I was lucky to have grown up during this time.