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Penn State Cult (Joe Knew)

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Ah, yes, it's time for the annual BWI thread in which crotchety, miserable, sanctimonious prick Joesus is celebrated for how miserable he was. In a BWI thread entitled "Your favorite Cranky Joe Moment," the Cult lays out just how awesome Joesus was because of his nasty demeanor. As always, my favorite story is one in which Joesus protected the grass on campus more than he protected the rectums of young boys.

Who could forget such classic Joesus stories about caring more about the attire of a media member than kids getting raped in the football showers or the familiar yarn about supposedly telling Nixon to "Shove it?"

https://bwi.forums.rivals.com/forums/bwi-mcandrew-board.20/

rudedude: "1979, we were playing touch football on the Astro turf field by the football practice facility. A group of other guys decided to go onto the grass field in the same area. A door burst open from the practice facility and who but Joepa came out yelling his head off at the guys on the grass field to get the hell off of it. Joe came over to us and told us we were okay as long as we stayed on the AstroTurf."

psuro: "It was a game in Morgantown in the 1980s and WVU had inexplicably won the game. The crowd was in a frenzy and they ran onto the field as the teams ran into the locker rooms - it was getting a little crazy with the WVU fans trying to get at the PSU players, and some WVU State Trooper grabbed a PSU player who was getting at it a bit with a WVU fan.

Joe pushed the trooper's arm away, shook his finger at him and screamed "You never touch one of my players again - you take care of these fans, I will take care of my players!". The trooper must have had 6 inches and about 60 lbs. on Joe, but he was clearly shaken by the incident with him. Joe just ran into the locker room.

It was one of those TV moments I will never forget."

TenerHallTerror: "so last night my g/f and I were cruising through youtube videos. up popped an "ESPN top ten sports disses" . . . of course it was a pretty lame list with simple snubs.

Then I told her about the great confrontation Joe had with Doug Graber after McQueary threw that late TD against Rutgers. The video still cracks me up. Even my g/f noticed Joe's reaction after the play . . . he clearly mouths "what happened?" He was not trying to run up the score. Seems like the players called an "audible" . . . but Graber was just being a d*ck after the game.

we also watched Joe chasing down the ref after the 2002 Iowa game, Joe recalling how he told Nixon to "shove it",

ChiTowlLion: ""The only retirement I'm looking forward to is yours." - Joe Paterno to David Jones

NittanyLion1997: "The road rage incident on campus when the man said "That's my wife!" and Joepa said "That's your problem!"

NitNE73: "My favorite was when he told the Quarterback Club, "Send us your dollars but keep your two cents to yourself."

MICH.NitFan: "Joe was up in the booth, doing the radio broadcast for the Blue/White game. Joe used to be pretty calm during these things, as he knew it was mostly just a fun day for the fans. One of the kids made a dumb play, or something. Then the same kid made a dumb penalty soon after his first mistake. Joe couldn't take any more, and starts yelling "What does he thinks he's doing? Franny, get him outta there!".

sluggo72: "This was almost near the end, but I remember him on the sideline when the OL was struggling, he was grabbing some that were playing and putting them on the bench, then he grabbed some from the bench, and put them into the game!!"

Nitt1300: "I understood the crankiness, I think as we get older we get to the point that there isn't much tolerance left for the BS that is everywhere- I get because I am that.

But Joe was easy to like when he was younger. In later years he was easy to respect."

TenerHallTerror: "He did not suffer fools lightly. good observation that if Joe was cranky with someone, they were probably being a fool."

CincinnatiKid: "When he told David Jones " to get a haircut."

Zenophile: "I seem to recall there was an incident where he scolded one of the beat writers for showing up to the PC wearing shorts. Might've been Jeff McLane (who's apparently upgraded from Paterno lectures to press box ejections)."

bkmtnittany: "I can't leave the game to the Barry Switzers and Jackie Sherrils of the world."

Leo Ridens: "Reporter to Joe: Do you play Cappelletti because he's Italian?"

Joe: No, I play him because I'm Italian. BOOM!"

PSU IE 97: "The snowbowl against Michigan when Joe scolded the student section for throwing snowballs."

205Cedarbrook: "A few: (1) I was a junior listening to the call-in show when Joe was asked what he did after a tough loss, and he responded "go home and beat the wife and dog" (that got some feedback). (2) I was at a NLC breakfast when Joe was asked what it would take to get Cuncho Brown more involved in the passing game and he responded "we'd have to tighten up his facemask." (3) I attended an NLC dinner with an aged neighbor who I had no idea had been the starting point-guard on the 1946 PSU basketball team. Joe said "Hey there .... , you're the only son-of-a-bitch older than me here." To which my neighbor responded ".... and you still look like a Jewish banker." I said nothing"

UncleLar: "Back in the 70s, I did a road trip to Iowa City. I had a couple of friends who were PSU sportswriters, plus I knew the SID, so I decided to crash the Friday night media hospitality suite at the team hotel just outside of Iowa City. I was rip roaring drunk having spent most of the afternoon at an Iowa City bar, plus I had an Iowa coed in tow with me. Somehow my contact popped out of my eye and I'm crawling around on the floor trying to find it somewhere in the ugly shag carpeting, when Joe entered the suite. He takes one look at me, drunk on all fours, turns to the SID and goes "who's that?". Before the SID can answer, he spots the coed (there were no female reporters then) and totally freaks out "and who the hell is she? Get them the hell out of here."

It was an honor to be tossed by Joe."
 
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Joe Pa Thetic said:
Ah, yes, it's time for the annual BWI thread in which crotchety, miserable, sanctimonious prick Joesus is celebrated for how miserable he was. In a BWI thread entitled "Your favorite Cranky Joe Moment," the Cult lays out just how awesome Joesus was because of his nasty demeanor. As always, my favorite story is one in which Joesus protected the grass on campus more than he protected the rectums of young boys.

Who could forget such classic Joesus stories about caring more about the attire of a media member than kids getting raped in the football showers or the familiar yarn about supposedly telling Nixon to "Shove it?"

https://bwi.forums.rivals.com/forums/bwi-mcandrew-board.20/

rudedude: "1979, we were playing touch football on the Astro turf field by the football practice facility. A group of other guys decided to go onto the grass field in the same area. A door burst open from the practice facility and who but Joepa came out yelling his head off at the guys on the grass field to get the hell off of it. Joe came over to us and told us we were okay as long as we stayed on the AstroTurf."

psuro: "It was a game in Morgantown in the 1980s and WVU had inexplicably won the game. The crowd was in a frenzy and they ran onto the field as the teams ran into the locker rooms - it was getting a little crazy with the WVU fans trying to get at the PSU players, and some WVU State Trooper grabbed a PSU player who was getting at it a bit with a WVU fan.

Joe pushed the trooper's arm away, shook his finger at him and screamed "You never touch one of my players again - you take care of these fans, I will take care of my players!". The trooper must have had 6 inches and about 60 lbs. on Joe, but he was clearly shaken by the incident with him. Joe just ran into the locker room.

It was one of those TV moments I will never forget."

TenerHallTerror: "so last night my g/f and I were cruising through youtube videos. up popped an "ESPN top ten sports disses" . . . of course it was a pretty lame list with simple snubs.

Then I told her about the great confrontation Joe had with Doug Graber after McQueary threw that late TD against Rutgers. The video still cracks me up. Even my g/f noticed Joe's reaction after the play . . . he clearly mouths "what happened?" He was not trying to run up the score. Seems like the players called an "audible" . . . but Graber was just being a d*ck after the game.

we also watched Joe chasing down the ref after the 2002 Iowa game, Joe recalling how he told Nixon to "shove it",

ChiTowlLion: ""The only retirement I'm looking forward to is yours." - Joe Paterno to David Jones

NittanyLion1997: "The road rage incident on campus when the man said "That's my wife!" and Joepa said "That's your problem!"

NitNE73: "My favorite was when he told the Quarterback Club, "Send us your dollars but keep your two cents to yourself."

MICH.NitFan: "Joe was up in the booth, doing the radio broadcast for the Blue/White game. Joe used to be pretty calm during these things, as he knew it was mostly just a fun day for the fans. One of the kids made a dumb play, or something. Then the same kid made a dumb penalty soon after his first mistake. Joe couldn't take any more, and starts yelling "What does he thinks he's doing? Franny, get him outta there!".

sluggo72: "This was almost near the end, but I remember him on the sideline when the OL was struggling, he was grabbing some that were playing and putting them on the bench, then he grabbed some from the bench, and put them into the game!!"

Nitt1300: "I understood the crankiness, I think as we get older we get to the point that there isn't much tolerance left for the BS that is everywhere- I get because I am that.

But Joe was easy to like when he was younger. In later years he was easy to respect."

TenerHallTerror: "He did not suffer fools lightly. good observation that if Joe was cranky with someone, they were probably being a fool."

CincinnatiKid: "When he told David Jones " to get a haircut."

Zenophile: "I seem to recall there was an incident where he scolded one of the beat writers for showing up to the PC wearing shorts. Might've been Jeff McLane (who's apparently upgraded from Paterno lectures to press box ejections)."

bkmtnittany: "I can't leave the game to the Barry Switzers and Jackie Sherrils of the world."

Leo Ridens: "Reporter to Joe: Do you play Cappelletti because he's Italian?"

Joe: No, I play him because I'm Italian. BOOM!"

PSU IE 97: "The snowbowl against Michigan when Joe scolded the student section for throwing snowballs."

205Cedarbrook: "A few: (1) I was a junior listening to the call-in show when Joe was asked what he did after a tough loss, and he responded "go home and beat the wife and dog" (that got some feedback). (2) I was at a NLC breakfast when Joe was asked what it would take to get Cuncho Brown more involved in the passing game and he responded "we'd have to tighten up his facemask." (3) I attended an NLC dinner with an aged neighbor who I had no idea had been the starting point-guard on the 1946 PSU basketball team. Joe said "Hey there .... , you're the only son-of-a-bitch older than me here." To which my neighbor responded ".... and you still look like a Jewish banker." I said nothing"

UncleLar: "Back in the 70s, I did a road trip to Iowa City. I had a couple of friends who were PSU sportswriters, plus I knew the SID, so I decided to crash the Friday night media hospitality suite at the team hotel just outside of Iowa City. I was rip roaring drunk having spent most of the afternoon at an Iowa City bar, plus I had an Iowa coed in tow with me. Somehow my contact popped out of my eye and I'm crawling around on the floor trying to find it somewhere in the ugly shag carpeting, when Joe entered the suite. He takes one look at me, drunk on all fours, turns to the SID and goes "who's that?". Before the SID can answer, he spots the coed (there were no female reporters then) and totally freaks out "and who the hell is she? Get them the hell out of here."

It was an honor to be tossed by Joe."
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If someone wants to burn a troll account, add the story about how paterno called children raped by one of his assistant coaches "victims or whatever you want to call them." Or how Paterno let a sexual predator go off unchecked to avoid ruining somebody's weekend.
 
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ochre said:
is there any better synopsis than telling law enforcement (in and from another state even) that his players are only answerable/touchable by him and not the law than:
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That's one that.....while I believe is something the asshole would do.....I doubt he ever really did. It's impossible to know for sure how many if any of these stories are true or just part of the manufactured bullshit image of the great and powerful Paterno.
 
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