Get off my lawn! Stop driving in front of my car! JoePa's got to get places! JoePa could die at any time! JoePa doesn't have time to drive behind your slow ass! JoePa requires Werther's Originals and brains!This story seems far too bizarre to be true, but appears to be legit:
Yesterday, two grad students (husband and wife)that I know were driving on campus and being followed closely by a white car. The white car passes them and then cuts them off and pins them against the curb. The driver gets out and starts screaming obscenities at the woman (who was driving), flipping both middle fingers and repeatedly saying "do you know who I am!".We could file this under "crazy-ass internet rumor" -- the poster had only 19 posts to his name and was probably a Pitt flamer, right? -- except that this post was followed up by not one but two newspaper items reporting on the incident. Neither goes so far as to say it was definitely JoePa, but one hints at it. the other specifically mentions that the names of the principles can't be released until the investigation is complete.
The irate screaming and cursing by the driver of the white car continues long enough for the campus police to arrive at which time the driver of the white car takes off. The woman is so shaken up that the police ask here if she's OK to drive. The only thing they can think of that set the driver of the white car off was if they were driving too slow. They were both in some state of shock the rest of the day that Joe Paterno, a man they both admired, could act this way.
A general rule of thumb for internet rumors: anything that has the bulk of its details confirmed by a later newspaper piece is almost 100% the Real McCoy. JoePa does not like it when you act like a wuss; this may explain Anthony Morelli's tendency to throw balls into triple coverage.
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 1)
1. Sounds like bullshit to me, but hey, you never know.
Posted at 3:08PM on Oct 9th 2007 by Don
2. My Message for Joe:
Fire your quaterback coach (Your son) and you offensive coordinator (Galen Hall). Galen was never a good quaterback and a "bad" coach in Florida. If they would have looked at Michigan's defense against the west coast offenses, they would have know how to play the Michigan defence. 9 losses in a row is bad.
Glenn Morningstar, PSU class of '66
Posted at 3:53PM on Oct 9th 2007 by Glenn Morningstar
3. This is another idiot blogger trying to defame a good guy like Joepa. Why would you waste your time. We all know this is BS
Posted at 4:39PM on Oct 9th 2007 by BS BLOG WATCHER
4. What are you going to do Joe? Every day you hang on waiting to play just one more hand to top those of yesteryear you only tarnish yourself. You are a student of history why have you not learned the lessons of those before you who have hung around far too long? It is so sad and the rest of us who have been with you since day one are made to look like we are thick skinned ingrates for saying so! My God Man! Time to go! Please.
Posted at 7:58PM on Oct 9th 2007 by BIG TEN FAN!
5. I am a Florida resident and think that both coaches at FSU and PSU should resign at the end of this season and quit trying to see who can outlast the other just to be the winningest coach.
Posted at 8:40PM on Oct 9th 2007 by Westmond
6. Probably the Joker writing a scandalous story of Joe Paterno. Even Joe Paterno has bad guy tendencies once in a blue moon.
Posted at 12:12AM on Oct 10th 2007 by George B Vieto
7. Jo Pa can't control his temper or his anger. this typically happens to grouchy old men. sad part is, the administration won't even step up to the plate and be responsible by making him "finally" step down. can you imagine living with this guy???
Posted at 7:17AM on Oct 13th 2007 by vince