Joe Paterno Memorial Service To Be Broadcast On CBS 21 And CW 15.At State College, Pa. - Maybe it took an outsider, someone who is not the insular world that is Penn State, one who approached the microphone very enlightened Thursday not from the blue chairs in the back of the stage, but offstage darkness. Maybe someone who took Joe Paterno still revered, but was not bound by such former coach of grace, to go where no one else has dared to approach the microphone. It was left to Nike chairman Phil Knight, the only one of 12 speakers at the memorial service for the purpose that Paterno was not part of the community of Penn State, to say what everyone probably wanted, but have been too friendly Paterno has own well-known in the sense of propriety told. "This is a heinous tragedy," said Knight, looking for some 12,000 people in mourning, "which is found in this survey, not Joe Paterno in response to her ... He leads me this question: Who is the trustee of the real Penn State University words hit Jordan Knight, Bryce Centre like thunder, lifting the entire crowd to its feet to a roaring standing ovation that lasted for a while?. When Knight was finished speaking, he turned and walked off the stage and behind a black curtain.
In a two-hour 15 minutes that would otherwise hit all the notes should - from the humorous and touching stories of a half-dozen former players Paterno, for the poignant eulogy delivered by his son Paterno, Jay - Knight was the only President who went anywhere near the scandal, at least in the world outside of State College, the legacy of contaminated coach 85 years of retirement.
Elsewhere, it may still be ambiguous to Paterno, who died Sunday after a battle of three months with lung cancer.
Moreover, people can join Paterno, the big winner in the history of Division I with child sexual abuse scandal that tore the university in November, when a former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, was accused of assaulting 10 boys over 15 year period. Two university officials were accused of perjury in an alleged cover-up while Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were fired by the board of the school administration for not having enough to act decisively.
But here, where Paterno football coach for 61 years, the last 46 of those as head coach, where he and his wife, Sue, became known as surrogate parents for the whole community, n ' there is no ambiguity - only love and reverence.
"He never took as a compliment. He never thought it was the show," Kenny Jackson, a former All-American wide receiver and assistant coach Paterno told the crowd to get the boot the service. "But today, my teacher, you have no choice. Today we'll show you how much we love you."
The tributes that followed were pitch-perfect speech of a player from each of six decades of career Paterno is split. Four video tributes. Testimony of two non-football-game students and dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Everyone managed to find a new way to illuminate the impact Paterno to the world beyond the grill.
In a two-hour 15 minutes that would otherwise hit all the notes should - from the humorous and touching stories of a half-dozen former players Paterno, for the poignant eulogy delivered by his son Paterno, Jay - Knight was the only President who went anywhere near the scandal, at least in the world outside of State College, the legacy of contaminated coach 85 years of retirement.
Elsewhere, it may still be ambiguous to Paterno, who died Sunday after a battle of three months with lung cancer.
Moreover, people can join Paterno, the big winner in the history of Division I with child sexual abuse scandal that tore the university in November, when a former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, was accused of assaulting 10 boys over 15 year period. Two university officials were accused of perjury in an alleged cover-up while Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were fired by the board of the school administration for not having enough to act decisively.
But here, where Paterno football coach for 61 years, the last 46 of those as head coach, where he and his wife, Sue, became known as surrogate parents for the whole community, n ' there is no ambiguity - only love and reverence.
"He never took as a compliment. He never thought it was the show," Kenny Jackson, a former All-American wide receiver and assistant coach Paterno told the crowd to get the boot the service. "But today, my teacher, you have no choice. Today we'll show you how much we love you."
The tributes that followed were pitch-perfect speech of a player from each of six decades of career Paterno is split. Four video tributes. Testimony of two non-football-game students and dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Everyone managed to find a new way to illuminate the impact Paterno to the world beyond the grill.
"He taught us to compete with honor, how to compete with integrity," 1980-era Todd Black ledge said quart. "That's what separated him from his peers in this profession."
"He loved the honesty, effort, academics, sportsmanship and citizenship," said 1960's-era half Charlie Pittman. "I was forged from the crucible. The life I lived is one of the thousands of gifts to the world of Joe. ... Rest in peace, coach. We'll take it from here. "
"He took the son of coal miners, and took the son of mill workers and farmers in rural Pennsylvania," said Jimmy Cefalo, a wide receiver for Paterno in the 1970s, "with the idea that we would be together, and we had the right way, the way Paterno.”
Michael Maute, a senior linebacker from Penn State today, drew chuckles with an impromptu feel of a nasal Brooklyn accent Paterno. "What's going to be, kid?" Paterno asked him in his office in Beaver Stadium that Maute, then a high school, was to decide among several scholarship offers. Maute Answer: "I am!”
Memorial services Thursday ended a three-day period of mourning for Paterno, which included two days of viewing that drew about 40,000 people in mourning and a funeral procession through State College, which had people standing five deep at some places to get a glimpse of a hearse Paterno. There was also a private funeral for family and friends on Wednesday.
Thursday at the basketball arena at Penn State, Sue Paterno drew a standing ovation with just the simple act of walking to the first row of seats facing the stage. Paterno five children and 17 grandchildren soon followed.
"Lord” prayed to the Father Matthew Laffey Ministry of the Catholic school's campus, "thank you for this man, and blessed to have lived when the giant walked the earth."
Despite Knight received bordered on the tedious manipulation of the University of shooting Paterno, the emotional high point of service came to end when Jay Paterno walked to the microphone and delivered a masterly eulogy, full of poignant stories, quotes Literary and historical and strong statements.
"Joe Paterno," his son said, "left this world with a clear conscience."
Jay Paterno spoke eloquently of the last days of his father, where he lived with his family.
"In the face of obstacles which would have left a lesser man bitter, he showed his true spirit and self," said Jay Paterno. "He said he wanted to use his remaining time on earth to see Penn State to continue to prosper. He never said wrong and never wanted anyone to feel sorry for him.
"On Sunday morning, I ... kissed him and whispered in his ear if only he could hear. I said, 'Dad, you won. You have everything you could do. You have done enough. We love you all. You have won. You can go home now. "
A trumpeter only emerged to play a song-like version of the song fight against Penn State.
Nobody knew quite what to do next. But ultimately, everyone headed out in the cold and rain.
"He loved the honesty, effort, academics, sportsmanship and citizenship," said 1960's-era half Charlie Pittman. "I was forged from the crucible. The life I lived is one of the thousands of gifts to the world of Joe. ... Rest in peace, coach. We'll take it from here. "
"He took the son of coal miners, and took the son of mill workers and farmers in rural Pennsylvania," said Jimmy Cefalo, a wide receiver for Paterno in the 1970s, "with the idea that we would be together, and we had the right way, the way Paterno.”
Michael Maute, a senior linebacker from Penn State today, drew chuckles with an impromptu feel of a nasal Brooklyn accent Paterno. "What's going to be, kid?" Paterno asked him in his office in Beaver Stadium that Maute, then a high school, was to decide among several scholarship offers. Maute Answer: "I am!”
Memorial services Thursday ended a three-day period of mourning for Paterno, which included two days of viewing that drew about 40,000 people in mourning and a funeral procession through State College, which had people standing five deep at some places to get a glimpse of a hearse Paterno. There was also a private funeral for family and friends on Wednesday.
Thursday at the basketball arena at Penn State, Sue Paterno drew a standing ovation with just the simple act of walking to the first row of seats facing the stage. Paterno five children and 17 grandchildren soon followed.
"Lord” prayed to the Father Matthew Laffey Ministry of the Catholic school's campus, "thank you for this man, and blessed to have lived when the giant walked the earth."
Despite Knight received bordered on the tedious manipulation of the University of shooting Paterno, the emotional high point of service came to end when Jay Paterno walked to the microphone and delivered a masterly eulogy, full of poignant stories, quotes Literary and historical and strong statements.
"Joe Paterno," his son said, "left this world with a clear conscience."
Jay Paterno spoke eloquently of the last days of his father, where he lived with his family.
"In the face of obstacles which would have left a lesser man bitter, he showed his true spirit and self," said Jay Paterno. "He said he wanted to use his remaining time on earth to see Penn State to continue to prosper. He never said wrong and never wanted anyone to feel sorry for him.
"On Sunday morning, I ... kissed him and whispered in his ear if only he could hear. I said, 'Dad, you won. You have everything you could do. You have done enough. We love you all. You have won. You can go home now. "
A trumpeter only emerged to play a song-like version of the song fight against Penn State.
Nobody knew quite what to do next. But ultimately, everyone headed out in the cold and rain.
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