Sadly today marks the end of Joe Paterno's life on Earth. I admired him as a legend and king of college football. No one will ever be as good of a coach as he was, and there will never be another JoePa.
Unfortunately he had to die in the wake of a headline scandal that stretched on for months and only got worse as time went by. It is one of those instances where you couldn't fully believe all that was charged and said about the scandal. But reality is reality, and no matter which way you try to view the tragedy, it remains a lose-lose.
And now the face of honor and greatness, power and strength lays peacefully after being rocked by a scandal and tortured by cancer.
But life goes on, you know. And I believe that a new era of the sport of college football has begun this day, January 22, 2012. How fitting it seems that Paterno could end one era and lead to the next. He deserved better, but so did the kids. It's a lose-lose.
Rest in Peace Joe.
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