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A&M pep rally: Paterno on "death bed"

Heh.

More here. And here's the video.

UPDATE: Here's the key part of the video:

UPDATE 2: More Joe Paterno humor here. "I'm not Hugh Hefner, you know!" (Hat tip: Jim.)

Posted by Brendan Loy on December 28, 2007 at 01:31 PM in College Football | Permalink

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Don't the Aggies have a rep for being low class jabronies that always lose? I'm glad to see them living down to their standards, but JoePa's response was the funniest part of the story-- "Maybe they're right".

Posted by: Sandy Underpants | Dec 28, 2007 3:43:12 PM

Sandy - um, what? A&M has a rep for having some of the most respectful and loyal students in the country - read "high class". The articles say that the UPenn fans were booing, but I would bet that many of those boos were from Aggies. Aggies don't run other teams down, except maybe t.u. The Yell Leaders usually have stories that don't make much sense or aren't that funny, it's part of the tradition. The Yell Leader wasn't trying to make up for that, since it is the norm. He made what I hope was a horrible mistake and I hope he is as sorry for it as I am, and the rest of the Aggie nation.

But you are correct in saying that Joe P.'s response was the best part. He is a class act!

Posted by: atmchick | Dec 28, 2007 5:39:57 PM

It's embarrassing and the guy has been sent home. From the DMN coverage:

"He knew he just humiliated his university and was already packing his bags and heading home."

While some on Texags.com are defending the guy, it seems to me that the consensus is: age jokes OK, death jokes not so much. Which sounds about right to me.

Posted by: Jim Hu | Dec 28, 2007 6:28:48 PM

Jim,
Where do jokes about (1) JoePa shitting his pants on the sidelines and (2) JoePa breaking his leg on the sidelines fit on your spectrum?

Posted by: Wobbly H | Dec 28, 2007 6:46:01 PM

Wobbly,

Um... hadn't thought about it. It helps if the jokes are, you know, actually humorous...I didn't think what the yell leader said was even remotely amusing. I can't think of anything good on your topics. If you've got anything, tell us!

I did think this was funny

Penn State coach Joe Paterno was asked if he could still "do it" at a Valero Alamo Bowl news conference on Friday. Coach, that is.

"Holy smokes," Paterno said. "I'm not Hugh Hefner, ya know."

Posted by: Jim Hu | Dec 28, 2007 7:24:35 PM

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