Truth & Rumors > NCAAB
Joe Pa's leg is week-to-week
- Views
- 5170
- Comments
- 28
10:17 AM ET 10.05 | No. 6 Penn State put a hurting on Purdue yesterday to remain perfect. The Nittany Lions' 20-6 victory briefly helped take coach Joe Paterno's mind off his own pain. Paterno, two months shy of his 82nd birthday, was forced to return to the coaches' box for an entire game for the first time since the 2006 Outback Bowl after pain flared up in his sore right leg. Paterno was injured three days prior to the Aug. 30 season opener while attempting an onside kick in practice. It has gotten progressively worse. He wore two different shoes to his postgame news conference and used the podium to help support himself while answering questions. Paterno, who also worked the second half of the Temple game from the coaches' box a few weeks ago, was asked if his leg injury would require surgery. "I don't know yet," he said. "It's not my knee. The knee is fine. When I was horsing around ... I overdid it with this one, so I got a little arthritis. ... But I'm not letting anybody get near me with a knife." Paterno, whose left leg was injured in a sideline collision with a Wisconsin player two years ago, admitted this is the first time in his 43 seasons as coach that his health has become a weekly issue.
More FanHouse Blogs
- Super Bowl Ads - Watch Them All
- Best Super Bowl Commercials of 2010
- SI Reveals 2010 Swimsuit Issue
- Roddick Loving SI Cover Girl Wife
- UFC 109 Results
- NOLA Police to Fans: Keep Your Shirts On
- Letterman, Leno and Oprah in Super Bowl Ad
- Danica Patrick, GoDaddy.com Hook Up Again
- Betty White Plays Football in Snickers Ad
- Tebow Ad Surprisingly Not Controversial
Truth & Rumors
MOST POPULAR
-
1
Inside Manning's walk off
- Views
- 129465
- Comments
- 3043
-
2
Teams eyeing Eagles QBs?
- Views
- 14426
- Comments
- 2151
-
3
Yankees GM: No new deals for Big Three
- Views
- 18412
- Comments
- 716
-
4
Rays still have shot at Damon
- Views
- 19189
- Comments
- 471
-
5
Kobe may miss All-Star Game
- Views
- 10373
- Comments
- 470
Most Active Users
Comments + Blog Posts + Throwdowns
- 1 Chico 2.0
- 2 BBK - Whitey
- 3 rstowe
- 4 gigi_iv
- 5 Never NDing Struggle
Message Boards
-
NCAAF > General NCAAF
FSU vacates 12 football wins…
- Views
- 348
- Replies
- 34
-
NFL > General NFL
All Hail Joe Montana - The…
- Views
- 266
- Replies
- 41
-
NCAAB > General NCAAB
Duke vs North Carolina -- Do…
- Views
- 233
- Replies
- 3

Lucia Dvorska
Deanna Clover



Comments (28) Add A Comment
Haha... I love talking about the COACHES being injured.
PackersLP21
Titletown, WI
Total Comments (14465)
Joe Pa's leg is week-to-week from a flare up, no punchline needed.
Hank Hill
Arlen, TX
Total Comments (7630)
Okay sports fans, where's the outrage? When Charlie Weis blew out his knee and merely SUGGESTED that he may coach from the booth, the message boards lit up asking how could he coach from the press box. He got hammered left and right on the issue. And he has a major knee injury, not arthritis! Now JoePA coaches from the booth and not a word from anyone. Obviously he's not needed on the sidelines, maybe his coaches have taken over and JoePA is just a figurehead at this point. And does anyone really believe that he was kicking in practice, maybe his health issues aren't his hip, maybe he needs to be closer to the bathroom at his age. Perhaps this is why he wears baggy pants.
MrMiyagiJr
Total Comments (2660)
**** type of story is this? Ill just completely humiliated UM at the big house and yet no story? As a huge UM fanatic, I need to vent and yet fannation disappoints again. Oy, my beloved wolverines. How thee hath wounded thyself!
The Warden
Skid Row, CA
Total Comments (1033)
The title of the story explains it all; it's about Joe Pa and Penn State, not the laugh-erines.
The Cynical Madman
Shrunken Head Institute, TX
Total Comments (5309)
"He wore two different shoes to the postgame news conference"
Two different color socks...and his underwear over his pants.
MATTUSA
Total Comments (8676)
LMAO, that's good stuff man! Made my day!
MrMiyagiJr
Total Comments (2660)
That article makes it look like they already have the hole dug for JoePa.
Gonzeaux
Total Comments (454)
Watch the Penn State Footbal Story...JoePa regularly participates in practice
dumba$#es
letsgopsu
Total Comments (14)
Joe Pa is 82 years old but his mind is still sharp as a tack and he practices with his team....except for the Coke bottle glasses he's in better condition than 99% of the men 20 years younger than he is. I hope I'm that fiesty and active when I get to that age.
Johnny B.Goode
Blue Point, NY
Total Comments (10767)
For letsgopsu
Do you really think these scum are woth a response.
RAN0763
Total Comments (88)
More Info for letsgopsu
If you've been reading "Truth and Rumors" for several weeks, MATTUSA is the guy that thinks that cows have male genitalia. Yes, he's a definite Mensa candidate. Now do you think that these people are worth a response?
RAN0763
Total Comments (88)
You are really complaining about your UM not getting enough press for sucking?
rugbyrowe
Fort Drum , NY
Total Comments (66)
Correction for #11(It was late!)
For letsgopsu
Do you really think these scum are worth a response?
RAN0763
Total Comments (88)
You guys take PSU football way too seriously.
MATTUSA
Total Comments (8676)
What else is there in PA? Besides the Amish and a chocolate factory.
MrMiyagiJr
Total Comments (2660)
For MrMiyagiJr
Aside from you, apparently, all of the posters on this page are probably from Pennsylvania. Unless you are attempting to alienate everyone, I don't get your point. By the way, it's sad if that's the best you have. That's so lame that I don't need to respond.
RAN0763
Total Comments (88)
But, you did respond
MrMiyagiJr
Total Comments (2660)
JoePA is the man! I know Michigan tried to steal him away back in the late 60's. bigger question is who is going to have big enough feet to fill those shoes in PA.
UofM_man
Total Comments (119)
For UofM_man
Thank you.
I could have told you last December that Rich Rod wasn't the answer. Beating up on the Big Least is not in the same universe, or at least galaxy, as beating up on the Big Ten. Michigan would have been better off promoting from within. I still can't imagine the Wolverines running a West Coast offense. A 250-pound back is great in the I Formation, but he's going to look really slow running the option.
RAN0763
Total Comments (88)
Comment
Remember to keep your posts clean. Profanity will get filtered, and offensive comments will be removed.