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CAIRO -- Soccer fans stampeded the field and rioted Wednesday after a match between fierce rivals in the port city of Port Said, attacking each other with fists, stones, fireworks and bottles.
Joe Paterno, the man who for decades was synonymous with Penn State football and was known by the college football world as just "JoePa", has died. Paterno, 85, had been receiving chemotherapy as part of his treatment for lung cancer, and complications from that treatment claimed the longtime Penn State coach's life on Saturday.
Paterno was the head coach of Penn State for 46 seasons before being fired in November as his role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal came under greater scrutiny. Combined with the time he spent as an assistant, Paterno spent a total of 61 years on the Penn State sidelines. He left behind a legacy that, on the field of play, was unparalleled in Division I football. Paterno holds the all-time Division I record for football coaching wins with a 409-136-3 record, and he won two national championships while going undefeated in five different seasons.
Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno dies at 85 - CBSSports.com
Strange to think we gave Paterno a standing ovation when Penn State came to Tuscaloosa last season, and roughly one year later his legacy was completely destroyed in one of the worst scandals in college football history. Its always hard to separate a man's professional accomplishments from his personal failings, though millions of gallons of ink will be spilled over the next few days trying to do so. All I can say is sympathies to the Paterno family over the loss of a loved one.
UPDATE: Or maybe not? Paterno family spokesperson Dan McGinn is refuting the earlier reports of Paterno's death, though @onwardstate claims Penn State football players were e-mailed the news of his passing. Not sure what's going on, honestly, but follow them for any new developments.
Lee came off the bench to direct an 89-yard first quarter scoring drive for Houston Nutt's Stars team for a 14-0 lead over the Stripes in a game that once was called the Blue-Gray All-Star Classic.
Jarrett Lee excels in Senior All-Star game
Good old Jarrett. What a troll.
University of Alabama assistant coach Sal Sunseri has been offered a position as the defensive coordinator at Tennessee and is expected to accept the offer, a source confirmed to Tidesports.com.
Sal Sunseri to be new DC at Tennessee
Will be interesting to see how this affects us going forward. In any case, coaching attrition is the price of success. Good luck to him.
Among the specific targets: anyone who "seeks to obtain any type of financial gain or benefit from securing a prospective student-athlete's enrollment at an educational institution or a from a student-athlete's potential earnings as a professional athlete."
Such activity by an agent would render the athlete ineligible.
USAToday: NCAA Closes Cam Newton "Loophole"
Well, this is just fabulous. Never mind the "Is it a loophole?" argument- thanks to Cecil Newton, the NCAA has created the rule that many of us feared they would. Want to make a star recruit ineligible at a rival school? Go to that school and try to sell his services there. By this definition you just became a sports agent acting on his behalf. I can't imagine this being a problem.
Please Please Please let there be an lswho meltdown!
I live here in Baton Rouge among the many that are in deep denial. so i would love to see some of their words immortalized in RBR lore.
ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!
Blair Walsh kicks a 42-yard field goal and we’re sitting here feeling great about ourselves," McGarity said.
Georgia AD Greg Mcgarity talking about the Outback Bowl
Anybody else find it strange that the AD would be calling out a player by name for missing a kick? Not sure I've really seen that in college ball before.
"Monday night we are going to show them why we should be in this ball game," said the junior Heisman Trophy finalist. "... We love being underdogs. We love being the team that nobody wants to see in the championship. That's put a big chip on our shoulders to prove why we should be in this game."
"I personally always viewed the undefeated season as, really, just gravy," McCarthy said. "The goal was to get home-field advantage and win the Super Bowl. That's what we discussed.
Mike McCarthy after Green Bay's loss to KC.
Well, we can add this to the "not every game counts when there's a playoff" file of quotes.
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