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re: Would Paterno be alive today had the scandal not broken?

Posted on 1/24/12 at 2:28 pm to
Posted by LordSaintly
Member since Dec 2005
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Posted on 1/24/12 at 2:28 pm to
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no. he was 85 and had severe cancer.



This.

It was a terrible coincidence, but Joe Pa would have been dead anyway.

He might have lived a little longer, but getting lung cancer at 85 is a tough thing to beat.
Posted by BigDawg0420
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Posted on 1/24/12 at 2:31 pm to
I remember right when he got fired that there were a bunch of threads about how long he stays alive after this. I truly believe that football kept joe pa alive and not being able to coach was the end for him. Sure he had cancer but I believe he would have had more will to fight it if he still had football
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