One With Joepa Mullens

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Eugene, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Chip Kelly is staying in school. The Oregon head coach said Monday he's flattered by the interest shown in him by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but he will remain the Ducks' head coach.

 

"We are pleased with Coach Kelly's decision to remain as our head coach," Mullens said. "Coach Kelly has provided great leadership and remains committed to building on our position among the elite college football programs in the country."

 

The Buccaneers are looking to fill their head coaching vacancy after dismissing Raheem Morris, who was named the defensive backs coach for the NFL's Washington Redskins on Monday.

 

Sure, in today's world the information is always there at our fingertips as the internet seemingly gives us the news before it even happens.

 

But there's nothing like banter with others.

 

Joe Paterno's passing from lung cancer at age 85 on Sunday is everywhere, of course. It's the sad, numbing ending to the firestorm that surrounded the final months of his life, and the Jerry Sandusky case continues to leave us all unsure of how to view JoePa's life and career. One writer, astutely, pointed out how complicated it is to write an obituary for Paterno.

 

Knowing that about Paterno, the knee-jerk reaction in his death is that one can't let the last three months overshadow his devoted career at Penn State.

 

It's dizzying.

 

One by one, they stepped up today, colleagues with strong feelings. It seems everybody longs to separate JoePa from the events of the last three months, but, even as we mourn him, it's impossible.

 

"The fact that he seemed inept, ill-prepared and ultimately unable to handle the abuse issues makes me wonder if he was still qualified to be in such a position," one colleague voiced. "If it was about more than football to him - education, shaping human beings, etc. - I can't imagine a greater situation where he needed to step up as opposed to looking clueless. In my opinion, pleading ignorance is not a free pass here.

 

Others have a little more compassion in their words, no doubt still filled with that numbing feeling that doesn't escape us all.

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•    So tired of the JoePa shit on facebook.. this year has made me question being friends w/ #PennState ppl on social networks

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•    Ik heb echt super onzin gedroomt .. Dat Kelly&ik berdwaald waren in een bos en we kwamen in een fantasie huis uit. En daar kwam een wolf 1/2

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•    Finished all the needed paperwork!!!....NAP TiME AT WORK!!!

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•    Lol we puling over last time he almost crashed #AshleyAfterDark

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•    Americans are eating junk food for a very long time close to or more than 3 decades.

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•    I don't think I have taken enough abuse the past two weeks, so if anyone has some pent up aggression to get out, I'm your girl.

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•    is it really time to get up already?? 3 hours sleep! #fuckwork

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•    I always end up expecting things that doesn't happen ..eh oh well. Ill learn eventually lol.

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