They don’t call it the city of brotherly love for no reason. We’re looking at you, Pittsburgh.

He just doesn’t give a shit, and I love it. Big Balls Knight. Straight telling it like it is, taking a stand on the scandal, a “no-no” topic for nearly everyone else. But I love it. By far, the loudest and longest ovation of the day came after Knight took his stance on the scandal.

Nike responded to Phil Knight’s eulogy via Darren Rovell:

“Phil Knight’s speech was a powerful tribute to his longtime friend Joe Paterno. We remain deeply disturbed by the serious allegations at Penn St.”

First person that came to mind when I thought who should speak at Joe Pa’s memorial, was Daryll Clark. DC is truly one of the nicest guys I’ve met. Ask any of his teammates and they will tell you he was a true class act, phenomenal leader, and a great man. He was the epitome of Joe Paterno. Daryll was also the last player Joe was really, really close with, which was evident in the media. Not to mention, DC is a great speaker. Very humble guy, that we knew had a lot to say about Joe.

Michael Robinson, however, represented the 2000s era of Penn State football players, as only one player per decade was chosen to speak. While Robinson spoke great, I still wanted to hear from DC. Two players from that decade wouldn’t have hurt?

DC is the player that resonates the most with the current Penn State senior class, whom will never forget that 2008 trip to the Rose Bowl. Again, not saying Robinson shouldn’t have spoken, but I wish they could have squeezed in two players from the decade of 2000-2010, because Daryll Clark deserved a chance to speak.

Daryll agreed:

Was hoping @captainclark17 would have spoken today. He was the last player Joe was really close with. I guess they went with M-Rob over DC.

January 26, 2012 5:44 PM via webReplyRetweetFavorite

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TheSchoolPhilly

@TheSchoolPhilly and that's cool.. But I would've had a lot to say.. So

January 26, 2012 5:48 PM via EchofonReplyRetweetFavorite

@CaptainClark17

Daryll Clark

We did it! We lobbied with some other local Philly blog friends for this song to make a comeback, and we did it. Awesome.

I’m taking full responsibility for this. We tweeted the shit out of Adam Aron about this. The power of social media! 2012 ladies and gentleman, 2012.

S/O Niraj

A number of us studying abroad in Florence, Italy went to Santa Croce today where on the greatest of those in Florence were buried, including Michealangelo, we only saw fit to light a few candles in memory of Joe Pa, Penn State mourns internationally

-Katie