JoePa is BACK (Edit: In Spirit)

Last weekend, Penn St. "coach" Joe Paterno was injured after one of his players collided with him on the sideline after a play. He was wheeled off the field on a cart, although apparently JoePa made several attempts to jump off and return to the sideline. What a trooper.

Still suffering from a broken leg (you think these things would heal faster! I guess that's because Penn St. doesn't have Jesus's super-secret healing power on its side like we do), Paterno has been relegated to the coach's box for this weekend's game. This turn of events has major implications for Penn St (and the Irish).

With JoePa in the coach's box, his coordinators will no longer have to lean out the window to try to hear what Paterno is yelling from down on the sideline. Surely this will result in wins against Temple and Michigan State, which will propel the Nittany Lions back into the Top 25 and increase our strength of schedule. You go, Joe!

UPDATE: Apparently heeding his doctor's advice, JoePa will not be in the stadium during the game this Saturday, missing his first game since 1977. Instead, he will be tailgating in the parking lot on a motorized scooter.