Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
I don't think JoePa killed himself, but he may have known what was coming down the road and after already having been fired he may not have been able to handle the stress and strain and emotional toll and just gave up on living. Positive mentality is very helpful in recovering from/coping with illness and there wasn't much left for him to be happy about at the time he passed.

I'm sure Woody Hayes wishes he had lived to see this so he could be reconsidered as "The biggest asshole ever to coach a top college football team"....Bobby Bowden looks like a fucking prince right now (not that he ever did anything wrong)...he's college football royalty IMO.
joe did know what was coming... its all covered in this ny times article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/sp...pagewanted=all

he not only knew there was an investigation that would lead to his fall, but he also arranged to make more money for himself and his family before the shit hit the fan. pretty sneaky on his part.