Jay Paterno Wins Twitter Forever

Jay Paterno is the son of Joe Paterno, and is in the family business as the quarterbacks coach/offensive coordinator for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He's also somewhat ahead of the curve technology-wise, having written blogs for the Obama campaign (Dad was a McCain guy who doesn't own a DVD player). JayPa is also a frequent Twitterer, and solicited questions from the audience last night. Iowa blogger Oops Pow Surprise happily obliged:

@JayPaterno I have a question -- guns for coaches on gameday? would cut down on unsportsmanship, imo.
about 3 hours ago from web in reply to JayPaterno

Paterno responded with an answer that, as far as I know, wins Twitter forever:

Well-played, Jay Paterno. For his efforts, give the man a taser: I know he'll use it well, and his dad won't have any clue what this thingamabob does. Giving JoePa a weapon he's familiar with would be disastrous, though. I've been told he was an absolute terror with a pike in his youth at the Battle of Hastings, and a genius with a broadsword during the Thirty Years' War. You don't want innocent bystanders getting hurt when JoePa leaps into the stands with a broadaxe and starts swinging away. Better just to give him a musket, point him in the general direction of the heckler, and to let him do this thing.

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