I'm sure the Penn St. students will riot and blame the media, Sandusky's accusers, etc.
http://news.yahoo.com/fired-penn-state-coach-joe-paterno-dead-85-151950813--spt.html (http://news.yahoo.com/fired-penn-state-coach-joe-paterno-dead-85-151950813--spt.html)
I think that coaching was Paterno's life and without it, he simply lost the will the carry on.
I figured he'd die during a game of shortly after retiring (or in this case getting fired).