Drink Suggestions for Recently Departed...

What a crazy couple of days for the death pool. We were locked up at 4-4, with the threat of getting slapped with a Subway sandwich looming. (We decided that whoever got to 5 deaths first would get to slap the other person across the face without retaliation.)

Bryn squeaked out the "victory" (I cringe writing the word victory he

re) with his team, "Steiney and the Bandit's" 2012 pick-up, Etta James, passing away Friday morning. On Saturday afternoon, the tweets flooded in that Joe Paterno had passed away as well. It turned out that the rumors of his death were mildly exaggerated (Click here to read why.) He died Sunday Morning.

In honor of the recently deceased, we have a drink in their honor. Usually they're pretty easy to come up with. Al Davis? Silver and black. A shot of Patron Silver and a shot of Johnny Walker Black. The "Just Win, Baby!" But what to drink for this week's departed?

Etta James - Bryn suggested the drink be classy and elegant. I agree. So...what does that mean?

Joe Paterno - We know we need to look the other way when we drink it, but what should the drink itself be?

Make your own "At Last" and looking the other way jokes, if you'd like. I already feel bad enough about this.

RIP Joe Paterno

Joseph Vincent "Joe" Paterno (pronounced /pəˈtɜrnoʊ/; December 21, 1926 – January 22, 2012^[1]) is a former college football coach who was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions for 46 years from 1966 through 2011. Paterno, nicknamed "JoePa," holds the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football coach with 409 and is the only FBS coach to reach 400 victories.^[2] He coached five undefeated teams that won major bowl games and, in 2007, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach. Paterno was fired mid-season by Penn State trustees in November 2011, after long-time assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested onchild sexual abuse charges.^[3][4]

RIP Etta James

Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins; January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012) was an American singer whose style spanned a variety of music genres including blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll, soul, gospel and jazz. Starting her career in the mid 1950s, she gained fame with hits such as "Dance With Me, Henry", "At Last", "Tell Mama", and "I'd Rather Go Blind" for which she claimed she wrote the lyrics.