by David on January 9, 2012
Adam Rittenberg of ESPN had an interesting conversation with Penn State‘s new head coach Bill O’Brien. Here is some of that conversation:
What has been the reception so far for you at Penn State?
Bill O’Brien: It’s been unbelievable. To arrive at this place and to drive onto campus from the airport, you realize what a special place it is. It’s been a great experience so far, had a great reception at the women’s basketball game [Saturday] and another great one today at the men’s game versus Indiana. They’ve welcomed my family and I with open arms. Read more... (1134 words, estimated 4:32 mins reading time)
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by David on January 7, 2012
For the first time in over 30-years, Penn State had a press conference to introduce a new head football coach on Saturday.
There has been a lot of criticism of O’Brien by former Penn State players, but Bill O’Brien was impressive today. He was energetic and confident and hit on most of the issues Penn State fans needed to hear.
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- O’Brien plans to assemble a staff in the next 2-3 days, but he confirmed that current Lions defensive line coach Larry Johnson will be a part of it. Johnson, the team’s top recruiter and an excellent position coach, served as co-defensive coordinator with Ron Vanderlinden after Tom Bradley took over the head-coaching duties in November. O’Brien will meet with the other current assistants during the next few days. Keeping Johnson is a good move.
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by David on December 4, 2011
Cancel those plans to go to Tempe and the Insight Bowl. Penn State will not be going there. Instead Penn State is heading to the Ticket City Bowl in Dallas TX where they will play Number 20 Houston January 2. Buy Penn State v Houston Tickets
Houston (12-1) are disappointed in the destination also as they were dreaming of a berth in the Bowl Championship Series before getting upset by Southern Mississippi on Saturday in the Conference USA title game.
So how much is the Sandusky scandal hurting Penn State? Well despite having the fourth best record in the Big Ten this season, Penn State got bypassed by the Insight Bowl, which had the fourth selection, the Gator Bowl, which had the fifth selection and the Meineke Car Care Bowl which has the Big Ten’s sixth bowl selection. Read more... (323 words, 1 image, estimated 1:18 mins reading time)
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by David on October 4, 2011
Here are some of Joe Paterno’s comments from his weekly press conference today:
Q. What is the status of D’Anton Lynn and Stephfon Green for this week?
COACH PATERNO: Well, Green is back with us. Green, I’m trying to get him in a little pattern of lifestyle as far as going to class, being attentive to some of the responsibilities he has. He’s responded most of the time. Once in a while he slips a little bit. But he’s back with us. He’s worked with the second and third offensive teams. Today we’ll work with him and the rest of the week. So he’s okay. Read more... (2921 words, estimated 11:41 mins reading time)
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by David on September 28, 2011
With the Big Ten part of Penn State‘s schedule starting this weekend, it is time for Joe Paterno to stop this rotating quarterback system and name Rob Bolden has starter.
Penn State’s offense and quarterback play has been below expectations this season and that it because of the indecision of JoePa and the coaches.
Against Eastern Michigan last week, McGloin came on in the second quarter, completed 14 of 17 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns. Rob Bolden by comparison struggled as he went Bolden went 7 of 13 for 115 yards one TD and one INT. 71 of the yards came on a short pass that speedster Devon Smith converted into a touchdown. Bolden was yet again unable to gather any sort of rhythm in the two QB system. Read more... (272 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)
by David on June 30, 2011
The anticipation for the 2011 Nittany Lion football season continues to build, with Penn State students purchasing more than 21,000 season tickets recently to again fill what has been recognized as the nation’s best student section.
Penn State’s loud and proud student section is the nation’s largest full season student ticket section of any school, for any sport. ESPN The Magazine tabbed Penn State football as “The Nation’s No. 1 Student section” in 2008, among numerous national media accolades. Read more... (231 words, estimated 55 secs reading time)
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by David on June 16, 2011
It’s been long overdue, but Penn State and Pitt will meet for a home-and-home series beginning in September 2016 at Heinz Field.
Tim Curley, Penn State Director of Athletics, and Steve Pederson, Pitt Director of Athletics, made the announcement today that the long-time rivals are scheduled to meet September 10, 2016 in Pittsburgh and September 16, 2017 in Beaver Stadium.
“We are very excited about renewing our rivalry with Pitt,” Curley stated. “We have worked our schedules to play some of our neighboring rivalries like Syracuse, Rutgers and Temple and are glad to have identified dates that worked for our schedules to play Pitt. The Penn State-Pitt game was one that football fans across the Commonwealth have been passionate about. There have been many memorable Penn State-Pitt games, featuring outstanding players and coaches, and we look forward to playing the Panthers again. ” Read more... (174 words, estimated 42 secs reading time)
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In a surprise, Penn State’s Whitehouse game against Alabama on September 10, will not be played in prime time.
The Big Ten Conference on Thursday announced its schedule of 2011 games that will be played in prime-time in September and October and will be shown on ESPN or ABC and Penn State v Alabama is not on the list.
Instead, ESPN will carry in prime time the Michigan-Notre Dame game, which will be the first-ever night game in Michigan Stadium.
Still I expect the Nittany Lions-Crimson Tide game to be nationally televised, but with a 3:30 p.m. kick off instead of 8.
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by David on April 7, 2011
Penn State and the Big Ten have officially announced the 2013 and 2014 football schedules. The big news is that Penn State will resume its rivalries with Michigan and Minnesota during the 2013 and 2014 football seasons.
Michigan and Minnesota will return to the Nittany Lions‘ schedule in 2013 for the first time since the 2010 season. Penn State has won its last three clashes with Michigan and its last four meetings with Minnesota.
As a reminder the Big Ten football division alignments starting this season are:
LEADERS DIVISION: Penn State, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio State, Purdue, Wisconsin
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by David on December 22, 2010
Georgia is trying to schedule future non-conference football games against Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State and Notre Dame, UGA athletic director Greg McGarity said.
“We’d love to do a home-and-home with a Big Ten or Midwestern school that has a rich tradition,” McGarity told the Dawgs247 website. “We’re going to work as hard as we can to make that happen. Hopefully, within the next year, we’ll be able to have something in writing.”
McGarity added that any series would begin “way down the road.” Dawgs247 reported that 2015 would be the earliest that such games could be played, because Georgia is committed to other “high-profile” non-conference games through 2014. Read more... (148 words, estimated 36 secs reading time)