Sports in Perspective
In the spirit of celebrating the life of Joe Paterno, it is appropriate to discuss his top five teams over the past 46 season’s as head coach. Picking just five teams is tough, because Penn State was considered The Beast from the East for the better part of Paterno’s career, but here it goes: #5: [...]
National Signing Day is normally one of the most hectic and unpredictable days in the sports world. But it was strangely predictable for Penn State on Wednesday, which isn’t a bad thing. Going into NSD, Penn State had 19 prospects on the radar and all were expected to sign with no surprises. That’s exactly what [...]
New Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien has already began to make his mark on recruiting just three weeks after landing the job. O’Brien started his recruiting trail by posting a 29 out of 30 on his NCAA recruiting test last week, which he had to pass in order to hit the recruiting trail. His [...]
Legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has lost his battle with lung cancer at the age of 85. Paterno died early Sunday morning at Mount Nittany Medical Center in State College some hours after reports came out late Saturday night that the longtime coach had passed. Those reports were false and Paterno continued to [...]
Before you write off this article as just a big piece of nonsense, hear me out. Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach from 1969-1999, is accused of very heinous crimes against children. The Grand Jury Report is sickening. If found guilty, Sandusky deserves to spend the rest of his life confined in a [...]
It was something on the back of every Penn State player and fan’s mind when bowl selections came out this weekend, would the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal affect where the team would head in the postseason? Those fears were realized on Sunday when the Lion learned of their fate-a trip to the TicketCity Bowl in [...]
No. 19 Penn State took an early 7-0 lead on the road at No. 16 Wisconsin thanks to a 44-yard bomb from Matt McGloin to Curtis Drake with 8:44 left in the first quarter. Then the wheels fell off. And kept falling off, for three-quarters. The Badgers scored 35 unanswered points, many of which came [...]
The run down: No. 19 Penn State at No. 16 Wisconsin, 3:30 ABC Setting aside the sex scandal that has rocked Penn State, the Nittany Lions (9-2, 6-1) still have a chance to reach the inaugural Big Ten Championship game. All they have to do is beat the No.16 Wisconsin Badgers (9-2, 5-2) on the road at Camp [...]
Standing at a hulking six foot five, and more than 310 pounds, Penn State’s Devon Still is more than an imposing presence on the football field. The senior defensive tackle from Wilmington, De, has been the anchor of No.19 Penn State’s defense yet again this season. He’s No. 1 in the Big Ten in solo [...]
Another win, another step closer to a Big Ten Championship game berth for the No. 21 Penn State Nittany Lions. The Nittany Lions (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten) gave interim head coach Tom Bradley his first win with a 20-14 victory at Ohio State (6-5, 3-4 Big Ten). Penn State got out to a fast start [...]