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I know I haven’t blogged much about Penn State since IT, but I want to let you know about a project my friend and former colleague Mike Pettigano of Linebacker-U is setting up on Kickstarter — We Are Penn State 2013. Mike has gotten a bunch of Penn State bloggers, past and present, together to [...]

Getting B1Gger: Maryland, Rutgers to join Big Ten – Examiner.com
Look at this! I’ve come out of my Penn State blogging slumber. Sort of. More of that someday, but today the big story is that Penn State has (a) new neighbor(s) in the Big Ten Conference.
The University of Maryland has accepted an invitation to the Big [...]

Penn State Marketing “Guru” Guido D’Elia Let Go – Black Shoe Diaries
We found out today that Guido D’Elia, who was in charge of Football Communications and Branding for Penn State football, is GONE! @FightonState tweeted this great news.
Hopefully, this means the end of “theme games” like tie-dye day and piped in music like “Sweet [...]

OUR LONG NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT DAY NIGHTMARE IS OVER
I say that every year at this time. Here is the Nittany Lions recruiting run-down from Black Shoe Diaries.
I don’t follow recruiting and doubt I ever will, but there are significant energy in following it. There are 2 major national outfits focused primarily on recruiting. Me, [...]

I am only getting to my obituary for Joe Paterno now because I wasn’t sure what I could add to the thousands of tributes already out there. I’m going to try and fill in something that I think has been overlooked. That aspect was also a little hard to find online until late last week.
Paterno [...]

Paterno’s final days: no bitterness, just marveling at his fortunate life – Sports Illustrated
In the moments after Joe Paterno died, it became common for people to write and say that he died of a broken heart. He did not. Joe Paterno died of lung cancer and the complications it caused. He did not die a [...]

Joe Paterno’s son Jay, talking to Tom Rinaldi, about his late father.

How The Song “Seven Nation Army” Conquered The Sports World – Deadspin
“Seven Nation Army” made a beachhead in American sports in State College, Penn. According to a 2006 story in the Harrisburg Patriot-News, Penn State spokesperson Guido D’Elia—who is still the director of communications and branding for the embattled football program—was inspired by hearing a [...]

Joe Paterno finally put out his side of the story nearly two months after a grand jury indicted Jerry Sandusky on many counts of doing horrible things to boys. I am glad that Paterno finally spoke, even though he doesn’t say much. It needs to be mentioned that the journalist, Sally Jenkins, was handpicked by [...]

Outgoing coach Tom Bradley’s full statement: “Penn State will always have my support” – CDT
Tom Bradley, past interim coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions, is likely going to be elsewhere moving forward. A lifer at Penn State, starting as a player and then a graduate assistant, position coach, defensive coordinator and ultimately interim head [...]