Yale coach Tom Williams resigns after lying about Rhodes candidacy – Campus Rivalry, USA Today
Yale Accepts Coach Williams’ Resignation – Yale Sports Publicity
Yale Bulldogs head coach Tom Williams has resigned effective the end of the year. A controversy over Williams’ Rhodes Scholarship claims that came up in November is the official reason.
When the Williams story [...]

The branding of Penn State athletics (if not the whole university) is probably going to go through a major overhaul following the Jerry Sandusky scandal (just named AP’s #1 sports story of the year – pennlive.com). The familiar “chipmunk” logo may be phased out.

Twitter user @CasaNoVApsu knows what he wants in a new brand identity [...]

After a post-scandal hiatus, I’m back. Adam Collyer of Black Shoe Diaries sent the questions:
BSD: The Penn State offense has struggled week in and week out throughout the course of the season. The implementation of the wildcat formation by interim Head Coach Tom Bradley appeared to signal a shift in offensive philosophy from the [...]

I have not blogged in the last two weeks since I wrote my tirade about Penn State’s handling of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. My reaction has gone to shock, anger, numbness to increasing ambivalence about my university and its football team. Sure, I have watched the Nittany Lions (the Nebraska game a day later) and [...]

Friday Q&A: Penn State QB Matt McGloin – ESPN
Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin is saying the right things (though hinting there is more he’d like to say) about the 2011 Nittany Lions. It sounds as though he had a bit of an epiphany during preseason practice – Don’t screw it up for the defense! McGloin [...]

Adam Collyer of Black Shoe Diaries writes the questions because bloggers don’t take bye weeks…
BSD: The Nittany Lions now sit at #15 in the polls, having won 7 straight. Think back to the morning of September 3rd. What were your expectations for this team? Are they were you thought they would be [...]

Bolden’s mom: He’d be content as backup – Nittany Extra, Reading Eagle
A bit of bombshell came out last night in the link above — Rob Bolden’s mother said he would be okay with being a backup right now. Now, this is not from Bolden himself, but his mother is as good a source as any [...]

In the last 3 minutes of the Penn State Nittany Lions victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini, I noted that I feel my heart racing and wondered aloud what my heart-rate was then. I had not expected to actually measure it, but there just happened to be tools where I watching the game, so there [...]

Bob Flounders and David Jones of the Patriot-News

Cory Giger and Neil Rudel of the Altoona Mirror

Frank Bodani and Jim Seip of the York Daily Record/Sunday News

Kevin McGuire of Examiner.com

Joe Paterno post-game press conference courtesy of Blue White Illustrated

I don’t think there was a single frame from before the final drive of the game.