‘PSU Sports’ Archive

Penn State hockey unveils new sweaters

#PennState unveils the hockey jerseys for their Division I teams, which begin play this year. twitter.com/GoPSUsports1/s…
— Penn State Athletics (@GoPSUsports1) September 11, 2012

I don’t think you could have done them better. Simple and elegant. I’m glad they just have the oval logo on the front, the ones with that and “PENN STATE” that they had [...]

No more Sweet Caroline at Penn State games

Tweaking the tradition – Altoona Mirror
And while the Boston Red Sox, Pitt football and others have elevated “Sweet Caroline” to a staple for their games, that popular PSU tradition may be interrupted or discontinued.
Long overdue, particularly considering the awful origins of the song:
Neil Diamond Storytellers by JimGoodwine
Okay, in the real world, I’m glad they are [...]

Penn State basketball update: Big Macs!

Jerry Dunn never gave me a Big Mac.
A silly video from Fight On State of Patrick Chambers giving out Big Macs at the State College McDonald’s. Here’s the story: Chambers is the (Big) Mac Daddy

The promotion was if Penn State scored 70 points this weekend, you could redeem a Big Mac with a ticket stub. [...]

Penn State hockey: More Pegula Ice Arena details released

Board of Trustees Approves Pegula Ice Arena Design – Intercollegiate Athletics
More details about The Pegula Ice Arena were released at Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting. The future home of Penn State Nittany Lions ice hockey will have 6,000 seats, including 1,000 behind the opposition’s net.
The exterior is nothing special, likely the same brick as the [...]

Penn State basketball defeats #22 Illinois (again)

Another casualty of the scandal? Other Penn State sports. People like me are so heartbroken we’re not giving them their due. It isn’t fair I suppose, but my motivation for the alma mater and everything about it is at an all-time low. Let me me correct that this morning — the Nittany Lions beat Illinois [...]

Graham Spanier is the second biggest villain in the Sandusky scandal

Members of Penn State’s Trustees Recall Painful Decision to Fire Paterno – The Times
I don’t think this article about the collective discernment that the Board of Trustees will change anybody’s opinion of that body and I am not suggesting that either. What is the important about this report are the details of Graham Spanier’s overwhelming [...]

Penn State: Tall volleyball players are tall; 2 matches on BTN this weekend

Kabbes and Slay utilize height – The Collegian
A profile of a pair of Katies from Raleigh, N.C., Kabbes and Slay and their height. Maybe in a few weeks, we can look forward to a Redhead volleyball players are redheads story too.
The Lady Spikers are ranked #11 headed into a weekend of home matches. [...]

Volleyball: Penn State at Nebraska tonight at 8 on BTN

Tonight on BTN: Penn State at Nebraska – BTN
The “struggling” Penn State women’s volleyball team, ranked #5 takes on #10 Nebraska tonight on Big Ten Network at 8 p.m. in their first conference match. I recall being offered tickets to see the NCAA finals in 2007 from two Nebraska fans in the middle of Muir [...]

New Penn State basketball coach Pat Chambers looks promising

Pat Chambers, who just led Boston University to a NCAA tournament bid, has been chosen as the new Penn State men’s basketball head coach. Chambers is a Philadelphia native who was an assistant at Villanova. I don’t get too into football recruiting and basketball recruiting is even worse, but having someone with experience in Philly [...]

Ed DeChellis leaves Penn State for Navy

Ed DeChellis, just months removed from his first NCAA tournament berth as head coach of his alma mater left the Penn State Nittany Lions to become head coach at the Naval Academy. The story, which was broken by David Jones of the Patriot-News: Ed DeChellis to take head coach job at Navy, was shocking to [...]

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