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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 [...]

Guy Gadowsky hired as Penn State varsity hockey coach

Men’s hockey program nabs Gadowski, former Princeton coach, to lead new team – The Collegian
Gadowsky Named Penn State Men’s Ice Hockey Coach – Intercollegiate Athletics
The first coach of the 21st century Nittany Lions hockey program is Guy Gadowsky. The former Princeton Tigers coach comes to Penn State with two NCAA hockey tournament appearances on [...]

Ed DeChellis will be Penn State’s basketball coach for a while

DeChellis gets boost from AD – Altoona Mirror
Penn State athletic director Tim Curley gave Nittany Lions basketball coach Ed DeChellis a vote of confidence yesterday. No surprise there, but given the #fireed mentality out there, worth noting. PSU made the NCAA tournament in season 8 of DeChellis’ tenure which is an unacceptable timeline too many [...]

Big Ten hockey conference likely in 2013-14

Big 10 recommends hockey league – The Collegian
Since the announcement that Penn State would sponsor varsity hockey after Terry Pegula donated $88 million to start the program, it was anticipated that the Big Ten would eventually form a hockey conference. That eventuality appears as though it will be sooner than later. Yesterday, the Big [...]

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