Alabama running back Mark Ingram, the reigning Heisman Trophy winner, underwent arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday and has been ruled out for their season opener this Saturday against San Jose State and could very well be out of the lineup when the Nittany Lions play Alabama on September 11 as well.
Just days until the Nittany Lions take the field against Youngstown State, coach Paterno has yet to announce a starting quarterback; however, seniors Ollie Ogbu and Brett Bracket have shown enough leadership to be voted captains for 2010.
The rush is on. Penn State alumni and fans are urging Penn State officials to rename the current Beaver Stadium to Joe Paterno Field at Beaver Stadium, and they want it done while Joe still roams the sidelines.
According to reports by StateCollege.com, alumnus Warren Armstrong has been actively persuading President Graham Spanier and athletics director Tim Curley to change the name of the stadium to honor Paterno, who is entering his 45th year and a couple wins shy of 400 career victories.
For more on a possible name change, read on after the jump.
Pre-season practices officially concluded on Friday and with that, Joe Paterno and his coaching staff should be pretty much done evaluating players and getting ready to focus on Youngstown State, the first opponent of the 2010 season.
Find out more about the Quarterback position announcement after the jump…
For those of you pulling into the grass lots around Beaver Stadium this season without prepaying for your spot, make sure to have a little extra cash on you because rates have gone up. When you buy a parking pass on game-day this year, Andrew Jackson will need a twin as prices have doubled from $20 to $40.
Fret not, though. If you pre-purchase your spot, the cost of a normal vehicle will only be $10. Find out more after the jump.
We’re number one (or 14, or 19)! The major preseason polls have all been published, so here is a recap of where Penn State is located in each of the major polls.
The Nittany Lions highest ranking is 14th in the USA Today Coaches poll. The Associated Press has Penn State at 19, and ESPN.com has the Lions at 21. With such a wide variety, which one is correct? Read on to find out.
Slightly more than a week away from the opening kickoff versus Youngstown State on Sept. 4th, the Nittany Lions are beginning to gel, position battles are steaming up and leaders are beginning to shine.
Joe Paterno will look to improve on his 394 career victories while facing a gauntlet of a road schedule. He will take his Nittany Lions south Sept. 11 to square off versus Alabama, the defending national champions and top ranked team in the country. Oh, and they also sport last year’s Hesiman trophy-winning running back.
More details, including who could be the next quarterback, after the jump.
Ah, media day. The one time of the year where all the football players (excluding freshmen) and all the coaches gather at Beaver Stadium to be continuously pounded with the same questions over and over again, and respond with usually the same, seemingly rehearsed responses. However, many questions were answered for this coming season, while many remain very cloudy.
Read on for some insight on the coming season…
Less than one week into the preseason, Penn State has suffered its first major injury, sidelining potential starter Curtis Drake for 6-8 weeks. Drake suffered a stress fracture to his leg Monday afternoon during a non-contact drill. Drake will reportedly have surgery Wednesday, which will certainly keep him off the field for the Alabama game.
Read on for Drake’s prognosis…
Without an official Whiteout game this year, sophomore Eric Bodnar is planning to shake things up a bit and organize a Pink Out. Yep, you read that correctly. An organized student-section Pink Out benefiting breast cancer research.
However, Bodnar has to overcome a major obstacle before his dream can become a reality. Read on to learn what he’s up against…
USA Today announced their annual preseason coaches’ poll Friday, ranking the top-25 football teams in the country. Penn State is ranked #14 currently, which might be a little high considering the obvious quarterback and offensive line issues.
However, the bigger issue might be the fact that Penn State will have to face the two top-ranked teams on the road.
Read on to learn more…
After being released by the Washington Redskins in May, former Penn State quarterback Daryll Clark has hopped back on the horse to join the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Penn State’s career leader in touchdown passes could not earn a spot on the roster loaded with veteran quarterbacks like Donavon McNabb and Rex Grossman. Instead, Clark will head north to America’s hat and team up with Calgary head coach and fellow Penn State alumnus John Hufnagel.
Find out why the CFL might be a great fit for Clark after the jump.
After remaining relatively clean of off-the-field issues for the past few years, another Penn State football player along with a prized basketball recruit has made headlines for the wrong reasons. Wide reciever Curtis Drake and basketball recruit Taran Buie were charged with disorderly conduct early Sunday morning after an altercation outside of the East College Avenue McDonald’s. According to [...]
Hey Paternoville campers! That comfortable pad of concrete you all sleep on just got a little more cozy. Construction crews have been hard at work tearing down the former Gate A in order to rebuild a more crowd-friendly entry gate in time for the September 4 kickoff versus Youngstown State.
Penn State students bought more season tickets in 2010 than any other school in the nation, so crowd flow and safety is a major concern. Part of a three-year project, Gate A will be remodeled to allow a greater number of individual entry gates and ticket kiosks, along with professional landscape details to top it off.
More on the changes after the jump.
If you have been watching the FIFA World Cup lately, then you are all too familiar with the cacophonous blaring of the cylindrical horn known appropriately as the vuvuzela. Unsurprisingly, a group of Ohio State students want them at the PSU-OSU game.
Read on to find out if they’ll be present at the game…
