After winning its fourth consecutive game and beating an undefeated, ranked Northwestern team, the Penn State Nittany Lions football team received just one vote in this week's AP poll. Cecil Hurt, an Alabama writer from the Tuscaloosa News, put Penn State at 25th overall on his weekly ranking.
The soundtrack at Beaver Stadium is no better this year than during the reign of Guido D'Elia. Some changes had been made, but for one writer, the new music being played at Penn State football games is striking the wrong chord.
This week's Overheard post needed to incorporate both past and present Penn Staters, so it required more than one day to hear what both sects had to say (or yell, or slur). In fact, it took the whole weekend. From Beaver Stadium to Beaver Avenue, here are the best things that I overheard on Homecoming weekend in Happy Valley.
With a little over ten minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Penn State had the ball on the Northwestern five yard line, trailing 28-17. The Nittany Lions faced 4th and goal, and O'Brien faced one of the toughest decisions of his young head-coaching career. Kicking has been anything but a guarantee so far this season, but the safer option would have been to attempt the chip shot 22 yard field goal. Instead, he elected to go for it all with the touchdown.
Good morning from Beaver Stadium. It is homecoming in Happy Valley where the Penn State Nittany Lions (3-2, 1-0 Big Ten) are set to host the No. 24 Northwestern Wildcats (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten). The Wildcats are led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his seventh year as head coach of the program but still searching for his first victory over the Nittany Lions. Bill O'Brien will be looking to build upon his current three game winning streak in his first season coaching the blue and white.
Finally, what we've been waiting for, is the reveal of the Homecoming King and Queen, elected by the Penn State students. The Penn State Homecoming 2013 King and Queen are Graham Zimmerman and Tracey Edouard.