In today's unsurprising news, former Penn State guard John Urschel was selected as the 2013 Senior CLASS Award winner for football, given to the "most outstanding senior student-athlete" in each respective sport. Penn State senior (and now National Champion) Ariel Scott won the award last week for women's volleyball.
John Johnson was instrumental in Penn State’s 92-82 comeback victory over lowly Mount St. Mary’s, scoring 20 points on 8-for-11 shooting in his first game for the Blue and White after sitting out all of last season and the first half of this season to comply with the NCAA’s transfer rules.
The Bill O'Brien to the NFL rumors went from tepid murmurs to muffled yelps today, as ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter reports that the coach is actively trying to reduce his buyout if and when NFL teams come calling.
Joe Paterno would have turned 87-years-old yesterday. The late coach and philanthropist received thousands of birthday messages on Twitter, including many from his former players. Here are some of the best birthday wishes yesterday from Penn State football players.
One of the more fascinating videos of the entire Sandusky-saga was released earlier this weekend by ABC. Sports reporter-turned-Good Morning America anchor Josh Elliott interviewed former Penn State President Graham Spanier for two hours in September 2012, and that entire tape was posted on ABC's website as a result of a strange legal requirement.
While the Penn State wrestling program has enjoyed this success, there has been one team that has continued to be a thorn in the Nittany Lions' paw: the Iowa Hawkeyes. This season turned out to be different, however, as the Nittany Lions went into Carver-Hawkeye Arena and won for the first time under Sanderson, taking down the No. 3 Hawkeyes 24-12 in front of over 14,000 fans.