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The Nittany Lions entered their seventh conference game of the season with a 1-5 record that just as easily could have been a 5-1 record. Penn State's previous five games had been decided by four points or less, with the Nittany Lions losing four of those Big Ten matchups. Tonight's games in Columbus was just as close, but Penn State was able to win its second conference game in a row with a comeback overtime victory over the #23 Ohio State Buckeyes in a game that looked to be over late in the second half.
Penn State football unveiled the Recent Graduate Program for season tickets this afternoon. For those who received an undergraduate degree from the university from 2010-2014, season tickets in the North Upper Deck can be purchased for a 35 percent discount.
Penn State women's volleyball assistant coach Steve Aird has officially been named the head coach of the Maryland Terrapins program on Wednesday, according to the athletics website. Aird has been as assistant with the Nittany Lions national championship-winning program for the past two seasons, previously serving as Penn State's Director of Operations during the 2007 season.
Since their formation last Spring, the Penn State Storm Chase Team has been hard at work preparing for their summer trip to the Midwest to chase storms and try to see a tornado or two. In addition to a preliminary trip this past summer to train the officers, there have been several small trips in the fall when severe weather threatened near Happy Valley.
The Ultimate ESPN 300 annual list is out, and Penn State makes another strong showing. The list ranks the top college football prospects since 2006, based upon ESPN's grade and projection coming out of high school and actual college performance. Basically, it ranks which players lived up to the hype.
Glen may have been exhausted, but he hadn't played a single minute that night. Even so, he still had dished out the most important assist of the week. Only 24-hours earlier, Glen had begun the first of four injections as part of a bone marrow donation procedure. A member of Be The Match, Penn State's assistant captain received word earlier in the month that he was a match for a patient in need.
