Football teams under a bowl ban with scholarship limitations aren't supposed to be able to recruit at a high level. Hell, they aren't supposed to be able to recruit at all. That is what conventional wisdom says. James Franklin and his staff have taken conventional wisdom and curb stomped it.
Next year, THON will add a 16th position to its current 15-member Executive Committee. The function of the Rules and Regulations Director will be replaced with two new positions: R&R Event Safety Director and R&R Volunteer Safety Director.
On March 31, Penn State will be the first university in the country to directly auction off licenses to its intellectual property -- specifically, the rights to certain pieces of university research conducted by College of Engineering professors.
Penn State's name obviously wasn't called during Selection Sunday for the NCAA tournament, but it was called on Selection Monday for the Women's 2014 NCAA Tournament.
The year of great speakers at Penn State will continue, College Republicans President Jordan Harris confirmed yesterday. Plans are falling in place for libertarian icon Ron Paul and Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein to debate on campus in April, pending funding approval from UPUA and the university.