"With the history and traditions that we have, we don't have to reinvent ourselves," James Franklin said. "It's elements from our past, but done in a current way."
Penn State women's volleyball greats Micha Hancock and Megan Courtney will represent Team USA at the Pan American Cup for the second year in a row in Peru June 17-25.
Penn State men's hockey captain David Goodwin has joined on with Finland's SaiPa and Penn State women's hockey captain Laura Bowman will play for Austrian pro team EHV Vienna.
Both men pleaded guilty in March to one misdemeanor count each of endangering the welfare of a child for their handling of Mike McQueary's 2001 report about Jerry Sandusky with a boy in locker room shower.
Managers aren't sure how long the application process could take, but they hope to start selling wine and beer as soon as possible if the application is approved.
It won't be going all the way back to the original pink and black, but Penn State football is bringing back some style from over the generations for its jerseys in the Indiana game on September 30.