Last month, a story broke that Penn State was beginning to look into the possibility of instituting Division I hockey teams. Such an initiative would be greatly helped by a brand-new hockey arena, and rumors have been circling that a new ice venue will be making its way onto campus. It now looks like there is good news on both of those fronts.
Week Two has come and gone and Michigan Virginia Tech still sucks. As Rece Davis put it, that was "the best thing James Madison had done since writing the Federalist Papers." Moving on...
With a quartet of teams that may remind you of the Justice League of collegiate women's volleyball, the Nike Big Four Volleyball Classic may be the place to be this weekend (you know, if you're not in Tuscaloosa).
What do Tom Brady, Pete Rose, Texas high school pitcher Jon Peters and former race car driver Pat O'Connor all have in common? They have all been on the cover of Sports Illustrated and faced disastrous consequences for it soon after. These range from streaks being ended (Peters and Rose) to season-ending injuries (Brady) to death on the track (O'Connor).
Well who is on the cover this week??
The sixteenth-ranked Lady Lions soccer team arrived in dreary Connecticut this weekend and came back home in a even drearier mood as they lost two one-goal games Friday and Sunday, falling to Yale 1-0 to open the weekend and UConn 3-2 in overtime in the finale.
We're starting something new here this week at Onward State. Every Monday (yes, we're kind of late this week), we'll tell you what else happened around the Big Ten over the weekend. And don't worry, unlike Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier, we'll be here to stay.