It seems like every time we turn on SportsCenter, they're reporting about another school committing some sort of NCAA violation. Several major college athletics programs have been hit with sanctions by the NCAA, but over the years Penn State athletics has stay free of scandal involving violations of NCAA policies. One of the big reasons for that is Penn State President Graham Spanier's commitment to running a clean athletic department. In an interview with BlueWhiteIllustrated.com, he discussed how he goes about keeping Penn State athletics an example for other schools in how their departments should be run.
Read on to find out how he does it...
With one very successful year under his belt, Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson and Lions wrestling team will be looking to build upon that success this upcoming winter. He now knows the competition standing in the team's way as the 2010-2011 schedule was released last week.
Read on to see who the Nittany Lions will face...
College expansion has come to an end with nothing more than a whimper, far from anything we were all expecting. The Big Ten (or Twelve maybe?) added a major piece by inviting the University of Nebraska.
Now that all the hubbub has died down, let's take a look at the conference's newest member...
Seniors, set your alarms because football season starts Monday!
Student season tickets sales begin this week with seniors set to buy at 7am on Monday. Juniors will follow on Tuesday and sophomores will buy on Wednesday morning. The sale goes until 2pm, but odds are there will be a sellout in the first 10 minutes, so don't try living on the edge! Incoming freshmen will buy on Thursday at 8pm and graduate students buy on Friday, again at 7am.
Read on for a rundown on how to succeed in your ticket purchase.
Texas saved college football from further major expansion on Monday as it announced it was staying with the Big 12 after the conference came up with a new TV deal. The Longhorns dispelled Pac-10 and even some Big Ten rumors and became the de facto emperors of the now 10-team conference by securing $20-25 million dollars a year in TV revenues (with help coming from the school's own network). Oklahoma and Texas A&M will make around that number, with the other seven teams making a "measly" $14-17 million a year in the uneven revenue sharing system.
So what does this mean for the rest of the country? Find out after the jump.
The first two dominoes of college expansion and, in turn, dissolution has been knocked over. Today, the University of Nebraska formally decided to move to the Big Ten Conference and the Pac-10 Conference announced Thursday that Colorado will be added as its 11th member. There are also reports out that Texas and Texas A&M will bail on their Pac-10 offer and seek to join the Big 10.
Read on to find out more about the potential changes, and how they will effect all sports, not just football...