With 2,449 fans in attendance, the Nittany Lions took the season opener with a 1-0 victory over San Francisco on a picturesque Friday evening at Jeffrey Field. Needing to start the season on a high note, the Nittany Lions overcame a sloppy first half to net home the deciding goal, and begin the 2015 campaign with momentum. Let's take a look at how the action unfolded.
Tim Beckman was fired as Illinois Head Football Coach on Friday, and Penn State Twitter promptly responded how it always does in these situations: by mocking Beckman and cracking jokes.
Penn State Athletic Director Sandy Barbour announced on Friday that the Nittany Lions will take on the Idaho Vandals of the Sun Belt Conference at Beaver Stadium in the 2019 season opener. The game is set for August 31. With the recent announcement, Idaho becomes the third Sun Belt opponent Penn State will face in as many consecutive years -- with Georgia State and Appalachian State slated for 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Fans around the country have been anticipating the Big Ten schedule announcement since the 2014-15 basketball season concluded. Finally, that wait is now over, as the Big Ten released each school's conference schedule -- for both men and women -- live on the Big Ten Network Thursday night.
Four members of the elite 2015 recruiting class won't have to wait long to make their Penn State debuts. James Franklin announced after practice on Wednesday that freshmen Brandon Polk, John Reid, Juwan Johnson, and Saquon Barkley are all expected to see the field in 2015 -- a notion that should excite fans a great deal.
International experience is hard to come by at the collegiate level, with players typically staying domestic when it comes to training. That won't be the case for Penn State in 2015, as Head Coach Bob Warming's roster is full of players whose experience spans across the globe.