Unfortunately for Nittany Lion fans, the best home schedule in recent memory will be without any primetime kickoffs. Last night, the Big Ten Network revealed their primetime schedule for the 2011 season, and Penn State's lone appearance will be on October 22 when they travel to Evanston, Illinois to take on Northwestern.
Penn State will be featured in an 8pm game this coming season, but it won't be broadcast by the Wordwide Leader in Sports. Yesterday afternoon, ESPN/ABC released their Big Ten primetime games for 2011 and Penn State was left off the list for the first time in over a decade.
Late Medal of Honor recipient and Penn State alumnus Lt. Michael Murphy will be recognized on Saturday when a destroyer will be named in his honor. Murphy was a 1998 graduate of Penn State and, according to Penn State Live, is the only Penn State alumnus to ever receive the Medal of Honor.
Penn State students Lexi Belcufine and Andy Colwell were honored this week by the Society of Professional Journalists for the 2010 Mark of Excellence Awards. Belcufine was declared the National Winner for her work in Feature Writing, and Colwell was named a National Finalist in Feature Photography.
Belcufine, having won, be recognized with the other national winners in September at the Excellence in Journalism Conference in New Orleans. She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Collegian.
Former Penn State long snapper Larry Federoff has followed the trend of trick shot videos with one of his own. Check it out!
Even though the warm temperatures (and thunderstorms) of summer only just arrived in Happy Valley, Penn State students are already one step closer to football season.
Last night via e-mail, Penn State Athletics released student football ticket information for the upcoming season, which is now posted on Student Central. Students can purchase season tickets the week of June 20-24, beginning with seniors on the 20th and finishing with grad students on the 24th. Season tickets will cost $218, or around $31 per game over seven games.