I was lucky enough to score a ticket to the State College Quarterback Club's annual Penn State football senior banquet yesterday, held at the Penn Stater hotel. The banquet is attended by the entire football team and coaching staff, and it is where the team awards are announced.
Pathetic.
I could end this recap with that word alone. Penn State (6-4) fell to Lafayette (4-5) in what was by far their worst effort of the year. This game ranks up there with Maine from last season as one of the worst losses over the last decade.
The Bellefonte police are preparing for the inevitable media swarm to descend on their city next Tuesday when the Jerry Sandusky preliminary trial is set to take place. And they're not playing any games.
When reports starting leaking Sunday afternoon confirming Penn State would be headed to Dallas for the TicketCity Bowl, my first reaction was one of disgust. How could this 9-3 football team, a team one field goal away from having a shot at playing to go to the Rose Bowl, slide all the way down to the second worst Big Ten bowl?
The American Football Coaches Association announced their 2011 All-American team on Monday with one glaring omission: Penn State defensive tackle, Devon Still.
Penn State (6-3) did almost everything right, but couldn't come away with a victory against Ole Miss (7-1) on a special dollar-dog Sunday night at the Bryce Jordan Center.
The Nittany Lions held the lead for the last ten minutes of the second half, but a 7-2 run by the Rebels to finish the game was too much to overcome, as Penn State fell 72-70.