Christian Hackenberg and Sam Ficken earned Big Ten Conference Player of the Week honors for their performances in the season opener Saturday against Syracuse at MetLife Stadium. Ficken was named the conference Special Teams Player of the Week for his three field goal game. Hackenberg is the Big Ten Freshman of the Week after a very strong first career game.
It certainly wan't pretty, but Penn State left MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ the victors on Saturday night after defeating Syracuse 23-17. Freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg had some very high highs and a few very low lows, but he was a major bright spot in the game. It was closer than it should have been at the end, but the win is all that really matters to this team and the Nittany Lions are undefeated after opening day against a resectable program.
Christian Hackenberg had his ups and downs in the season opener, but he and the Penn State football team eventually prevailed 23-17 over the Syracuse Orange on Saturday afternoon.
We took a tour of new Pegula Ice Arena. Check out some of the beautiful photos.
This comes as little surprise after the depth chart was released yesterday, but Bill O'Brien made it official today when he announced that the football team's starting quarterback will not be named before Saturday.
The latest Penn State coach to make an exit this summer appears to be Emmanuil Kaidanov, the head coach of the Penn State fencing program.