If you do not have a ticket for a Penn State football game, you better not plan on drinking while you're watching the game from your tailgate. Since 2006, the university has banned drinking after kickoff... and we are not the only school to do so.
According to the latest integrity monitor report, "There is evidence of increased tension, and a mutual lack of trust, between the head football coach and University athletics compliance staff."
One of the many dubious parts of the 2012 NCAA consent decree and the Athletics Integrity Agreement was the establishment of an integrity monitor, who was tasked with issuing quarterly updates on Penn State's ethics and compliance following the Sandusky report. That integrity monitorship will be no more after this year, as Charles Scheeler, who succeeded Sen. George Mitchell as Penn State's integrity monitor, recommended in his latest report released today that the reviews are no longer necessary and will end two years before the original 2017 agreement.
Penn State's football game vs. Army West Point will kick off at noon on October 3. With the announcement, the kickoff times for the next four games have all been set.
Saquon Barkley is the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week for the second Monday in a row after a dominant 195 yard, two touchdown performance Saturday against Rutgers.
Penn State athletics enjoyed a successful weekend on the field, as only two teams suffered losses by close margins.