While the Penn State football team may have been on a break, the stories out of State College sure have not. The Nittany Lions seem to have a new head coach every day. Matt McGloin got knocked out (literally) of the TicketCity Bowl. Amid the distractions, the team is now in Dallas for a January 2nd match-up with No. 19 Houston.
The Ticket City Bowl will feature No. 20 Houston (12-1, 8-0) versus No. 24 Penn State (9-3, 6-2) with sophomore Rob Bolden starting at quarterback for the Nittany Lions as a concussion will keep Matt McGloin sidelined. Neither the teams nor the aforementioned player were supposed to be in Dallas for this game. Now, Rob Bolden has the chance to retake the starting quarterback position once again.
A is for Avicii, who had the BJC bouncing in late November, and for the Alabama Crimson Tide, who Penn State hosted in one of the most highly-anticipated football games in recent Beaver Stadium history. B is for bin Laden’s death, which thousands took to Beaver Ave. to celebrate on what our own Becky Perlow coined […]
In a small town known for major college sports and an enormous state university it can be easy to forget that there are charming community events that occur even when the 40,000 plus students are back home. If you are in the State College vicinity and looking for reasons to get out of the house on New Years Eve, First Night State College offers an opportunity to experience an impressive display of ice sculptures, live music, and food vendors as part of a plethora of enjoyable events.
Penn State (8-6, 0-1) was unable to find their groove Thursday night, as they fell 71-53 to 18th ranked Michigan (11-2,0-1) on the road in the Big Ten opener.
I was anticipating a quiet week in the Penn State football world. That was certainly not the case. A first fight, recruiting updates, and coaching search speculation dominated the headlines, leaving several questions unanswered heading into the holiday (and bowl game) season.