
The Big Ten released the kickoff times for the first three weeks of the season, which includes two Penn State home games. The highly-anticipated showdown with Alabama will be a 3:30pm kickoff and will be televised on ABC. Penn State will host Indiana State on September 3 at 12pm. That game will be televised by the Big Ten Network.

A new era of Penn State basketball began yesterday at the Bryce Jordan Center when head coach Pat Chambers was introduced to fans and media in attendance and all those watching live on the Big Ten Network.

Wondering what to expect from the Patrick Chambers era of Penn State basketball? We caught up with one Boston University insider, student play-by-play announcer Seth Orensky, who gives us a look at what to expect from the fiery new head coach and why Penn State fans have plenty to be excited about.

Twitter was abuzz with reports of Patrick Chambers becoming Penn State basketball's next head coach, but they were quickly dismissed. Still, it appears that Chambers is the favorite as the pool of candidates continues to narrow.

The Council of Commonwealth Student Governments is close to finalizing the dates of its 2011-12 Council Weekends. As usual, there will be six in total; however, for the first time ever, meetings will take place at a Penn State campus other than University Park. The caucuses based out of Penn State Altoona and Penn State Hazelton will host the December and January council weekends, respectively.