After a disappointing 9 years, Penn State baseball coach Robbie Wine resigned Tuesday. Wine could never get the program off the ground, as he finished with a 13-36 record last year and posted an overall record of 228-261.
Forward Jon Graham has been granted a release from the Penn State basketball team and will transfer, per a news release from the athletic department. Graham's departure is yet another event in what has been a wild offseason for the Nittany Lions filled with recruits committing for 2014 and 2015, and a bevy of players coming and going. While Graham certainly wasn't Penn State's best player, as evidenced by the fact he regressed statistically between his redshirt freshman and sophomore seasons, he provided the team with solid defense (even if he was prone to getting into foul trouble, as evidenced by the fact he averaged nearly seven fouls per 40 minutes last season), hustle and effort.
Jermaine Marshall, the Nittany Lions basketball guard who averaged 15.3 points a game in a breakout junior season, has decided not to play professional basketball overseas and will instead transfer from Penn State. ESPN is reporting that Marshall has been granted his release and will be playing his final season outside of Happy Valley.
For the second time in as many weeks, Pat Chambers was able to get a verbal commit from a Philadelphia native. Shep Garner, a three-star guard recruit out of Philly's Roman Catholic High School will round out the 2014 recruiting class.
Penn State released the 2013 football poster today featuring six high profile Nittany Lions along with the season schedule.
If you're attending any sporting events this fall, you probably want to leave your bags at home or in your cars. Unless, of course, you don't want to get them back.