Watch out, Big Ten: The NCAA's playoff ban removal and scholarship additions aren't the only pieces of great news today.
Rejoice, Penn State! The NCAA announced that Penn State will have bowl eligibility this season and all scholarships will be lifted by the end of the 2015-16 school year immediately after the release of integrity monitor George Mitchell's second annual report to the NCAA on Penn State's compliance today.
Penn State's Sept. 20 contest against UMass will kickoff at 4:00 p.m. and be broadcast on the Big Ten Network
Two months ago, junior Jesse James was named to the preseason First Team All-Big Ten by Sporting News. Now, just two games into the season, James has already begun to solidify just why he was given that honor.
Beaver Stadium's new scoreboards are as nice as they get. They're absolutely massive and they feature crisp, high-definition video, but a lack of actual game information (like the score, time, down, and distance) coupled with a ton of advertising hurt the debut of the stadium's newest addition.
The Wall Street Journal, a newspaper that primarily covers business and economic stories, took a stab at ranking all 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams based on how good at they are at football, and how they rate on a scale of "embarrassing" to "admirable". Penn State finished dead last in the latter category, but writer Zach Berger tells you why it was a bunch of subjective crap.