
The Whiteout needs some help to win a tournament of college sports traditions.

James Franklin's recruiting prowess is at it again, this time landing 3-star cornerback Myles Hartsfield out of Sayreville War Memorial High School in Parlin, New Jersey. Hartsfield's commitment comes following a lull in Franklin's recruiting, but it's hard to go 100 miles per hour all the time.

Mark your calendars, set your alarms, and set more alarms after that -- the dates for the football student season ticket sale have been announced:

Athlon Sports has ranked Penn State No. 22 in its preseason countdown of the nation's football teams, a significantly better spot than the 46th place ESPN put it a few weeks ago.

The money Penn State would have made from its bowl game after the 2013 season will be distributed evenly among the 12 Big Ten schools for the second straight year so that each can donate to child support in their local communities.