Just four days before the inaugural College Football Playoff begins, ESPN Films will debut a special 30-minute documentary shedding light on the controversy that enveloped President Nixon and the 1969 college football season. "Nixon's National Champs" premieres Sunday, Dec. 28 at 10:30 p.m. and examines the president's decision to name Texas the national champion, overlooking an 11-0 Penn State squad.
With the NCAA sanctions limiting the Penn State football to 65 scholarships to begin the season -- 20 fewer than the standard allotment of 85 -- first-year head coach James Franklin was forced to compete in one of the nation's top conferences with one hand tied behind his back, Now, after a full season of injuries and redshirts, only 41 scholarship players remain on the available roster.
Penn State football players received an early Christmas present: a pile of gifts from the Pinstripe Bowl including an Apple TV, and numerous New Era products.
Penn State linebacker and James Franklin man-crush Mike Hull continues to rack up awards, this time earning the distinction as an AP third-team All-American selection.
According to a study from TicketCity, Pinstripe Bowl tickets are the seventh-most expensive of the postseason's 37 games, with the average ticket costing $129.
Penn State was granted extra practices after becoming bowl eligible. Both players and coaches agree that these added reps aid both the present and future of the program.