Thousands of high-school football players will officially confirm where they will continue the next chapter of their athletic careers during National Signing Day 2013. For Penn State fans, it should be a rather predictable and very satisfying time. We hope that this page serves as a useful aggregation tool for frequent updates throughout the day.
According to Paul Tenorio of the Orlando Sentinel, Penn State and the University of Central Florida will begin a 2-year football series beginning in the 2013 season with the Knights coming to Beaver Stadium on September 14th.
The Daily Collegian has released the Final Four 2013 Whiteout Shirt designs, and all four are quite underwhelming. We came up with a few designs that are a lot more interesting.
Allen Sheffield (@allen_sheffield), a junior in the College of Communications, was recently elected as the President of Nittanyville. You may think the tents outside of Gate A just appear out of thin air, but there is actually a lot that of work that goes into Nittanyville to make sure everything runs smoothly and all traditions are continued.
Former Penn State All-American offensive and defensive end Dave Robinson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame this weekend, the sixth Penn Stater to ever attain that status. Robinson, a 1962 All-American for Rip Engle's Nittany Lions, was a three-year letterwinner at Penn State. Joe Paterno was also an assistant coach that year. Robinson was drafted in the first round (14th overall) in the 1963 NFL draft and enjoyed a 12-year career as a linebacker for the Packers and the Redskins.
Eric Shrive, who has raised over $70,000 for Lift for Life over his first four years at Penn State, has been named Rare Disease Champion by Uplifting Athletes.