All backfield options are finally healthy for the Nittany Lions as Bill Belton and Derek Day are set to return from injuries. The difficult challenge now becomes splitting carries between several different players.
Bill O'Brien's 2013 recruiting class grew to eleven verbal commits last night as Virginia offensive lineman Tanner Hartman decommitted from Maryland to join the Nittany Lions. Hartman is rated as a three star recruit by 247 Sports and given two stars by Rivals and Scout. In addition to Maryland, the 6-4 247 lb. high school senior also had offers from Temple, Richmond, and Liberty.
Penn State extended their 71-year winning streak against Temple in a sea of blue on Saturday. Here are some of the observations I took away from the stands.
Before looking ahead to Big Ten play and discussing Illinois, we are shifting our focus for a day to check out how some former Penn State Nittany Lions are performing in the National Football League. Yesterday was a particularly good day for Penn State as Sean Lee, Paul Posluszny, and Bryan Scott all recorded key interceptions in big victories.
Sleep easy Penn State fans -- reports are coming in that NCAA President Mark Emmert is happy with Penn State's response to the sanctions so far.
Four weeks of Division I Football have now passed, meaning that most non-conference and cupcake games are now finished. This now means that inner-league matches will commence. While this is great news for some, those first four games are actually detrimental in measuring the strength of other teams and conferences as a whole. The Big Ten was 33-13 in non-conference games which may not seem bad on paper, but is actually underwhelming.