According to a report from FightOnState.com, Guido D'Elia has been relieved of his duties as Director of Football Communications and Branding. D'Elia was hired in 2004 to rejuvenate a fan base and transform the game-day atmosphere at Beaver Stadium.
Over a week ago, Onward State broke the story about "The Joe We Know", a film exploring Joe Paterno's Grand Experiment featuring over seventy former Penn State Lettermen was set to premiere in the State Theatre last weekend. Starting today and continuing through next Wednesday, there will be twelve more opportunities to view the film.
A strength coach will normally fly under the radar. They rarely do conference calls during a season and will never be mentioned the day after a loss for making a bad play call or not being prepared; however, when it comes to off-season conditioning, it is their time to shine.
After storming past the Broncos and getting by the Ravens, the worst nightmare scenario became reality on Sunday night. Bill O'Brien lost his final game as part of the Patriots staff. The hope in Happy Valley is that it will not indirectly lead to actual losses for Penn State in the future.
Another year, another disappointing finish. Ah, the life of a Philadelphia Eagles fan. Eagles fans of Penn State, please sympathize with me. This particular season, however, was just plain embarrassing. Any fan of the NFL or casual viewer of ESPN heard our (now former) strip-club loving, manic depressive, backup quarterback proclaim this year’s version of the Eagles the “dream team”. Well, that one certainly blew up in our faces.
Yesterday, college football coaching staff around the country huddled in their offices as fax machines became relevant again, if only for a day. The 2012 edition of National Signing Day had arrived as thousands of high-school football players decided where to begin the next chapter of their lives. Inside the Lasch Building at Penn State, the scene was slightly different from other schools without the head coach present.