At tomorrow's BCS Championship game in Pasadena, John Urschel will be publicly honored during the first quarter for winning the 2013 William V. Campbell Trophy as the nation's best football scholar-athlete.
Miami coach Al Golden, who emerged as the favorite to take the Penn State head coaching job in recent days, released a statement this afternoon reaffirming his commitment to Miami and denying his candidacy for other jobs.
According to ESPN's Chris Mortensen, Penn State alumnus and former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Munchak will interview today for the school's head coaching vacancy.
Christian Hackenberg told Newsplex.com, a news organization, in Charlottesville, VA, that he has "no intention of transferring" and is looking forward to next season in a video package published today. Of course, no one is expecting Hackenberg to transfer, but the assurance is nice after less-than-assuring remarks made by his father earlier this week.
Despite getting 18 points from transfer John Johnson, the Nittany Lions lost to Illinois 75-55 to fall to 0-2 in Big Ten play.
Rest easy, Nittany Nation. I know the men who constitute our locker room, the men who go to war on Saturdays in the fall, the men who sweat and bleed for this program year round. Our football program is in good hands, no matter who the coach is. It always has been. It always will be.