Super Bowl Sunday is the closest thing America has to a truly national holiday outside of the Fourth of July. Despite viewership numbers dipping this year, more than 30 percent of the entire national population tuned in to watch Richard Sherman and the Seahawks make Peyton Manning look like Mark Sanchez. With that many people invested in the game, there had to be some brilliant comments made by the denizens of State College. We scoured bars, Super Bowl parties, bottle shops, and of course wing places to hear the thoughts of Penn Staters on the big game.
D.J. Newbill was named the Big Ten's Co-Player of the Week along with Northwestern's Drew Crawford. Newbill has been a crucial part in Penn State's recent three-game winning streak, which is the longest active streak in the Big Ten.
Former linebackers coach Ron Vanderlinden will reportedly join Troy Calhoun's staff at Air Force, according to Pete Roussel of coachingsearch.com.
The Penn State basketball team beat Purdue at the Jordan Center on Sunday afternoon, 79-68. It's the first time the Lions have won three consecutive Big Ten games since the 2008-09 season.
The Winter Classic may have a future at Beaver Stadium. The question has been asked by fans for some time now, but the future of an NHL game at Beaver Stadium looks very bright.
T'yanna Wallace is not your average Penn State student. While most of us aren't doing a whole lot with our weekends besides waiting in line for the Phyrst, Wallace spends her time working on her clothing line named after her father -- you might have heard of him -- Notorious B.I.G. Yep, her dad is the one and only Biggie Smalls. The Penn State Hazleton junior sat down with us to talk about what it's like to have a notorious dad.