Penn State is known for three things that don't involve the words "scandal" or "NCAA sanctions": football, partying, and a bevy of guys who decided they were going to try rapping without any discernible rapping skills. Seriously. There are nursing homes with better rappers than Penn State. So when this video came across our radar of a Penn State rapper who, you know, has talent, we were shocked:
If you've followed baseball at all over the last two decades, you've probably at least read something written by Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci. But did you know Verducci received his journalism degree from Penn State in 1982?
A change of scenery might've been what Penn State needed, but it wasn't enough to pull the Nittany Lions out of its recent slump. Penn State dropped to 1-3-1 on the year after falling 5-2 to Vermont at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia yesterday.
Yes, you read that correctly. Call me cynical, but I think fall is overhyped.
We've been writing these Overheard posts for a little more than a year now, and experienced things and places like the White Loop, the morning after, and The End Zone, to name a few. But then we realized something. We've never actually written an Overheard post from inside of a bar, the source of much of the debauchery we have come to chronicle.
In Urban Meyer’s 20th game as the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, he kept his undefeated record alive and wel. The most impressive part might be how strong the victory was, though, as the Buckeyes absolutely dominated the Nittany Lions in all facets and all phases of the game, winning 63-14.