With a little over ten minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Penn State had the ball on the Northwestern five yard line, trailing 28-17. The Nittany Lions faced 4th and goal, and O'Brien faced one of the toughest decisions of his young head-coaching career. Kicking has been anything but a guarantee so far this season, but the safer option would have been to attempt the chip shot 22 yard field goal. Instead, he elected to go for it all with the touchdown.
Good morning from Beaver Stadium. It is homecoming in Happy Valley where the Penn State Nittany Lions (3-2, 1-0 Big Ten) are set to host the No. 24 Northwestern Wildcats (5-0, 1-0 Big Ten). The Wildcats are led by Pat Fitzgerald who is in his seventh year as head coach of the program but still searching for his first victory over the Nittany Lions. Bill O'Brien will be looking to build upon his current three game winning streak in his first season coaching the blue and white.
Finally, what we've been waiting for, is the reveal of the Homecoming King and Queen, elected by the Penn State students. The Penn State Homecoming 2013 King and Queen are Graham Zimmerman and Tracey Edouard.
The THON Overall Committee has just announced the theme for the 2013 THON year. And it is...“Inspire Tomorow’s Miracles.”
After a short hiatus, 50 stats for Saturday is back! Penn State is coming off an emotional beatdown of Illinois and plays a very solid Northwestern team this week. We found some interesting things this week and we hope you enjoy the plethora of the useless information.
Redshirt sophomore defensive end Tyrone Smith has experienced a lot of hardship during in his life. The 6' 4" 251 pound Smith grew up living in Pittsburgh, and at the age of 13 he lost his mother to kidney failure. That same month his grandfather, who he had lived with his entire life, passed as well. Last year Smith lost his brother Andrew Smith, who was caught up in a brawl over owed money. Smith's journey to Penn State was not an easy one, but now he's making a most of it as a member of the football team.