Penn State football is officially back on the map. After taking two years off from postseason eligibility thanks to unprecedented NCAA sanctions, the bowl ban has been lifted, the scholarships scheduled to be reinstated, and the program set free to wreak havoc on the world of college football as it has for many years and as it will for many years to come.
With the new playoff system implemented, we explained which bowls Penn State can possibly go to.
With the announcement of bowl eligibility restored and all 85 scholarships returned for next season, fans, students, alumni and everyone in between are reacting on Twitter.
The football team's 21-3 win over Akron dominated the headlines, but seven Penn State teams played at least one game this weekend. Here's how your Nittany Lion teams fared:
Beaver Stadium's new scoreboards are as nice as they get. They're absolutely massive and they feature crisp, high-definition video, but a lack of actual game information (like the score, time, down, and distance) coupled with a ton of advertising hurt the debut of the stadium's newest addition.
The Wall Street Journal, a newspaper that primarily covers business and economic stories, took a stab at ranking all 128 Football Bowl Subdivision teams based on how good at they are at football, and how they rate on a scale of "embarrassing" to "admirable". Penn State finished dead last in the latter category, but writer Zach Berger tells you why it was a bunch of subjective crap.