Things To Know: – The Capital One Bowl is held in Orlando’s Citrus Bowl. – The Capital One Bowl is traditionally held at 1 p.m. New Year’s Day. It is telecast on ABC. – LSU played to a record of 9-3 in the regular season, with losses to Florida, Alabama, and Ole Miss.
Update: Nittany White Out is reporting that Iowa will be selected by the Fiesta Bowl, guaranteeing that the Penn State will play LSU in the Capital One Bowl. While the information seems legitimate, it’s not official – so those of you who are skeptical of internet buzz can read on. We’re just under three hours […]
In yet another development in what has been an up-and-down football season, DT Jared Odrick was named as a first-team All-American by the American Football Coaches Association Thursday. The 2009 Big Ten Defensive Player and Defensive Lineman of the Year, Odrick is the 80th Penn State football student-athlete to earn first team All-America recognition, a […]
Similar to his father, Jay Paterno expressed empathy for recently retired Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden in his biweekly column for StateCollege.com. Fortunately, JayPa was able to reference both Tiger Woods’ recent escapades and War and Peace in a single article. Nice work! Unfortunately, Bowden was probably asked to leave the site juuuuust before […]
ESPN the Magazine awarded Penn State football with a nation-leading three Academic All-Americans – Center Stefan Wisniewski, Snapper Andrew Pitz, and Linebacker Josh Hull. I’m just glad that someone finally recognized that Hull is more than just a mustache. [Pic]
The student section will gain 800 seats… at the expense of a shift away from the 40 yard line. The general reaction is said to be similar to cheering when the fast wave passes through the visiting team’s section – “Boooooo-yaaaaayyyy!” It has not yet been decided, as far as we know, where the Blue […]