When the Dapper Dan Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards are presented on February 6th at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, there is a decent chance that the winner will have some type of Penn State connection as Bill O'Brien, Women's Soccer player Taylor Schram, and former Women's Volleyball player Christa Harmotto are all nominees.
The aptly named “365 Days: A Year in Happy Valley”, a documentary directed by Erik Poulx, takes a year to focus on the general impact the scandal had on the State College community and how its members are healing and moving forward.
Despite the breaking news of the Sandusky scandal occuring in 2011, Business Insider has ranked the Penn State administration's cover up as the biggest Public Relations fail of 2012.
After taking home Big Ten Coach of the Year honors last week, Bill O'Brien may soon be able to add to his trophy case after being named one of the nine finalists for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award that spans the entire nation.
The Maxwell Football Club will hold their annual awards banquet in Atlantic City this coming March, and at the event they will be honoring and recognizing the Penn State Nittany Lions senior class for their spirit and leadership as was announced by the group on Monday.
Happy Saturday from a cold Beaver Stadium where low temperatures and potential snow flurries will only add to the emotion surrounding today's Senior Day clash between the Penn State Nittany Lions (7-4, 5-2) and the Wisconsin Badgers (7-4, 4-3). Bill O'Brien's first season with the Nittany Lions has been quite a journey, and he will be looking to end it on a high note. In his seventh season in charge of the Badgers' program, Bret Bielema will be searching for a victory before next week's Big Ten Championship game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.