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Penn State Earns Coveted 35th Best At-Large Team With NIT Championship

It is no CBI or CIT title, but Penn State can claim an NIT Championship to top off the Nittany Lions' best season since the Jerry Dunn coached team went to the Sweet 16 in 2001. For the second straight year, the Big Ten can claim their conference won the NIT. Penn State knocked off Baylor, 69-63.The Nittany Lions opened...

Do Not Entice Terrelle Pryor With Facebook Groups

The odd ethics of recruiting in the internet age hit Facebook as Penn State requests the removal of a group dedicated to Pennsylvania quarterback Terrelle Pryor, the nation's #1 recruit for 2008: John Bove, [Penn State's coordinator, told the creators of the group, "Terrelle Pryor, Come be a Nittany Lion!!!" that they...

Penn State Would Like Another 40 Bucks, Please

This will probably go down as the most appallingly cheap money-grab of the season: Penn State has prohibited bringing seatbacks into Beaver Stadium, but you can lease one from PSU for 40 bucks. Black Shoe Diaries is displeased... Forty bucks for this?!?! I can buy one of those at McLanahan's for $20, and I get to own the...

07 Issues: Passing of an Important Generation

Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles is expected to step down this week. His departure is yet another symbol of the passing of one of college football's greatest generations, the great coaches who presided over the game from 1960 or so until the mid to late 1970's. Broyles coached the Razorbacks from 1958 to 1976...

College Football Fan Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds

Let's try a little exercise for a moment here. Close your eyes and think of a 'crooked' college football program. What comes to mind? USC? Florida State? Ohio State? Alright now close your eyes and think of a 'clean' college football program. Now what comes to mind? Penn State probably tops that list what with Joe Paterno...