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John Cappelletti's Heisman Acceptance Speech as Memorable as His Final Season

It was, to put it mildly, a more simple time in college sports. There were no pay-for-play scandals exposed on Twitter, no superstar agents, no talk of conferences crafting media strategies. It was 1973, and the Heisman Trophy wasn't even awarded on live television. That year, college football's most famous statue went to...

Influential Climate Change Skeptic Accused of Plagiarism

(Nov. 23) -- In 2005, U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, who at the time headed the House energy committee, turned to George Mason University statistician Edward Wegman to refute the work of Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann. Wegman's report criticized two earlier Mann reports that calculated global temperatures of the...

Penn State vs. Alabama Preview, Score and More

Penn State faces Alabama tonight in a showdown between two of college football's top programs. Unfortunately for defending national champion Alabama, its biggest offensive threat will likely remain on the sidelines. Already without suspended star defensive end Marcell Dareus, Alabama coach Nick Saban said it's unlikely...

USC, Pac-10 No. 1? No and No

Welcome back, USC's national title hopes. Enjoy the pretzels. Try the dip. But don't get too comfortable.Yes, as the Trojans paraded Penn State's corpse from end to end of the Rose Bowl Thursday night, Pete Carroll's team again entered the national title picture. Not in the BCS system, which will award its title to either...

Penn State 'Won Ugly'? You Missed Something

With all due respect to my esteemed colleague here at FanHouse, I have to point out that Ray Holloman missed something in his post on the Penn State victory over Ohio State Saturday night. Not to worry, though, Ray; so far, it appears that a lot of other people have missed it too.I know, based on seven of the Nittany...

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The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States.

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