http://live.psu.edu/story/58468

"The Pennsylvania Attorney General has served personal subpoenas on a number of other University employees. We believe it is appropriate that it be left up to them and their attorneys whether to reveal their identities. The University will have no further comment, consistent with our past policies regarding the ongoing investigations."

-- Cynthia Baldwin, General Counsel for Penn State University

Curiously, this was not tweeted by either Penn State's official account, or the official Penn State Live official account. Nor does it appear anywhere on the Penn State or Penn State Live home pages.

I find this new-found policy of silence curious. They can't seem to shut their yaps about Paterno.

Yay openness and transparency!

GIMME SIRENS AND A TOP PHILA. SMALL FORWARD! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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BSD Universe,

Please list 5 non-proper nouns or adjectives that come to mind as ideals when you think of Penn State and its athletic program.

No people, and they must be 5 separate ideals.  For example "Paterno" or  "Success with Honor" wouldn't count.  "Success" and "Honor" separately would be okay, though!

Here are mine:  Tradition, Toughness, Honor, Discipline, Pride

Thanks!

P.S.: I need 15 more words to hit 75; no one ever reads the FanShots.

I have a Brown parking pass, but due to the rain I've been relocated to the Orange lot.  I see on the parking map that there are two Orange lots - one on either side of Park Avenue.

I'm unfamiliar with the Orange lots' setup, so I have a question regarding preference.

If I'm coming in from I-99, which Orange lot is better:  the one on the left behind the Visitors' Center, or the one on the right?

• Dave Matthews Band renting out Beaver Stadium for a couple of weeks rehearsing for a North American stadium tour. The stage and all of the equipment is set up during the week, then torn down for Saturdays.

•  Holuba Hall is booked by a trade show and career fair.

•  Lasch Building and its grounds are converted to host a flower show.

Meanwhile, the football team is regulated to practice on the IM Fields along side while IM games are going on.

Then, on Saturdays:

• Only half of the ticket-taking lines are open, resulting in insanely long lines to enter the stadium. Half of the crowd misses the first quarter.
• Barely half of the concession stands are open for business, again resulting in crazy waits for food and beverages

This isn't fantasy; this is reality of Penn State basketball.

Hit up Dave Jones' latest column, which proves beyond a doubt that basketball is treated like a third-class citizen at Penn State.

Let's get it started, courtesy of our friends at SpartanTailgate.com

1. Your mascot is a cot-damn turtle
2. You can't pick two colors and stick-to it
3. Your state looks like a big splotch of spooge on the map
4. Baltimore is a cesspool, worse than Detroit
5. You're known for crabs
6. You actually wish you were as "cool" as DC
7. Nike is still better than Under Armor
8. Ray Lewis is a murderer
9. The whole state smells like rotting fish
10. This woman is considered a smokin' hot chick in M*ryl*nd:



11. Like your basketball team, the state is also full of Seamen

I'd also like to add the following:

1.  Gary Williams sweats so much, 24-hour Degree can't even protect him for 24 seconds.
2.  Greivis Vasquez still hasn't washed his face.

Discuss.

Greetings!

I will be making the trip down next month from Virginia for the Penn State game (as you may be able to tell from my handle) and can't wait to experience all of the tradition and Alabama and Southern football have to offer.

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The Louisville Courier-Journal has leaked the matchups for this year's Challenge.  We have drawn M*ryl*nd at the Big Joint.

I fully expect to hear Nittany Nation serenading the Terps' coach with chants of "Sweat Gary, Sweat!"  Too bad Greivis "Pepperoni Pizza" Vasquez has moved on.  They'd have a field day with him.

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Die, blasphemers, die!

http://onwardstate.com/2010/01/27/hub-food-not-punny-enough-for-some-students/

HUB Food Not Punny Enough For Some Students

27 January 2010 By: Mark

A Facebook group is "officially petitioning" the Chick-Fil-A Express in the HUB-Robeson Center’s Marketplace to rename the nuggets "Chicken Zuggets." They are currently 52 members strong.

I love Chick-Fil-A, and I love Penn State football, but I have no reservations in saying this is stupid. You’re welcome to disagree with me and join the group.

 

(ed. note: you can follow the chatter about the Zuggets movement on Twitter)

The College Gameday Twitter page (@GameDayFootball) is accepting nominations for the show's "celebrity picker" of the games this Saturday.  Last week for Texas/Texas Tech, it was Lance Armstrong.

I was thinking for this week, it would be great for us Penn Staters to showcase a rising star and a fine young man at our University – none other than All-Big Ten point guard TALOR BATTLE.

So if you have Twitter, nominate Talor to @GameDayFootball for this week's celebrity picker!

If you don't have Twitter, sign up and do it!

DC-area Penn Staters are excited!  This year, we get the hoops squad in Charlottesville.  Next year, football at FedEx and basketball in Blacksburg!

From the Washington Examiner:

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6668-Penn-State-Nittany-Lions-Football-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Penn-State-football-coming-to-Washington-DC-in-2010

For those of you in the Washington D.C. area, this news is especially good for you.

The November 20, 2010 game between Penn State and Indiana will switch locations from Indiana's campus in Bloomington, Indiana to FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. FedEx Field is home of the NFL's Washington Redskins.

The Herald Times of Bloomington reports that the Redskins approached Indiana about moving their home game to their stadium in exchange for a #3 million payout. The Hoosiers gladly accepted the deal as they annually rank near the bottom of the Big Ten in terms of football money.

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This year's Nittany Lion Club cut-off for football season tickets was 51 points, according to reports coming from posters at FOS.

And now, to reach 75 words:

Fight, Fight, Fight, for the Blue and White,
Victory will our slogan be;
Dear Alma Mater, fairest of all,
Thy loyal sons will obey thy call
To fight, fight, fight, with all their might,
Ever the goal to gain,
Into the game for Penn State's fame
Fight on to Victory!

Talor Battle's half-brother, the #37 ranked player for the class of 2010, committed on the team bus after tonight's victory.  He picked us over programs such as Maryland, Notre Dame and Georgia Tech.

I have this from MULTIPLE sources close to the Penn State men's basketball program.

What a wonderful evening.  Our Nittany Nation student section takes over the Garden and wills this team to a championship, and now this.  Truly the biggest night in the history of Penn State basketball.

WE ARE... PENN STATE

Every week, nearly 110,000 fans pack Beaver Stadium to cheer on the Penn State football team. It's a raucous atmosphere, for sure, but when winter arrives and pigskin gets put on hold, the fandom of most students and alumni goes into hibernation.

What many seem to forget is that there's a 15,000-seat arena across the street that's itching for some affection, too...

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