This catalog cover disgusts me.

Dr. Bundy discusses why in this article.

What's next? Shurma named acting head football coach?

(Seriously though, not sure how I feel about this. I know Dr. Joyner is a well-respected member of the PSU community, and he probably will do a great job. Just seems like this could open us up to more "insider" and "cover up" criticism. Dr. Joyner's BoT term is also up in 2012, which means he would have been up for re-election next year...)

The link is to Maureen Dowd's column in the NY Times regarding the scandal. I think it reinforces Mike's post on media from earlier today, and I got a chuckle out of the correction statement at the end of the article: "An earlier version of this column used the wrong shorthand in the headline and the final paragraph for Pennsylvania State University. It is Penn State, not Penn."

Live on the BTN at 4PM ET.

If you're in State College, stop by and cheer the team on. Sunday at 2pm.

Heading to the Colts.

"At this point, it’s part of the Happy Valley tradition," Crawford added. "No names on the jerseys, ringing the victory bell, and being very, very careful not to be the reason Coach Paterno dies."

Congrats to Josh Brandwene, former standout Icer.

Penn State connection - Millen is his father-in-law. But a good football story even without the connection.

Curley up for Sports Business Athletic Director of the Year.

I know Mark Johnson's name was floated early on as a person if interest, but Alvarez has given PSU permission to talk to Johnson about coaching the men's Div 1 ice hockey team. I ran into JoeBa at the PSU-UW basketball game in Madison, and he really got me fired up about the potential for PSU hockey.

NY Times on Stanford's two way starter (fullback and LB), Owen Marecic. I didn't realize his dad was Jeff Marecic, former walk-on defensive tackle for PSU. According to the article, Owen was a "rabid" Nittany Lion fan as a kid and wanted to go to PSU. He sounds like a stand up guy.

Some interesting nuggets, like Delany wanted the Big Ten excluded from the Sears Cup competition.

Knee injury

Iowa athletic director Gary Barta says the extension supports his goal of retaining Ferentz until he retires.

"It didn’t take long before women with dresses and guys in good clothes were diving on the floor. This is a place where people are built to win."

selected PSU as this year's "flop" team.

Warning that some might find the video disturbing. Amazingly, he's ok.

I don't recall knowing anyone with a scooter while at PSU in the 90s. I live in Madison now, and they are extremely popular with the UW students and athletes. Are they big at PSU now too?