A common trend in college football is to schedule neutral site games to generate income and to expand each school’s exposure. Notre Dame is scheduled to play at Cowboys Stadium and Yankee Stadium in the coming seasons. FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins, will host Virginia Tech v. Boise State and Indiana v. Penn State in 2010. It now looks like the football championship subdivision wants to cash in on the action. UMass and UNH have just penned...
Notre Dame football has not been the money maker it used to be. Their lack of quality bowls and the team’s poor performance this past decade has negatively impacted their NBC ratings and viewing audiences. The school is also taking a financial hit as former coaches Ty Willingham and Charlie Weis are still on the payroll per their buyout agreements. In order to cure this financial downfall and to boost the school’s potential to make more money, the AD is looking...
Former Penn State WR and NFL first round pick O.J. McDuffie has $11.5 million reasons to smile. The ex-Dolphin’s star WR won his medical malpractice lawsuit against former team doctor John Uribe after two weeks of trial. Back in 1999, McDuffie suffered a big toe injury. Though his MRI revealed he had a serious toe injury, Dr. Uribe (if I can still call him doctor) and other team doctors said the exam was inconclusive and the workhorse needed to go back...
In 2011, Alabama will be making a trip to Happy Valley just in time to hear the new and improved audible assault at Beaver Stadium. After an in-depth study of acoustic engineering, a team of scientists discovered a way to optimize the noise level at Beaver Stadium all in the name of discomfort for visiting teams. Already dubbed the best student section in college football by ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit and scientifically the loudest stadium in college football, Beaver Stadium is...
During the off-season, the Redskin’s GM, Bruce Allen, stated that he wanted to pursue a field of QBs. He first added Rex Grossman prior to the NFL draft and now he signed undrafted QB Daryll Clark. For the past two seasons, Clark was a Penn State staple becoming the school’s all-time leader in TDs (43), single season passing yards (3,003), and single season TDs (24). Though the first team all-conference QB was not drafted, several NFL teams showed interest...
Schools earn nicknames for a reason and anyone who follows college football knows where the greatest linebackers come to play ball. Penn State continued to showcase its “Linebacker U” status by having all three starting linebackers drafted in the 2010 NFL Draft. This marks 6 linebackers drafted in the past four drafts for JoePa. The first LB to go was Sean Lee in the 2nd round to the Dallas Cowboys (55th pick). LB Navorro Bowman was drafted in the...
For all you Nittany Lion fans, ESPN2 is providing a little treat for the blue and white. Earlier this month, ESPN2 finalized a deal to air Penn State’s Blue-White game on Saturday, April 24, 2010. The game is free and open to the public, but if you can’t make it to Happy Valley, you can watch it from the comfort of your own home. However, I encourage all to go, as it’s quite the experience to hangout with 70,000...
Former Penn State RB Austin Scott’s dream of making millions took a small hit this week. Judge James F. McClure, Jr. dismissed three defendants from his civil rights suit, former Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira, former assistant Lance Marshall, and Centre County, Pennsylvania. Scott’s civil rights suit arises from criminal charges filed against him in October 2007 for inter alia rape. The criminal case was ultimately dropped for lack of evidence, but the filing of that suit did...
