Hearing new #psu commit JP Holtz will be a fullback at PSU. Therefore, PSU still going after FL TE Kent Taylor
July 22, 2011 at 2:09 am · Filed under Uncategorized
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Former Oregon Ducks cheerleader Amanda Pflugrad tries out for the Phoenix Suns.
July 22, 2011 at 2:09 am · Filed under Uncategorized
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Former Oregon Ducks cheerleader Amanda Pflugrad tries out for the Phoenix Suns.
July 20, 2011 at 10:45 am · Filed under Big Ten, Headline, Nitt Links
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The Penn State athletic department will be collecting a slightly bigger check from the conference this year.
Stu Durando of St Louis Today is reporting that Illinois and fellow B1G schools will receive its largest payout from the conference to date.
The conference will pay Illinois a record $22.6 million, with $7.9 million coming from the network, according to figures provided by the university.
And because of the Big Ten’s balanced revenue-sharing system the St Louis Today numbers can be applied to every other conference member with the exception of Nebraska who won’t earn a full share until 2017.
So thanks to the continued success of the Big Ten Network, Penn State and its fellow conference brethren will reportedly be receiving close to $22.6 million this year from the Big Ten. A truly staggering sum that dwarfs the $18.3 million SEC schools will reportedly earn and the $12 million Big 12 members will receive on average (Big 12 does not share revenue equally among its members) this fiscal year.
And to think fans were somewhat worried that the Big Ten would fall back into the pack in terms of revenue when TV agreements were first renegotiated by the Pac-12, Big 12 and SEC this offseason.
Apparently, the BTN is emerging to be a far more formidable cash cow than most have expected. Stu Durando’s breakdown of Illinois’ conference payout should provide Big Ten fans with even more reasons for optimism.
The breakdown of the Big Ten’s payment to Illinois includes $16.6 million from television, of which $8.2 million comes from ESPN and ABC.
The BTN, just 4 years running, has pretty much already closed the gap with the more established networks in its ability to fill our coffers. Of the $22.6 million Penn State is set to receive, $7.9 million will come from the BTN. That’s just $300,000 less than the $8.2 million each B1G members is currently receiving from the ESPN and ABC.
Just 4 years in, the BTN is almost generating as much revenue for the conference as ESPN and ABC. Now imagine the revenue stream should the Big Ten Network continues to grow as analysts expect.
The Big Ten Network continued to see its revenue grow in 2010. It generated $227 million as advertising revenue jumped 22 percent over 2009 based on statistics from industry analyst Derek Baine of SNL Kagan.
Estimates by SNL Kagan suggest the network will continue to be a boon for the Big Ten. By 2015, the BTN is projected to generate $333 million.
As it stands now, the BTN generates $7.9 million for its member schools, a whopping 21 percent increase from last year’s $6.5 million share. This year’s $22.6 million payout is also more than a $2 million increase from the $20 million each members received last fiscal year and the $19 million payout earned in the 2008-09 fiscal year.
And to think the Big Ten gets to renegotiate it’s television contract with ABC/ESPN, one that is set to expire in 2016, pretty soon. In light of recent TV agreements signed with the Pac-12, Big 12 and SEC, that number could very well be astronomical.
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July 19, 2011 at 1:45 pm · Filed under Featured, Football, Headline, Penn State
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Remember how, after Pat Devlin’s departure, Penn State was pretty screwed because he was the only scholarship QB they’d signed between 2006 and 2008?
Well, I’m sure the coaching staff does, because they’ve made sure to avoid that same dilemma, securing the commitment of Philadelphia’s own Skyler Mornhinweg.
Image credit: MaxPreps
If that last name sounds familiar, it probably is. Skyler’s dad is Marty Mornhinweg, the current offensive coordinator of the Philadelphia Eagles, and former head coach of the Detroit Lions.
Skyler–sorry, but I can only type out that last name so many times–had committed to Jim Harbaugh and Stanford more than two years ago, when he was a rising sophomore (which probably tells you something about the kid, from both an academic and football perspective). After Harbaugh left for the NFL, taking the job as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Skyler decommitted to explore his options, and Penn State quickly became a leader.
If Mornhinweg isn’t a name you’d become accustomed with over the past few months, don’t feel bad. He’s handled his recruitment pretty quietly, and lacks the stars that makes any player stand out. Rivals grades him as the #29 player in Pennsylvania, and unranked among quarterbacks, rating Skyler as a 3-star prospect. Scout also grants 3 stars to Mornhinweg, listing him as the #44 QB in the class of 2012. ESPN’s slightly more positive, rating him as the #16 QB in the class, awarding the elusive fourth star, and grading him as an 80, which would make him the second highest graded commit to the Nittany Lions thusfar.
But lest you feel that Penn State is taking another flyer on some unknown kid, worry not: Skyler’s offer sheet is pretty impressive. He picked Penn State over national powers like Alabama and Tennessee, and from schools like Illinois and Stanford–who still pursued Mornhinweg. Other interest had come from Northwestern, Miami, Notre Dame, Wisconsin, Florida State, and Arkansas. The 6’3, 215-pound Mornhinweg doesn’t appear to be a pure pocket passer–in fact, he was a highly heralded safety for his St. Joseph’s Prep squad last year, named to the Philadelphia Inquirer’s all-Southeast PA team at the position. But he’s no slouch at QB, either, having thrown for over 3100 yards and 31 touchdowns the past two years, en route to a first-team all-Catholic League Class AAAA selection in 2010, even on a team that finished just 4-7.
He’s got the intangibles down, too:
It
July 16, 2011 at 12:11 pm · Filed under Penn State
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In the beginning, scientists say, all matter and energy in the universe was focused into the tiniest of possible concentrations. From that incredibly hot, dense state, came a rapid expansion outward, and after enough time, I’m here to write this post, and you’re reading it, all thanks to the Big Bang.
Well, I wasn’t really around back then, but Mike over at Black Shoe Diaries, though he’d probably hate the analogy, was the Big Bang of the Penn State blogosphere. A better part of a decade ago, he was one of the first pioneers into the blogosphere, at least for Nittany Lion fans, and it’s in no small part due to the impact he made that, for so many years, Penn State has been one of the best-represented schools on these interwebs. For a long time, you’d need to use both hands and maybe a foot to count how many PSU-centric blogs there were, and
July 14, 2011 at 5:42 pm · Filed under Headline, More Sports, Penn State
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Outdoor hockey fever is sweeping Penn State.
That is, if the game is actually scheduled to takes place.
The Delaware County Times is reporting that Dominick Dawes, head coach of Division 3 team Neumann University, has confirmed that Penn State and Neumann University are currently working on plans for an outdoor game at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Park that would be scheduled for January 4th, 2012.
When word that the Nittany Lions would be playing hockey in South Philadelphia first broke yesterday, Penn State fans were sent into a frenzy. The timing couldn’t be more perfect for Penn State fans in the Philadelphia area with the game scheduled to take place just 2 days after the hometown Flyers and Rangers square off on the same rink for the Winter Classic.
But as details surrounding the game continue to surface, it is starting to look as if the news and excitement over the potential outdoor game may have been a tad premature.
Although the deal is described by Neumann University men
July 11, 2011 at 8:16 pm · Filed under Football, Penn State
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Fans rejoice!
Penn State has just announced that the 2011 football team schedule poster is now available to the masses at the student bookstore and various downtown locations.
Fans should be familiar with the design seeing it is an exact replica of this season’s football yearbook cover. The design created to commemorate Penn State football’s 125th season features a vintage blue silhouette of its very first All-American, William Thomas Dunn.
A 4 year starter for the Nittany Lions, Dunn was named captain his senior year for the 1906 squad who finished the season 8-1-1. ‘Mother’ Dunn anchored a ferocious Nittany Lion line that held 9 of Penn State’s 10 opponents scoreless.
Walter Camp even remarked how Dunn “persistently broke through and blocked kicks. Able to run the hundred inside of 11 seconds, he was down under his own side’s kicks with the ends” eventually awarding Penn State’s first recipient of the Walter Camp All-American award to ‘Mother’ Dunn. To this day, Dunn is still regarded as one of Penn State’s all-time greatest lineman.
A truly fitting selection to honor Penn State football’s past in its 125th season.
And the timing of the posters’ release couldn’t have been more perfect with Arts Fest looming this weekend and the throngs of fans expected to be in attendance. The perfect storm from a PR marketing perspective.
Except there is just one little problem.
The actual schedule in the football team schedule posters is incorrect. Unless Penn State is indeed playing the Boilermakers the Saturday following Indiana, the Penn State athletics department is now in possession of thousands of inaccurate team schedule posters. The posters’ designers mistakenly switched the Purdue and Iowa logos from where they should be. A simple, but noticeable mistake that tarnishes an otherwise vintage keepsake befitting of an important milestone in the football program’s history.
Ouch.
Though this isn’t the first time the athletics department has dealt with a public snafu. Penn State accidentally mailed thousands of misprinted tickets asking fans to wear white for the Temple game last season. A clear error considering that the White House is usually scheduled for Penn State’s most marquee opponents, the last one held against Notre Dame. A game against an eastern Pennsylvanian MAC opponent certainly did not warrant the honor. But like this year’s football posters, the error escaped proofreaders and wasn’t caught by the time it was sent to the printers and thousands of fans headed to the Temple game were in possession of misprinted tickets asking everyone to wear white.
Neither error should cause mass confusion where fans will miss games, but let’s just keep our fingers crossed that the dates on this season’s tickets will be printed accurately.
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July 11, 2011 at 9:30 am · Filed under Football, Headline, Penn State, Recruiting
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Nyeem Wartman with Joe Pa at Junior Day
Penn State has just picked up it’s 11th recruit for the Class of 2012. Valley View HS linebacker Nyeem Wartman has committed to the Nittany Lions over the weekend. A fitting end to a 5 month process that began with the extension of a verbal offer by Dick Anderson to Wartman back in
July 8, 2011 at 4:40 pm · Filed under Headline, Nitt Links
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A little over six months since Terrelle Pryor and 4 other Buckeye players were officially accused of selling memorabilia for improper benefits, Ohio State has finally prepared a response to the NCAA.
Photo Credit: Jeff Hickley / DISPATCH
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting Ohio State will vacate wins from the 2010 season and place the program on probation for two years as part of self-imposed punishment in their response to the NCAA’s Notice of Allegations. An obvious step in the right direction considering the season-long coverup involving Jim Tressel withholding knowledge of rule violations despite receiving word of the scandal as early as April of last year. By withholding knowledge of the scandal and the involvement of his players, 4 of them starters, Jim Tressel knowingly played the Tatt Five for the entire 2010 season when their eligibility should have been in question. So for Ohio State to vacate the 2010 Big Ten title season, as well as the Sugar Bowl win over Arkansas should be considered a no-brainer, it was the very least they could have done, the NCAA would have automatically imposed that penalty.
Interestingly, the Buckeyes’ self-immolation does not include scholarship reductions or a post-season ban. A bold move considering how Ohio State managed to somehow convince the NCAA to postpone the suspensions of Tatt Five and keep all 5 offending players eligible for the Sugar Bowl when the case was first brought to light last December. A questionable decision that only further embarrassed the NCAA Student-Athlete Reinstatement staff when details surfaced after the Sugar Bowl of Jim Tressel’s involvement and subsequent coverup of the case as early as last April.
Even vacating the Sugar Bowl is nothing more than an illusion of
States like New Hampshire are often overlooked by college recruiters scouring the northeast. With a population of a little over 1.3 million (barely 14.5% of the population of New York City), the talent pool in the Granite State is as shallow as it gets when it comes to Division I football players. With so many other recruiting hotbeds in the region, college coaches just haven’t found a reason to stop in New Hampshire
For Holtz, it 
