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 Hello Nittany Lion! by Aimee Aryal, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 097434429X
Nittany Lions: A Story of Penn State Football (By Ken Rappoport)
Read along as the Nittany Lion stops at some of Penn State's most beloved landmarks - Old Main, the Nittany Lion Inn, the Nittany Lion Shrine and the Creamery - before arriving at Beaver Stadium for a football game.
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 Football: Former Nittany Lion kick returner beaten to death
Kevin Baugh, 42, a former Penn State football player who electrified fans as a kick returner, was beaten to death with a tire iron Sunday after a dispute near his home in Chicopee, Mass.
Baugh played at Penn State from 1980-83, playing as a wideout and returner on the Lions' 1982 national championship team and later earning a tryout with the NFL's Houston Oilers.
Several of those close to Baugh during his time at Penn State said they'd lost touch with him in recent years.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04238/367354.stm   (462 words)

  
 Penn State Basketball News, Nittany Lion Basketball Recruiting, PSU Message Board: PennStateHoops.com
The Nittany Lions clowned around with each other before practice, then went out -- as a team -- and busted hump during it, then went out and had their best season in five years.
"In seasons past, the Nittany Lions would break off into groups of two or three or one -- the same groups each time -- to shoot jumpers or free throws before the coaches began practice.
"These Nittany Lions, unlike many of their recent predecessors, were fun to watch.
www.pennstatehoops.com   (1096 words)

  
 GoPSUsports.com - Official Home of Penn State Athletics
Penn State Associate Athletic Director Greg Myford accepts a certificate from The Pennnsylvania State Department's "Voter Val" commemorating the Nittany Lions' election by on-line voters as "Pennsylvania's Favorite College Football Team" as part of the department's "Ready.Set.Vote" initiative.
Penn State Spring Football Award Winners Announced at Blue-White Game
Louisiana Tech Cancels 2006 Football Game With Penn State
www.gopsusports.com /Football/home.cfm   (710 words)

  
 Penn State Smeal College of Business: University Park Campus
There is little that matches the roar that greets the Penn State football team as Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions take the field before almost 100,000 fans in Beaver Stadium, one of the nation's largest university-owned arenas.
Penn State is a member of the NCAA Big Ten Conference and participates in more than 20 intercollegiate varsity sports and, in addition, it sponsors an extensive intramural sports program.
The Penn State Ice Pavilion has an ice-skating rink that is available to students year-round.
www.smeal.psu.edu /smeal/upcampus.html   (607 words)

  
 PSUpride - Penn State Nittany Lion Football
With that said, The Nittany Lions were unable to muster much offense at all.
Time of possession was lopsided with Wisconsin hanging on to the ball for over 37 minutes.
psupride.tripod.com   (86 words)

  
 PA Football Digest
LATROBE -- For much of his career as a Penn State football player, Joe Iorio lived the life of obscurity as the offensive center of the Nittany Lions.
NEW WILMINGTON — To say the Ohio Northern Polar Bears dominated Westminster in the season opener for both teams might be the understatement of the young football season.
RB Brandon Lombardy (Moureland Hills, Ohio/Chagrin Falls), on the way to a 42-6 non-league football victory over Fairmont State in the season-opening game for both teams.
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 1998 Michigan Football
Hall sparked the first shutout for the Wolverines in Michigan Stadium since the 5-0 win over Purdue (Nov. 11, 1995) and the first shutout suffered by Penn State since Pittsburgh blanked the Nittany Lions in 1987, covering a span of 130 games.
Hall shared the weekly Big Ten award with Michigan State defensive end Julian Peterson, who had five tackles for loss and forced three fumbles at Ohio State.
Hall forced a fumble (recovered by Josh Williams) and that turnover led to three points.
www.umich.edu /~mgoblue/football/98-99/news/release-11-09.html   (367 words)

  
 Jet: Penn State's Adam Taliaferro Overcomes Paralysis To Lead Football Team On Field - football player injured during 2000 game plan - Brief Article
Jogging out to midfield wearing his uniform No.43 while smiling and waving to the roaring crowd, Penn State's Adam Taliaferro recently led the Nittany Lions out of the tunnel onto the team's home field at Beaver Stadium for the season opener.
Jet: Penn State's Adam Taliaferro Overcomes Paralysis To Lead Football Team On Field - football player injured during 2000 game plan - Brief Article
Penn State's Adam Taliaferro Overcomes Paralysis To Lead Football Team On Field - football player injured during 2000 game plan - Brief Article
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 Shane Conlan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conlan was a captain and the key defensive member of the undefeated Penn State Nittany Lion football team that was crowned NCAA Division I-A national football champions in 1986.
Shane Conlan (born in 1964 and hailing from Frewsburg, New York) played college Football at Penn State University, where he won two national titles (1982, 1986).
In the national championship game with University of Miami in the Fiesta Bowl, Conlan’s second interception, and his 38-yard return to the five-yard line, set up the Nittany Lions’ winning touchdown.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shane_Conlan   (398 words)

  
 Purdue Recap
It was the first win over Penn State for the Boilermakers (5-1, 2-0) since the Nittany Lions joined the conference in 1993.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - On a dazzling 90-yard run with an interception at the end of the first half that seemed to be a game-turning play, Penn State cornerback Alan Zemaitis gave the beleaguered Nittany Lions reason to believe that relief was coming in this awful season.
Anyone who invests emotion in Penn State football has heard it all before, but for the record here goes:
www.frontiernet.net /~bchaffee/psu2003/07purdue.shtml   (1000 words)

  
 '05 PA WR David Harvey (Akron verbal) - BuckeyePlanet Ohio State Forums
According to reports, David (left, Pittsburgh Tribune Review) has an offer from Penn State which he received about two weeks ago and apparently is showing significant interest in the Nittany Lions.
Considered one of the best football players in Western Pennsylvania, David Harvey, a 6'1", 180 lb., 4.4/40 wide receiver from Pittsburgh (Penn Hills), PA is getting a lot of interest from a variety of programs around the Eastern United States.
Harvey also was a starter on the Penn Hills basketball team that won the state title last year.
www.buckeyeplanet.com /forum/showthread.php?t=1946   (2559 words)

  
 Beaver Stadium
Penn State's first permanent home for football was Beaver Field, located between the present-day Osmond and Frear laboratories in center campus.
Beaver Stadium, the 93,967-seat home of the Nittany Lions, will be even larger when the 2001 season opens.
New Beaver Field was the Nittany Lions' home through the 1959 season, after which the 30,000-seat stadium was dismantled and moved in 700 pieces one mile to the east end of campus.
www.psu.edu /sports/football/stadium.html   (2559 words)

  
 Collier: Are nicknames that relevant?
There is folklore associated with the late Rip Engle, once the coach at Penn State, whose teams are the Nittany Lions, Nittany being a mountain named after a Native American princess.
The Lion shrine, situated outside old Recreation Hall on the western edge of campus, was one night rumored to have been defaced with spray paint by visiting Syracuse football players before their game against Penn State.
That Penn State was not the bears and that blue was indeed a Penn State color were facts not terribly relevant to Rip apparently.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05227/554164.asp   (641 words)

  
 hokiesports.com
It was with the Nittany Lions' football team that Weaver first made a name for himself in athletics.
He was a center and linebacker on Penn State teams coached by the legendary Rip Engle and Joe Paterno.
He played three seasons under Engle and one under Paterno, who is still the coach of the Nittany Lions.
www.hokiesports.com /staff/weaver.html   (553 words)

  
 Michigan Wolverines Football News
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 CNN/SI - College Football - NCAA Football Scoreboard: Recap: Penn St. at Iowa - Wednesday October 13, 1999 03:30 AM
IOWA CITY, Iowa (Ticker) -- Eddie Drummond and Eric McCoo scored on long runs and Aaron Harris and quarterback Rashard Casey ran for short touchdowns as second-ranked Penn State overcame stubborn Iowa, 31-7, in a Big Ten Conference game.
Kevin Thompson was 11-of-19 for 106 yards and an interception for the Nittany Lions, who posted 500 yards of total offense and held Iowa to 240.
McCoo carried 13 times for 130 yards as the Nittany Lions (6-0, 2-0 Big Ten) improved to 27-12 in games after an open date under Joe Paterno -- going 9-1 since 1994 -- and 26-7 in their last 33 road games since 1993.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/college/recaps/1999/10/09/iig_ppb   (553 words)

  
 Football Q & A with Ray Fittipaldo
The Land Grant Trophy is awarded to the winner of the Penn State-Michigan State game.
The trophy was created to add some teeth to the Penn State-Michigan State game.
There appears to be two football figurines near the top of the trophy, along with a Nittany Lion.
www.post-gazette.com /sports/psu/questions/20021129psuq&a1129p2.asp   (752 words)

  
 Dunn's Nittany Lions take a shot at Panthers tonight
Basketball at Penn State always has been buried in the shadow of Joe Paterno's football team, but the perception of the basketball program received a huge boost when the Bryce Jordan Center became the home of the Nittany Lions midway through the 1995-96 season.
"Bryce Jordan is a very visible statement about Penn State's commitment to its basketball program," Dunn said.
Penn State is 51-19 at home since Bryce Jordan Center opened midway through 1995-96 season.
www.post-gazette.com /sports/pitt/20001206pittbb4.asp   (752 words)

  
 GoPSUsports.com - Official Home of Penn State Athletics
Kanuch is the nephew of Tom Bradley, who oversees Penn State's defense and played for the Nittany Lions from 1975-78.
His mother, Kitty, is the sister of Tom, Jim and the late Matt Bradley, all of whom played football for the Nittany Lions.
Two other uncles, Jim Bradley and the late Matt Bradley, also played for the Lions.
www.gopsusports.com /football/people/Player.cfm?rosterid=1938   (610 words)

  
 Penn State Football News
The Spartans lead the series with the Nittany Lions, 9-6-1, but Penn State has won five of the six games since starting Big Ten play in 1993.
The telecast is the 12th announced TV appearance of the season for the Nittany Lions, who have appeared on television 65 times in their last 66 games.
Last year, PSU won 51-28 in State College, but two years MSU belted the Lions, 49-14 in East Lansing.
www.personal.psu.edu /dept/psusportsinfo/football/1999/110899tv.html   (321 words)

  
 Pettigrew, Macklin not idle in football offseason
Pettigrew, who still believes he is better at basketball than football, already had committed to Penn State before that stellar performance in the tournament against Whitt.
Freshmen Titcus Pettigrew and David Macklin came to Penn State to play football for one of the most storied programs in the nation.
Pettigrew, a 6-foot, 200-pound wide receiver and special teams player who saw action in eight games on the gridiron, is now an off-guard for the Nittany Lion basketball team.
www.collegian.psu.edu /archive/1997/01/01-28-97tdc/01-28-97d03-004.htm   (321 words)

  
 Desktop Bobblehead
The Desktop Bobblehead is the easiest, quickest, and most fun way to keep track of the Penn State Nittany Lion's 2004 football season.
It is a computerized version of a bobblehead, fashioned in the likeness of Penn State's legendary coach, Joe Paterno (Check back for a Nittany Lion version to launch soon!).
Then again, you can use the Desktop Bobblehead to get the latest scores and find out the next time the Nittany Lions are taking the field.
www.personal.psu.edu /users/m/b/mbo108/flash   (321 words)

  
 Analysis: Paterno sacks idea for changes at PSU
Penn State coach Joe Paterno waves to the crowd in the fourth quarter of the Nittany Lions' 37-13 win against Michigan State at Beaver Stadium.
Paterno finished his 39th year as Penn State head coach and his 55th as a university employee seemingly impervious to the growing faction that hoped against a 40
Later, when television cameras spotted Paterno tearing up on the Beaver Stadium sideline before Penn State's regular-season finale against Michigan State, gossip quickly flew to the press box that Paterno secretly knew the game would be his last.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/04334/418773.stm   (1457 words)

  
 Indiana Recap
BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Scott Paxson rose from the twisted pile of players near the Penn State goal line and, with a vertical leap he estimated to be about three inches, the Nittany Lions defensive tackle did a celebratory chest bump with defensive end Matthew Rice.
The last time Penn State had won a football game, on Sept. 18, the leaves had yet to turn and the fans at Beaver Stadium had needed sunscreen.
On a crisp, clear, chilly afternoon yesterday at Memorial Stadium before 24,092, the smallest crowd to see them play this season, the Lions broke a six-game losing streak with a 22-18 road victory over Indiana in a Big Ten Conference game.
www.frontiernet.net /~bchaffee/psu2004/10indiana.htm   (1457 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Even Paterno know's he's 'running out of time'
As his Penn State Nittany Lions prepared for the last game of Joe Paterno's 39th season as head football coach and his 55th on this campus, a heated exchange near the end of an intense practice persuaded him to take matters into his hands.
For the first time, the Penn State head football coach publicly advocated a clearly defined line of succession to a promoted staff member when Paterno chooses to step aside.
Penn State's struggle, the school's most difficult stretch since six losing seasons from 1928-38, has evolved against an uncharacteristic backdrop of empty seats and grousing in the stands and streets.
www.usatoday.com /sports/college/football/bigten/2004-11-19-paterno-exit-plan_x.htm   (1457 words)

  
 Press Release - 9
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 28, 2004- Penn State's Joe Paterno has been selected the nation's best college football coach of the past 25 years by an ESPN25 expert panel.
Entering his 39th season as head coach of the Nittany Lions, Paterno owns a 339-103-3 (75.5) career record.
Among the other college football coaches who made the ESPN25 list are: Jimmy Johnson (No. 15), Tom Osborne (17), Bobby Bowden (21) and Steve Spurrier (23).
www.gopsusports.com /football/pressrelease/pressrelease.cfm?anncid=6370   (1457 words)

  
 PSU Playbook Archive - Football Annual Excerpt: Galen Hall: Balding, Bespectacled and Bold
It was Penn State's most significant victory of Engle's coaching tenure for it finally established the Nittany Lions as a legitimate postseason bowl contender.
Penn State was out of time-outs and Engle decided to use a fake field goal play that the Lions had worked on in pre-bowl practices.
When Rip Engle told sports reporters more than 42 years ago that his quarterback Galen Hall was "like having a coach on the field," Hall's playing reputation was set for a lifetime.
www.psuplaybook.org /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=750   (3129 words)

  
 Scout.com: Tuberville Gets To Challenge A Legend
Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville will square off against the record-setting coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Tommy Tuberville's Tigers will play Penn State on Wednesday, which will be the final day on the job at Auburn for offensive coordinator Bobby Petrino (right), who was named head coach at Louisville.
Auburn head coach says it is a challenge to face “one of the legends of college football.”
auburn.scout.com /2/84956.html   (1138 words)

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