Black Shoe Diaries, a Penn State Nittany Lions community

Rivals updated their recruiting rankings on Monday and Tuesday and four Penn State commitments made their way into the top 250 in the nation.

Many Penn State alumni and fans are angry with school president Rodney Erickson and the Board of Trustees for accepting the NCAA's consent decree, but many do not realize the NCAA follows a different "due process", essentially leaving PSU's hands tie

The Penn State Board of Trustees met on a conference call Sunday night to clear up issues on the consent decree accepting the NCAA sanctions in response to the Freeh Report, giving President Rodney Erickson their full support.

Penn State's running back situation is previewed.