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Cuse commit claims we will pull skollies if "our" commits visit other schools

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Anybody heard this? "The curveball in this situation: Penn State will pull Colon's scholarship if he takes an official visit to another school, Neal said."

Why BSD?

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SuperBro's quote and my image. I pretty much sums up BSD

Penn State Hoops Will Play Colorado in the First Round of the Las Vegas Classic

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Per CBS Sports' Jon Rothstein's tweet - One more piece of Penn State's non-conference hoops puzzle has been filled in. Tip off for the first round game with the Buffaloes will take place on December 22nd. Depending on how that game goes, PSU will play in the consolation or championship game the following night against either Larry Brown-coached SMU or Kent State. So, win or lose, there is a 50/50 chance we will see Pat Chambers square off against that coach PSU should've hired when they had the chance [/sarcasm]

Herb Hand Wins Twitter...Again

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I mean, what else does the guy have to do to prove that he owns Twitter?

Herb Hand Wins Twitter...Again

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I mean, what else does the guy have to do to prove that he owns Twitter?

James Franklin Threw Out The First Pitch At Tonight's Phillies Game

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We see you, Coach! The view from behind home base. #PhilliesFTK

A video posted by Penn State Football (@pennstatefball) on

For the second time this year, a Major League Baseball team asked James Franklin to throw out the first pitch. This time, it was the Philadelphia Phillies, and per usual, Franklin's pitch was a strike right down the middle. He keeps this up, and the Phillies may actually sign him, which would probably make him the best pitcher on their team.

Penn State Receives 20 Points in Preseason Coaches Poll

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The first edition of the Amway Coaches Poll was released earlier today, with Penn State coming in at 35th overall at 20 points. Defending champion Ohio State received all but 2 first place votes as the runaway preseason #1, with TCU, Alabama, Baylor, and Oregon rounding out the top 5. Michigan State (6th) and Wisconsin are the only other Big 10 teams in the top 25. Nebraska (33) and Minnesota (34) sit right in front of PSU. Illinois (39), Maryland (51), and Michigan (51) are the other conference teams to receive votes. James Franklin also has a vote in this year's poll.

BTN's Preseason All-Big Ten Team Released

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The Big Ten Network released their all-Big Ten preseason team last night apparently (the article says it was released 9 hours previous to my posting of this, which is at 9:05AM on Thursday).

Sadly, but also unsurprisingly, Penn State was not well-represented on this list. Anthony Zettel was the lone Nittany Lion named.

Other spots where Nittany Lions could have been named, but weren't were at QB (Connor Cook over Christian Hackenberg), WR (Leonte Caroo and Michael Thomas over DaeSean Hamilton), DT (Maliek Collins over Austin Johnson) and S (Vonn Bell and Michael Caputo over Jordan Lucas). Oh, and some kid named Blake Craddock was named to the Kicker spot over Joey Julius, which is dumb (relax Maryland, I know Craddock is incredible).

Paternos Puppets

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Stewart Mandel formerly of Sports Illustrated and now at Fox Sports in answering question about whether Bill Snyder's son would take over for his father at Kansas State and contrasting that situation with Joe Paterno-Jay Paterno wrote: "Paterno, as has been well-documented, called all the shots in Happy Valley. The president and AD were his puppets.