There are many different sporting events going on this weekend other than just football. Between a top-15 women's soccer team coming into town, and the women's volleyball team hosting the Penn State Classic, there should be plenty of opportunities to cheer on different teams.
Its name may not be Paternoville, but camping out at Beaver Stadium for killer seats while supporting the football team is still a tradition that should be carried on. Here are the top 5 reasons why you should camp out this year.
The Penn State athletics department held an unveiling ceremony at Beaver Stadium yesterday to show off the brand new hockey uniforms that both the men's and women's team will be wearing this coming season. The new jerseys mark a new era in Penn State hockey, as the program is officially making the move from a club to a Division 1 team. Max Gardiner and Tommy Olczyk, sophomore forwards for the men's team, modeled the jerseys at the press conference.
The NCAA and their governance of college athletics will be scrutinized and discussed by a group of nationally respected panelists at the State Theatre on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. The session, titled “The Future of the NCAA and Its Membership” will be presented by Penn State’s John Curley Center for Sports Journalism and moderated by Malcolm Moran, the director of the Curley Center.
Over the weekend women's volleyball, soccer, field hockey and both cross country teams had matches this weekend. Most of the teams fared well, but Women's Volleyball and Women's Soccer both had loses over the weekend.
A popular complaint this past weekend at the football game -- aside from the dismal outcome -- was the fact that the wifi and new PSU gameday mobile app completely sucked. According to Penn State Athletics, upgrades were supposed to occur. Evidently, this was not the case.