By day, Jesse Brown is an IT consultant in Penn State’s Division of Development and Alumni Relations—one of the go-to guys on an incredibly helpful and friendly tech staff that we’re lucky to have. But by night (and on certain mornings and weekends), Brown is an amateur drone pilot who has compiled some very cool footage of Beaver Stadium, all controlled via an app on his iPad.
With the Nittany Lions’ home opener this Saturday, we recently caught up with Brown Continue reading
Ben Kline is back this fall for his final season as a Penn State linebacker. A grad student—he finished his finance degree last winter—Kline hasn’t seen much action since playing in every game as a redshirt freshman in 2012; he played sparingly as a sophomore, and injuries kept him off the field entirely last fall.
Still, if you wanted to pick a favorite Nittany Lion to follow this season, Continue reading
Four months ago, I was thrilled to go to Dublin for the Croke Park Classic. It was a fun trip for those of us who got to cover the game; for a young Penn State team still saddled with scholarship limitations, it was both a great experience, and a chance to prove themselves.
You know how that turned out. Continue reading
We were making our way to our seats in the Yankee Stadium press box early Saturday afternoon when we ran into Steve Kuebler and Pete Gergely. Our friend and College of Comm alumni relations director Mike Poorman pointed out that these two stadium regulars are also Penn Staters who work in game-day operations — specifically the complex, high-tech scoreboard set-up in the new version of this classic ballpark. Continue reading
It’s another one of those perfect fall days in Happy Valley, the latest in a week full of them: a crisp, cool morning followed by a warm, sunny afternoon. Perfect autumn weather. Perfect football weather. On Saturday, of course, the (so-far) perfect Nittany Lions host UMass at Beaver Stadium, and they’re heavily favored to improve to a (still) perfect 4-0. Continue reading
It’s St. Patrick’s Day. Penn State opens spring practice this afternoon. And the Nittany Lions’ season opener in Dublin is just 165 days away. Surely, that’s sufficient reason to watch this… Continue reading
Photo by Steve Manuel
Well, it’s official. Bill O’Brien is gone, not quite two years to the day since he first stepped on campus. The 15th head football coach in Penn State history leaves with a two-year record of 15-9, but of course his tenure can never be judged by those numbers alone. Continue reading
Photo by Steve Manuel
Last year’s Senior Day was one of the more memorable games in recent Beaver Stadium history.
That had a to do with the game itself, of course. For anyone who watched, but especially for those of us in the stadium, the overtime win over Wisconsin felt like a just reward for a team that had been through so much and had earned the right to finish on a high. But mostly, it was about the seniors. Continue reading
We got a nice surprise on Thursday when Matthew Rice ’05 stopped by the Hintz Family Alumni Center. The former Nittany Lion defensive end, a member of the Orange Bowl-winning 2005 team, is back in town this weekend to speak to art students at a local middle school and promote the artwork he creates under the name Mateo Blu.
If you don’t know (or don’t remember) Matthew’s story, Continue reading
This adorable little guy is Landon James Nescot, son of Jim Nescot ’05 and his wife, Meaghan. Landon was born on Friday, Oct. 11, the morning before Penn State welcomed the Wolverines to Beaver Stadium. Continue reading
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