State College, Pa. — The last time MSU beat Penn State in Beaver Stadium, the Vietnam War had just started, Lyndon B. Johnson was president and Spartans’ head coach Mark Dantonio had yet to celebrate his 10th birthday.
State College, Pa. —- They came to Penn State following a 4-7 record in 2004, but four years and two Big Ten Championships later, the 17 seniors on the Nittany Lions are leaving as a group that brought Penn State back to national prominence.
State College, Pa. — Sometimes the explanation is as simple as it looks.
State College, Pa. — First came the light snow.
State College, Pa. —- Playing on the program’s biggest stage in 18 years, the No. 17 MSU football team stumbled and came to a crashing fall under the bright lights of Beaver Stadium, losing in convincing fashion to No. 7 Penn State 49-18.
It started out as a vision. Perhaps the idea could be called a pipe dream. But when George Perles, then-MSU’s football coach and Athletics Director, emerged from the Spartan Stadium tunnel for MSU’s regular season finale against Illinois in 1991 and saw a mere 61,721 fans in the crowd, he decided the MSU football program needed a change.
The MSU football team had little to play for against Penn State on Nov. 18, 2006. The Spartans were the bottom of program valley, 4-7 with one game remaining, with head coach John L. Smith orchestrating his final game at MSU.
Williams is one of the premiere return men in the conference, ranking first with 28.6 yards per kick return and sixth in punt returns with an average of 9.4 yards.
Some students go out and party on Thursday nights. Others stay in to refresh the sports page over and over and over again so that they can be first ones to read Prognosticators. Well, it’s go time, sports fans. Prognosticators is here.