When players first heard the news – you
know, the news – most of them could
barely contain themselves.
"It was pure excitement and joy and
thanks," recalled senior safety Ryan Keiser.
"I don't know what everybody was feeling,
but I'm very thankful, appreciative and
excited. It puts some pep in your step and
gets you ready to go."
Following another positive report Sept.
8 by former Sen. George Mitchell, Penn
State's athletics integrity monitor, the NCAA
Executive Committee announced a major
modification to Penn State's sanctions that
it originally levied over two years ago.
NCAA, Big Ten lift postseason ban;
scholarships to be restored in 2015
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