Penn State Sports Magazine
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T H E M O N T H I N . . . Look, you may think the idea of 100,000 for a Blue-White Game is nuts – let alone, 107,000. And you're right. But so was a nine-game winning streak by the Nittany Lions after getting trounced 49-10 at The Big House, sans a fleet of starting linebackers and a road to No. 7 that was littered with injured offensive linemen. But then Penn State didn't lose again for 100 days. ... So, maybe, James- Not-Jim ain't nuts, after all. MIKE POORMAN STATECOLLEGE.COM It's become a tired refrain during the 6-year Patrick Chambers regime that no- body can consistently knock in an open 3-pointer and that there's even some question about what an open 3-pointer is. ... Penn State has not had a single vol- ume 3-point shooter with a percentage higher than .370 (D.J. Newbill in 2015) during the entirety of Chambers' tenure. Compare this with the previous regime (which certainly had its own liabilities): Chris Babb (2010), Stanley Pringle (2009), Danny Morrissey (2007), even Ben Luber (2006) all were quite a bit more dependable from the arc and would fill a desperate need on this team. So, it's a chronic liability that must be fixed – or the ceiling for this group is fixed, no mat- ter how athletic it is. DAVID JONES PENNLIVE.COM After being hired, I promised to do everything possible to restore Penn State football to the national prominence it had known in the past and to do so with the highest academic standards and social responsibility. I hope you guys have seen that. We have done it time and time again. We have suspended our best players for first halves for missing class, for what people would consider probably the biggest game of the year. We have reinforced these things over and over. ... After a couple of years working through the sanctions, I thought we made significant progress this year. ... We don't do that without the support we got from our stu- dents as well as our fans. JAMES FRANKLIN speaking to PSU's board of trustees Congrats @pennstateWrest & @caelsanderson– big win at Oklahoma St.! Compete in everything you do! #NotAGoodLookOnUs JAMES FRANKLIN accompanied by a photo of the football staff wearing wrestling singlets T W E E T S O P I N I O N S Q U O T E S A D M I N I S T R A T I O N Public service is focus of Barbour's address Athletic director Sandy Barbour hailed Penn State's commitment to public service when she addressed the univer- sity's board of trustees in February. "We are in the business of creating conditions for success, so that we can prepare our students for a lifetime of impact," Barbour said. "We are pursuing comprehensive excellence to create a unique Penn State story. Our student- athletes do more in the community than anywhere else I've been. Just last week, our students and spirit squads raised al- most $100,000 for THON. We have an awful lot to be proud of, but, as good as we are, we know we can be better." During the 2015-16 academic year, Penn State student-athletes performed a school-record total of more than 8,000 community service hours and helped raise 9nancial contributions for numerous charitable organizations and events, including THON, Coaches vs. Cancer, PA Pink Zone and Upli:ing Athletes. ■ F A C I L I T I E S Master plan set for public unveiling A:er 16 months of development, Penn State announced plans to un- veil its master plan for facilities during a public presentation March 13 at the Hintz Alumni Center. Cre- ated in partnership with the archi- tecture and sports event planning 9rm Populous, the master plan is a road map for Penn State that is aimed at addressing the university's needs for the next 20 years. Blue White Illustrated will have a comprehensive report on the mas- ter plan in its April issue. For cover- age of the plan's introduction, visit bwi.rivals.com. ■