THE
YOUNG
RESTLESS
AND THE
Perseverance
helps Jesse James
finish the season
on a high note
I
t's one of those longstanding rules
at Penn State: No true freshman
speaks to the media.
No matter how significant the occasion – Rob Bolden becoming the first
true freshman quarterback to start a
season opener for Penn State, Silas
Redd rushing for 131 yards in a
thrilling comeback victory over Northwestern – the rule has been vigorously
enforced through the years.
But an exception was made after
the Nittany Lions' season-ending victory
over Wisconsin on Nov. 24, in which
Jesse James made a pair of gamechanging receptions and, at least for
the afternoon, prompted the Penn
State athletic communications staff
to throw the old rule to the wayside.
"They asked me to come in and talk,"
James said in the crowded Beaver
Stadium media room, encircled by a
group of reporters who were surprised
John
Beale
