Ben Jones
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Penn State Wrestling Set to Hire Name, Image and Likeness Director
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Penn State wrestling is preparing to hire a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) Director, according to a listing posted earlier this week on the university’s job board. A program spokesperson confirmed that the role had not been previously filled and is a new position. The move is not a terribly surprising one for the nation’s…
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The Penn State Introductory Guide to Conference Expansion: USC
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Unless you’ve been living under a very large rock you’ve probably noticed that the Big Ten is expanding this upcoming season. The additions of USC, UCLA, Washington and Oregon will drastically change the landscape of college football and continue to cement the Big Ten alongside the SEC as the nation’s premier conferences. While all four…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Ace Baldwin Announces Return
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Penn State men’s basketball guard and the Big Ten’s Defensive Player of the Year Ace Baldwin Jr. will return to the Nittany Lions for his fifth year of eligibility, he confirmed on Friday. Baldwin had not previously entered the transfer portal or the NBA Draft process, and deadlines for both have passed. In turn, Baldwin’s return…
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Penn State Football: Beaver Stadium Renovation FAQ
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As of Tuesday, Penn State is moving full steam ahead with $700 million Beaver Stadium renovation slated to be completed in August of 2027. There are plenty of unknowns still so early in the project’s opening phases but there are some worthwhile answers to collect in one place. More questions – and their answers –…
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Penn State Trustees Approve $700M Beaver Stadium Renovation. A Look at the Planned Timeline, Amenities and Massive Change to Stadium’s West Side
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The Penn State Board of Trustees voted 26-2 (with three abstentions) on early Tuesday afternoon to approve the remaining $630 million in funding needed for the Beaver Stadium renovation project slated to be completed in August of 2027. Total project costs will not exceed $700 million, with $70 million of that having already been approved…
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Penn State Athletics: Administrators Confident in Feasibility of $700 Million Renovation Project
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Penn State officials are confident that Beaver Stadium’s ongoing, and now fully approved, $700 million renovation project is a sustainable financial model for the athletic department both now and in the future. The expected budget according to Penn State athletics is $664 million. The athletic department would be required to return to the board for…
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Penn State Makes Appearance in College Football 25 Video Game Trailer
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Penn State football made three appearances in the trailer for the highly anticipated College Football 25, the first college football based video game since NCAA 2014. College Football 25 is in many ways the culmination of the Name, Image and Likeness landscape, the original NCAA Football series leveraging the branding of college football student athletes…
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Penn State Football: With The Playoffs and Conferences Expanding, Six Fun Potential Out of Conference Opponents
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One of the challenges of the ever growing college football postseason and the ever growing size of conferences, is that obvious choices for fun and entertaining out of conference games are dwindling by the year. USC? Welcome to the Big Ten. Oregon? See you down the road. Of course when it comes to surviving the…
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Next Stage of Beaver Stadium Renovation Up for Approval Next Week
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The Penn State Board of Trustees and Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning is scheduled to meet Tuesday, May 21, for a proposed project approval related Beaver Stadium’s ongoing renovation. The public portion of the meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. eastern. Historically, similar public sessions have included not much more than either a roll…
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Penn State Football: Way-Too-Early Schedule Predictions
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The best thing to do in the offseason is to predict how the next will go, do it in public, and then let people come back later and tell you how wrong you were. Fortunately for Penn State, the Nittany Lions have gotten to the point where — short of a wild upset — trying…