Hey, guys.  Every now and then we’ll present some of these stories that fall through the cracks in a little segment we like to call: Link Dump.

First: Curt Warner will be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame.  Warner is, of course, the all-time leading rusher in Penn State history, and still holds the record of 18 100-yard rushing games.  When he retired, Warner held 42 Penn State records.  He will become the 17th Nittany Lion to have the honor.

Moving from past Lions to future Lions: Wide Receiver Adrian Coxson has verbally committed to play for Penn State.  The 6-2, 194 pound receiver from Baltimore, MD, is rated as a 4-star prospect by both Scout and Rivals, and held offers from a wide variety of schools including Florida, Georgia, Notre Dame, Michigan, and Pittsburgh.  Coxson was recruited by (who else) Larry Johnson, and becomes the 3rd commitment to the class of 2010, all rated either 4 or 5 stars.  I’ve never seen him play, either, but here’s a nice highlight video.

If you’re a student, bad news.  The University is changing ticket policy for football games, going from the vouchers we’ve historically gotten to a system in which tickets are held on the card, and you “swipe” in, much like at basketball games.  Only problem is, the system didn’t actually work too well at the basketball games.  Half the time, the scanners didn’t work and they’d just give you the ticket anyway.  Also, the University is doing this to curb scalping, but they will allow for a ticket exchange online “at fair market price.”  You can just bet that they’ll be taking a little bit off the top of the transaction.

After last years disaster, Penn State basketball is looking to schedule some more difficult opponents.  Perhaps the Craigslist flyer helped.  Well, there are rumblings that PSU is looking to start a home-and-home series with Virginia Tech, with the Nittany Lions heading to Blacksburg next year and the Hokies returning the favor in 2010.  It’s a nice start, but only that.  We need to schedule at least 5 games against a team of that caliber.  With the game at Virginia (ACC-Big Ten Challenge), at Temple (in return for the Owls coming here last year), and the Charleston Classic already on the slate, it would be nice to pick up a few marquee home games.

Penn State’s attendance at the Blue/White Game on Saturday not only set a new record (for the third year running), but also ranked as the 4th most attended Spring Game in the nation.  The announced crowd was 76,500, but I’ll bet there were at least another 5,000 people out in the lots who never bothered to watch the game.  That said, the only schools who finished ahead of PSU were Ohio State (with a stunning 95,722), Alabama, and Nebraska.  As far as some of Penn State’s rivals: Michigan drew about 50,000 fans, and MSU had about half that.  I feel bad for Washington State.  According to the link, only 400 fans made it out to watch the Cougars play.  Then again, would you?

Basketball recruit Sasa Borovnjak sent in his Letter of Intent to play for Penn State last week.  I have enough trouble spelling that name, I’m not even going to try and pronounce it.  The 6-9, 230 pound Sasa was born in Serbia, but has spent the last two years in the States, playing for Veritas Christian Academy, where he averaged 26 points and 12 rebounds per game in his senior season.  The departure of Jamelle Cornley means frontcourt minutes are going to be available.  Whether Sasa will get some of those minutes is still left to be determined.

And last but not least, Goodbye Linebacker U, hello Running Back U?  Scout.com ranked the top schools for churning out NFL rushers, and Penn State ranked 3rd, behind only Ohio State and USC.  It’s funny, Penn State running backs are known so widely as busts (D.J. Dozier, Blair Thomas, Curtis Enis, Ki-Jana Carter), but when you look at the whole list, it’s a really impressive compilation.  From Franco Harris and Lydell Mitchell to Richie Anderson to Larry Johnson, it’s clear that even though PSU rushers were more successful in Happy Valley, they weren’t exactly slouches in the NFL.

That’s all for now.  Just 128 days until kickoff.

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