The Nittany Turkey

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No Fans in the Stands

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With the revised football schedule commencing in less than a month, Beaver Stadium season ticket holders have been apprised of their options by Mistress Sandy Barbour. Right now, the plan is for no fans to attend Penn State home games.

Penn State Athletic Director Sandy Barbour
Penn State Athletic Director Sandy Barbour

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has restricted outdoor gatherings to 250 people, hence the decision by Barbour, who went on to say, “Therefore, under the current conditions and current state orders, our fall sports events would be conducted without fans in the general seating areas of our facilities. We continue to work with the Governor’s office to discuss, and possibly be prepared for the opportunity to have spectators at our fall Penn State sporting events.”

Sandy offered three options to season ticket holders:

  • Convert the 2020 season ticket purchase into a tax-deductible donation
  • Roll over to 2021 season tickets
  • Request a full refund

Read Greg Pickel’s Penn Live story.

I suppose this is a reasonable approach, giving people a nice range of options. Ticket holders can take a chance on the situation in Harrisburg loosening up if they wish. Otherwise, if they don’t want to gamble, they can get a full refund.

Two Bits

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I have two news bits for you today.

The Penn State football schedule for 2020 is out. Unfortunately, Micah Parsons won’t be taking the field. He has opted out of the 2020 season and will declare for the 2021 NFL Draft next April.

Of course, Micah is taking a chance either way. He is gambling on whether there will be a 2021 NFL season. Nothing is certain at this point in the pandemic. On the other hand, playing in empty college stadiums compromises exposure while risking injury. This had to be a tough decision for him, but for us fans, we have his fourteen tackles in the Cotton bowl to remember him by. He truly was a one-man wrecking crew, as I wrote back then.

And now, the schedule. The Nittany Lions will play a ten game all Big Ten schedule, which kicks off on September 5 with the Northwestern Wildcats and wraps up on November 21 with the added game versus Illinois. While we will play all our Jim Delany contrived rivals (i.e., Moo U., Maryland, and Rutgers), there won’t be a season ending pseudo-rivalry game. (Illinois was only a rival in the sense that they stole players in the aftermath of the Sandusky Affair).

SI has the full details. Check it out.

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