Penn State’s Beaver Stadium called Big Ten’s best: Newsstand

Penn State news, notes, and updates for July 1 include a ranking of the Big Ten’s best stadiums, headlines of the day, and more.

It’s time to dive into Monday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.

Penn State tweets of the day

CBS Sports national college football writer Tom Fornelli recently ranked the Big Ten’s top stadiums. He put Penn State’s Beaver Stadium at No. 1 overall in the expanded 18-team conference.

“The sheer size of Beaver Stadium (106,572) is impressive enough, but the sound its occupants produce when the place is packed is eardrum-shattering, particularly if it’s a white-out game at night,” Fornelli writes . “Another factor that sometimes goes unconsidered but makes a big impact is that, for the most part, the stadium is in the middle of nowhere. That makes it the only show in town in a lot of ways, and that ensures the people who show up are excited to be there.”

Of the conference schools Penn State will visit this season, Wisconsin, USC, and Minnesota all made the top 10 as well. The Badgers lead the list at No. 7.

“There’s nothing quite like seeing the look in the eyes of somebody visiting the press box at Camp Randall for the first time at the start of the fourth quarter when the stadium begins to shake to the tune of House of Pain’s “Jump Around.” It can be a bit scary but in a fun way,” Fornelli writes. “That said, the atmosphere outside the stadium is sometimes more enjoyable than the inside.”

Headlines of the day

Does Penn State have what it needs to win on special teams? 3 questions for Justin Lustig’s group : Pickel, BWI

Brother of Penn State’s all-time scorer signs with Phoenix Suns : Sostek, PennLive

Penn State center Nick Dawkins looks back (and forward) ahead of massive opportunity : Fitz, BWI

Former Penn State Gymnast Qualifies for Canadian Olympic Team : Wogenrich, SI

Penn State baseball lands former LSU OF, Keystone State standout Paxton Kling : Fitz, BWI

4-star safety Rashad Johnson sets commitment date, names finalists : Simmons, On3

Quote of the day

“When you have something so close you take it for granted. You kind of look exterior trying to be different. I had so many people from my high school went to Penn State. I had cousins that went to Penn State, family members that went [to Penn State]. And I’m like, man, I want to be different. I want to be the guy that does his own this that and the other thing and all that. But I think when I was so obsessed with what other people were doing, I lost sight of my own vision of what I could create what I could do here.

“To be honest with you, what I want to do, what I want to be for my family, this was the perfect, perfect, perfect fit for what I wanted to do. We always talk about that gut feeling. I felt right coming here. And I don’t regret any of my decision to come here. I’m so elated and happy that this was the decision that I made and I know that I’ll be a Penn Stater for life.”

–PSU center Nick Dawkins on picking the Lions.

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