{"id":30876,"date":"2023-05-09T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=30876"},"modified":"2023-05-09T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:37:09","slug":"penn-state-sports-project-include-beaver-stadium-winterization-bring-on-the-cfp-and-winter-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2023\/05\/penn-state-sports-project-include-beaver-stadium-winterization-bring-on-the-cfp-and-winter-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State sports project include Beaver Stadium winterization &#8211; bring on the CFP and Winter Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/sports\/college\/penn-state-university\/psu-football\/article275097826.html\">First phase of Penn State\u2019s Beaver Stadium renovations approved. This is what will change<\/a><\/strong> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centredaily.com\/sports\/college\/penn-state-university\/psu-football\/article275097826.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Beaver Stadium isn\u2019t the only major athletics project moving forward. Here are 5 others<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <em>CDT<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Intercollegiate Athletics wants to spend hundreds of millions on updating Beaver Stadium. The first steps are approved. Winterization (improved insulation, drainage and plumbing) has a $29 million price tag. That makes hosting a College Football Playoff game on-campus a lot easier to pull off. It also makes the dream of the NHL Winter Classic in Happy Valley all the more likely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Typical Penn State weather during CFP time<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mike Poorman<\/strong> of <em>statecollege.com<\/em> (and the Bellasario College of Communications) asked my meteorology professor <strong>Jon Nese<\/strong> about the weather. Dr. Nese says <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Average high for each day from Dec. 19-21 is around 37 degrees. Average low is about 25 degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat time of year, the high typically occurs around 3 to 4 p.m.,\u201d Nese said. \u201cSo, for a game that kicks off around 3:30 p.m., you could use the average high of 37 as kickoff temperature.&nbsp;For a noon kick-off, average temperature at kick would be around 32. That\u2019s similar for a kickoff at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<cite><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statecollege.com\/articles\/penn-state-football\/what-will-the-weather-be-like-in-beaver-stadium-for-the-college-football-playoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Will the Weather Be Like in Beaver Stadium for the College Football Playoff?<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; statecollege.com<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Left unsaid, it&#8217;ll probably be overcast. Even if you didn&#8217;t take Dr. Nese&#8217;s class, you probably know it. The possibility of ankle-deep snow isn&#8217;t that high either, so don&#8217;t count on a flashback to the &#8217;95 Michigan game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"20th anniversary of the \u201cSnow Bowl Part 2\u201d\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p-mSvSPclqw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">So much snow, so cold, so many iceballs. I survived. Never again. And then the Nittany Lions didn&#8217;t beat Wolverines for a decade, including four straight home losses.<sup><a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/#footnote1\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/a><\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poorman also points that a 12-team playoff would have included the Nittany Lions several times:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 2016 through 2022, Penn State was in the CFP\u2019s Top 12 a total of five times in seven years heading into the postseason. (To recap, on CFP Selection Sunday Penn State was: No. 5 in 2016, No. 9 in 2017, No. 12 in 2018, No. 10 in 2019 and No. 11 in 2022.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, <strong>James Franklin<\/strong> needs to figure out a way to beat Ohio State and Michigan (which has happened in the same season twice in 30 years)<sup><a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/#footnote2\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/a><\/sup> so the Nittany Lions can make the CFP and host a game. Better luck than your predecessors James!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Year&#8217;s Day hockey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I imagine the NHL would make a Happy Valley winter classic an all Pennsylvania affair. I don&#8217;t know that I would go through the ordeal of sitting through a Philadelphia Flyers vs. Pittsburgh Penguins outdoor game. I am a Washington Capitals<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=30876&#038;action=edit#footnote3\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/a><\/sup> fan after all, though seeing those fans get at it could be entertaining.<a href=\"\/website_3c1e0e40\/#footnote\"><strong><sup>4<\/sup><\/strong><\/a> Not necessarily entertaining enough to spend 8-10 hours in transit to see it firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is also the possibility that <a href=\"https:\/\/jus.tia.mybluehost.me\/website_3c1e0e40\/2010\/09\/penn-state-hockey-gets-88-million-to-go-division-i.html\"><strong>Terry Pegula, Penn State hockey benefactor<\/strong>,<\/a> might want his Buffalo Sabres as one of the competitors in a Winter Classic. I&#8217;m sure the Buffalo fans would travel well, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3mvDQwgmVGM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>think of the poor tables<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Penn State hockey game in the Beav though? That&#8217;s something I&#8217;ll consider. It might be easier than getting a ticket to the Pegula Arena. That has been sold out since opening a decade ago. I&#8217;m curious who the visitors would be &#8211; probably Ohio State, Michigan or Michigan State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, the idea of putting an ice rink in Beaver Stadium will be met with some resistance by some in the Penn State community, but I imagine they will be ignored. The chance to bring in 100,000 fans and their tourism dollars will win the day. It could make bowl scheduling a little awkward since no bowl game will want Penn State football playing at the same time as a Beaver Stadium Winter Classic, but that may be a feature, not a bug. I&#8217;m sure it can be dealt with satisfactorily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;ll also note that if the NFL was any fun, they&#8217;d put a neutral site Philadelphia Eagles vs. Pittsburgh Steelers game there someday. I think every horse in the Pennsylvania State Police stable might be needed to ring the field for that one though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Board of Trustees news &#8211; 1 step forward, 2 steps back<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other news, congratulations go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psu.edu\/news\/administration\/story\/board-trustees-election-results-announced-8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ali Krieger for winning a slot on the next Board of Trustees<\/strong><\/a>. She received the most votes in the recent election. I voted for her. We&#8217;re almost a quarter of the way through the 21th century, so maybe it&#8217;s well-past time to have board members who attended classes after 2000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, two old-guard &#8220;responsible stewards&#8221; won as well. <strong>Anthony Lubrano<\/strong>, a red ass who aligns himself with conspiracy theorist <strong>John Zielger<\/strong>, is back. So is <strong>Jay Paterno<\/strong>, who needs no introduction and has no apparent personality or achievements unrelated to being his father&#8217;s son. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They&#8217;ll probably complain about a Winter Classic too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo credit: Penn State Alumni Association. I&#8217;m a life member, so I think I can use it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Footnotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"footnote1\"><sup><strong>1<\/strong><\/sup> There have been several years where the programs did not play each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"footnote2\"><sup><strong>2<\/strong><\/sup> 1994 and 2008, both Big Ten championship\/Rose Bowl appearance years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"footnote3\"><sup><strong>3<\/strong><\/sup> Who have won the Stanley Cup more recently than either of those teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"footnote4\"><sup><strong>4<\/strong><\/sup> The 2000 playoff series between those teams was a really big deal in State College, spoken about for years. I had graduated by then though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First phase of Penn State\u2019s Beaver Stadium renovations approved. 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