Then there’s the Penn State Nittany Lions. REQUIRED READING:The Orange Bowl X-factor: He must own the night for Penn State football to beat Notre Dame The name is synonymous with the school’s ...

And while the gold-helmeted Fighting Irish are a well-understod mascot, Penn State’s Nittany Lions aren’t as obvious. So, what is a Nittany Lion? The Nittany Lion is more than just a symbol of ...

His scholarship offer was immediately rescinded. During the 1946 season, the Nittany Lions were scheduled to face off on the road against that same Miami program. Given the Jim Crow laws of the ...