Monday, August 16, 2010

WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS PENN STATE NIGHT ON BIG TEN NETWORK

FROM THE MORNING CALL

Start thinking of an excuse for arriving late to work on Thursday.

The Big Ten Network’s Penn State Football Preview Show will debut at 8 p.m. Wednesday on the network – a night dedicated to nine hours of Nittany Lion football on the network. The preview show will include interviews with coaches and players, including defensive end Jack Crawford, wide receiver Derek Moye and guard Stefen Wisniewski.

The night begins with a replay of Penn State’s January 2006 Orange Bowl victory over Florida State, followed by debut of the one-hour Penn State Preview Show.

At 9 p.m. is a replay of the Nittany Lions’ 19-17 win over LSU in last January’s Capital One Bowl, followed at 11 with a replay of the preview show. At midnight, Penn State’s 29-27 comeback victory over Ohio State in 2001 will be replayed. In that game, Joe Paterno passed Bear Bryant as the all-time wins leader in Division I college football. Finally, the preview show will air again at 2 a.m.

Other air times for the Penn State Football Preview Show: 5 a.m., 8 a.m., 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Thursday, with a 2 p.m. replay Thursday of Penn State’s 27-23 victory over Georgia in January 1983 in the Sugar Bowl. That victory secured Penn State’s first of two national championships.

The network’s schedule for all of its football preview shows: Monday: Indiana. Tuesday: Ohio State. Wednesday: Penn State. Thursday: Michigan. Friday: Michigan State. Monday, Aug. 23: Indiana. Tuesday, Aug. 24: Purdue. Wednesday, Aug. 25: Northwestern. Thursday, Aug. 26: Iowa. Friday, Aug. 27: Minnesota. Monday, Aug. 30: Wisconsin.

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