THERE IS SPEED, and there is quickness. The characteristics are similar, but not identical. The main commonality is that each trait can be beneficial on the football field.
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If the rumors are to be believed, Penn State's hopes of landing in a BCS bowl are still alive and kicking. A victory at Michigan State on Saturday in the regular-season finale would give the 13th-ranked Nittany Lions a 10-2 record and possibly send them to Miami for a Jan. 5 Orange Bowl matchup with No. 7 Georgia Tech, the front-runner for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship.
Andrew Quarless remembers one of his last times in Joe Paterno's doghouse, when he sat in the coach's office and talked even though Paterno "didn't want to hear me."
Penn State will implement a new season-ticket policy, which is scheduled to debut for the 2011 football season. To whom Penn State distributes its 80,000 season tickets will not change, but the seating arrangements will.
Penn State football, an unfaltering moneymaker with Beaver Stadium filled to at or near its 108,000-seat capacity for every home game, always is examining new ways to raise even more cash.
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