Welcome to our daily Nittany Notebook. This post will be updated frequently throughout the day with news, notes and sometimes entertaining info. So be sure to check back often to stay on top of everything that’s going on with Penn State football and athletics, plus other sports of interest in central PA.
Update: 4:15 p.m.
**This is cool. Watch as former PSU WR Juwan Johnson tells his wife he’s expected to play in his first NFL game this weekend for the Saints.
Saints WR @juwanplease told his wife Chanen he was going to play in his first NFL game.
This reaction ❤️ pic.twitter.com/lkws1oZ5yf
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) October 27, 2020
Update: 3:35 p.m.
**Penn State has lost a men’s basketball recruit.
2021 @YouGotTheHigh (NJ) PF Taquan Woodley has re-opened his recruitment. pic.twitter.com/3etnCdegxn
— THE MILLER REPORT ™️ (@Miller_Report) October 27, 2020
Update: 2:54 p.m.
**If there is a bowl season — and that’s a big if — where could Penn State wind up? Here’s one possibility:
Before any more bowl games cancel this year – we’re down to 37 bowls – here are my updated bowl projections for @Stadium https://t.co/y31QvzwZNL
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 27, 2020
Update: 12:25 p.m.
**Some bad news for the former PSU receiver.
Chris Godwin fractured his left index finger and will miss MNF this week, per @NFLSTROUD
Godwin caught a touchdown on the play pic.twitter.com/QVvrmqXek4
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) October 27, 2020
**Some academic news from the PSU football team.
Congratulations to Brandon Smith (@brand0n_smith12) & Jake Wilson (@wjake17), our Student-Athletes of the Week! 📚#WeAre pic.twitter.com/wMd1I1u9SB
— Penn State Football (@PennStateFball) October 27, 2020
Update: 12:18 p.m.
**If Olave can’t go, that would be a big loss for the Buckeyes.
Ryan Day said “we'll see how it goes as the week goes along” regarding Chris Olave's status after he left last week's game. If he can't play, the Buckeyes will “move things around as we always do.”
— Dan Hope (@Dan_Hope) October 27, 2020
Olave took a hit to the head in the Buckeyes’ opener. A good recap here.
Update: 9:20 a.m.
**We’re gonna start the day off with some Ohio State news.
Over the weekend, Ryan Day apologized for #OhioState scoring late on #Nebraska. On Monday #Huskers’ head coach Scott Frost responded (FREE)https://t.co/HtFALYmM0H pic.twitter.com/tjIEEdtKd7
— Bucknuts (@Bucknuts247) October 27, 2020
**One of the closest games in this stretch was last year’s 28-17 win over Penn State in Columbus.
OHIO STATE WINS ‼️
The Buckeyes have won 13 straight games against Big Ten opponents by double-digits 💪 pic.twitter.com/edee3QwKDo
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 24, 2020
**This was an insane job of getting the foot down. One of the best catches of the college football season so far.
Ohio State receivers are now defying physics pic.twitter.com/EYiNq8meo8
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 24, 2020
