Nittany Notebook (10-9): PSU hoops to play VCU in Orlando: report

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Update: 7 p.m.

**Some interesting Penn State hoops news:

Sources: Tennessee is expected to play Charlotte and Penn State is expected to face VCU in the first round of a four-team tournament in Orlando during the first week of the season.

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) October 9, 2020

Updated: 4:15 p.m.

**Indiana, like Penn State, will be selling cardboard cutouts to fans for football this season.

It will be interesting to see how many go for the offer, considering that IU football games usually don’t have a ton of fans anyway.

Tell me why I'm about to spend $100 on a cardboard cutout of myself for the INDIANA FOOTBALL HOOSIERS https://t.co/CwO07bI21u

— spooky moose (@btownm00se) October 9, 2020

Update: 11:55 a.m.

How it started: How it's going: pic.twitter.com/OcjDLyGdQm

— Penn State Men’s Hockey (@PennStateMHKY) October 9, 2020

Dogs, cats, squirrels, humans — anybody can be on a Penn State Fan Cutout!

➡️: https://t.co/24l7nv5JCx#WeAre

— Penn State Athletics (@GoPSUsports) October 9, 2020

Update: 10:25 a.m.

**Let’s focus on recruiting. A good story and a good podcast below.

.@PennStateFball could finish with its worst recruiting class since 2012 if things don't change quickly on the trail https://t.co/LrS7EYkHJT

— Collegian Football (@psufootblog) October 9, 2020

Penn State Update Daily Podcast for Oct. 9: Could the Lions be due for more recruiting success? https://t.co/zLZRWhCngR

— Penn State Football (@psufootball) October 9, 2020

Update: 9 a.m.

**Some sad news, as former Steelers offensive lineman and longtime broadcaster Tunch Ilkin has been diagnosed with ALS.

Tunch is a great man who is widely respected, so prayers and best wishes go out to him and his family.

Longtime #Steelers OL, Broadcaster Tunch Ilkin Diagnosed with ALShttps://t.co/1971Pc6NGV pic.twitter.com/6JHkJMHnRn

— Steelers Now (@PghSteelersNow) October 9, 2020

Prayers go out to Tunch Ilkin, who has been diagnosed with ALS.
Tunch is a wonderful man.
He discusses his diagnosis in this video with such courage and faith. https://t.co/FUqinCW918

— Ryan Recker (@RyanRecker) October 9, 2020

**Some good reads for this morning.

Miles Sanders first played at Heinz Field at age 10. He played there in high school and college, too.

The RB with a tattoo of Pittsburgh’s skyline, the Pirates “P” and Pittsburgh’s area code on his arm will play there as a pro for the first time: https://t.co/BmcS4hdBQm

— Zach Berman (@ZBerm) October 9, 2020

Penn State WRs coach Taylor Stubblefield reminds his group that he set the Big Ten record for career receptions at Beaver Stadium.

Now, Stubblefield seeks to build the next stage of his career at PSU. “I truly feel like I’m at a place where it fits me.”https://t.co/6ulJi8tMou

— Mark Wogenrich (@MarkWogenrich) October 9, 2020