STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Short-handed and a step slower, No. 14 Purdue couldn't overcome Penn State. (Yesterday)

PASADENA, Calif. -- During the 40-day layoff before Penn State's 38-24 blowout loss to Southern California Thursday in the Rose Bowl, there were a handful of distractions that took away from the team's preparation. (01/03/2009)

PASADENA, Calif. -- The Big Ten Conference keeps making a big mess out of the Rose Bowl. Penn State lost its bloom very quickly last night. (01/02/2009)

PASADENA, Calif. At least they went to Disneyland. Otherwise, Penn State's staggeringly overmatched Nittany Lions were going to fly home from the 95th Rose Bowl, a place where college football's best traditions are honored and many of its enduring legends made, with no more meaningful a memory than having the coin toss handled by Frau Blucher from Young Frankenstein, the one and only Cloris Leachman. ... Sports commentary by Gene Collier (01/02/2009)

PASADENA, Calif. -- Penn State All-American center A.Q. Shipley was one of 17 seniors who played their final game last night in the Rose Bowl. (01/02/2009)