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Penn State's mascot is the Nittany Lion. The
school's official colors were originally black and pink. The baseball
team's uniforms faded to dark blue and white, so the school permanently
changed the colors to the now-familiar navy blue and white. Penn State
participates in the NCAA Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference for
most sports. A few sports participate in different conferences: men's
volleyball in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA);
men's lacrosse in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC); and
women's lacrosse in American Lacrosse conference. The fencing teams
operate as independents. The men's and women's rugby team participate in
the Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union (MARFU) territory at large and the
Potomac Rugby Union for local divisional play. Both teams field
perennial competitive sides; the women won the collegiate championship
in 2004. Penn State has a large football following and attracts tens of thousands of visitors to its campus; the surrounding area is known as "Happy Valley" for tailgating and games on autumn Saturdays in Beaver Stadium. The stadium is the second-largest in the country with a seating capacity of over 107,282. The largest crowd ever at Beaver Stadium was on September 14, 2002, as 110,753 watched the Nittany Lions defeat the University of Nebraska by a score of 40-7. The school has earned a reputation as "Linebacker U" for the number of high-quality linebackers trained. Joe Paterno has been the head coach for the Nittany Lion football team since 1966 and is regarded as one of the most successful and venerable national coaches. Penn State plays in two football "trophy games" with other members of the Big Ten. They are for the Governor's Victory Bell with the University of Minnesota and the season-ending Land Grant Trophy game versus Michigan State University. Penn State has won the prestigious Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy, awarded for Eastern football supremacy, a record 26 times as of 2005. The school also is home to the Horace Ashenfelter Indoor Facility. The men's and women's basketball teams play in the Bryce Jordan Center. Most of the other indoor teams play at Rec Hall, which was previously the long term home for the basketball teams as well. |
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