| Re: Nittany Lions football helping Penn State University According to this story, Penn State has seen undergaduate applications spike 13.2% this year and graduate applications increase by 11.7%. The reason given by Penn State president Graham Spanier may surprise you: "It probably didn't hurt... that we ranked third in the nation in football." Can football success really lead non-athlete students to choose your school? I find it surprising, if not a little sad, that Joe Engineeringmajor would pick PSU simply because they had a good football team. |