In other news...

◊ The news quality is so horribly boring the past few days (CFB news, that is), that I'm going to devote an entire post to non-football Penn State sports. It's alright though. You see, it's the people like me that cause Penn State's other sports to suffer from being smothered by the football team. But that's life in Happy Valley. I really like the other sports, even if it doesn't show in my coverage. I just don't know enough about them to cover them with any sort of authority here. Despite all that, I've decided that today was the perfect day to give the other sports the spotlight.

•Wrestling - Fresh off two Big Ten road ties against ranked teams, the Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team will put its No. 16 national ranking to the test this weekend when it hosts two Big Ten rivals in Rec Hall. No. 10 Minnesota comes to town on Friday, Jan. 30, for a 7p.m. dual and No. 17 Wisconsin visits Rec Hall on Sunday, Feb. 1, at 1 p.m.

•Men's Gymnastics - The fifth-ranked Penn State men's gymnastics team will seek consecutive wins over Big Ten opponents when it visits Minneapolis, Minn. for a dual meet with No. 7 Minnesota this weekend. The conference clash is scheduled for Sat., Jan. 31 at 8 p.m. ET at the home of the Golden Gophers, the Sports Pavilion. Minnesota head coach, Mike Burns, is a Penn State graduate and former Nittany Lion gymnast. Junior Brandi Personett was named the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week on Jan. 26. It is the fifth career honor for Personett and the first of the season for a Nittany Lion women's gymnast.

•Women's Gymnastics - The 17th-ranked Penn State women's gymnastics team travels to No. 12 Nebraska on Friday, Jan. 30 for a 7:00 p.m. CT (8:00 p.m. ET) meet with the Cornhuskers. Live scoring will be available via a link at www.GoPSUsports.com. Penn State returns home to host its first quad meet of the season when it welcomes William & Mary, Cornell and Pennsylvania to Rec Hall on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 7:00 p.m.

•Men's Basketball - When the Nittany Lion basketball team returns to the Bryce Jordan Center on Sunday, Feb. 8 to take on Wisconsin, fans will also be able to enjoy the Philadelphia Phillies World Series Trophy Tour presented by Teva and Comcast. The game will also be "Coaches vs. Cancer Day" at the Jordan Center with special events and an opportunity for fans to join the fight against cancer, including a silent auction of sports memorabilia on the concourse.

•Men's Volleyball - The top-ranked Penn State men's volleyball team crushed Juniata in three games (30-14, 30-12, 30-27) Wednesday night at Rec Hall to improve to 5-0 for the season. Penn State travels to Saint Francis on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7:00 p.m. before returning home to host Springfield on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 7:00 p.m. at Rec Hall.