Zach Zwinak News

The Lions-Pride merchandise website, which has been crashing all afternoon from a traffic overload, released a pre-order link for the new 2013 Nike Penn State replica game jerseys.

Penn State's Eugene Lewis, a redshirt freshman wideout, catches a punt during the Nittany Lions' Blue-White game at Beaver Stadium last April.

Penn State freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg, shown here playing at Fork Union Military Academy last fall, arrives in State College in June, which means his competition with Tyler Ferguson for the Lions' starting quarterback job is not far off.

Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien , who earned three national Coach of the Year honors in 2012, will be profiled on HBO's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel.

The staff of Writing Illini gives their opinions about what the Big Ten Conference should expect from the Penn State Nittany Lions in 2013.

The Penn State Nittany Lions are gearing up for the 2013 season with several key members of last year's team returning, especially on offense.

The clock continues to tick down as Penn State moves closer to its Aug. 31 season opener with Syracuse in East Rutherford, N.J.. What are we at, 114 days? PSU head coach Bill O'Brien and his staff continue to recruit and they also will host camps, five of them, beginning June 1 next month.

The Big 10 is loaded with running backs this season. Our list consist of the top 12 running backs in the Conference a few teams starters didn't make our list, but a talented newcomer and a couple of backups are ranked.

Penn State running back Zach Zwinak runs past Penn State defensive tackle Derek Dowrey during the first half of the spring Blue-White game April 20 in State College, Pa.

As Bill O'Brien and the Penn State football team heads into the summer, the 2013 season creeps ever closer.

Penn State coach Bill O'Brien stresses the importance of teaching, and starting over with his players, every spring.

13 Syracuse Sept. 7 Eastern Michigan Sept. 14 UCF Sept. 21 Kent State Oct. 5 at Indiana Oct.

Penn State redshirt freshman Akeel Lynch earned praise from the coaches during spring practice.

There is plenty of geographic flavor throughout Penn State's roster. Eight players hail from New Jersey, 41 from Pennsylvania, four from Michigan, six from New York, two from Virginia and even a touch of Massachusetts, Kansas, and Canada are mixed in.

Penn State's football program will head into the 2013 season at a significant scholarship disadvantage, one year before NCAA sanctions will force the Nittany Lions to be down to 65 scholarships.

Penn State head football coach Bill O'Brien is the headliner on this caravan for the second straight year.

"I'm glad Matt is going to get a chance to compete," his former coach, Bill O'Brien, said Tuesday morning at Penn State's Berks campus on the first stop of his Coaches Caravan tour.