Penn State players facing discipline in egg-throwing incident: Report

Four Penn State football players were cited after what officials call an egg-throwing incident at a campus building the night before Halloween.

Since three of the Nittany Lions players are from New Jersey, we'll just call it "Mischief Night."

Team officials confirmed Saturday that center Wendy Laurent, defensive end Garrett Sickels, tight end Brent Wilkerson and reserve safety Anthony Smith were involved in Thursday night's incident at Beaver Hall, according to Pennlive.com.

According to Centre County court records, all were issued non-traffic criminal mischief citations.

Coach James Franklin said after Saturday's game against Maryland that the situation would be addressed with the administration, the players and their families.

He said egg-throwing was "far down the totem pole" among the problems in college athletics, but "It still needs to be fixed. I can guarantee it will be."

Laurent, Wilkerson and Sickles all played in Saturday's 20-19 loss to Maryland. Laurent made his first career start because of injuries to the offensive line.

Hazing charges cost star NJ football player scholarship to Penn State: Report

A star football player at the New Jersey high school caught up in a allegations of sexual hazing rituals carried out on other players has lost his scholarship to Penn State University.

Myles Hartsfield, a highly-touted cornerback in his final year at Sayreville War Memorial School was dropped by the Penn State coaches Monday, according to BlueWhiteIllustrated, a fan site for the Big 12 team.

Seven players have been charged with sex crimes over allegations that older team members would routinely hold new players down, penetrate them with their fingers, then stick it in the boy's mouth.

The Nittany Lions pulled Hartsfield’s scholarship offer. The 5-11, 180-pounder committed to Penn State in June, choosing the Big Ten school over offers from Rutgers, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Wake Forest, West Virginia and several others.

Penn State football, which can least afford to get involved in another scandal, is still feeling the aftereffects of the Jerry Sandusky debacle.

Hartsfield, a three-sport star, has been described as an "explosive talent" in offense and defense — and was ranked as the 13th most promising player in New Jersey according to Rivals.com.

But his, and many of his teammates, promising football careers are now in jeopardy after the season was canceled while investigations take place.

The 17-year-old Hartsfield could be tried as an adult.

The scandal widened this week after the Sayreville Schools Superintendent Richard Labbe revealed that the hazing may have been going on for years —  and said that football may be permanently eliminated from the athletics program.

In addition, Rutgers senior associate athletic director Jason Baum said the local product does not hold a Scarlet Knight offer.

“He was committed to another school and when a player commits to another program, they no longer have a committable offer from Rutgers University,” Baum told NJ Advance Media’s Matt Stanmyre in an email on Sunday.

Bobby Bowden: Remove Paterno statue

They were old friends for over 40 years but now former Florida State head coach Bobby Bowden says the statue honoring Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium should be removed.

Bowden, who said he still loves the late Penn State coach, says every time the statue is shown on TV,  people won't remember the good years surrounding the Penn State football program.

"They're only going to remember the things with [Jerry] Sandusky," said Bowden.  "I still love Joe, and I still love his family, but Joe made a mistake, like all of us do.  Bit this was a big one.  I'm so sorry it happened."

While the school debates whether or not they should topple the controversial statue, the Nittany Lions football team is trying to weather FBI Director Louis Freeh's investigation of the Sandusky child sex abuse scandal by not commenting.

The Orlando Sentinel has gone as far as to recommend that the NCAA remove 111 wins (since 1998) from the Division I all-time winning coach's record because Paterno was alerted to Sandusky's crimes and did nothing to curb them back then.