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Penn State scored twice on fumble returns and once on a kickoff return in beating Rutgers 55-10

The deals go into effect in 2023 and eventually will allow the conference’s soon-to-be 16 member universities — including Penn State — to share more than $1 billion per year.

“We are in a perpetual state of evaluating what’s next for college athletics.”

The Nittany Lions ended a four-game skid against Ohio State and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2018, where they will face No. 3 seed and ninth-ranked Purdue.

The Big Ten is the latest Power Five conference to announce that a team must forfeit if it doesn’t have enough players available for a league game because of COVID-19.

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren also said there has been no determination on whether games would be forfeited if teams cannot play because of COVID-19 issues.

Nittany Lions have a Halloween matchup at home against Ohio State

Borough Council President Jesse Barlow said “a lot of the local residents I have heard from are not happy about it.”

The Big Ten conference is setting up a cardiac registry to study the effects COVID-19 has on athletes’ hearts.

The Big Ten’s decision to play football this fall comes as Penn State and other universities are facing rising numbers of COVID-19 cases among their students. Penn State has had 1,145 cases of COVID-19 so far.