Penn State’s Dan Connor Recalls Strong Leadership on 2005 Championship Team

Penn State’s Dan Connor recalls strong leadership on 2005 championship team

When Dan Connor thinks back on Penn State’s 2005 football season, he mostly recalls the examples set by the team captains and other upper classmen. “There was unbelievable leadership,” Connor said Thursday. “They just handled themselves like grown men. I looked at them almost like they were part of the coaching staff, which showed how mature they were and how well they were able to lead.” The Nittany Lions went 11-1 that season, won the Big Ten …

Inside the Legacy of Penn State’s 2005 Football Team and the Jerseys That Tell the Story

One of the many great quips of 80’s teen movie character Ferris Bueller is “life moves pretty fast.” This weekend, Penn State is saluting the 20th anniversary of the venerable 2005 Penn State football team.  It’s team that didn’t win it all. It was arguably a few seconds away in Ann Arbor from starting a debate whether it or Vince Young’s Texas Longhorns were the most worthy to play the dynasty of the day in Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush’s USC Tr…