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NCAA lifts Penn State’s postseason ban

More than 1000 students rally outside the Old Main administration building at Penn State, in State College, Pa. on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. The NCAA on Monday lifted the on-the-field sanctions placed on the Penn State football team for the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including immediately eliminating the postseason ban that had two more seasons left and restoring scholarships next season. (AP Photo/John Beale)
More than 1000 students rally outside the Old Main administration building at Penn State, in State College, Pa. on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. The NCAA on Monday lifted the on-the-field sanctions placed on the Penn State football team for the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including immediately eliminating the postseason ban that had two more seasons left and restoring scholarships next season. (AP Photo/John Beale)

By Associated Press 6 min read

Penn State students turned campus into the site of a peaceful and jubilant celebration after the football program had its bowl ban lifted.

They chanted Joe Paterno’s name and, of course, threw in “We Are” for good measure on Monday night.

The thousands that rallied were in stark contrast to the mess 2 1/2 years ago, when disgruntled students took to the streets and wracked their college town in violence after Paterno’s dismissal.

Good times – and big games – are back at Penn State.

“We were sitting in a computer lab, and we just started running around telling people, letting them know, just going crazy,” fifth-year senior Brad Vasko said. “We bought a keg. Immediately.”