He led the Nittany Lions to an 11-0 record in his third season, its first football national championship in 1982 and another national title in 1986 defeating favored Miami in a famous No. 1-versus-No. 2 battle in the Fiesta Bowl.
The win gave the Giants the home field for a rematch with Cleveland in the playoffs, and a win in that game put New York in the famoustitle game against Baltimore.
Broadway actor Christopher Fitzgerald has been cast in the title role as PT Barnum, the legendary US showman who created the famous Barnum and Bailey's Circus.
Its other sports sponsorships include being title sponsor of sailing series, the Alpari World Match Racing Tour, and being a sponsor of the famous Madison Square Garden arena in New York.