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Penn State, Tennessee not saying much about lawsuit involving Bob Shoop

WILLIAMSPORT -- Neither Penn State nor Tennessee is saying much about a breach of contract lawsuit involving defensive coordinator Bob Shoop.

The Nittany Lions, who are suing Shoop for almost $900,000, issued a statement to PennLive on Tuesday about his parallel move from the Big Ten to the SEC.

"Under the terms of his employment contract with Penn State, Coach Shoop is obligated to make a liquidated damages payment to the university resulting from the termination by Coach Shoop of his employment prior to the end of the contract term," PSU wrote. "We are filing suit against him to recover this mutually agreed upon amount.