"G. Span" -- a.k.a. Penn State President Graham Spanier -- showed students and alumni his hip-hop side Friday.

"So get behind our players and cheer us along, and we'll end up in the Rose Bowl where we belong," he rhymed.

Spanier rapped to a crowd during Blue and White Weekend's first Rapper Contest, held at the corner of Curtain Road and University Drive outside of Beaver Stadium. With sunny weather and clear skies, a crowd gathered around the stage to hear the rapping sensations of football players Aaron Maybin, Chris Bell and Andrew Quarless, "G. Span," as well as the final four contestants.

Penn State alumnus and former quarterback Michael Robinson also made a surprise appearance and judged the raps about Penn State football based on audience applause.

The show's rappers originated from a contest that began by submitting a one-minute video performing a rap about Penn State football. There were 16 video raps posted online at GoPSF.com and voted on by online viewers. Eight contestants were then selected to battle for four spots by performing their Penn State raps at the HUB-Robeson Center last week.

On Friday, rapper Spudd McKenzy, formally known as Andrew Spadaro (freshman-hotel, restaurant and institutional management) rose to victory over the other three final contestants. He described himself as a big Penn State football fan and said he entered the contest because he and his friends "just like to mess around with rapping."

As victor of the contest, McKenzy, will perform his rap at a football game in the fall. In addition, he also received three field passes for a football game, as well as "the support of a school [he's] in love with."

"I'm a little nervous about performing in front of 110,000 people, but I'll get over it," he said.

Khayla Shearer (freshman-chemical engineering) said she came to the contest because she thought it would be funny to see the football players.

"As freshmen, we wanted to experience Blue and White weekend and really be a part of it," she said.

Ryan Beaver (sophomore-industrial engineering) had been in the HUB this week seeing all eight rapper contestants compete to place in Friday's event.

"I wanted to see what they could do," Beaver said. "Also, I was curious when I saw President Spanier and the football players would be rapping."