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New Penn State receivers coach Taylor Stubblefield bought a new belt on Thursday. Three of them, in fact.

To understand why the fashion accessory decisions made by a 37-year-old man matter, let’s rewind Tuesday.

Stubblefield made his first recruiting stop as a Nittany Lion two days ago in Texas, as he visited four-star receiver signee Parker Washington for the first time. Washington’s sister, Ashton, shared a photo of her brother and the coach posing, and it was a shot that is seen frequently in the recruiting world.

There was just one problem: Stubblefield was wearing a University of Miami belt buckle.

“@coachjfranklin you need to get this man some proper attire,” the first response to Ashton Washington’s tweet said.

This, too, can’t be too uncommon, as coaches leave one school to go to another at the drop of a hat, and they rarely have time to pack much. A quick turn around is expected between traveling to a new campus to go through the compliance and HR processes with a new program before heading out to recruit. Stubblefield left the Hurricanes on Sunday when he was announced as Gerad Parker’s replacement, meaning he was on the road in mostly PSU gear less than 48 hours later.

At any rate, #Beltgate, as Stubblefield called it, ended Thursday night when the coach tweeted photos of three new belts -- black, gray, and brown -- for those wondering, with a promise that “It won’t happen again!!”

It probably won’t, but if it does, here’s betting that the Penn State faithful will quickly notice.

The Lions host Kent State less than 230 days from now on Sept. 5 at Beaver Stadium.

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