By Cory Giger
sports@altoonamirror.com
When the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams beginning next year, there’s no program or coach in the country that stand to benefit more than Penn State and James Franklin.
That’s not me being a homer. Because, you know, everybody knows ...
It is darn near impossible to believe that Penn State’s wide receiver situation is this bad. So bad that it killed the program’s chances for greatness this year.
I’ve only covered PSU since 2006, and this is by far the worst group of wide receivers the program has had in my 18 years. The ...
Beating Wolverines
would make things better
A lot of people are really down on Penn State right now, and the team has shown the past two weeks that it’s clearly not as good as many people thought.
But a win over Michigan next week would change everything.
Having that tremendous ...
Yurcich, Franklin, receivers need to share the blame.
Penn State embarrassed itself offensively in the loss at Ohio State, and to me the primary culprits are Mike Yurcich, the wide receivers and James Franklin.
The easy part of this is pointing out that the receivers just aren’t very ...
This week's question: What's your take on the new Big Ten schedule?
By Cory Giger
For the Mirror
Penn State, and James Franklin in particular, certainly love that both Ohio State and Michigan will no longer be on the schedule every year, beginning in 2024.
Without a doubt, not having to ...
By Neil Rudel
nrudel@altoonamirror.com
James Franklin snuck in a dig at the Big Ten office earlier this week when he noted how often the Nittany Lions play Iowa, “maybe the best team in the West (division) over our time here. We love that ... I know it’s random.”
I like Franklin, ...