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Does PSU need to finish 11-1 to make the postseason?

Here we are with Penn State sitting at No. 4 again after Tuesday’s College Football Playoff rankings. Remember in August when the conversation was the Nittany Lions would have made the CFP in six of the 10 years of its existence? In all of those years, PSU had two losses. This may be a different era of college football with expanded conferences and teams traveling multiple time zones to play conference games, but nothing should change as far as criteria to make the College Football Playoff. If the Lions want a home game in the first round of the CFP, they absolutely have to go ...

Lions survive Purdue FW

From Mirror, wire reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 25 points and distributed 11 assists and Yanic Konan Niederhauser recorded a double-double and Penn State beat Purdue Fort Wayne 102-89 on Wednesday night. Konan Niederhauser scored 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Zach Hicks scored 17 points, reserve Nick Kern Jr. 13 and Freddie Dilione V and Puff Johnson and 11 apiece. Undefeated Penn State (5-0) shot 34 of 61 (55.7%) distributing 25 assists. Jalen Jackson scored a career-high 31 points, reserve Corey Handnot II scored a career-high 20 and Eric Mulder 12 on ...

Starocci, Nittany Lions start season successfully

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Carter Starocci picked up a 4-1 sudden victory exhibition win over last year’s 184-pound NCAA champion Parker Keckeisen from Northern Iowa on Saturday night in the NWCA All-Star Classic. He had the option to sit out Sunday’s opening dual meet of the season against Drexel, but that’s not exactly in Starocci’s nature. Starocci continued what he started on Saturday night with one of four PSU technical falls against the Dragons in a 41-3 victory over the Dragons at Rec Hall. “I think our whole team is pretty solid ...

PSU Highs & Lows

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 49-10 victory over Purdue on Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium: Play of the game: Tyler Warren took the snap and threw a lateral to Drew Allar, who then found Warren up the left sideline for 38 yards in the second quarter, which set up the Nittany Lions’ 21-3 halftime lead. Offensive player of the game: Warren accounted 190 yards of total offense — 127 on eight catches and 63 on three runs. He scored a touchdown receiving and rushing. Defensive player of the game: Abdul Carter ...

Warren stars again as Nittany Lions overpower Purdue, move to 9-1

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Penn State stayed on track for a berth in the College Football Playoff on Saturday. The Nittany Lions went into Purdue and cruised to a 49-10 victory over the hapless Boilermakers before 58,346 at Ross-Ade Stadium. The win moved No. 4 State to 9-1 on the season and ...

Baldwin, Hicks lead Lions to win

From Mirror, wire reports BALTIMORE — Ace Baldwin Jr. and Zach Hicks scored 19 points apiece and Penn State rolled to an 86-64 victory over Virginia Tech at the Hall of Fame Series on Friday night. Baldwin added 10 assists for his first double-double of the season for the Nittany Lions (4-0). He made 5 of 11 shots from the floor and nine of his 10 free throws. Hicks hit five 3-pointers and added five rebounds and three steals. Nick Kern came off the bench to score 16 for Penn State. He made 6 of 7 shots and 4 of 6 free throws. Fred Dilione V scored 11. Baldwin was asked by ...