CHICAGO — The Big Ten Conference would do away with its championship game if college football adopts a 24-team playoff. Commissioner Tony Petitti says that’s a worthwhile sacrifice to get his preferred postseason format. “When we make this decision as a league – are we going to ...
Through all the changes in college football, and the Big Ten introducing four new head coaches in football this season, at least one thing has remained the same for new Penn State coach Matt Campbell. “Winning football games hasn’t wavered,” Campbell said on Tuesday at Big Ten Media ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s clear that serving communities has been a priority for Brett Brackett ever since he was a player at Penn State from 2006-10. The former Nittany Lion receiver was the president for the Penn State chapter of Uplifting Athletes when he was a player, and now he is ...
It’s clear that being a leader off the field is just as important as on the field for Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht. In January 2024 when Becht was at Iowa State, tragedy struck in nearby Perry with a horrific school shooting. Later that summer, Becht held a football camp, funded ...
Anyone who wants to see the highlight event of Blue-White Weekend at Penn State, some on-field activity at Beaver Stadium that’s no longer a game and at best a practice, will have to do so in person. It’s kind of an old-school, throwback weekend in Happy Valley that way. Forget 2026, it will feel several decades earlier Saturday — maybe not by what happens in the stadium or on the field, but by how people access it. Or not. There’s no planned TV coverage of the practice session for the football team and no radio coverage, either. As of this writing, there’s not even any ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Ready, set, run with Special Olympics Pennsylvania (SOPA). More than 2,500 runners and walkers are expected to participate in the 17th annual Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run, presented by Sheetz. The run will take place at 11 a.m. Sunday at Penn State’s University Park campus. Runners and walkers of all ages and abilities will have the chance to participate in a 5K run or the Mount Nittany Health 2-mile Family Fun Walk. The Run will take participants through Penn State’s scenic campus before entering the famous Beaver Stadium tunnel and finishing on the ...
