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Women: St. John’s at PSU Tipoff: 7 p.m., Bryce Jordan Center, University Park Records: St. John’s (6-1); Penn State (8-0) TV: Big Ten Network Notable: Penn State is off to an 8-0 start for the third time in school history and first time since the 1993-1994 season. … PSU has won 17 straight non-conference home games, the longest streak in school history. … Penn State is 2-0 all time against St. John’s with the last meeting coming last year, a 69-53 win in Queens. … St. John’s is coming off its first loss of the season to Harvard. … St. John’s, like PSU, was also ...

Highs & Lows

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 44-7 victory over Maryland on Saturday at Beaver Stadium: Play of the game: On fourth-and-1 from Maryland’s own 30, trailing 10-7 in the second quarter, the Terps went up the gut and were stoned by Abdul Carter and Tyrece Mills. The Lions took over and quickly went up 17-7. Offensive player of the game: Nick Singleton racked up 170 yards in total offense on 17 touches — 87 yards on 13 rushes, three catches for 17 and a 66-yard kickoff return. Defensive ...

Defense has ‘no drop-offs’

By Andy Stine astine@altoonamirror.com UNIVERSITY PARK — No one on the Penn State sideline seemed to know the result of Saturday’s Michigan-Ohio State game but James Franklin. As for the players? “I didn’t find out until after the game,” cornerback Audavion Collins said. “We don’t use our phones in the locker room,” linebacker Tony Rojas said. “We found out after the game.” Whether they knew the result or not, It certainly didn’t seem to affect anyone, especially on the defensive side of the ball in the Lions’ 44-7 dismantling of Maryland. Outside of ...

Penn State demolishes Maryland, gets a spot in Big Ten championship

UNIVERSITY PARK — A run-of-the-mill Penn State home Saturday turned into anything but that just minutes prior to kickoff against Maryland. Ohio State lost to Michigan, 13-10, in Columbus, Ohio, over 300 miles away from Beaver Stadium, which opened the door for a Big Ten title appearance for ...

What is your all-time favorite memory of the Penn State Nittany Lions football program?

Good topic for Thanksgiving week. I’ll pick the low-hanging fruit of the Nittany Lions beating Miami in the Fiesta Bowl for the 1986 national championship. A case can also be made for the 1982 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia, which marked Penn State’s first national title, but I’m going with the 14-10 win over the Hurricanes. I was fortunate to be present for both games and have long considered the win over Miami as the No. 1 victory in school history, slightly ahead of beating Herschel Walker and the ’Dawgs on that magical night in New Orleans. Cory’s selection of the 2016 win ...

What is your all-time favorite memory of the Penn State Nittany Lions football program?

Penn State has such wonderful football tradition, but it’s really kind of divided into two distinct segments. If you’re an old guy, like Neil (hahaha), you have a whole bunch of moments and games and achievements that you could pick as your favorite Nittany Lion memory. A huge portion of the fan base falls into that category. But, if you’re part of the large group of fans under the age of 40 or so, you don’t have as much to hang your hat on for great memories. You were too young for the elite play of the 1980s, so really all you have is the legendary 1994 team — and getting ...