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Changes needed for CFP format

Notes and observations after the conclusion of the college bowl season and inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff tournament: n The new 12-team format brought added excitement and intrigue to this season’s postseason tournament, and eliminated much of the controversy that surrounded teams that were put in, and left out, of the College Football Playoffs, under the previous too-narrow four-team format. However, this year’s expanded postseason didn’t go off without question marks. The postseason seedings, mandating that conference champions from each of the Power Five ...

Hoops du Jour

Women: PSU at Michigan St. Tipoff: 6:30 p.m., Breslin Center, East Lansing, Mich. Records: Penn State (10-9, 1-7 in Big Ten); Michigan State (15-3, 5-2 in Big Ten) TV: Big Ten+ Radio: WRAX-FM 106.5 Notable: Penn State is playing its fourth ranked opponent in a row. … Gabby Elliott has scored in double figures in seven straight games and was key in PSU’s upset win over Ohio State on Sunday. … Penn State leads the all-time series 31-25 despite MSU winning the last three. … Michigan State has been in the AP top 25 since December, the first time MSU has been ranked since ...

PSU men end losing streak vs. Rutgers

The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Ace Baldwin Jr. had 22 points, Yanic Konan Niederhauser scored 18 and Penn State snapped a four-game losing streak with an 80-72 victory over Rutgers on Monday night. Baldwin made 6 of 16 shots with three 3-pointers and 7 of 9 free throws for the Nittany Lions (13-6, 3-5 Big Ten Conference). He added eight assists and five steals. Niederhauser sank 7 of 8 shots and grabbed six rebounds. Nick Kern had 16 points and six rebounds for Penn State and Fred Dilone V scored 12 with four assists. Freshman Ace Bailey scored 30 on 13-for-15 shooting ...

Lady Lions knock off No. 9 OSU

UNIVERSITY PARK — Gabby Elliott scored 14 points, including a go-ahead layup with about 2¢ minutes to go, and Penn State held on to hand No. 9 Ohio State its first loss of the season, 62-59 on Sunday. Elliott had six points in the fourth quarter for the Lady Lions (10-9, 1-7 Big Ten), who snapped a seven-game losing skid. Jayla Oden added 13 points while Moriah Murray and Gracie Merkle scored 12 apiece in Penn State’s first win over an AP Top 25 team since February 2021. Cotie McMahon led the Buckeyes (17-1, 6-1) with 19 points. Chance Gray finished with 18 but missed a ...

Retention gets Lions quick start on ’25

Some followup notes from the 2024 season while looking ahead at 2025: n This week has proven, once again, James Franklin is better off the field than he is on it. Fresh from another come-from-ahead loss in a big game, this one to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal, the Nittany Lions got home Friday, and by Monday, Franklin had convinced his top players with eligibility remaining to return for 2025. His results were as impressive as the Lions’ late-game execution vs. the Irish was not. Both 1,000-yard running backs, Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen, will be ...

First Big Ten road dual no trouble for Penn State

From Mirror reports LINCOLN, Neb — The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team rolled to a 31-7 win over Nebraska in its first Big Ten road dual of the season Friday night. The Nittany Lions dominated the dual from the onset in front of a record crowd of more than 6,600 fans in the Devaney Center, winning eight of 10 bouts in the process. The dual began at 174. Junior Levi Haines, ranked No. 2 at 174, got Penn State off to a hot start with a strong 9-2 win over No. 15 Lenny Pinto off two takedowns, two escapes and a riding time point. Graduate Carter Starocci, ranked No. 1 at ...