Following is Neil Rudel’s report card from Penn State’s 28-17 loss to Ohio State on Saturday at Ohio Stadium: POSITION GRADE COMMENT Quarterback B- Down 21-0, Levis showed poise 6-11, 57 yards in relief and added toughness w 19 rushes for 34 ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — George Mason put together a strong second half to defeat the Penn State women’s basketball team, 78-68, Sunday afternoon at the Bryce Jordan Center. Junior Kamaria McDaniel finished with a team-best 15 points in addition to a career-high seven assists. Junior Alisia ...
No. 2 Ohio State gained some ground on No. 1 LSU in The Associated Press college football poll and Oregon dropped out of the top 10 after being upset by Arizona State. The Tigers remained No. 1 for the fifth straight week in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank, receiving 50 first-places ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — No one really gave Penn State much chance to win anyway as a 19-point underdog, and down 21-0 in the third quarter, the Nittany Lions were left for dead. Then some crazy stuff started happening. Ohio State got butterfingers and kept fumbling, the Lions capitalized in the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Penn State left its heart on the Ohio Stadium turf Saturday, gamely fighting back from a three-touchdown deficit, and at the heart of that fight was its backup quarterback. Will Levis was outstanding. In fact, it’s difficult to remember a Penn State quarterback coming ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 28-17 loss to Ohio State on Saturday at Ohio Stadium: Play of the game: Down 28-17 with 10 minutes remaining, Penn State moved from its 25 to the Ohio State 27 when Will Levis was intercepted by Justin Hilliard ...
Clifford injured during second half COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sean Clifford’s day in Columbus ended abruptly in the third quarter with an injury after taking a hit from linebacker Malik Harrison. After a wild snap, Clifford scooped up the bouncing ball and was able to get it off to Nick Bowers ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — When things were going well Saturday, Ohio State looked very much like it might be the best team in the country. But the Buckeyes let Penn State right back in the game with three costly fumbles, one negating a touchdown and the other two deep in their own territory that led ...
By Travis Johnson The Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK — Patrick Chambers sensed it at halftime. His team didn’t need a stern talking to and Penn State players certainly didn’t need to hear their coach yell and scream. So Chambers left them alone to calmly contemplate their ...
FIRST QUARTER Ohio State 7, Penn State 0: The Buckeyes took over at their 9 on their first series and drove 91 yards — all on the ground — in 13 plays. They tried one deep pass from midfield that was broken up, and the other 12 run plays gashed PSU’s defense. Quarterback Justin Fields ...
The Associated Press PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Cody White had career-highs with 11 receptions and three touchdowns and Michigan State kept its postseason bowl hopes alive by snapping a five-game losing streak with a 27-0 win over Rutgers on Saturday. White, who entered with two touchdown catches ...
Five things to look for as No. 9 Penn State travels to face No. 2 Ohio State in a showdown for the Big Ten East title. No. 1: Be ready The Nittany Lions must get off to a good start. Put another way, they can’t lose the game right away with a bad first quarter. It’s a noon kick. On ...
Penn State’s 2020 season starts today. OK, maybe that’s a stretch. Maybe the Nittany Lions shock the world and, as a 19-point underdog, stun Ohio State at the Horseshoe. And, obviously, if that happens, all of a sudden Penn State lands in the Big Ten championship game – probably ...
From Mirror reports TEMPE, Arizona — For the first time since February of 2015, the Penn State wrestling team suffered defeating, falling 19-18 at Arizona State Friday night in collegiate action. The Sun Devils were ranked sixth in the country. Penn State was No. 1. The two ...
In some alternate universe, where different decisions were made, Justin Fields will be starting at quarterback for Penn State on Saturday at Ohio State. It sure would be fun to see what that dynamic could look like. It almost really happened, too. But then, Fields went and got very, very ...
The question reminds me of the late 1970s, my very early days at the Mirror. At that time, there were three outstanding area small-school scholastic football teams that stood out — Southern Huntingdon, Bellwood-Antis and Juniata Valley. Each was coached by an old-school, run-first, tough ...
Penn State’s defense is not as good as everyone thought it was just a few weeks ago, which has been proven the past two games with the Nittany Lions looking inept at times against the pass. If PSU doesn’t fix that Saturday, it is going to get pounded by Ohio State. A painful reminder: The ...
By Ralph D. Russo The Associated Press Pac-12 powers No. 6 Oregon and No. 7 Utah are on the road this weekend, trying to continue their march to a mega-meeting with huge playoff ramifications in the conference championship game next month. They should also both be keeping an eye on the ...
We live in sad times, and there are reminders of that every single day. Now, I could go any one of 100 different directions with that setup. In this case, I’m going to stick to sports. Penn State football, specifically, and the troubling news that came out Tuesday. Nittany Lion quarterback ...
James Franklin doesn’t regret saying it. However, a year later, after setting the bar extremely high with a single word and having that word used against him on many occasions by many people, Franklin does acknowledge that he could have ...