Sorting through the blue and white mailbag while grateful (in case there’s no bowl) for another year of your letters: Neil: With the steady stream of committed recruits now decommitting accelerated by the hiring of James Franklin at Virginia Tech, is Pat Kraft boxed in to hiring a current ...

Since he became Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith has put things bluntly. Smith admits, after this weekend’s regular-season finale at Rutgers he’s not sure what comes next for a program still seeking a permanent head coach. “We’re encouraging our guys to keep an open mind,” ...

Penn State Offense: Why did it take a new head coach and 10 games for PSU to realize what it had in the backfield, to keep it simple and ride those two backs? I don’t care how hyped Drew Allar was, run the ball with your two dynamic weapons and let everything feed off that. Makes sense why ...

As much as the media that covers Penn State likes Terry Smith (and, why not, many of them have been covering him in some form for more than three decades), the contingent has also been fair and honest about his chances to become the program’s head coach. They’ve chronicled the hype and ...

As disappointing as Penn State’s season turned out to be, it’s worth remembering that in college football, like in life, there is always someone who has it worse. Entering the final week of the regular season, eight teams are still searching for their first conference win, and 13 teams ...

Yes, and the sooner, the better. Since firing James Franklin on Oct. 12, Pat Kraft has had more than six weeks to interview and feel out the landscape of availability. Most of the candidates with the biggest names or resumes — Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Curt Cignetti, Mike Elko — either ...