PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Penn State closed the regular season with a victory over Rutgers on Saturday, and now it will turn its full attention to hiring James Franklin’s replacement. The Nittany Lions won their third-straight game under interim coach Terry Smith by holding off the Knights, ...
Some nitpicking as the Nittany Lions draw the curtain on a lost season: Penn State’s coaching search should be coming to a close. With the regular season ending Saturday at Rutgers, and the early recruiting signing period beginning Wednesday (through Friday), it’s quite possible James ...
Here are some Penn State items to chew on while you are eating Thanksgiving leftovers through the weekend: - You have to wonder if this is a situation that PSU athletic director Pat Kraft wanted to be in with the regular season ending tomorrow. The logic says that Kraft wouldn’t fire James ...
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 ...
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 ...
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,” ...
