It was telling just how good Dani Dennis-Sutton was last weekend that James Franklin mentioned Dennis-Sutton in the same sentence as Micah Parsons. Dennis-Sutton had two forced fumbles against Nevada, the first Nittany Lion to do that since Parsons in 2019. You know, that Micah Parsons. The ...
Sorting through the blue and white mailbag: Neil: I was glued to the scoreboard to get results of No. 1 Texas vs. No. 3 Ohio State last week along with other Top-10 matchups involving ND, Clemson, LSU, Alabama and Florida State. James Franklin is ahead of the curve with the three scrimmages before the White Out game — a real game. If we lose to Oregon and for sure against OSU, we won’t make the big dance with the rest of the schedule. Ed Hill Altoona Ed: Your scenario would compromise PSU’s case. But even at 10-2, depending on how the rest of the Big Ten fares, it’s ...
Offense Penn State: Scoring on eight of its first nine possessions last week was good. Settling for four field goals was not. Nor was running game averaging just 3.8 yards per carry against Charmin-like defense. Says a lot that PSU’s receivers had nine first-half catches after having just one game with double-digit receptions a year ago, that coming vs. Kent State. FIU: Panthers looked strong in coach Willie Simmons’ debut, scoring touchdowns on their first four series with all four drives covering 67 or more yards. Equally impressive was the balance with nearly identical yardage ...
He’s been the lead college football analyst for any network that’s paid him for the past three-plus decades, and Gary Danielson’s fan-focused, pragmatic approach has been the key to that ongoing success. Danielson, the No. 1 game analyst for CBS Sports, opened his 36th and final ...
It appears the College Football Playoff selection committee finally decided to administer some long-overdue tough love. The introduction of a new metric to assess performance in relation to schedule strength will reward teams that defeat higher-quality opponents and minimize the impact of ...
The Big 12 is in its 30th football season, 20 years after last winning a national championship and now in a much different era of the game than when the conference started. Like many 30-year-olds, the league has gotten bigger while going through plenty of ups and downs. There have already been some this season. TCU provided a much better finish to the Big 12’s holiday weekend than how it began. The Horned Frogs won 48-14 at North Carolina to spoil Bill Belichick’s debut in a prime-time Labor Day game highly anticipated because of the 73-year-old coach who won six Super Bowl ...
