James Franklin urges his players not to immerse themselves on social media in order to stay on an even keel and keep a 1-0 mentality. He would do well to practice the same because it’s not pretty out there. After last week’s disheartening double-overtime loss to Oregon, Franklin’s ...
The Oregon game has been circled on everybody’s calendar since January. So, with an entire offseason, three cupcake games and a bye week to prepare, this is what James Franklin & Co. came up with? How does a Joe Moore Award candidate offensive line get worse? How does fourth year senior ...
Sorting through the blue and white mailbag: Neil: The Oregon game was lost when the schedule was released. You cannot play three “preseason” games and expect to be prepared to match the physicality of a team like Oregon. Our O-line was certainly not ready for the challenge. CJF claimed ...
Last weekend was the kind of loss that really hurts a legacy. That’s unfortunate because you can’t put all of Penn State’s offensive issues on quarterback Drew Allar. To be clear, Allar has been “inconsistent,” as James Franklin put it. Everybody has on the offensive end, according ...
Penn State Offense: Drew Allar constantly reminds me of Brett Favre. No, not the Super Bowl-winning version of Favre, who delivered in pressure moments. Just the version of Favre who would also counter that by making awful decisions at the most crucial times. Favre did it sometimes. Allar ...
Of all the lingering images from the Oregon-Penn State football weekend, the one that seems most meaningful and remains most striking for me happened nearly eight hours before kickoff. That’s when former All-America linebacker LaVar Arrington showed up as the guest picker for ESPN’s ...
