James Franklin didn’t think his team was equipped to beat Oregon in the Big Ten championship game last season. Things are different now. The No. 3 Nittany Lions have spent the nine months since their 45-37 loss to the Ducks in the conference title game retooling their wide receiving corps ...
Just seven games ago, the last time the Nittany Lions saw Oregon, with a Big Ten title and a No. 1 ranking on the line, they showed up in Indianapolis with a matador defense. It’s difficult to remember a team with the speed the Ducks showed that night in bolting to a 28-10 first-half lead ...
It won’t matter what Penn State’s offense does against Oregon if the Lions give up 45 points again, like they did in last year’s Big Ten championship game defeat. My big key to this game, therefore, is the secret weapon Penn State hired during the offseason and paid a whopping salary of ...
Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Oregon (7:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock) Records: Penn State (3-0), Oregon (4-0) Odds: Penn State is a 3.5-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 3 by the Associated Press. Oregon is ...
Miami leapfrogged LSU and Penn State into the No. 2 spot behind Ohio State in the fifth week of AP Top 25 rankings. It’s the Hurricanes’ highest ranking since 2017, off the heels of a 26-7 win against unranked rival Florida and two defeats against ranked opponents before that. No. 3 Penn ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Tony Rojas was thinking way too much last season. It was a side effect of playing hurt. On almost every play, the Penn State linebacker’s subconscious would remind him of the pain soon to follow should he lead with his ailing right shoulder. While it wasn’t enough to ...
