MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — It’s difficult to get to within a field goal of playing for the national championship and still consider this a disappointing season. So I won’t do that. But certainly, Thursday night brought a disappointing ending to a memorable year, and the disappointment is ...

By Andy Elder For the Mirror UNIVERSITY PARK –– As the season wears on, the numbers the No. 1 Penn State wrestling team keeps compiling get more and more stupefying. The latest example came Friday night in front of another Rec Hall sell-out crowd of 6,368. The Nittany Lions blanked ...

By Eddie Pells The Associated Press MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — A diving interception off an ill-advised pass set up Notre Dame’s trip to play for the program’s 12th national title after a thrill-a-minute 27-24 victory over Penn State on Thursday night in the Orange Bowl. Defensive back ...

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — James Franklin talked all week about this being a “four-quarter game,” and boy was he right. Though the Nittany Lions got off to strong start, outrushed Notre Dame 141-15 in the first half and looked like they were the ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 27-24 loss to Notre Dame in a College Football Playoff semifinal/Orange Bowl game on Thursday night at Hard Rock Stadium: Play of the game: With 37 seconds left, Drew Allar was intercepted on a pass over ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Blair County and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy were represented in the College Football Playoff semifinal Thursday night at the Orange Bowl. BG has one player on both the Notre Dame and Penn State teams. Andrew Yanoshak is a senior tight end with the Fighting Irish while ...