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What is your all-time favorite memory of the Penn State Nittany Lions football program?

Good topic for Thanksgiving week. I’ll pick the low-hanging fruit of the Nittany Lions beating Miami in the Fiesta Bowl for the 1986 national championship. A case can also be made for the 1982 Sugar Bowl win over Georgia, which marked Penn State’s first national title, but I’m going with the 14-10 win over the Hurricanes. I was fortunate to be present for both games and have long considered the win over Miami as the No. 1 victory in school history, slightly ahead of beating Herschel Walker and the ’Dawgs on that magical night in New Orleans. Cory’s selection of the 2016 win ...

What is your all-time favorite memory of the Penn State Nittany Lions football program?

Penn State has such wonderful football tradition, but it’s really kind of divided into two distinct segments. If you’re an old guy, like Neil (hahaha), you have a whole bunch of moments and games and achievements that you could pick as your favorite Nittany Lion memory. A huge portion of the fan base falls into that category. But, if you’re part of the large group of fans under the age of 40 or so, you don’t have as much to hang your hat on for great memories. You were too young for the elite play of the 1980s, so really all you have is the legendary 1994 team — and getting ...

PSU suffers first setback

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Ian Schieffelin had 18 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists in leading Clemson to a 75-67 win over Penn State on Tuesday and the championship of the Sunshine Slam Beach Division. Chase Hunter added 17 points, Chauncey Wiggins 14 and Del Jones 10 for the Tigers (6-1), who shot 44% and made 9 of 19 3-pointers led by Hunter’s three. Ace Baldwin Jr. scored 20 points and had 11 assists, Yanic Konan Niederhauser added 14 points and Nick Kern Jr. 11 for the Nittany Lions (6-1), who shot 46% and were just 4 of 18 from the arc. Neither team had a double-digit lead in ...

SEC loses, but others gain

The Associated Press The Southeastern Conference’s losses were almost everyone else’s gain in the College Football Playoff rankings, with SMU nudging its way into the top 12 and Indiana staying in the mix at No. 10 despite a lopsided loss of its own. The 12-team bracket released Tuesday placed undefeated Oregon on top for the fourth straight week. It did not include Alabama or Mississippi of the SEC, both of which suffered their third losses of the season last week. That helped place SMU in the ninth spot, joining No. 6 Miami to give the Atlantic Coast Conference two teams in ...

Franklin’s festive spirit lightens mood

By Neil Rudel nrudel@altoonamirror.com Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Maryland (3:30 p.m., BTN) Records: Penn State (10-1 overall, 7-1 in the Big Ten), Maryland (4-7 overall, 1-7 in the Big Ten. Odds: Penn State is a 24-point favorite. Rankings: Penn State is ranked No. 4 by the Associated Press. Series: Penn State leads, 43-3-1 Thanksgiving banter Franklin has been hijacking the pre-Thanksgiving presser for several years by playfully asking members of the media their Turkey-Day preferences. Since ...

Focus on Gophers for Lions

By Dave Campbell The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — With Penn State’s strong push for a spot in the College Football Playoff still a couple of wins from completion, the biggest roadblock to a bid for the Nittany Lions in this favorable final third of their schedule has appeared with a ...