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Franklin springs into action with his QBs

James Franklin approached last season with a specific plan at quarterback. Sean Clifford was the starter, and opportunities would be identified for Drew Allar to gain experience as the backup. It played out as Franklin hoped, and the Nittany Lions wound up 11-2, Rose Bowl champions and ranked No. 7. Now, although the Lions will enter the 2023 season highly ranked — some early polls have them in or around the top 5 — their projected No. 1 quarterback, probably Allar, has zero career starts. That’s one of the reasons Franklin said Tuesday that all three quarterbacks — Allar, ...

PSU has four back for one more shot

Penn State will have four returning national champions coming back for another shot at glory this weekend, and two of them have received top-seeds in their respective brackets. Roman Bravo-Young is No. 1 at 133 pounds, while Carter Starocci is top seed at 174. The other two returning national champs in Aaron Brooks (184) and Max Dean (197) are seeded third and ninth, respectively. The Lions will have wrestlers in nine of the 10 weight classes. Also competing for PSU are sixth-seeded Beau Bartlett (141), 13th-seeded Shayne Van Ness (149), second-seeded Levi Haines (157), 13th-seeded ...

Associated Press: PSU vs A&M on must-see television list

The NCAA Tournament has arrived. The First Four games in Dayton, Ohio started Tuesday night, meaning there were 68 teams battling it out for the national championship in men’s basketball. Sweet 16 weekend will see games in New York City, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Missouri, and Louisville, Kentucky. The Final Four is in Houston. The semifinals are on April 1, with the title game on April 3. Here is what you need to know to follow the action. TOP SEEDS The top four seeds in the tourney are Alabama, Houston, Kansas, and Purdue. Each is in a region, some tougher than others (on paper), ...

Sports at a glance

Lions hire Deion Barnes UNIVERSITY PARK – Penn State football coach James Franklin announced the hiring of Deion Barnes as defensive line coach for the Nittany Lions on Monday. Barnes spent the last three years on staff as a graduate assistant working with the defensive line. “We are excited to have Deion represent his alma mater as our defensive line coach,” Franklin said. “I have really been impressed watching him grow as a coach and leader these last three seasons. Deion’s passion for Penn State and the defensive line room has been a differentiator. It is clear to me ...

Comeback falls short for Nittany Lions

CHICAGO — Zach Edey draped the net around his neck and had no plans to relinquish it until whenever coach Matt Painter asked for it. He wanted to soak up every last drop of this moment. Edey scored 30 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, and No. 5 Purdue hung on to beat Penn State 67-65 in the ...

Nittany Lions find a way into Big Ten semifinal round

From Mirror, wire reports CHICAGO — Seth Lundy scored 16 points, Jalen Pickett had 15 points and nine rebounds and No. 10 seed Penn State beat second-seeded Northwestern 67-65 in overtime on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament. “I’m proud of our guys,” ...