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First glimpse of ’23 Lions on display

UNIVERSITY PARK — Due to Covid and some personnel challenges the last couple of years, Penn State scaled back its Blue-White Game, but with the roster restored and sensing the anticipation of the upcoming season, James Franklin wanted to get back to a “traditional” spring game. Which means more real action and less of a controlled scrimmage. He wants to see how his young players react in front of a crowd in addition to rewarding the fans who make the trip as the game typically draws about 70,000. Kickoff/TV: The game kicks off at 2 p.m. today, and the Big Ten Network will ...

Penn State must ‘Kraft’ an answer for Shrewsberry exit

Micah Shrewsberry, we hardly knew ye. After just two years that included a late-season surge and a trip to the NCAA Tournament, Shrewsberry is going to Notre Dame, Penn State is looking for a new basketball coach, and many Nittany Lion fans are disappointed and feeling scorned. The online ...

Keeping Shrewsberry must be Penn State’s priority

Tourney opener Who: Penn State (No. 10 seed) vs. Texas A&M (No. 7 seed) When: Thursday, 9:55 p.m. Where: Des Moines, Iowa Region: Midwest TV: TBS Oddsmakers: Nittany Lions are 3.5-point underdogs As Penn State was storming its way to the Big Ten championship game — punching its ...

Penn State poised to begin ‘march’

March Madness is upon us, one of the special stretches of the sports calendar. And this year, Penn State has a chance to join the party. Since the NCAA Tournament displaced the NIT as the nation’s premier basketball event by the mid-1960s, the Nittany Lions have advanced to the Big Dance just four times (1991, 1996, 2001 and 2011). They would have gone in 2020, but Covid got in the way. Winning five of its last six games has put Penn State in position to gain an at large-bid to the field of 68, presuming the Nits don’t win the Big Ten and capture the automatic berth. But to ...

Momentum for PSU building for 2023

Sorting through some Penn State related notes while coming to the realization that college football has no offseason: You have to go back a long time — probably since 1994 — to recall Penn State being in a better position to contend for the national championship than the Nittany Lions are right now. In the way-too-early Top 25 preseason rankings, Penn State currently sits anywhere between No. 5 and No. 7. Georgia, of course, is No. 1 and will be until it’s dethroned. Ohio State and Michigan remain ahead of Penn State, which is in the mix with Alabama, Tennessee, USC and LSU, ...

Pursuing greatness in new era

Penn State ended the season as Rose Bowl champions at 11-2 and in good position to challenge for the 2023 Big Ten championship and a berth in the College Football Playoff. And what the Nittany Lions have accomplished on the field will help them off the field, where the ability to raise money for Name Image and Likeness will be needed to keep the current roster intact and continue building on it. If you’ve followed college football for a long time, chances are you don’t like the two things dominating the conversation in college sports these days: NIL and the transfer portal. I’m ...