It’s difficult to remember a more challenging situation than the one facing the Nittany Lions Saturday. They’re in Columbus, where they’ve won twice since 1978 — in 2008 when Mark Rubin punched the ball loose from Terrelle Pryor and in 2011 with Tom Bradley as the interim coach — to ...
IOWA CITY — In his first game as Penn State’s interim coach, Terry Smith came here not certain if the Nittany Lions would win but certain they would give a maximum effort that was clearly absent during the last three games of James Franklin’s tenure. And Smith was right. Despite a ...
IOWA CITY — Following are the highlights and lowlights from Penn State’s 25-24 loss to Iowa on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium: Play of the game: Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski broke a 67-yard run to the PSU 8, setting up a touchdown that gave the Hawkeyes a 25-24 lead with 3:54 ...
Following is Neil Rudel’s report card from Penn State’s 25-24 loss to Iowa on Saturday night at Kinnick Stadium: Quarterback: C+ For his first start, on the road, at night, Grunk did OK. He was 15 of 28 for just 93 yards, but he managed the line of scrimmage well and made some key ...
This is the most tumultuous week of Penn State football since Joe Paterno was abruptly fired in 2011. Tom Bradley was named the interim coach at that time, and in their first game after the controversial dismissal, in an emotion-filled Beaver Stadium, the Nittany Lions played tough against ...
UNIVERSITY PARK — Pat Kraft went to bed Saturday night trying to come to grips with Saturday’s 22-21 loss to Northwestern and knowing he faced the biggest decision of his career. He planned to take another day “to sleep on it Sunday,” but the more he thought, the more he concluded it ...
