Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas, Penn State. Your early present: The easiest playoff path for a No. 6 seed in the history of sports! Heck no, Penn State would not have been better off beating Oregon and winning the Big Ten title. The reward for being the No. 1 overall seed would have been a ...
What we saw at Minnesota a few weeks ago was a coaching clinic by James Franklin, who looked like a genius pulling one correct string after another with a fake punt and other gutsy calls to secure a victory. Given the recency bias, one could harp heavily on that game as a basis for saying ...
For the record, I’m not the biggest Drew Allar fan. Still think he’s overrated, and still question how effective he’ll ever be in the NFL. But I want to give credit where credit is due, and to that end, I’ve been much more impressed by the quarterback this season. Furthermore, since ...
Too many obstacles in the way to become consistently elite By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com No, Penn State will not become a consistently elite program. Why? Let me count the ways. 1. James Franklin is not a good enough coach. He beats up on weaker competition but is 1-14 against ...
What is PSU’s best formula for beating Ohio State? By Cory Giger sports@altoonamirror.com Everybody keeps heaping all kinds of praise on Andy Kotelnicki as an offensive coordinator. Be that as it may, he needs to be doing his job better in the first half. The Lions scored seven ...
I love rankings! Always have, always will. I remember as a kid how I couldn’t wait to go to the store to see if they had a Street & Smith magazine preseason college basketball or football rankings issue. Man, I would spend hours combing through those things, back before the internet and ...