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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
PASADENA, Calif. — The significance of Monday’s decisive Rose Bowl victory wasn’t lost on Nick Singleton. Meeting reporters under the bleachers in a sprinkling rain, the Nittany Lions’ star freshman running back, whose electric 87-yard touchdown was one of the key plays in the 35-21 win over Utah, saw the game for what it was: A statement on Penn State’s immediate future. “A win like that means a lot going into next year,” Singleton, who rushed for 120 yards and two touchdowns on just seven carries, said. “Hopefully we’ll rank up a little higher, but it means a lot ...
PASADENA, Calif. — Sean Clifford saved his best for last. The Nittany Lions’ senior quarterback endured an up-and-down six-year career, especially in big games, but he was outstanding in leading a 35-21 victory over Pac-12 champion Utah in the Rose Bowl on Monday. Clifford completed ...
