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PSU point-counter point: Offense needs to click to defeat Badgers

By Cory Giger There’s no dress rehearsal, no time to ease into things playing a cupcake opponent. Penn State had better be ready to play right off the bat Saturday, and that means the new offense needs to be clicking early. James Franklin knows this. He’s said as much, noting the Nittany Lions had better be ready to go against a good Wisconsin team that surely will be fired up playing in front of a packed Camp Randall Stadium. The best formula to beat Wisconsin involves basic common sense. Get a lead early and force the Badgers into playing catchup, which is harder to do for a ...

PGA’s DeChambeau makes things interesting

Bryson DeChambeau made huge headlines — and was roundly criticized — last month for comments he made during a post-round press conference at the British Open. After a particularly bad round of golf, DeChambeau blurted out, “the driver sucks,” seemingly blaming his poor performance on his equipment, not himself. Curiously, that same equipment will be on full display following an interesting announcement DeChambeau made earlier this week, accepting an invitation to the Professional Long Drivers Association World Championship, scheduled for late September. DeChambeau seemed ...

Tokyo Olympics disappointing for US Women’s National Team

The United States Women’s National Soccer Team, heavily favored to capture gold in the past Olympics, had to battle fiercely to top Australia, 4-3, in the bronze medal consolation game. The American women jumped out to a healthy 3-0 lead at halftime and were up 4-1 at one point in the second half but had to hold on at the end. Carli Lloyd, 39 and in her fourth appearance in the Olympics, became the first woman in U.S. Women’s National Team history to score in four games. She is the all-time leading scorer for the U.S. women. Shortly after the final game, Lloyd announced her ...

‘Battle-tested’ Clifford looking forward, not back

UNIVERSITY PARK — For a guy whose last season saw the Nittany Lions stumble to an 0-5 start for the first time in their history that included his temporary benching, quarterback Sean Clifford somehow emerged with unshaken confidence. Clifford returns as this year’s starter and while the journalism major knows the No. 1 Penn State storyline — how he bounces back under his third offensive coordinator in three years — he was only going to endure the line of questioning so long. “I know there were times I didn’t play to my expectations, and I’m not going to deny what ...

Change in high school football is looming in fall air

There has been plenty of change going into the 2021 high school football season with teams switching conferences and dropping their programs to join co-ops, but there’s reason to think that it could just be the tip of the iceberg. District 6 chairman Bill Marshall said he expected “a lot ...

Williamsburg football should be measured in respect

There’s something special about the start of the high school football season, be it the fall chill in the air, the beginning of another academic year or the fact that everybody’s undefeated. It’s all especially magnified in a small town, where Friday nights become a stadium gathering of anticipation, spirit and a place to celebrate community. Sadly in Williamsburg, after 95 years of football, that’s no longer. The Blue Pirates learned last week that their program would be merging with neighboring Juniata Valley. Board president and community leader Barry England became ...