Following Alex Trebek’s passing in 2020, a variety of guest hosts, including Ken Jennings, Mayim Bialik and Aaron Rodgers filled in as temporary hosts on “Jeopardy.” Eventually, executives chose to stick with Jennings as a permanent host. Personally, I thought Rodgers did an admirable ...
Brohm worthy of consideration This a first. I didn’t agree with Neil Rudel or Cory Giger on Penn State’s next coach in last week’s PSU point-counterpoint. No thanks to Matt Rhule. He might be good at cranking out 8-4 and 9-3 seasons at Penn State, but we’ve been there, done that. Thankfully, he signed at extension at Nebraska. We need to make a splash hire. Brian Hartline? Cory mentions one of the reasons he backs him, and he says it’s “very important.” He knows “better than anyone else available how to actually beat Ohio State.” We threw $3 million at The Mad ...
Pat Kraft destroyed what was left of Penn State football. I’ve been a fan and around Penn State football players since 1994. Tied for No. 1 with Nebraska, and we didn’t end up getting the top spot. But college football was emerging slowing and evolutionarily into the playoff base and even beyond that to making college football less amateur and more professional. Kraft is literally showing the entire nation how not to athletically direct an ailing and down-trended football team. The right time to fire a head coach is after the season. You simply announce it after ...
A blade of grass is at the root of the latest Penn State football drama. Had the Big Ten replay official upheld the blade of grass fumble vs. Oregon, the Lions would not have been demoralized, they would have rolled over UCLA and Northwestern, and James Franklin would still be at Lasch. As it turned out, fan fervor generated amidst the White Out spectacle could not survive a crushing loss. Franklin’s fatal error was courting and hiring “rock star” coordinators. OC Andy Kotelnicki, who sits alone without a consigliere in the press box, I guess because he thinks he doesn’t ...
I’ve been saying for years James Franklin has taken Penn State football as far as he can. Little did I know it would be in reverse. What hurts is how it appears that the team, coaches, administration are indifferent to mediocrity. Players seem indifferent and definitely not disciplined (ie: throwing the ball in end zone by the tight end caused PSU to kickoff from 20). This team needs some tough love — like 12 weeks at Paris Island or Fort Jackson S.C. I thought 12 years ago and hearing Denny Douds, the longtime East Stroudsburg head coach speak highly of his ex-quarterback, ...
After reading Neil Rudel’s column on Monday, I write today with serious concerns about his health. Has he missed doctor appointments or perhaps missed or expired medications that have affected him so badly that he actually predicted a 12-0 regular season for the Penn State football team? Or has the snake-oil head football coach finally gotten into his head and marginalized a once brilliant sports editor/reporter? OK, I’m going to try and believe that it’s nothing more serious than a missed eye appointment that caused Rudel to miss Ohio State and Oregon on this year’s printed ...
