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The Penn State Nittany Lions got a little bit of timely help to score a key touchdown in Saturday’s showdown with Minnesota. Trailing 31-19 with 3:54 left, the play clock appeared to expire before the Nittany Lions snapped the ball on a key 3rd …
Penn State coach James Franklin was not happy after players wore shirts supporting teammate Jonathan Sutherland during pregame warmups without permission or discussion. Sutherland was thrown into the spotlight after a Penn State supporter wrote a …
James Franklin apparently has not been aware of all the criticism that’s been levied against coaches for making conservative decisions and not going for wins at the end of games. The Penn State coach made a terrible decision that cost the …
College football reminded everyone on Saturday what makes it so much fun to watch. Within minutes of each other, three top-10 teams all went down on Saturday evening. No. 2 Georgia got throttled by No. 13 LSU, losing 36-16 in Death Valley. The Tigers …
Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley entered 2018 as one of the favorites to win the Heisman Trophy, but he is on pace for his worst statistical season in his three years as a starter. If his wide receivers started catching some passes, that might …
Penn State got stuffed on the play of the game with just over a minute to go against Ohio State on Saturday night, leading to heavy criticism over their playcall. The Nittany Lions had a 4th-and-5 situation at Ohio State’s 43 with just over a …
Saquon Barkley is clearly of the belief that rivalries must be competitive. The New York Giants running back took a shot at Pitt on Thursday, saying that despite their best efforts, they can’t call themselves rivals of Barkley’s alma …
The opening week of the college football season gave us some surprising results. Highly-ranked teams looked like they couldn’t justify the hype. Five Top 25 teams fell during the opening weekend, with one going down to an unranked opponents and …
The college football season is upon us, and expectations vary per team. Only a select few programs have a realistic shot of reaching the College Football Playoff. For some schools, it will be a disappointing season if they don’t achieve that …
College football season is just around the corner, and it will only be a matter of time before the legitimate preseason polls are out. Too much weight can be put into these, but they’re the best we have before games are played, so they’re …
Alabama is entering the 2018 season with two quarterbacks who are clearly worthy of being starters, and that puts them in a position that many teams cannot relate to. But do they have the best quarterback depth in the country? One QB from another …
CJ Holmes was a relatively heavily recruited four-star running back who committed to Notre Dame back in 2016, but he did not last long at South Bend after he was arrested in connection with a shoplifting incident. Fortunately for him, Holmes is …
Pitt and Penn State are set to play each other in the next two college football seasons, but the rivalry could be put on hold for a while after that. The two Pennsylvania programs do not have a meeting on their schedules beyond 2019. Pitt’s AD …
A movie that focused on the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal at Penn State aired over the weekend, and several of the school’s former football players are furious over the way the late Joe Paterno was depicted. In a statement they issued on …
Penn State spent part of its weather delay during Saturday’s game against Michigan State by enjoying a pizza party. According to Penn State reporter Richard Scarcella, Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour said players were being fed pizza …
Penn State proved that it is one of the best teams in the country on Saturday night with a dominant performance against Michigan, and one Wolverines player was in no mood to hear it from the fans at Beaver Stadium after the game. The Nittany Lions …
