Mike Poorman
Mike Poorman has covered Penn State football since 1979. He is a senior lecturer in Penn State's College of Communications and teaches a pair of classes in the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism: sportswriting and "Joe Paterno, Communications & The Media." Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PSUPoorman. His views and opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Penn State University.
Articles by Mike Poorman
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Penn State Football: O’Brien Epitomizes the New Face of Penn State Athletics |
| 4 days ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Bill O’Brien represents the new face of Penn State athletics, not just Penn State football. That’s especially true after 18 stops in seven states over 1,968 miles and 17 days on his recent Coaches Caravan. [Read More] |
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Bill O’Brien is the CEO of Penn State Football |
| 2 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Bill O'Brien has been the Nittany Lions’ boss for all of 18 weeks. But his management style as CEO of Penn State football -- which netted $53 million in 2010-2011 -- is already clear, says quarterbacks coach Charlie Fisher: "He lets you know what he wants and how he wants it.” [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: O’Brien Eyes Alabama, Southern Cal and Stanford |
| 2 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| HAZLETON, Pa. — Bill O’Brien has his sights set on making his thumbprint on Penn State’s future football schedules. He said Tuesday he would like to add some non-conference powers such as Alabama, Southern Cal and Stanford. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: Bill O’Brien’s Ten Commandments for His Starting Quarterback |
| 3 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Penn State coach Bill O’Brien thinks he knows who will be his starting quarterback this fall. And he knows exactly what that QB needs to do to be No. 1. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: 14 Quarterbacks Later, McGloin May Be No. 1 Again |
| 4 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Since 2008, Penn State has had a total of 15 quarterbacks -- starters, backups, mop-up guys, Wildcats, summer workout drillers, walk-ons and scout team heroes. Wildcats aside, Matt McGloin has filled every one of those roles. Now, he wants to be No. 1 ... again. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: Past and Paterno Not Part and Parcel of Blue-White Game |
| 4 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| It was more like watching O’Brien – and his team and the game and the quarterback derby – than truly missing Paterno. Still, even the memory of the longtime Penn State icon seemed to be missing during Saturday’s scrimmage and accompanying festivities. That wasn’t by accident. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: Playbook New But Not Yet New England |
| 4 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Fans saw about 10 percent of Penn State's playbook, said head coach Bill O’Brien. In other words, don’t take offense by the Penn State offense that was on display in Saturday’s Blue-White Game in Beaver Stadium. In the words of Gertrude Stein, there’s no there. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: Making the Case for Matt McGloin |
| 5 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Seven reasons why No. 11 could be No. 1 when the 2012 season begins. Penn State coach Bill O’Brien’s decision will most likely be Matt McGloin, a former walk-on. He’s not a lock, but he is the clubhouse leader. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: Open Practice Raises a (Silas) Redd Flag |
| 7 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| It’s one thing to see Silas Redd in a game from the stands or on TV. But to watch the running back go through his paces standing less than a first down away during spring drills is to get a true appreciation of the multitude of his skills. [Read More] |
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Penn State Football: 60 Minutes of Spring Practice With Bill O’Brien |
| 8 weeks ago - StateCollege.com - Mike Poorman | |
| Eighty days into the job, Penn State coach Bill O'Brien had March 26 circled as a red-letter date: the first official day of spring drills. And as O'Brien went from the tight ends to the quarterbacks to the receivers on a blustery Monday, it was clear the winds of change had arrived. [Read More] |
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