September 2021
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Penn State Football: SEC Admits to Officiating Error on Intentional Grounding Call
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The Southeastern Conference released a statement on Saturday night following Penn State’s 28-20 victory over Auburn admitting the SEC officiating crew had mistakenly taken a down from the Nittany Lions following an intentional grounding call on Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford. Intentional grounding results by rule in a loss of downs. The conference’s statement reads…
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Penn State Football: Failures of 2020 Still Motivating Early Successes of 2021
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For as long as James Franklin has coached at Penn State the message has been the same. Don’t look toward the future. Don’t dwell in the past. Just stay in the present. It’s the kind of thing that has rolled more than a few eyeballs during media scrums as players spout a company line that…
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No. 10 Penn State Outlasts No. 22 Auburn 28-20
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No. 10 Penn State football (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) won its third straight game to open the season Saturday night, beating No. 22 Auburn (2-1) 28-20 in the White Out at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lions fell behind 3-0 early on, but they were able to get it going thanks to some offensive creativity and…
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Live Blog: Penn State Earns White Out Win Over Auburn
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The No. 10 Penn State football team will face No. 22 Auburn at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday in the White Out game at Beaver Stadium. Stick with us throughout the night for live updates. FINAL – PENN STATE 28, AUBURN 20 Penalties hurt the Auburn offense on its next drive, with an illegal substitution and…
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Centre County Adds 1 New COVID-19 Death, 72 Cases
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Centre County registered one new COVID-19 death and 72 more cases of the virus on Saturday, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The death is the county’s 233rd attributed to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic and second this month. The county had three COVID deaths in August and one in July. The…
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Four-Star Center Kebba Njie Commits to Penn State Men’s Basketball
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Penn State men’s basketball has added its fourth recruit to its Class of 2022. Four-star center Kebba Njie, from La Lumiere School in La Porte, Indiana, committed to the Nittany Lions Saturday afternoon. According to 247Sports’ composite rankings, he’s currently the second-highest rated commit in program history. Njie also is rated the No. 79 player in…
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Rece Davis: Happy Valley the ‘Place To Be’ This Weekend
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Rece Davis and the rest of ESPN’s College GameDay crew are ready to set up shop at 9 a.m. Saturday on Old Main Lawn ahead of Penn State’s primetime White Out matchup against Auburn. Davis, GameDay’s host, will be alongside Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, and the rest of the gang when the show kicks off…
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Kirk Herbstreit Expecting ‘Electric’ Atmosphere in White Out’s Return
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College GameDay is back in Happy Valley, and ESPN college football analyst Kirk Herbstreit couldn’t be happier. The former Ohio State quarterback’s love affair with Penn State has been well-documented, and College GameDay clearly feels the same way, as the show is now making its fifth-consecutive trip to the White Out. The group’s 2020 visit was obviously…
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Officials ‘Alarmed’ by Surge in COVID-19 Hospitalizations
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Mount Nittany Medical Center leadership on Friday expressed growing concern over the increase of COVID-19 hospitalizations — mostly of unvaccinated individuals — that have followed a surge in new cases of the virus in Centre County. As of Friday afternoon, the medical center is treating 42 COVID-19 inpatients, two and a half times the number…
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Board Approves Pay Increases for Penn State President, Two Vice Presidents
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Penn State President Eric Barron is getting a salary increase for his final year on the job. The university’s Board of Trustees on Friday approved Barron’s 2021-22 salary of $876,612, an increase of $21,384, or 2.5%. The board’s Subcommittee on Compensation recommended salary adjustments for Barron and two vice presidents based on general salary increases…