September 2022
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The Middle Third Will Once Again Determine Penn State Football’s Fate
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Penn State football is hitting that treacherous part of its schedule where it really needs to make hay. And where James Franklin needs to earn his big bucks. The crux of the schedule. The meat of the order. The big boys. The gut check. They all are the same thing. Call it The Middle Third.…
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Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Up to No. 11 in Latest AP Poll
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Penn State football survived yet another chaotic week across the country on Saturday afternoon to the tune of a 33-14 victory over Central Michigan, improving to 4-0 on the year and rising three spots to No. 11 in the latest AP Poll, which was released on Sunday afternoon. Elsewhere in the Big Ten, the top…
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Penn State Football: Northwestern Clash Set for ESPN Broadcast
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Penn State football’s 3:30 p.m. meeting with Northwestern next weekend will air on ESPN, the program announced on Sunday morning. The Nittany Lions are coming off a 33-14 victory over Central Michigan this past Saturday to improve to 4-0 on the year. Northwestern dropped to 1-3 on the year after falling 17-14 to Miami (Ohio)…
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Fighting Inflation: Consider 5 Options to Stem the Rising Tide
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Inflation has risen to levels that many parts of the developed world haven’t seen for 40 years. In fact, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been higher than the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) 2% goal for over a year. That means most households are paying an extra $430 a month for the same goods and services…
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Stay the Course Amid Market Volatility
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The Standard & Poor’s 500 is an index that best gauges large capitalization U.S. equities that are publicly traded. The S&P 500 Index is capitalization weighted. This means companies are represented more heavily in the index where components with higher market caps carry a greater percentage weight in the index (more shares on the market…
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Handing Out the Grades Following Penn State’s 33-14 Win over Central Michigan
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Penn State beat Central Michigan 33-14 in one of those games you will forget about as soon as you wake up tomorrow. The Nittany Lions did enough on both sides of the ball to win while Central Michigan did enough to make things interesting just long enough for fans to get annoyed on a beautiful…
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Penn State Football in Love with Amor as Nittany Lions Look to Stabilize Special Teams
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Of all the things that has made Penn State a formidable program in recent years, few of them have been as important as the Nittany Lions’ ability to punt, flipping the field and giving opponents long odds to finish a possession with a touchdown. Between the likes of Jordan Stout and Blake Gillikin, the Nittany…
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The Takeaway from Penn State’s Defense vs. Central Michigan? Turnovers. Lots of ’em
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Every week in the Penn State defense’s meeting room inside Lasch Building, first-year D-coordinator Manny Diaz shows a tape of what the Man Who Invented the Turnover Chain calls havoc plays. The stuff that really terrifies offenses: interceptions, forced fumbles, fumble recoveries. It’s the kind of horror film that his turnover-hungry defenders love to watch.…
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Ugly but Necessary, Win Illuminates Penn State Football’s Fix-It List
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There are two different truths to take from Penn State’s 33-14 sleepwalk over Central Michigan on Saturday. The first, a self-evident observation: Penn State has plenty to work on. There’s no sugarcoating the slog everyone was subjected to on Saturday, the sort of game that makes you brush your teeth afterwards just to get the…
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Penn State Pulls Away in Second Half to Beat Central Michigan 33-14
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No. 14 Penn State (4-0, Big Ten 1-0) overcame a slow start to beat Central Michigan (1-3) 33-14 on Saturday afternoon at Beaver Stadium. A week after the Nittany Lions’ dominant defensive performance against Auburn, Manny Diaz’s squad again changed the game, generating chaos plays. On the back of running back Kaytron Allen’s 111 yards…