September 2023

EVANSTON, Ill. – Garbage time isn’t garbage time to players who want to prove themselves. Enter Penn State running back Trey Potts, a Williamsport native and Minnesota transfer looking for an opportunity to take what he learned in the snowy north and make the most of it back home in central Pennsylvania. There was a…

Penn State has managed to get through the first five weeks of the season without any critically important injuries but will happily take the bye week to nurse some wounds. Saturday only added to that need as starting guard JB Nelson and co-starting running back Kaytron Allen both left the game with injuries. “Going into…

Penn State coach James Franklin. Photo by Mikey DeAngelis | Onward State

No. 6 Penn State (5-0, 3-0) fell behind early but turned it on in the second half to defeat Northwestern (2-3, 1-2) 41-13 on Saturday in Evanston, Illinois. After trailing 10-3 and going into halftime tied, the Nittany Lions outscored Northwestern 31-3 in the second half as the Penn State defense clamped down and the…

On paper, a game between Northwestern and Penn State should be a fairly straightforward affair. But as they say, the game isn’t played on paper. So even as the Nittany Lions look to improve to 5-0 on the year and 2-0 on the road in Big Ten play this season, Penn State will still have…

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar is every bit his 6-foot-5, 242 pound frame. He might not move as fast as some of his predecessors, but he has the power, and in ultra-short fourth down situations, all you really need is your very large quarterback to go under center, and then push him forward. Last weekend…