Mike Poorman

It was 15 seasons ago when D’Anton Lynn last stood on the Beaver Stadium turf for a fall football game as a Penn State cornerback. Lynn returns in 13 days as the Nittany Lions’ defensive coordinator, when Penn State hosts Marshall in the 2026 season opener. Time flies. In his stellar Penn State career from…

Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht is the most prominent transfer from Iowa State this past offseason. Other than head coach Matt Campbell, of course. In three seasons at Iowa State, Becht started 39 consecutive games for the Cyclones and Campbell, winning 26, and threw for over 9,200 yards and 64 touchdowns. A talented star QB…

It’s 18 days until No.18 Penn State opens its 139th season of college football under its 17th head coach, Matt Campbell. After quarterback Rocco Becht, one of the Nittany Lions’ biggest stars on offense — literally as well as figuratively — will be another No. 18, tight end Ben Brahmer. At 6-foot-7, the 250-pound Brahmer…

Penn State safeties coach Deon Broomfield was born in 1991, the same year his fellow defensive backfield coach Terry Smith was a Nittany Lion football team captain. That season, Smith helped lead Penn State to an 11-2 record, wins over Notre Dame and in the Fiesta Bowl, and a final ranking of No. 3 in…

Former Iowa State offensive lineman Trevor Buhr — now a Nittany Lion for the 2026 season — was a definite burr in the butts of opposing defenses on passing downs over the past two seasons with the Cyclones. A legit PIA. At Iowa State in 2024 and 2025, Buhr was a blocker for 534 offensive snaps…

Penn State football is as accessible and transparent as I’ve ever seen it, going back through my almost half-century of covering the Nittany Lions. So far, at least, and admittedly a small sample size. Of Penn State’s first five summer camp full-squad practices, three have been open to local media for upwards for two hours.…

Watching Matt Campbell on Wednesday at Penn State’s first official practice of preseason training camp, it seemed like just another day at the office for the Nittany Lions’ still-new head football coach. Wednesday afternoon under the hot summer sun was Day 243 of the Campbell Era at the Lasch outdoor practice fields, as local media…

Brett Brackett knows all about overcoming big odds. It’s been nearly 16 years since he became a household word in Happy Valley doing just that. The date was Nov. 6, 2010, and inside Beaver Stadium, Penn State was on the 7-yard line and trailing Northwestern 21-0 with three seconds left in the first half. At…

Good-bye, Air Force 1s. Hello, Samba. It’s three stripes and Nike is out. Penn State’s 33-year partnership with Nike ends at midnight on Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, Penn State is an adidas school.  It’s been a mad race to the Nike finish and adidas starting line, for Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics and its many partners. The…