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The 2 Kinds of Penn State Football Adversity: In-Game and Post-Game
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Penn State coach Matt Campbell talks a lot about handling Adversity. A lot. It’s going to come, he says. It’s how you handle it. Adversity came to Beaver Stadium on Saturday night. And the guy on the other sidelines, Luke Fickell — his team playing poorly in a hostile environment and his seat already very warm…
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Penn State Lost to Wisconsin: How Bad Was it?
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How bad was it? Ahead 17-0 just 18 minutes into the game and lost bad. Ahead 20-10 until Wisconsin scored with just 211 seconds left in the game and lost bad. Ahead 20-17 until there were only 75 seconds left when Wisconsin scored on a 72-yard touchdown from quarterback Colton Joseph to tight end Jacob…
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Penn State Football: Tonight, the Haters Were Right
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On Dec. 11, 2023, Twitter user @drewjanda put out a since-deleted post that now lives in sports meme infamy. It read as follows: “The haters said I couldn’t do it. And they were correct. Honestly great call from the haters.” It perfectly encapsulates the Nittany Lions’ Saturday night meltdown at the hands of Wisconsin. The…
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Penn State Football After Dark: Homecoming Contest Begins a String of ‘Night Shift’ Games
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Under coach Matt Campbell, Penn State football practice is held early in the morning, with coaches and players arriving at Lasch Building before the sun comes up. For the next month or so, they’ll now be playing football after it sets. “I told our guys we’re on the night shift for a while,” Campbell said…
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Homecoming 2026: Penn State, WE ARE the World
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It is Homecoming at Penn State. And while the weekend spins on the axis of a football game, it is so much more than that. It is a time for students to celebrate with a parade and events forging friendships and memories that will last long after their time here. It is time for alumni…
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Can Penn State’s Rocco Becht Be Another Brock Purdy?
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When it comes to former Iowa State quarterback and current San Francisco 49er star Brock Purdy, can Penn State’s Rocco Becht be QB Too? The answer is yes, at least at the college level. It’s a Purdy darn good idea. Purdy was the top QB at Iowa State from 2018-21, starting the final 46 games…
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A Penn State Hockey Legend Who Should Never Be Forgotten
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“Dr. Lawrence ‘Larry’ Hendry, 81, a distinguished chemist, pioneering entrepreneur, and passionate sports enthusiast, passed away August 30, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of profound scientific and athletic contributions.” This was the opening paragraph of the formal obituary of my friend and former Penn State hockey coach Larry Hendry. His professional successes are amazing, but…
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A 3-0 Start May Be SOP for Penn State, but for Matt Campbell It Means ‘Opportunity is Now Here’
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Penn State is off to a 3-0 start against an anonymous and fairly rag-tag trio of non-conference, non-combatant opponents. That’s typical for the Nittany Lions of the past decade or so. They began their seasons 3-0 in eight out of James Franklin’s final nine seasons. (The outlier? COVID 2020.) To begin his tenure in Happy…
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There’s No Catch to Koby Howard’s Success at Penn State: It’s All About Hard Work
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The numbers that Penn State wide receiver Koby Howard has put up in the initial three games of the 2026 season are mind-boggling. So is the work that has gone into making them happen. THE STATS: In the 14th-ranked, 3-0 Nittany Lions’ trio of non-conference games, the second-year receiver has 13 touches for 364 yards,…
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A MAC Team on the Road Against a Ranked Power 4 Foe? For Matt Campbell, Been There, Done That
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Matt Campbell has been in this situation before. Just not at Penn State. And not on the highly-favored team’s sidelines. In 2015 — Campbell’s fifth and final season as head coach at Toledo — Campbell took an unranked team. From the MAC (Mid-American Conference). On the road. Early in the season. To play a ranked opponent.…