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Penn State’s Rocco Becht on Backup QB Alex Manske: ‘I’m Excited About His Future’
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Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht has at least five more games left in his college football career. Maybe more, if the 3-4 Nittany Lions can turn things around and make it to a bowl game. And in the mind of his head coach, Matt Campbell, Becht will be the starter the rest of the way,…
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Penn State Football Bye Week Briefs: Bowls, Coach Terry and Trick-or-Treat
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During this Penn State football bye week as the Nittany Lions are riding a four-game losing streak, let’s think about happier times — like Halloween trick-or-treat and college football bowl season. The Nittany Lions’ next game is Saturday, Oct. 31 in Beaver Stadium, against Purdue. The Boilermakers, like Penn State, are 3-4. And are coming…
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The Ecosystem Mindset: Why Economic Development Requires Community Collaboration
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Five years ago, when I took over as president and CEO of the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County (CBICC), I brought one conviction with me: We are better together. I envisioned collaboration, relationships, partnerships and community to be the way we moved forward, because I believe that’s the way a region truly…
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Battista: Perspective and Perseverance for Penn State Football
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This is my appeal to all my fellow Nittany Lion football fans to take a chill pill and put things in perspective before you have a nervous breakdown with regard to this current football season. It’s time to ignore all the social media “critics without credentials” who are calling for Coach Matt Campbell (CMC) to…
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Penn State After Michigan: A Top 20 Bye (Week) and Sell
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Penn State left the Big House here on Saturday night as the not-so-proud owner of a four-game losing streak. With an upcoming bye week, Matt Campbell’s Nittany Lions won’t get a chance to right the ship for another two weeks. At 0-4 in the Big Ten Conference and 3-4 overall, Penn…
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Penn State QB Rocco Becht’s Big Mistakes in The Big House: In His Own Words
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Penn State quarterback Rocco Becht’s three second-half turnovers in The Big House were the biggest kind of mistakes. Interception, interception, lost fumble. And in a span of 24 minutes, they led to 21 Michigan points. Game over. Becht, who started his 46th game as a college QB — and is now 29-17,…
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Penn State’s Matt Campbell on AD Pat Kraft: ‘My Focus Has Been Completely on This Building’
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Penn State coach Matt Campbell, whose 3-3 Nittany Lions last won nearly a month ago, is focused on his team, his staff and the preparations for their game on Saturday afternoon against Michigan in Ann Arbor. Right now, Campbell cares only about The Big House and what’s going on in his own football house, the…
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Frank: To My Sister, on Her Birthday
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Today is my sister Meryl’s 80th birthday. I could wrack my brains for the perfect gift idea, but when you get to be as old as Meryl is, and you’ve been as talented and lucky as she has been, you don’t need more stuff. So I’m going to give her 800 handcrafted words instead –…
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Paterno: Upcoming Impact Award Honorees Represent ‘the Very Best of Penn State’
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Penn State is the nation’s leading service-oriented university, a school where philanthropy and helping others is part of our DNA. That commitment is university-wide, including a long history of service to others by student-athletes, both current and alumni. A few years ago, we started The Impact Awards to recognize former Penn State football student-athletes that…
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Penn State Coach Matt Campbell: ‘We Still Have a Lot to Prove’
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Most of the 2026 Penn State football roster has been here before. “Here” is not a good place to be. “Here” is a three-game losing streak, as the Nittany Lions get ready to travel to Michigan to face a reeling opponent that is also still searching for its first Big Ten Conference victory of the…