Penn State

Penn State and Utah will take the field on Monday afternoon in Pasadena for the last “normal” Rose Bowl in the pre playoff expansion era. That will one day become a piece of trivia for college football fans many years from now, but in the meanwhile plenty of narratives and storylines will shape Penn State…

It has been a strange season to measure for Penn State. The Nittany Lions beat everyone they should have and lost to the two teams who have become — or have always been — the main impediment to greater success. As a result James Franklin and his forever-quarterback Sean Clifford simultaneously did quite a lot…

Outside of the College Football Playoff, bowl season has taken on different meanings to different teams in recent years. While some teams see the postseason as a season finale, others use it as a building block for the future. Unlike last season, when the team was forced to field multiple backups, Penn State has largely avoided player…

North Carolina cornerback Storm Duck — a real person with a real name who has undoubtedly spent no small portion of his life repeating himself — announced his decision to transfer to Penn State football on social media Wednesday. Duck entered the portal on Dec. 8 as a graduate transfer. Duck earned second-team All-ACC honors after recording 46 tackles, three interceptions…

After four seasons in State College, Penn State tight end Brenton Strange has declared for the 2023 NFL Draft but will suit up with the Nittany Lions as Penn State takes on Utah in the Rose Bowl next week. “I couldn’t be more thankful to have called State College home for the last four years,”…

When it comes to playing a new starting quarterback – not just for a week or two but the foreseeable future – there are all kinds of challenges that follow along. Coaches have to forge a new relationship, modifying teaching and coaching styles in a way that are tailored to the new quarterback. Receivers have…

It is a modern day tradition dating back to the late 1980s that the outgoing president writes a letter to his successor, a note of advice and encouragement. It’s meant to be a final stage of the transition of power, a nod to what makes American democracy so great. [You can read all of those…