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Penn State announced on Tuesday afternoon that head coach James Franklin has signed a 10-year deal that will keep him in State College until 2031 and pay him $70 million over that span. Under the new terms, Franklin is slated to earn $7 million during the upcoming 2022 season. Franklin will see no pay increase…

Penn State closes out the regular season this weekend facing Michigan State in a battle for the Land Grant Trophy and a chance to finish the year with eight wins while looking for a ninth in the postseason. Where the Nittany Lions are headed could change quite a bit with a win over the Spartans…

Penn State improved to 7-4 on the year with a 28-0 victory over Rutgers on Saturday that wasn’t short on drama with a good portion of the Nittany Lions’ roster dealing with the flu. Ugly at times? Perhaps, but the Nittany Lions were effective when they had to be on both sides of the ball…

Penn State’s Board of Trustees’s subcommittee on compensation will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, according to the board’s website. The agenda for the meeting has yet to be posted, but the board’s subcommittee met in person as recently as Nov. 11. It last held a virtual session in March for the approval of men’s…

Penn State’s season has seen its fair share of ups and down, injuries and unexpected twists, all of which lends itself to asking the question “what if?” And following Penn State’s 28-0 win over Rutgers on Saturday, a game that featured freshman Christian Veilleux taking over for a sick Sean Clifford and proceeding to throw…

It helps that Penn State has one of the best defenses in the nation, and it certainly doesn’t hurt any that Rutgers is Rutgers and not Ohio State. But the Nittany Lions quite literally toughed out a win Saturday afternoon en route to a 28-0 victory over the Scarlet Knights — and the flu. “We…

Penn State coach James Franklin didn’t deny that he told The State College Quarterback Club earlier this week he’s “not going anywhere” but he didn’t expand much on those comments either following the Nittany Lions’ 28-0 win over Rutgers on Saturday. The Quarterback Club is a longstanding weekly luncheon during which Franklin, like his predecessors,…

Three standout Nittany Lion defenders accepted an invitation the Reese’s Senior Bowl in Mobile,Ala. this week. Linebacker/defensive end Jesse Luketa, safety Jaquan Brisker and defensive end Arnold Ebiketie are each expecting to attend the event. The Senior Bowl, which dates back to the 1950s is an opportunity for draft eligible upperclassmen to play and work…

Penn State coach James Franklin says not to read too much into which players walk out of the tunnel during Senior Day festivities this weekend. “Everything’s kind of changed obviously with the COVID deal,” Franklin said. “We had a number of guys that took part in the senior ceremony last year and then still decided…