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Penn State Football: Jordan Stout Declares For NFL Draft
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Penn State’s do-it-all kicker Jordan Stout will not use his extra year of eligibility and will declare for the NFL Draft. Stout announced his decision on Tuesday afternoon. “I really can’t find the right words to express how incredible my time in State College has been and how honored I am to have played at…
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Penn State Football: PJ Mustipher Announces Return for Fifth Season
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Penn State defensive tackle PJ Mustipher will return for a fifth season in State College, he announced on Tuesday afternoon. “This past year didn’t end the way I had expected, and I look forward to pursuing the goals we have set out as a team, as well as the goals I have for myself,” Mustipher…
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Penn State Football: Stacy Collins Hired as Special Teams Coach
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Penn State has hired Stacy Collins as special teams coordinator/outside linebacker/nickels coach just a day following the departure of now former Nittany Lion special teams coach Joe Lorig to Oregon. Collins, who has 24 years of collegiate coaching experience, spent the 2021 season as Boise State’s special teams coordinator and edge coach. “We are excited…
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Penn State Football: Longtime Director of Ops Set to Join Brent Pry at Virginia Tech
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Penn State senior director of football operations Michael Hazel is set to join former Penn State defensive coordinator and now Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry in Blacksburg, according to a report by The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman. Hazel is expected to take on the chief of staff role at Virginia Tech. Hazel has been a…
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Penn State Football: Handing Out the Grades Following the Nittany Lions’ Loss to Arkansas
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Penn State’s season ended on Saturday and with it a 7-6 campaign is on the books for the rest of time. How long anyone will want to remember it is a different question entirely but for those few fleeting moments when it’s still on your mind, here are the grades following the Nittany Lions’ 24-10…
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Penn State Football: 7 Offseason Storylines for the Nittany Lions
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As you may have noticed, Penn State’s season has come to an unceremonious end with a 24-10 loss to Arkansas in the Outback Bowl on Saturday. The game featured a half dozen opt-outs among a few other wrinkles but still managed to accurately depict so much of what made Penn State’s season what it was…
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Penn State Football: In 2022, a Little Bit of Everything Will Need to Improve
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A little bit of everything. If you’re spending the first day of the new year trying to unpack Penn State’s 24-10 loss to Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in the Outback Bowl, you don’t need to look much farther than those five words. Because that’s really what it boils down to. The game itself is what…
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Penn State Football: Five Things to Watch as the Nittany Lions Face Arkansas
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Take out Jahan Dotson, take out five Penn State defensive starters, subtract a few injured players here or there. What you’re left with is the team Penn State will take the field with against Arkansas on Saturday afternoon in the Outback Bowl. A win would push the Nittany Lions to 8-5 on the year, a…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Look to Set Program Tone Heading into Big Ten Play
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Every team in America has goals. Win a national title, make the postseason, improve on the year prior. The list goes on and on, but every team has something they’re gunning for. There’s a pragmatism to this of course, everyone wants to win a national title, but only a few teams can reasonably do it…
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Penn State Football: Derrick Tangelo Opts Out of Outback Bowl, Declares for NFL Draft
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In what has effectively become a daily occurrence, another Penn State player has opted out of this weekend’s Outback Bowl. Defensive tackle Derrick Tangelo announced on Wednesday that he will sit out Saturday’s game against Arkansas as he prepares for the NFL Draft. Tangelo is Penn State’s fifth defensive starter to opt out of the…