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The Big Ten announced complete conference schedules for the 2024 through the 2028 seasons on Thursday afternoon giving Penn State a better sense of what its future will hold moving forward. As you might expect looking at five seasons worth of games can be a bit daunting to digest so hat’s why we’ve broken down…

Penn State football now knows its future conference schedules up through the 2028 season following an announcement of home and away opponents by the Big Ten on Thursday afternoon. The 2024 season marks the first year with 18 Big Ten Conference teams with the additions of Oregon, UCLA, USC and Washington. Game dates for the…

Penn State’s defense under coordinator Manny Diaz has pretty well cornered the market on just about everything, including not being on the field. That’s right, so far this season the Nittany Lion defense has faced just 278 snaps, a mark only bettered by four other teams nationally that have played five games this season [Michigan,…

Penn State’s offense is a unique, and somewhat problematic, thing to unpack. The Nittany Lions average 40.6 points per game, almost a full touchdown more per contest than they did last season. Whether or not that holds remains to be seen (it probably won’t), but Penn State is currently only outpaced on the scoreboard by…

What was once a somewhat futile effort so early in the season has become a real thing to think about as Penn State’s postseason destination slowly takes form as the season rolls to nearly the midway point. The Nittany Lions still have their biggest games ahead of them but a 5-0 start and plenty of…

Penn State’s offense took a while to wake up and the Nittany Lions didn’t knock the rust off quick enough to avoid some early Saturday afternoon drama but the Nittany Lions improved to 5-0 on the year following a 41-13 win over Northwestern. Penn State has now outscored teams 71-13 in the past two games,…

EVANSTON, Ill. – Garbage time isn’t garbage time to players who want to prove themselves. Enter Penn State running back Trey Potts, a Williamsport native and Minnesota transfer looking for an opportunity to take what he learned in the snowy north and make the most of it back home in central Pennsylvania. There was a…

Penn State has managed to get through the first five weeks of the season without any critically important injuries but will happily take the bye week to nurse some wounds. Saturday only added to that need as starting guard JB Nelson and co-starting running back Kaytron Allen both left the game with injuries. “Going into…

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