Ben Jones

In a world of NFTs and ever more complicated ways of collecting things, nothing really beats the original trading card. It’s the smell of a fresh pack, waiting to see what it holds inside. Your favorite player? A rising rookie? A card lost in a box only to be discovered again decades later? The potential…

For all of the well deserved optimism surrounding Penn State football this season the Nittany Lions are not without their question marks and potential weak points as training camp rounds deeper into August. As a brief and subjective summary – the kicking units have a long way to go to prove themselves as an asset,…

Penn State defensive end Smith Vilbert will miss the entirety of the Nittany Lions’ upcoming season due to injury, according to multiple reports and confirmed by StateCollege.com. A redshirt senior, Vilbert missed all of the 2022 regular season for an undisclosed reason after recording three sacks in the Outback Bowl against Arkansas following the 2021…

Nothing summed up Penn State’s existential rivalry problem quite like being the only program in the Big Ten to not have a protected rivalry in the conference’s new scheduling format. There was probably a point in time – given their history and/or location – when Maryland, Rutgers and Nebraska were seen to be Penn State’s…

The University of Oregon and University of Washington are both set join the Big Ten Conference for the 2024-25 season, the league announced on Friday evening. The news comes at the conclusion of a hectic week of conference realignment talks across the nation as the Pac-12 and Big 12 look to maintain their footing in…

Another day, another series of preseason watch list announcements as the quartet of Penn State junior offensive lineman Olumuyiwa Fashanu, sophomore linebacker Abdul Carter, junior cornerback Kalen King and junior defensive end Chop Robinson were all named to various award watch lists on Tuesday. Fashanu was selected to the Outland Trophy watch list on Tuesday, while…

Preseason watch lists continued to roll out with Penn State players in the mix, on Monday it was the Maxwell Award, which has been presented to the College Player of the Year since 1937, naming Nittany Lion running back Nick Singleton to its watch list. Singleton has already accumulated a bevy of awards and recognition…