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Penn State Football Announces 2023 Season Game Themes
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Penn State football announced game themes for its seven home contests on Monday, including the annual White Out, Stripe Out and Helmet Stripe games. The game themes are as follows. Sept. 2 – West Virginia (7:30 p.m. – NBC): Helmet Stripe, 107k Family Reunion Sept. 9 – Delaware: THON; Spirit Day; Youth Sport Day Sept. 23 –…
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Penn State Football: White Out Game Set for Primetime Matchup Against Iowa
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The Sept. 23 game between Penn State and Iowa at Beaver Stadium will kick off at 8 p.m. and will air on CBS, the Nittany Lion program and the network announced on Monday. The meeting with the Hawkeyes will feature Penn State’s annual White Out. It is the second known nighttime kick of Penn State’s…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Add Guard from Transfer Portal
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Penn State men’s basketball added the services of 6-foot-5 transfer guard RayQuawndis Mitchell on Wednesday afternoon bringing the Nittany Lions to 10 scholarship players. Mitchell is the seventh player to join Penn State out of the transfer portal this spring following the departure of head coach Micah Shrewsberry and the hiring of new head coach…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball: Nittany Lions Closing in on Full Roster
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New Penn State men’s basketball head coach Mike Rhoades had his work cut out for him pretty much from Day 1 on the job as the Nittany Lions dealt with unavoidable roster turnover due to eligibility, the departure of three previously committed recruits (all of whom joined Micah Shrewsberry at Notre Dame) and the loss…
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Penn State Football: Friendly Travel Schedule Not to Be Overlooked in 2023
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Travel is part of sports, an unavoidable reality that “road games” very much imply the need to get into some form of transportation and go somewhere else. Often times the milage doesn’t ever make it to the surface of the conversation surrounding a college football season because everyone is traveling to familiar places. Nobody much…
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Penn State Board of Trustees Approves First Stage of Beaver Stadium Renovation, Several Other Major Athletics Projects
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Penn State’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the first stage of Beaver Stadium’s renovation on Friday afternoon, an initial project which is slated for a price tag of $70 million as part of an overarching estimated cost of roughly $700 million. No tuition money is to be used for the renovation of Beaver Stadium.…
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Penn State Football: First Stage of Beaver Stadium Renovations Scheduled to Be Completed by 2027
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The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning on Thursday recommended approval of a proposed $70 million budget for the first stage of Beaver Stadium renovations, which are slated for completion by August of 2027. The project will be voted on by the full board on Friday (May 5). The primary…
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Penn State Football: The Good, the Bad and the TBD of Penn State’s Transfer Portal Acquisitions
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Ever since the NCAA Transfer Portal began in 2018, the acquisition of talent and the challenges of roster management have never been the same. While the old model of a transferring player meant waiting a year – in most cases – for a student-athlete to become eligible for competition, now immediate eligibility meant immediate impact.…
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Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Begin to Sign Undrafted Free Agent Deals
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Following the conclusion of this weekend’s NFL Draft, Penn State heard the names of six different Nittany Lions called over the course of the proceedings to mark the official start to the beginning of their professional careers. In total Joey Porter Jr., Brenton Strange, Juice Scruggs, Parker Washington, Sean Clifford and Ji’Ayir Brown were all…
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Penn State Football: Jaguars Draft Parker Washington in Sixth Round
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Former Penn State leading receiver Parker Washington was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the sixth round Saturday with the 185th overall pick. He will join fellow Nittany Lion, Brenton Strange in Jacksonville. Strange was selected earlier in the draft during the second round. Washington is Penn State’s 26th receiver selected in the NFL Draft…