Ben Jones

Penn State is 5-0 after an up-and-down start to the season that saw the Nittany Lions win at home, on the road, in blowout fashion and in the last minutes. Saturday afternoon they added horrible weather to the resume in a turnover-happy outing that left everyone glad to be moving on to bigger and better…

It says something both good and bad about Penn State football that arriving at 5-0 following a soggy 17-7 victory over Northwestern felt equal parts noteworthy and inconsequential. As Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford aptly stated after the game, “I’ve been here done that. It’s the standard to be 5-0 at this point.” The good:…

Penn State is set to face Northwestern on Saturday, looking to end the first chapter of the season at 5-0 and head into the bulk of season-defining Big Ten play with a trio of games against Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio State around the corner. The Nittany Lions will need to take on the weather and…

As Penn State heads into the brunt of Big Ten play this weekend against Northwestern and then a much more difficult stretch following the off week against Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio State, the Nittany Lions will once again lean on the services of quarterback Sean Clifford to guide Penn State to victory. At this point…

Penn State coach James Franklin is optimistic that quarterback Sean Clifford’s health and durability heading into a Week 5 meeting against Northwestern are perfectly fine and no cause for immediate concern. “The way we’ve been able to get him out of almost every game, it’s valuable,” Franklin said on Wednesday following practice. “So far, so…

So far this season, Penn State has registered 41 passes broken up, a figure that is the best in the nation by a whopping 16 pass attempts. The Nittany Lions are averaging 11.25 passes defended per game, while the second-best team in the nation, Illinois, averages just 7.75. Compared to last season Penn State is…

Penn State defensive end and Outback Bowl star Smith Vilbert will continue to be unavailable to play, coach James Franklin said on Tuesday during his weekly press conference. Franklin offered little insight regarding the nature of Vilbert’s lack of availability — a move that generally holds with the head coach’s standard operating procedure regarding student-athletes…

As Penn State rolls into the fifth week of the season, it’s hard to deny that the Nittany Lions have gone to the depth chart sooner than in recent years as coach James Franklin looks to grow roster depth across the board. The benefits of this are somewhat self-evident: increased program depth decreases the drop-off…