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Penn State Football: Yurcich on Small Margins, Ahead of a Season That Could Be Decided by Them
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Penn State offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich is sitting on a bench, legs outstretched on the Beaver Stadium sideline as he looks towards the sky and contemplates his answer. The question: What do you wish people understood? What do you want to scream from the mountain tops? “I don’t want to be presumptuous to think that…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Takes a New Approach to Managing Offensive Line Expectations
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Penn State coach James Franklin hasn’t minced words about the Nittany Lions’ offensive line this summer. While he hasn’t thrown the team’s most pivotal position group under the bus, Franklin certainly appears content to let their play do the talking, and the praise — or criticism — follow in its wake. “O-line is the group…
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Photo Gallery: Penn State Quarterbacks Work At Wednesday Night Practice
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Penn State football took the field yet again on Wednesday evening as the Nittany Lion sit less than a month from their season opener against Purdue and exactly a month away from their home opener against Ohio. While the media only gets to see bits and pieces of what takes place during practice – and…
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Penn State Football: Beaver Stadium Gate C Expansion Nears Completion
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Beaver Stadium is inching closer towards the season just a month from the home opener against Ohio on September 10th and the newest and most notable change to the stadium this summer is nearing completion. An expansion to the Gate C concourse area is seemingly just a few days or weeks from completion as a…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Announces Non-Conference Schedule
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Penn State men’s basketball announced the remainder of its out-of-conference slate on Tuesday morning, a schedule that will feature seven of its 11 non-league games at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Nittany Lions will open the season on Monday, Nov. 7 at home against Winthrop. The Eagles rounded out last season with a 23-9 record…
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Penn State Football: Nittany Lions Unranked in Preseason Coaches Poll
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Penn State football is not ranked in the preseason USA Today/AFCA Coaches Poll released on Monday afternoon, marking the first time the Nittany Lions did not start the season ranked in the poll since 2016. Receiving 246 votes, Penn State is effectively the No. 27 team in the poll, trailing Iowa which garnered 248 votes…
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Don’t Call It a Comeback (or Maybe Do): Jake Pinegar Eyes One Final Year as Penn State’s Starting Kicker
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If you’re Jake Pinegar, there’s a lot to unpack. On the one hand you came to Penn State a highly touted kicking prospect looking to follow in the footsteps of Sam Ficken, hoping to pair with punter Blake Gillikin as a formidable 1-2 punch on special teams. And for a while it works out, for…
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Penn State Football: Mitchell Tinsley Is His Own Man, but He’s Also a Lot Like Jahan Dotson
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It’s hard to ignore the similarities between former Penn State receiver Jahan Dotson and current Nittany Lion wideout Mitchell Tinsley. For one. Tinsley is wearing No. 5 — an homage to his favorite college player, former USC great Reggie Bush — but also the same number his predecessor helped make popular in many a Penn…
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Penn State Football: Lasch Building Weight Room Expansion Rounds Into Final Stage
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The Penn State football Lasch Building weight room expansion is closer to being finished as the Nittany Lions sit inside of a month before their season opener on the road against Purdue on Sept. 1. The expansion, which has been ongoing for the better part of the past year, is the latest of a multi-stage…
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Penn State Football: Five [More] Question For James Franklin As Season Rolls Closer
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Penn State football media day is this Saturday with the Nittany Lions now less than a month away from their opening game against Purdue in West Lafayette. With just a week of practice in the books there’s only so much James Franklin and his staff can know about their, especially with more substantial work still…