Ben Jones
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Penn State Football: 5 Observations from the Blue-White Scrimmage
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Penn State took the field on Saturday for its annual Blue-White game, an event that turned out to be much more of a practice than a scrimmage. Nevertheless, the most extended look at the latest iteration of Nittany Lion football still came with a few tentative observations. A full summer and training camp to go…
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Penn State Football: Blue-White a Reminder Clifford Still Has a Leg Up on Everyone in Quarterback Room
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For the record, the narrative that five-star prospect and freshman quarterback Drew Allar might upend longtime starter Sean Clifford this fall is born of a collective desire many have to see such a thing occur. Which is to say, people wanting Allar to start has influenced the perception it will actually happen, or it could…
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Penn State Football: Five Things to Watch During the Blue White Practice
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Penn State is set to take the field on Saturday afternoon for the first Blue White game since 2019 on what is expected to be a beautiful day in State College. The Blue White events will only end up being partially a scrimmage, so don’t expect to leave Beaver Stadium having all the answers, but…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Has a Feel for What Quarterback Room Has, but It Still Sounds Like Clifford’s Job to Lose
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Penn State’s quarterback competition – and the curiosity if it even really exists in the first place – has been one of the major talking points of spring football and one of the main reasons fans are excited to get a glimpse of the future this weekend at the Blue White game. So just days…
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Penn State Football: Blue-White Set to Be More Practice Than Scrimmage
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Penn State will take part in its annual Blue-White game on Saturday afternoon but much like in recent years, the Nittany Lions won’t be scrimmaging as much as they’ll be practicing. “Some of the periods will be thud some of the periods will be live,” James Franklin said after practice on Wednesday evening. “So we…
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Penn State Men’s Hockey: Autio Enters Transfer Portal, Will Play at Vermont
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Penn State men’s hockey goalie Oskar Autio announced on Tuesday afternoon that he will be leaving Hockey Valley and transferring to the University of Vermont. While Autio’s previous entrance into the transfer portal went unreported, Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky briefly mentioned during his season wrap-up press conference earlier this month that Autio was exploring…
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Penn State Football: No Shortage of Praise for Brown in Secondary
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The statement “he’s a football player” comes with all sorts of cliches and eye-rolling thoughts that harken back to the days of tough guys and meatheads. It is equal parts a compliment and an antiquated evaluation. But it’s hard to find a better way to describe Penn State safety Ji’Ayir Brown. To be sure sure,…
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Introducing Gabriel Nwosu, Penn State Football’s 6-Foot-6 Kicker
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If you were to stop and look around a Penn State football practice in full swing things would seem pretty normal. The big guys would be over with the offensive line, the tight ends would be working on their blocking, the quarterbacks down at one end of the field working on their footwork in the…
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ESPN Documentary ‘The Paterno Legacy’ an Inconclusive Look at Well-Worn Ground
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The most striking thing about ESPN’s E60 documentary on the legacy of Joe Paterno and the Jerry Sandusky scandal is how much it feels like yesterday and yet how so much has changed since then. This point struck home twice for me on a personal level, once early in “The Paterno Legacy,” on the side…
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Penn State Men’s Basketball Adds Two All-Conference Guards from Transfer Portal
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Penn State men’s basketball added two all-conference players from the transfer portal on Thursday picking up the services of Bucknell guard Andrew Funk and Drexel guard Camren Wynter. Both players announced their commitments Thursday afternoon on Twitter. Following a four-year career at Bucknell, Funk comes to Penn State after posting a career-high 17.8 points per…