Mike Poorman

Shortly after defeating West Virginia 34-12 on Saturday night in Morgantown, the Penn State football contingent loaded a fleet of buses and headed east back home to State College, arriving at the Lasch Building just before midnight. It was the Nittany Lions’ last road trip for a while. A long while. Four home games while.…

MORGANTOWN, W.VA. — Penn State’s football game here Saturday at Milan Puskar Stadium started at 12:06 p.m. It was sunny. The winds were 6 mph from the southwest. It was 85 degrees. Did I say it was sunny? The game ended at 5:59. It was muggy, cloudy and all of 74 degrees. But Penn State…

For most people, Penn State football’s numbers in 2024 add up to 10-2 for the regular season. That sounds about right. But, there are some hidden numbers, stats and dollar figures that may impact a few things along the way. Like: The Nittany Lions’ inexperience along the offensive line, runner-receiver-returner Nick Singleton’s potential for a…

Dani Dennis-Sutton is one confident 6-foot-5, 272-pound physical specimen of a defensive end. Correction: Not “a” defensive end…The Best Defensive End in College Football. “I’ll say right now I’m in the best shape I’ve been in physically and mentally,” the third-year Nittany Lion said after practice on Tuesday, 11 days before Penn State’s 2024 season-opener…

With Penn State’s 2024 season-opener on the road at West Virginia less than two weeks away, it’s time to look at how new offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki’s Nittany Lion offense might fare against the Mountaineers. And to do that, let’s look at what Coach K’s offense has already done in a hostile road contest in…

You certainly remember Penn State’s disheartening 20-12 loss to Ohio State in The Horseshoe last year. So does Nittany Lion QB1 Drew Allar, who was 18 of 42 for 191 yards and had seven carries for minus 23 yards. Not pretty. Neither was Allar’s post-game interview where he shed some tears and less than a…

Dom DeLuca is a special guy. In a good way. And a special teams guy. In a great way. His jersey may be No. 0 — which is special, in its own right — but in so many ways Dom is a one-of-a-kind player. And person. How so? Cue the Penn State Fight Song, call…

Thanks to a new NCAA rule adopted in the spring and being put into practice during preseason drills, Penn State quarterback Drew Allar and linebacker Kobe King will be literally hearing their coordinators’ voices inside their head while on the playing field this year. According to the rule, which is effective for the 2024 major…

It’s difficult to come out of a media day like Penn State football’s on Saturday and boil it all down. But here we go. Let’s look at some of the absolute best bets and certainties for Penn State in 2024 that came out of countless interviews with players and coaches — like who will kick…

Penn State held its first official practice of its 2024 preseason camp early Wednesday evening on the Lasch outdoor practice fields. There was the good, the bad and the ugly. Working with the quarterbacks and receivers, new offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki was upbeat. “I know we’re just five minutes into it, but I like how…