Mike Poorman

Penn State played its most complete game of the 2023 season‚ and maybe of the past few seasons, in the Beaver Stadium White Out on Saturday. The seventh-ranked Nittany Lions (4-0) blanked Iowa (3-1), in a 31-0 whitewashing that was payment of sorts for the s***show that was Kinnick Stadium when the two teams last…

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Champagne all around for the Nittany Lion defense. Carter, Dixon, Hardy and Miller were all bubbly after forcing five turnovers and holding Illinois to just 62 yards rushing on seventh-ranked Penn State’s way to a 30-13 victory in front of an Orange Out crowd that lacked any major juice. (Just like its…

Delaware was outmanned on Saturday in Beaver Stadium. And its head coach, Ryan Carty, knew it. (Just like Carty knew he would lose the starting quarterback job with Delaware when Joe Flacco transferred in.) Afterwards, as the rains started to roll in, Carty said that Penn State “is closer to the Cleveland Browns than the…

“All-22” coaches film is the coin of the realm in meeting rooms across college football and the NFL. Shot from the end zone, high above the field, the film shows all 22 players on every play. It’s the broadest possible overview, with the ability to zero in on the smallest nuance or opponent nuisance. That’s…

The Food Network is known for its popular series, “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” Like in Atlanta. With Garlic. On a Stick. In a Bowl. With that premise in mind, we entered Wednesday’s Penn State football media availability thirsty for insight into what has stuck out the most — speaking of sticks — in the…

By all accounts, Manny Diaz had a dynamic season in his first year as Penn State’s defensive coordinator in 2022. He was a semifinalist for the Broyles Award — given to the top assistant in the nation — and directed a Nittany Lion defense that finished in the top 10 nationally in myriad key categories:…

It’s been over nine years — and counting — since Tom Bradley was in Beaver Stadium. The former Penn State coach was last on the field in April 2014, when he received the Community Hero Award at the annual Paterno Family Beaver Stadium Run/Walk event that raises money for Special Olympics Pennsylvania. The last Penn State football…

Who is Penn State’s best player — right now — heading into a very promising 2023 football season, finally just 16 days away? You may think it’s Olu. He’s Top 7 on most 2024 NFL Draft boards. It could be Chop, lean and mean and today’s version of Micah Parsons. Or, Abdul Carter. Or even Nick…

For the second Monday in a row, a big preseason college football poll placed Penn State No. 7. Last week, the USA Today AFCA coaches’ poll had the Nittany Lions seventh. This Monday, The Associated Press released its own poll — and there were the Nittany Lions at lucky number 7. Again. Both polls have…