Mike Poorman
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National Signing Day Takeaways from Penn State’s Top Recruiters: 3 to 7 Roster Additions, No Portal QB
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Penn State signed 22 members to its Class of 2023 on Wednesday, giving the Nittany Lions the No. 14-ranked recruiting class in college football, according to the consensus rankings of On3. Eleven high school football stars in that group will enroll at Penn State in time for the 2023 spring semester. Of the 22 signees,…
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Penn State Football’s Manny Diaz and Mike Yurcich on Closing the Gap with Michigan and Ohio State
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Michigan and Ohio State, who are both in the College Football Playoff, are at the pinnacle of college football. Penn State yearns to be there as well. Penn State’s first-year defensive coordinator, Manny Diaz, thinks the Nittany Lions are close to closing that gap, even though Penn State was 0-4 vs. those two Big Ten…
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How Manny Diaz’s Defense Has Returned Penn State to the Wild Dog Days of Sacks and TFLs
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Penn State’s defense was back in the sack and tackles-for-a-loss business in 2022, thanks in large part to new defensive coordinator Manny Diaz. The outstanding play of freshman linebacker Abdul Carter, who led the Nittany Lions in sacks (6.5) and tackles for a loss (10.5) didn’t hurt, either. Diaz’s defense was wreaking so much havoc,…
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Getting to 10 Wins the Hard Way, for Penn State Football and Sean Clifford
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Penn State’s 35-16 victory over Michigan State on Saturday gave the Nittany Lions their fourth 10-win regular season in the past seven seasons the hard way. Winning double-digit games in a regular season is tougher than it looks. Since joining the Big Ten Conference in 1993, Penn State has had 10 or more regular season…
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James Franklin at 100 Career Victories: ‘He’s Just the Most Consistent Dude’
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. — More than four dozen reporters and TV people were squeezed into a small room adjacent to the Penn State locker room in the bowels of SHI Stadium here Saturday night. Penn State had just defeated Rutgers, 55-10, like it always does— the Nittany Lions are 31-2 vs. the Scarlet Knights with their…
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Penn State Field Hockey Team to Cap Off Special Season at NCAA Final Four
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Late Wednesday afternoon, the Penn State field hockey team boarded a chartered airplane at University Park Airport, headed north to Hartford and then went on to Storrs, Connecticut. The final destination? The NCAA Final Four. On Friday, the sixth-ranked and co-Big Ten champs Nittany Lions will play No. 1 ranked and undefeated North Carolina in…
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Freshman Backs Give Penn State Football a Rush, as Singleton Eyes the 1,000-Yard Club
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Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen. Or, is it Kaytron Allen and Nicholas Singleton? On Saturday, in Penn State’s 30-0 win over a totally outmanned Maryland in a soggy Beaver Stadium, it was Singleton who was No. 1. More accurately, it was Singleton fourth-and-1. Twice. In the first half, with the outcome of the blowout still…
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Is It Time for Penn State’s James Franklin to Be ‘Bold and Aggressive’ at Quarterback?
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On the Penn State Coaches Show on Thursday night, head coach James Franklin lamented that Penn State “should have capitalized on that momentum (of the 2016 Big Ten championship) and been bold and aggressive.” Good line. Maybe he was right. In some ways, he only has himself to blame. He’s the recognized and very well-compensated…
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For Penn State Coach James Franklin, Buckeyes Fleming and Harrison Jr. Sure Look Familiar
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When James Franklin gave a scouting report on Ohio State during his press conference in Beaver Stadium on Tuesday, he came across some Buckeyes he knew quite well from the recruiting trail. “You look at (safety) Ronnie Hickman, who we recruited heavily out of New Jersey,” Franklin said. “It seems like he’s been playing there…
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50 Games Later, It’s ‘Good, Great, Elite Week’ for Penn State Football. Again
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The road to elite is paved with good — even great — intentions. And high expectations. James Franklin meant well back on September 29, 2018. It’s just unfortunate that Franklin said what he did when he peered up at the ring of high school prospects who were watching the post-game press conference inside a packed…