Mike Poorman
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Penn State Football: 15 Reasons to Count on Seeing a Lot of Allar vs. Ohio
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The (five) stars are aligning for Penn State football fans to see a lot of bona fide backup quarterback Drew Allar on Saturday. The Nittany Lions will face Ohio University at noon Saturday on ABC, in their home opener in Beaver Stadium as they look to go 1-0 for the second consecutive week. And for…
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Ohio University Returns to Beaver Stadium; Penn State Football Never Went Away
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At The Tavern restaurant in State College, hanging on the brick wall at the end of its renovated bar, is a relatively small photo, centered in an ornate gold frame. The Tavern has dozens of such photographs hanging throughout, and part of the joy of the place is that so many have local historical significance.…
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James Franklin’s Gauntlet: His Habit of Saying Without Saying Penn State Will Beat Purdue
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Once is an accident. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is a habit. James Franklin is making it a habit to say without saying that he thinks his Penn State team will beat Purdue in its season-opener Thursday night on national television. It’s as though Franklin knows – feels it deep down, with summer drills…
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Penn State, James Franklin and Going 1-0 vs. the Bigger Goals of 2022
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1-0. 1-0. 1-0. Purdue, Purdue, Purdue. If form holds in the coming days, we will see a Tweet from @coachjfranklin featuring some permutation of one of those messages. Maybe both. It has been a constant in James Geoffrey Franklin’s 3,144 days in Happy Valley. Through three university presidents and three athletic directors and five offensive…
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Penn State’s Manny Diaz to Kraft, Stubblefield: So, We Meet Again
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Manny Diaz, Penn State’s new defensive coordinator, worked for Dr. Patrick Kraft, Penn State’s new VP for intercollegiate athletics, for 18 days. At Temple. Kraft was the Owls’ AD at the time and Diaz was the head football coach, from Dec. 12 to Dec. 30, 2018.
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Penn State Football OC Mike Yurcich Says He and QB Sean Clifford Talk Nil About NIL
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Mike Yurcich, Penn State’s second-year offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, says he doesn’t know how much his NIL-savvy starting QB is making off the field. Yurcich just wants Sean Clifford to be money on the field in 2022. Clifford is head of his own business, Limitless, a college sports rep agency he co-founded with his…
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21 Quotes That Explain Penn State Football’s Crazy 2022 Offseason
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Penn State football officially begins practice for the 2022 season on Monday. It’s been 211 days since the Nittany Lions lost 24-10 to Arkansas in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1, 2022. Penn State’s offseason since then has been…um, interesting. Using quotes from the main characters, here’s a quick look back at the daze since…
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Charting the Course of Sean Clifford’s Roller-Coaster Penn State Career
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Sean Clifford is a sports agency head, a labor organizer, a team leader and co-captain – likely for his record fourth season — and a college student, with two degrees…and counting. He’s also a very veteran starting quarterback (he turned 24 on July 14) heading into his fourth season as Penn State’s starting QB. It’s…
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UCLA, USC & Penn State, Part 3: It All Boils Down to Football
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This is the third of a three-part series on the addition of UCLA and USC to the Big Ten. Monday — By The Numbers Wednesday — Head to Head, Past & Future Today — Football The addition of USC and UCLA to the Big Ten Conference, beginning with the 2024 football season, sounds sexy to…
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UCLA, USC & Penn State, Part 2: Head to Head, Past & Future
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This is the second of a three-part series on the addition of UCLA and USC to the Big Ten. Monday — By The Numbers Today — Head to Head, Past & Future Friday — Football Travel will be an issue when Penn State starts facing new California-based Big Ten Conference members USC and UCLA in…