Mike Poorman
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Good-Bye Pry: Revisiting the Greatness of Penn State Football’s 2016-17 Seasons…Was It a High-Water Mark?
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This past week, with Brent Pry and Joe Moorhead getting head coaching gigs, we continued to be (re-)reminded how truly great the Nittany Lions’ magical run of 2016 and ’17 was. The lesson reinforced this week: Penn State and James Franklin had one helluva good…no, great…and likely elite…coaching staff for that stretch. For two seasons,…
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Penn State Football: Breaking Down the Ebb and Flow of James Franklin’s Assistant Coaches
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…And then there was Terry Smith. With the departure of Brent Pry to Virginia Tech this week, Smith is the only assistant on James Franklin’s coaching staff who has been with CJF since he started at Penn State in January 2014. A former wide receiver and co-captain for the Nittany Lions three decades ago, Smith…
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James Franklin’s 100 Games and Penn State Contract: I Crunched the Numbers so You Don’t Have to
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This was a big week, both good and bad, for James Franklin and Penn State. Franklin, who is in his eighth season at PSU, signed a six-year contract extension, pushing his deal with Penn State until Dec. 31, 2031. The Nittany Lions boss, who turns 50 on Feb. 2, 2022, also coached his 100th game…
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9 Things to Know About a Potential New Deal Between James Franklin and Penn State
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After Penn State’s 28-0 victory over Rutgers on Saturday, James Franklin stood about 10 yards from the edge of Penn State’s south end zone and said he would talk about his future at Penn State – and perhaps elsewhere – at his weekly press conference this coming Tuesday afternoon. Neil Rudel of The Mirror in…
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9 Things That Explain Penn State Football in 2021, Including the Decline in the Running Game
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Penn State has played 600 minutes of football so far in 2021. That’s enough time to get a sense of who the Nittany Lions are and what they are all about. It has been an up and down season — on and off the field — and their 6-4 record is testament to that. Some…
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Penn State Football and Its Escalating Number of Narrow Losses: The Game Within the Game
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Narrow defeats can be perplexing. Especially when they come in bunches, like they have for Penn State football in its second consecutive autumn of discontent. Just ask Jordan Stout, whose Saturday in Beaver Stadium was full of ups and downs, near-misses and maybes. “You know, I was on the sideline thinking the same thing myself,”…
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Penn State Football Still Searching for Answers Heading into Michigan Game
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Nine games into the 2021 football season, Penn State is 6-3 and seems to have more questions today — heading into its contest against Michigan in Beaver Stadium – than answers. Definitely more questions than when it opened the season. And, certainly, more questions than after the Nittany Lions opened the season 5-0 and ranked…
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10 Downs Inside the Red Zone with the Penn State Defense
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COLLEGE PARK, MD. – When teams get inside Penn State’s red zone in 2021, like the Terrapins did five times here on Saturday, the Nittany Lions’ defense stiffens. Gets stingy. Then usually decides that they want it more than the other guy. It just…feels…different when their backs are literally against the wall. “I feel like…
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Maryland Is the Acid Test That Penn State Football Needs
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Penn State’s game at Maryland on Saturday is a BIG Big Ten Conference (and confidence) game – win, lose or draw…er, scratch that – win, lose or nine overtimes. The Terps on the road is a gut check for James Franklin and the Nittany Lions, who have gone more than a month without a win,…
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Penn State Football: Clifford’s Night in The Horseshoe Was a Loss, But He’s Still the Leader
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – It was an emotional farewell here for Sean Clifford. It was just after 12:30 a.m. early Sunday morning when the Penn State quarterback said his good-byes to a small circle of friends and family — one of them wearing a red sweatshirt — and walked through the iron gates in the southwest…