Mike Poorman
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It Will Be a Year and a Day Since the Last Time Penn State Played Ohio State; It Seems Longer
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It’s been a long football season. Already. Make that two seasons: By 11 p.m. on Saturday night, Penn State will have played 17 games in 53 weeks. By Nov. 27, Penn State will have played 21 games in a little more than 13 months. None of them bowls. That’s a ton. And only now is…
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Why Penn State Football’s Loss to Illinois Stung So Much
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This could be why so many people are not cutting Coach James Franklin much slack after Penn State’s nine overtime loss to Illinois on Saturday: Penn State was a 24-point favorite. Illinois entered the game with a 2-5 record. And in the lead-up to the game even first-year Illini Bret Bielema said many of his…
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Penn State Football in No Rush to Get Running Game Going
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When it comes to a 100-yard rusher — the coveted century mark that has been a signature stat in football for over a century — Penn State is ofer-2021. Penn State’s running game has mostly stalled since Journey Brown busted out for 202 yards and two TDs against Memphis in the 2019 Cotton Bowl. In…
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Penn State Football: Meanwhile, in Southern California…
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With the 2021 college football season at its halfway point, the coaching carousel is starting to spin faster. And State College is part of that circus — at least among the national media. It was reported on Sunday that LSU and Ed Orgeron have agreed to part ways after this season. That means two of…
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Penn State Football: Roberson’s Baptism Under Fire Doesn’t Go Well
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IOWA CITY, Iowa – It was 4:32 p.m. here — Central time; it was 5:32 back in State College – when backup quarterback Ta’Quan Roberson stepped onto the field at Kinnick Stadium for Penn State. Number 2 – and QB2 – was about to become QB1 for the No. 4 team in the country. Ready…
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Penn State Football: How Do James Franklin and Mike Yurcich Fare in Big Games?
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You know the disclaimer, which usually runs with at the of financial services commercials: “Remember that past performance may not be indicative of future results.” But that’s not only true when making an investment. It could also pertain when attempting to determine the outcome of a high-stakes college football game between two high-ranked teams –…
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Penn State vs. Iowa: What James Franklin Thinks, What His Players Saw on TV, and Their Memories of Kinnick
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Penn State tight end Brenton Strange was tuned into FS1 on Friday night, inside the team hotel a few miles away from Beaver Stadium. Strange watched as Iowa ripped apart Maryland, in a 51-14 destruction on national television where the Hawkeyes scored 31 points in the second quarter as the shell-shocked Terps’ offense turned over…
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Penn State Football: Podcast QBs McGloin and Hackenberg Weigh in Clifford
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Every week this fall, I spend over two hours with Matt McGloin and Christian Hackenberg. We walk on campus, hike in the woods and talk Penn State football. OK, I walk and hike, and they talk — and I listen. And learn. The two former Nittany Lions are quarterbacking a pair of new podcasts that are…
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Penn State’s 4-0, No. 4 Formula for Success: What the Players Say
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A year ago at this time, Penn State was 0-0. (Its first game in Pandemic 2020 was played Oct. 24, 2020 at Indiana – and the Hoosiers are next up this Saturday.) In that truncated 2020 season, Penn State only had four wins in nine games. Their last four games. Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford…
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Penn State Football: Franklin Not a ‘Huge Fan’ of the Transfer Portal…but So Far in 2021, It Has Its Advantages
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For a guy who is admittedly not a big fan of the transfer portal, James Franklin and his Nittany Lions are certainly reaping its rewards three games into the 2021 season. “Even though we have had success with the portal, I wouldn’t say necessarily I’m a huge fan and believer in it,” Franklin said this…