Mike Poorman
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What Does New Penn State OC Mike Yurcich Bring to the Table? Everyone’s ‘Eating’
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On Jan. 8, 2021, James Franklin announced that he was swapping his first-year offensive coordinator/quarterback Kirk Ciarrocca for Mike Yurcich. Ciarrocca was fired just 54 weeks and a 4-5 record into his job. Kardashian marriages have lasted longer. Now, three games into Yurcich’s tenure as Penn State’s fourth OC/QB coach in five seasons, the results…
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Penn State Football: James Franklin’s Answer
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Would James Franklin leave Penn State for USC? James prefers to keep his thoughts on that matter within his family. His football family – players, assistant coaches, key staffers. Certainly, his wife Fumi knows what he is thinking. And is definite helping to formulate those thoughts. But Franklin is not telling the 107,000 other members…
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Penn State Football: James Franklin is Feeling His Oats. For Good Reason
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James Franklin is feeling his oats these days. And he should. (The expression dates back to the early 19th century, used for the frisky, energetic movements of a horse when it has a belly full of oats, according to the Wall Street Journal. The earliest example recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary comes from the Boston…
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Penn State Football Eyes Its 300th Win in Beaver Stadium
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If – honestly, most likely when – Penn State beats Ball State in its 2021 home opener on Saturday, it will be the Nittany Lions’ 300th win in Beaver Stadium. It’s an added twist to the return of fans to the stadium after a 651 day hiatus. No. 300 has been 62 years, five head coaches and…
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A Win Over Wisconsin Was the Shot in the Arm That All of Penn State Needed
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Jaquan Brisker mandated the kind of victory for The Pennsylvania State University that Eric Barron could not. And the resulting “W” over the Dubs was the shot in the arm that Penn State needed. All of Penn State. One, two, three times Brisker was down on Saturday in Camp Randall. But not out. He came…
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Penn State Football: Is Wisconsin a Must-Win Game?
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The last time Penn State beat a ranked team in the season-opener was in 1999.
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Penn State Football: Ranking the Coaches as Players. Who is No. 1?
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Which Penn State football coach was the best college football player? We rank them, No. 1 through 11
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Penn State Athletics: Barbour Opens the Door to Adding a Women’s Varsity Sport. Could it Be Crew or Rugby?
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Sandy Barbour, the head of Penn State intercollegiate athletics, said she is open to the possibility of the university adding an additional women’s varsity sports team. The revelation came during her Zoom press conference on Saturday, after I asked her about the athletic program’s challenge — and legal responsibility — of meeting its Title IX…
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As Sandy Barbour Begins Year 8 at Penn State, She Talks Conference Expansion & Media Rights
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Sandy Barbour recently began her eighth year as head of Penn State intercollegiate athletics — she was hired on July 26, 2014 — with little fanfare. Penn State’s vice president for intercollegiate athletics, Barbour has largely been the under-the-media-radar in 2021. Not that there isn’t plenty to talk about in what has been an unprecedented…
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Penn State Football: Some Stout Goals for Jordan, Who Wants to Do It All
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Penn State’s Jordan Stout wants to do it all in 2021: Punt and kick field goals and kick off. And win national awards as the nation’s top college kicker and punter. And be a team leader and be a Barstool Athlete. And make it as Pat McAfee’s No. 1 kicker. And pick up a second…