Mike Poorman

Penn State football officially kicks off the 2025 season on Wednesday, when it holds its first full-squad preseason practice of its fall camp. PSU players reported back to campus on Tuesday, after a short break from a summer full of conditioning, small group work with their position coaches and informal team-member workouts. Now, it gets…

Drew Allar is a winner. In two seasons as Penn State’s starting quarterback, he has guided the Nittany Lions to a 23-6 record (a .793 winning percentage), the Big Ten title game and two College Football Playoff victories. He’s thrown for over 6,300 yards and 53 touchdowns, and just 10 interceptions. And he still has…

In Las Vegas on Wednesday for the Big Ten Conference media days, Penn State head coach James Franklin doubled down on embracing the high expectations for Nittany Lion football in 2025. And in doing so, he went all in on his players and coaches. “This is the best combined personnel that we’ve had at Penn…

After Sandy Barbour signed a contract extension in February 2019 to remain as Penn State’s athletic director though Aug. 31, 2023, she said that Penn State would be her “last stop” and that “this will be it.” It hasn’t turned out that way. She is now an AD at her fourth university. Barbour, 65, is…

Fifty days and counting. As of Arts Festival Friday, there are only seven weeks and one day until Penn State’s much-anticipated 2025 season-opener on Aug. 30 vs. Nevada in Beaver Stadium. Make that a (partially) renovated Beaver Stadium. It may not be a work of art this fall — even athletic director Pat Kraft says…

When he was hired on Jan. 11, 2014, James Franklin was Penn State’s fourth head football coach in 28 months. Since then, he’s been the model of consistency and longevity — not just for Penn State, but in all of major college football. Call him James Franklong. As he heads into his 12th season at Penn…

It has been 130 days since grizzled defensive coordinator Jim Knowles left the newly-crowned champs of college football, Ohio State, and headed east to coach Penn State. On the Buckeyes’ way to the national title in 2024, Knowles’ Ohio State’s defense ranked first nationally in scoring defense, total defense, yards allowed per play, touchdowns allowed…

It’s 100 days until Penn State embarks on its 136th season of college football, when the Nittany Lions host Nevada on Aug. 30 in a Beaver Stadium that will be featuring temporary seats in the upper decks of the west side as the 65-year-old venue undergoes a three-year renovation. (The Wolf Pack could use a…