Mike Poorman
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The Biggest Gain in Penn State’s Passing Game on Blue-White Weekend? Getting Trebor Pena
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The most conspicuous thing missing from the Blue-White Game on Saturday was the upper deck of the west side of Beaver Stadium. Entering Saturday, there was another hole: At wide receiver, despite the winter addition of transfers Devonte Ross (Troy) and Kyron Hudson (USC). Even Penn State AD Pat Kraft publicly acknowledged that James Franklin’s…
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New Running Back Coach Drayton: Penn State Has That National Championship ‘Feel’
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I was talking national championships with Penn State’s new running back coach Stan Drayton on Tuesday evening, after the Nittany Lions’ practice in a small media scrum of four or five reporters in Holuba Hall. Drayton knows No. 1s. And when it comes to national titles, Drayton knows whereof he speaks. As a running back…
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Penn State’s Championship and Final Four Coaches: What Makes Them Great
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Penn State’s highest-profile teams — sans basketball — are on a big-time run of success. In the span of 109 days: National championships for wrestling (again) and for women’s volleyball, with the rus(s)t now wiped off after a decade dry spell punctuated by the departure of legend Russ Rose. And final four appearances for football, in the…
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10 Reasons Why Nick Singleton Came Back for a Final Season of Penn State Football
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Just like that. One, then quickly the other. Both Penn State backs were coming back. They did so on Jan. 13 — only four days after the Nittany Lions lost to Notre Dame, 27-24, in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Orange Bowl. That’s the day running backs Nick Singleton and Kaytron Allen independently posted…
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James Franklin on Penn State Football’s New DC Knowles: ‘I’m Impressed’
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Jim Knowles doesn’t have to make immediate changes or a big flashy impact on his new employer right now, only 65 days on the job and just four official spring practices into his tenure as Penn State’s newest defensive coordinator. What really, truly matters is how Knowles and his Nittany Lion defense do on Sept.…
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House Money: How Much Will Penn State Football Pay its Players in 2025?
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If U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken approves the House v. NCAA titanic settlement next Monday in Oakland, it will mean a big payday for tens of thousands of college athletes — past, present and future. And that includes former Nittany Lion stars and current student-athletes, who will literally be on the Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics official…
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New Faces and a Trace of the Familiar for Penn State’s Football Coaches on the First Day of Practice
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Something old… …but he’s still five months shy of his 30th birthday. So, let’s just call Trace McSorley “familiar.” The former Penn State quarterback, who went 31-9 as a starter and was a huge catalyst for the return to prominence of Penn State football in 2016 under James Franklin, was on the field and working…
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How Quarterback Drew Allar Led Penn State to the Orange Bowl and a CFP Semifinal vs. Notre Dame
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The Drew Allar of 2024 is not exactly like the Drew Allar who quarterbacked Penn State in 2023. That’s a good thing. And the result is that the older Drew, the more mature, the more emotional Drew has the Nittany Lions in the CFP Final Four, set to play Notre Dame Thursday night in the…
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For Penn State and the Road to No. 1, the Final Four Has a Nice Ring to It
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GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Penn State is in The Final Four. Hold on, Nittany Lion basketball fans. Mike has hoops on a pretty successful Rhoades, but we’re talking football here. And, The Road to No. 1. Around Happy Valley, that’s a term popularized decades ago by the late great Ridge Riley in his Penn State football history…
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When Penn State’s Two Running Backs Are Better Than Boise State’s One
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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Penn State running backs coach Ja’Juan Seider, for one, got tired of hearing about Boise State’s stud of a running back, Ashton Jeanty, in the days leading up to the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game being played in the Fiesta Bowl. For two main reasons: Seider’s own Nittany Lion running backs, Kaytron Allen…