Columns
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Will Penn State’s Offensive Line Match the Success of the 1981 and 1994 All-Time Greats?
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College football magazine savant Phil Steele says Penn State’s offensive line is the best in the nation heading into the much-hyped 2025 season. Does it have a chance to be the best O-line in Nittany Lion football history, which dates back to 1887? With quarterback Drew Allar and the running back combo of Nick Singleton…
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Column: Penn State Football Should Retroactively Claim Previous National Championships
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College football national championships historically have been more subjective than objective. Before the advent of the BCS and later the College Football Playoff, “national champion” was often a matter of who you asked. Various organizations, from the Associated Press to the Helms Athletic Foundation to the National Championship Foundation crowned different teams, often with conflicting…
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The Two Hottest Offseason Penn State Football Topics
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The usual summer fan debates for Penn State football are largely settled. The starting quarterback and running backs are decided and the offensive line is in good shape. The defense appears to be loaded, and the team is universally seen as a title contender. In good times, people will still find something to argue about,…
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Lost Keys, Official Capacity, Safety and Progress: Beaver Stadium Updates From Penn State Athletic Director Pat Kraft
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It’s ready. Beaver Stadium and the temporary bleachers on the upper west side of the iconic 65-year-old stadium have been tested and re-tested, and are safe and secure for No. 2-ranked Penn State’s 2025 football season-opener on Aug. 30 against Nevada. And that’s a promise, Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft said on Tuesday. Kraft,…
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Hook: Let’s Raise a Glass to Scotch
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In less than two weeks Penn State football will be back at Beaver Stadium and many of us will enjoy a day of tailgating before the 3:30 p.m. kickoff against Nevada. It will have been eight months and nine days since we were in the stadium for that frigid victory over SMU just days before…
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The Kotelnicki Effect: How the Dominoes Fell in Place for Penn State’s National Title Run. The Dollars Helped, Too
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I credit Andy Kotelnicki — at least in part — for so many veteran Penn State football players deciding to return for one final season in 2025 in the hopes of winning a national championship. And I told him so. Coach K was the mastermind of a Penn State offense that helped guide the Nittany Lions to…
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Penn State Football Picks 2025 Captains: Allar, Dawkins, DeLuca, Durant and Duzansky
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Three Nittany Lions are repeat captains for the 2025 Penn State football team — quarterback Drew Allar, center Nick Dawkins and three-time captain Dom DeLuca — as the Nittany Lions unveiled their leaders on photo day inside Beaver Stadium on Saturday. Rounding out the five co-captain contingent for the Nittany Lions, ranked No. 2 in The…
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The Point of Penn State’s Transfer Portal Wide Receivers? More Playmakers for Allar
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A “high point catch” in football is when a receiver leaps to catch a pass at the highest point it reaches, rather than waiting for it to come down to them — or into the arms of an opposing safety. The high point of Penn State’s practice under the hot August sun on Tuesday? When…
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Battista: Campus Memories
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Almost everyone has some fond memories of campus experiences, whether you’ve graduated from high school, trade school, college or military boot camp (well, maybe not fond memories of boot camp). If you’re a Penn State Alumni Association member and receive the Penn Stater Magazine, you have undoubtedly enjoyed the periodic articles about campus memories. Most…
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For Penn State Football, the Urgency and Opportunity to Be Elite Are Now Here
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The time for Penn State to be elite is now here. That’s according to no less than an authority than Penn State’s defensive coordinator, Ivy League grad and PA native Jim Knowles, who is now 195 days into the job. “Our charge,” Knowles said during last Saturday’s media day presser, “is to be great now.”…