Columns
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9 Ways Penn State’s Beau Pribula Is Like Trace McSorley — That’s What He Said
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Beau Pribula is 6-foot-2 and 206 pounds. Trace McSorley played 6-2 and 203. They share the No. 9 jersey while playing quarterback for Penn State. Both are wiry and lean and twisty and turny and resilient and elusive and gutsy and shifty and swifty and oh-so-popular with their teammates, fans, fellow students and Penn State…
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It’s Julian Fleming’s First Time on the Nittany Lions’ Side of the Penn State-Ohio State Rivalry
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No matter how you look at it, Saturday’s Penn State-Ohio State showdown in Beaver Stadium is a big one for Nittany Lions wide receiver Julian Fleming. Fleming made his name as a five-star receiver at Southern Columbia High School, less than two hours from Beaver Stadium. He set the Pennsylvania prep receiving records for touchdowns…
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Ain’t No Cure for the Pre-Election Jitters
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I’m known as a calm guy. Where others overreact to difficulties, I under-react. Where they spin worst-case scenarios, I believe — correctly, usually; naively, at times — that nothing really terrible is going to happen. Like Anne Frank (no relation), I believe that most people are good and that therefore, the good will prevail. Or…
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Penn State Is 7-2 vs. Ohio State When the Nittany Lions Are the Higher-Ranked Team
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Penn State enters its contest with Ohio State in Beaver Stadium as the higher-ranked team for the 10th time in the intense border state rivalry. And the Nittany Lions hold a stellar 7-2 mark in those games. The 2024 Nittany Lions are 7-0 and ranked No. 3 in the latest Associated Press poll. Ohio State,…
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A Scottish — and Scotch — Adventure
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Scotch whisky. Or, as we tend to refer to it here in the United States, simply, “scotch.” Scotch is a distilled spirit made in Scotland from cereals, water and yeast. And by “cereals” they mean what we call “grains,” not Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. But, if you do prefer to add the whisky part to the…
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Column: ‘They’ve Lost Their Way,’ Former Trustee Says of Penn State Board
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Updated 5:53 p.m. Oct. 30 with corrected attribution of a quote by a trustee. I’ve tried my best this fall to focus on Happy Valley news that really matters. Like the exploits of the Penn State football team or the pre-season rankings of the Nittany Lion wrestlers. But doggone it, even sports fans like me…
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Jaylen Reed’s Pick-Six: Penn State Felt the Momentum, Beau Pribula Felt the Love
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MADISON, Wis. — Jaylen Reed’s third-quarter pick-six against Wisconsin Saturday night in Camp Randall Stadium not only gave the Nittany Lions a lead they never relinquished. It underscored a promise made just a few minutes earlier. “The DBs came over to me and said we got your back,” said quarterback Beau Pribula, who took over…
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Penn State’s James Franklin Issues Post-Game Apology for His Actions at Wednesday’s Press Conference
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MADISON, Wis. — At the end of his post-game press conference late Saturday, minutes after his Nittany Lions defeated Wisconsin 28-13, Penn State coach James Franklin asked for a final minute to address his actions during his brief media availability Wednesday evening that followed Penn State’s practice. “I want to apologize. I didn’t do a…
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Paterno: My Father Believed in Building, Not Bullying
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Jay Paterno can’t speak for what his father’s views might be on the current state of national politics, but he knows the values he believed in.
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How Penn State’s James Franklin Casts His Ballot in the Weekly USA Today College Coaches Football Poll
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There are three major college football polls — and, you might not be aware, but James Franklin has a weekly vote in one of them: the US LBM Coaches Poll, administered by USA Today and a voting contingent comprised of current major college football coaches. The other two: The more-well-known weekly Associated Press poll, which originated…