State College News
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Thanksgiving Basket Drive Inspires Penn State Student Service
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The Civic Engagement Alliance’s Thanksgiving Basket Drive will support more than 200 families in need in the immediate State College area.
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Mount Nittany Health Donates $10K to State College Food Bank
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As part of its annual Season of Giving, Mount Nittany Health is donating $10,000 to the State College Food Bank. The health system also launched an employee food drive to collect nonperishable food and essential supplies to further support the food bank’s efforts throughout the holiday season. This initiative, according to Mount Nittany Health, reflects…
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PSUPoorman’s Top 10: How to Prep for a Job Interview With Penn State AD Pat Kraft
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It’s been 42 days…and counting…since Penn State vice president for intercollegiate athletics Dr. Patrick Kraft fired James Franklin, after the head football coach’s Nittany Lion football squad lost three games in 15 days and did a stunning free-fall from the No. 2 team in the country to a mediocre and perplexing 3-3. The next day,…
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Penn State Players Make Cases for Terry Smith to Be Permanent Head Coach
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In the aftermath of Penn State’s emotional 37-10 win over Nebraska on Saturday, several Nittany Lions held signs high into the night sky displaying a simple, three-word message: Hire Terry Smith. Fans chanted Smith’s name throughout the second half and the student section waited for him to depart through the tunnel so they could greet…
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What Everyone Got Wrong About Penn State
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On Oct. 11, I wrote a column titled “Welcome to Rock Bottom, Penn State.” I typed it in the press box at Beaver Stadium after the Nittany Lions lost to Northwestern 22-21. I don’t disagree with anything I wrote in that article — James Franklin was fired less than 24 hours after it was published…
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Nebraska Didn’t Win the Battle, But Their Coach Rhules His Own Domain
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The minute Matt Rhule and his full Nebraska squad ran out of the visiting team tunnel in Beaver Stadium on Saturday, a little more than an hour before kickoff, the Cornhuskers’ head coach made a beeline for the middle of the field. Rhule was looking for Terry Smith, a fellow former Nittany Lion football player…
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Kaytron Allen, Nick Singleton Make Penn State History in Win Over Nebraska
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Kaytron Allen took a handoff from Ethan Grunkemeyer and was met at the line of scrimmage, stiff-arming a Nebraska defender and rumbling upfield for a 15 yard gain, seemingly breaking Penn State’s program record for career rushing yards as the crowd roared in approval. In a twist of fate, Allen was called for a facemask…
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Penn State Dominates Nebraska 37-10 as Allen Becomes Program’s All-Time Rushing Leader
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Kaytron Allen became Penn State’s all-time career rushing leader and the Nittany Lions (5-6, 2-6) closed out their home schedule with a 37-10 victory over Nebraska (7-4, 4-4) on Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. Allen carried 25 times for 160 yards and two touchdowns in the 12th 100-yard rushing game of his career and fourth…
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Penn State, Nebraska Release Availability Reports
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Penn State remains banged up for its Saturday night clash against Nebraska in Beaver Stadium, though the Nittany Lions have a few players available who were out a week ago. Cornerback A.J. Harris and center Dom Rulli, who were listed as questionable last week against Michigan State, were left off the Nittany Lions’ pregame availability…
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College Township Council Reviews Final Plan for 1st Phase of Residential Development Near Shiloh Road
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College Township Council on Thursday reviewed final plans for the first phase of a development that will create hundreds of new residential units in the Dale Summit area. Burkentine Builders 48-acre planned residential development will be located on the west side of Shiloh Road and north of Trout Road, and the council conditionally approved a…