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Observations From Penn State Practice Before Regular Season Finale at Rutgers
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The Nittany Lions returned to the practice field inside Holuba Hall on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in State College one day before Thanksgiving and three days before their final regular season game. Penn State offered the small group of media members still in town a brief glimpse into practice before hitting the road to take…
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‘It’ll Continue to Slow Down.’ Ethan Grunkemeyer Details Improvement as Penn State Starter
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Penn State quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer was thrown into the fire as a redshirt freshman, earning his first career start just over a month ago in a hostile Kinnick Stadium, followed by a game at No. 1 Ohio State. Understandably, his stat lines weren’t pretty as he navigated his new role and got his first meaningful…
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Penn State Football Game 11 Snap Counts Against Nebraska
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Penn State remained in the win column and kept its bowl hopes alive with a 37-10 drubbing of Nebraska in Beaver Stadium last Saturday. The Nittany Lions continued to make tweaks to player usage as the regular season winds to a close, incorporating more younger players who could be vital pieces to next year’s squad,…
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Penn State’s Terry Smith on His Head Coach Qualifications, Offensive Improvement and Bond With Kaytron Allen
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Riding a two-game winning streak including a 37-10 blowout victory over Nebraska on Saturday, Penn State interim head coach Terry Smith met with a small contingent of media members the Monday before Thanksgiving. Smith fielded questions about various topics, including his candidacy to become the next permanent head coach, an improved offensive showing under his…
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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…
