Local & Penn State Sports

Things escalated quickly. As ball-security drills wrapped up at Penn State’s practice viewing session on Tuesday, James Franklin began to shout. Other assistant coaches joined in, signaling players from both sides of the ball to meet along the 50-yard line for one-on-ones. It was a novel occurrence for reporters, to say the least. “Snap the…

A key Penn State special teams player has won a high-profile weekly honor. Junior Riley Thompson was selected as the Ray Guy Award Punter of the Week on Tuesday for his performance in the Nittany Lions’ 34-27 win against Bowling Green.  Thompson was named a team captain this preseason and is already off to a…

There were a total of 47 former Penn State players on NFL teams entering the opening week of the 2024 season, and 35 of them entered the year on 53-man rosters. A handful of ex-Nittany Lions made their marks early and often this past weekend as the campaign kicked off. Led by Saquon Barkley’s eye-opening…

Penn State football’s season is in full swing and a number of first-year players have already seen playing time through two games. A player can appear in up to four games — not including postseason competition — and retain redshirt status. But it appears a trio of Nittany Lions are on pace to burn their…

The kickoff time and broadcast designation for No. 8 Penn State’s next matchup has been announced. After a bye week, the Nittany Lions will return to action at Beaver Stadium against Kent State on Sept. 21 at 3:30 p.m. EDT, a contest set to broadcast on Big Ten network. The matchup with Golden Flashes will…

The starters weren’t supposed to play the entire game. Penn State also wasn’t supposed to inch out a narrow 34-27 win over Bowling Green on Saturday. In a perfect world, the starters would’ve exited by the third quarter, at the latest, leading the way for bench players to see significant time. Only that didn’t happen.…

Tyler Warren makes it easy for his quarterback. Sometimes he’s on the shoulder, and other times he’s in the middle of the field on a seam route. But most of the time, Warren is open. There’s not much Drew Allar had to do against Bowling Green, but ship it to the big, open target wearing…

Penn State only squeaked out a 34-27 victory over Bowling Green on Saturday, but James Franklin’s program is nonetheless staying put in the rankings. The Nittany Lions remained at No. 8 in the AP Top 25 poll for a third consecutive week as they enter an idle week. Penn State was among six Big Ten…