Women’s Hockey (12-0) The women’s hockey team stayed unbeaten with back-to-back 4-0 wins over Robert Morris. The defense allowed just 31 shots on goal in the series, and Katie DeSa stopped all of them in one of the best combined efforts from the defense all season. Tessa Janecke’s 10-game point streak ended in Game 2, […]
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The Nittany Lions return to Beaver Stadium for the first time since the firing of James Franklin. Penn State (3-5, 0-5) vs. Indiana (9-0, 6-0) Kickoff: Noon, Beaver Stadium, State College, PA The Betting Line: Penn State +14.5 TV: FOX, Noon, Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst), Jenny Taft (sideline) Weather: Highs in the upper-50s with rain expected overnight, […]
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The never-ending season is still going on, and this week, Penn State will welcome the No. 2 team in the country — the Indiana Hoosiers — to Beaver Stadium. We discuss the upcoming game, plus we’ll spend a hearty portion of the show talking about Penn State’s search for a new head coach. Could Georgia […]
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40 Penn State players had at least one snap in Saturday’s 38-14 loss to Ohio State. NOTE: Season totals are in parentheses Offense: 61 snaps (513) Quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer: 61 (159) Running Backs Kaytron Allen: 42 (276)Nicholas Singleton: 26 (251) Wide Receivers Trebor Peña: 41 (349)Kyron Hudson: 37 (391)Devonte Ross: 24 (252)Liam Clifford: 9 (95)Koby […]
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Penn State is in the middle of a head coaching search for the first time in over a decade, and I’m curious what everyone would like to see from the next head coach as far as philosophy goes. Would you like to see someone who came up on the offensive side of the ball? Or […]
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Fort Cherry’s (PA) Matt Sieg added another feather to his cap in his Rangers’ eleventh win of the season, breaking the school’s all-time rushing record. As a reminder, he plays quarterback in high school. The four-star had two touchdowns and 154 yards in the affair before heading to the bench. He now also sits second […]
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Penn St. Nittany Lions (3-5; 0-5 Big Ten) vs #2 Indiana Hoosiers (8-0; 5-0 Big Ten) 12:00 p.m. ET, November 8—Fox Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 106,573 / University Park PA) Tableizer using codebeautify.org Penn State Value (Nat’l Rank) Value (Nat’l Rank) Indiana Advantage Rushing Offense (ypg) 155.2 (69) 80.0 (4) Rushing Defense (ypg) Passing Offense (ypg) […]
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Welcome back to our weekly series tracking some of the bowl/CFP picks for Penn State football following each game, This season, we will follow ESPN, Yahoo, College Football News, and CBS Sports, with occasional bonus picks from other publications. Yahoo Sports/College Football News: Bowl/CFP Seed: None Location: N/A Date: N/A Opponent: N/A CBS Sports: Bowl/CFP […]
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We’re back for another week of coaching news and notes. Other than Matt Rhule, no notable coaches signed extensions and then lost another ranked game and just about everyone remains in play as Pat Kraft tosses out his wide net. We’ll discuss two new names this week, but as I say every week: be patient. […]
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Even though Penn State’s season has gone off the rails compared to preseason expectations, the show must go on – and this year, there’s a lot to double take at in college football. Some things, though, remain the same; last year’s national champ, Ohio State, is unsurprisingly #1 in the first rankings. This week’s PSU […]
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Aiden Fink will be out for the foreseeable future, per head coach Guy Gadowsky. How Penn State hockey will adjust to life without Aiden Fink. Penn State hockey’s series against Michigan State is officially a Top-3 showdown. Penn State women’s hockey remains undefeated after posting consecutive shutouts. The women’s volleyball team is barely in the […]
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Texas Keeps Surviving It seemed safe to write off the ‘Horns after two early losses and an offense that couldn’t get off the ground. However, Texas kept finding ways to win while the offense has started to wake up. October saw them pull off a big upset of rival Oklahoma, survive overtime scares from Kentucky […]
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Kevin Brown Visits Ohio State 2026 Penn State commit Kevin Brown was in attendance for the Nittany Lions’ 38-14 loss to Ohio State on Saturday: As of today, Brown is the highest-rated commit in Penn State’s 2026 class, but a flip feels increasingly inevitable as Penn State continues its coaching search. This would be a […]
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Here’s a list of the current Nittany Lions in the NFL listed by 53-man roster: *Just a reminder that again this season, I will not include players like Juwan Johnson and KeAndre Lambert-Smith that did not finish their college career at Penn State* Arizona Cardinals: Blake Gillikin, PJ Mustipher Atlanta Falcons: Arnold Ebiketie Baltimore Ravens: […]
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As a former Penn State basketball coach would say, Penn State’s season-opening win over Fairfield was “gritty, not pretty.” For most of the night, the Nittany Lions flirted with disaster against a 15-point underdog Stags team, but put together a run when they absolutely had to late in the game in order to secure the […]
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After a pair of exhibition games, the Nittany Lions officially tip off Year 3 of the Mike Rhoades era against Fairfield. Unfortunately, you are going to need a B1G+ streaming subscription to watch tonight’s contest, which starts at 7:00 PM EST. If you haven’t done so already, check out our preview. As always, the usual […]
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The Nittany Lions’ 2025-26 season kicks off on Monday! Penn State hopes to improve from an abysmal 2024-25 season, where a team expected to compete for a postseason bid instead finished 17th in the conference. Mike Rhoades lost plenty of talent to graduation, some to the portal, and one to the NBA draft, so this […]
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Hello there and welcome to the Big Ten Power Rankings! Each week we’ll rank how the teams across the conference are playing, in the hopes of seeing just who is a contender, and who is a pretender over the course of the season. The rules are few, but resolute: Teams are ranked by how they’re […]
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Twelve conference teams were in action in six games that pitted B1G on B1G – so what were some of the highlights? Let’s take a deeper look. Best Win of the Week: USC Rallies on the Road Since joining the Big Ten, USC has not done well playing on the road. Last year, there were […]
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It’s rinse and repeat here at Black Shoe Diaries with our weekly MVP award. Once again, Penn State lost – and once again there weren’t many bright spots outside of Kaytron Allen. Well, until at least Nicholas Singleton showed some of the things that we’ve expected all year long. So, though Penn State lost 38-14 […]
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I wrote a couple weeks ago about the countdown to Kaytron Allen trying to become the Penn State career rushing leader, and given the relative meh-ness of this season, I think I’m going to keep tabs on it on a weekly basis, or at least until something more fun happens. Against Ohio State, Kaytron had […]
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Penn State is still out of the Coaches Poll and the Associated Press ranking and they face the second-ranked team in the country on Saturday. Ohio State remains No. 1 in both polls after defeating the Nittany Lions, with other conference foes Indiana (2nd in both polls) Oregon (6th in both polls), Michigan (20th in […]
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Well, at least that first half was kinda fun, no? Time to rip off the band-aid, once again… Quarterback: C Considering this was his second career start against yet another ferocious defense, Ethan Grunkemeyer did not allow himself to get rattled and even made some nice throws when he had time in the pocket. Unfortunately, […]
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While fan expectations were not high for Penn State’s once-marquee matchup with Ohio State, the Nittany Lions still got their money’s worth in the first half. Nicholas Singleton rounded into form, and Ethan Grunkemeyer helped orchestrate one of the team’s best drives of the season. Suddenly, Penn State was within one score. Still, plenty of […]
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