Hey everybody, Bubba here. Wrestling season is upon us and I bring exciting news! In an effort to improve our coverage to something more befitting the best wrestling program in the nation, we have suckered elevated several additional people into full writer status. It’s a bunch of people you’re already familiar with who have been […]
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Penn State’s offense finally found success in the vertical passing game thanks to a promising performance by Ethan Grunkemeyer. The Return of Nick “The Quick” Singleton propelled a second half rally that nearly toppled #2 Indiana. King Mack and Trebor Pena joined Singleton as MVPs of the day. The Beaver Stadium crowd came up big […]
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Penn State completed their gauntlet of top-two teams in both the Coaches Poll and the Associated Press ranking, and three other conference foes remain in the polls. Ohio State widened their lead at No. 1 in both polls, with other conference teams Indiana (2nd in both polls after their narrow victory over the Nittany Lions) […]
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Just when I thought this team was done breaking my heart for the season…Perhaps some of these grades may seem generous, but I also had to factor in that this was the most spirited effort from the players and coaches in the Terry Smith era. With that being said, let’s see how this grades out: […]
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It was another week, another heartbreak for Nittany Lions. Penn State suffered its sixth consecutive defeat by giving up a late touchdown to Indiana to fall 27-24. However, their fortunates are predicted to finally change in week 12 as Penn State opened as an 8.5-point favorite over Michigan State, according to FanDuel. Both teams have […]
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The Nittany Lions, with a new coach, and a new quarterback, just went through a gauntlet that would have been as difficult had the team not fallen apart two months ago. Against three of the four best teams on its schedule, back-to-back, they held a lead with seconds left in two of them, and gave […]
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After falling in overtime in Game 1, No. 3 Penn State was flat out embarrassed by No. 1 Michigan State 5-0 in Game 2. The Spartans jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. It was a wake-up call for a team that has been skating by (pun intended) on the efforts from […]
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The first four drives of this game all ended in punts, as the offenses struggled to find big plays early. On the first play of Indiana’s third drive, Fernando Mendoza found Charlie Becker for a 53-yard pass deep down the middle to set up the Hoosiers in the red zone. Two plays later, Mendoza rushed […]
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How does this keep happening?
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Penn State is done for the day but there’s a lot of football still out there, hang out with us while we watch!
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Penn State men’s basketball moved to 2-0 on the season with an 87-43 road win over New Haven. Penn State started slow in its first road game of the season. The Chargers were able to hang around early and even led for stretches of the first half. Trailing 10-9 midway through the half, Penn State […]
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Fourth quarter let’s gooooooo!
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Halfway home!
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We’re a quarter of the way through the action!
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The Nittany Lions look to make it two wins in a row to start the season, heading on the road to take on the University of New Haven (which is not the same as Yale, apparently). The game is not televised, but you can listen to the Penn State Sports Network’s coverage of the game […]
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Penn State takes on the #2 Indiana Hoosiers at 12:00 ET on FOX, come hang out with us while we watch!
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Happy Saturday. Sometime around the point that Indiana opens up a double digit lead, Penn State’s basketball team will be in action for the second time this season. In one of the year’s more oddly timed and scheduled games, the Lions (1-0) will be on the road to face the Chargers (0-2) today at 1 […]
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What comes the week after playing the nation’s #1 team? You guessed it, a date with the nation’s #2 team. What a season. The quest for the first conference win of the season continues…
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No. 3 Penn State fell to No. 1 Michigan State 2-1 in overtime on Friday night in the first of four regular season meetings between the two teams. A spectacular performance by Kevin Reidler was enough to net the Nittany Lions a standings point, but poor defense and an atrocious power play kept Penn State […]
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FRIDAY Tulane at Memphis9 p.m., ESPN A high-stakes game for your Friday night. Memphis was the playoff committee’s G5 pick in the first playoff rankings. Tulane will take their place with a road victory. Winner definitely has a leg up in a crowded G5 field.Prediction: Tulane-30, Memphis-28 SATURDAY (#7)BYU at (#8)Texas TechNoon, ABC Texas Tech […]
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Fresh off a Halloweekend sweep over Ohio State, No. 3 Penn State travels to East Lansing to take on No. 1 Michigan State. The Nittany Lions will be in a battle of two top five teams for the first time in program history. While Penn State’s 9-1 start has been bumpy at times, this is […]
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I don’t know about you guys, but to me it seems our commentariot is as unmotivated this week as the football team reportedly was this week during practice. Regardless, we still prevail – and no matter what happens, we’ll all still win in the tailgating lots (and we’re only one week out of wrestling season!). […]
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Well, Indiana is having the kind of season that everyone thought Penn State would be having. The Hoosiers were a playoff team a year ago and this year, they’re ranked No. 2 in the country and headed for a conference championship game showdown against Ohio State. Before they play Saturday at Beaver Stadium, we spoke […]
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The Lions reenter the friendly confines of Beaver Stadium, but have an unfriendly visitor in the #2 Indiana Hoosiers. How does the staff see this one playing out? Chris Thought Penn State would lose by 49 last week, and they only lost by 24! Not bad, not bad. Indiana 63, Penn State 14 Lando Guess […]
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(This column was guest-written by former BSD Deputy Editor Clay Sauertieg) For just the third time in the last 59 years, the Penn State football program is without a full-time head coach. Just over two weeks ago, the Nittany Lions parted ways with James Franklin after what was, admittedly, a largely successful 12-year run with […]
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