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Penn State could provide test for ‘Blowout Buckeyes’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State coach Ryan Day has been saying all season how he wants to see how his team plays when a game is tight, nasty and intense in the fourth quarter. That hasn’t happened yet. Through 10 games, Day has had the luxury of the Buckeyes running...
Big 2nd half from Lamar Stevens gets unbeaten Penn State past Bucknell
STATE COLLEGE — Lamar Stevens didn’t like the pace Penn State was playing at early Tuesday, so the Nittany Lions forward took it upon himself to speed things up. Stevens scored 21 of 27 points in the second half, and Penn State pulled away from Bucknell, 98-70, after leading by...
Penn State ‘hopeful’ WR KJ Hamler will be ready for Ohio State
Big-play receiver KJ Hamler’s status for No. 9 Penn State’s matchup with No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday remains up in the air. Hamler is Penn State’s leading receiver with 46 catches for 791 yards and eight touchdowns this season. He scored on a 93-yard TD pass in a 27-26...
Penn State QB Sean Clifford says he received death threats after loss to Minnesota
Penn State quarterback Sean Clifford said Tuesday morning that he received death threats via social media after the Nittany Lions suffered their first loss of the season to Minnesota on Nov. 9. Clifford said he deleted his social media after the 31-26 loss. “It’s kind of sad to say, but...
Penn State is nearly a 3-touchdown underdog at Ohio StateVideo
Penn State is set for its Big Ten East title showdown with Ohio State, and the Buckeyes are a prohibitive favorite. Circa Sports, which is always the first Las Vegas sportsbook to post college football lines each week, has made Saturday’s home team a 19-point favorite for the contest at...
QB Sean Clifford leads No. 9 Penn State past No. 24 Indiana
STATE COLLEGE — Penn State’s best offense Saturday wasn’t explosive or flashy. It was grinding and relentless, and it helped keep the No. 9 Nittany Lions’ playoff hopes alive. Penn State (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten, No. 9 CFP) got three touchdowns from quarterback Sean Clifford, who completed 11 of 23...
No. 9 Penn State looking to rebound against No. 24 Indiana
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State still has a path to the College Football Playoff, although the No. 9 Nittany Lions can’t afford another slipup. Especially against a team they historically have beaten. However, this Indiana team is different, and the No. 24 Hoosiers (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) are determined to...
Penn State doesn’t have to give up on playoff despite loss to Minnesota
After his team’s 31-26 loss to Minnesota on Saturday, Penn State coach James Franklin noted “all of our goals are still out there ahead of us.” That includes the team’s first appearance in the College Football Playoff. As they return home Saturday to face Indiana — their first home game...
AP Top 25: LSU landslide No. 1; Minnesota jumps into top 10; Penn State falls to No. 9
LSU is an overwhelming No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll after beating Alabama in a 1-2 matchup, and Minnesota moved into the top 10 for the first time in 57 years. After two weeks of historically close voting at the top of poll, LSU received 54 first-place...
Myreon Jones leads Penn State men’s basketball team past Wagner
STATE COLLEGE — Pat Chambers believes Penn State can be one of the best defensive teams in the country. Two games in, the Nittany Lions appear to be headed in that direction. Myreon Jones scored 14 points, and Penn State pulled away from Wagner, 91-64, on Saturday. Lamar Stevens added...
Minnesota holds off Penn State in battle of unbeatens
MINNEAPOLIS — The progress made by Minnesota in coach P.J. Fleck’s third season was met by natural skepticism outside the long-languishing program, with even the most ardent fans in full prove-it mode for this game of unbeaten teams against Penn State. From start to finish, the Gophers matched the moment....
Penn State vs. Minnesota has plenty of implications for Big Ten, CFP
MINNEAPOLIS — The college football spotlight this weekend has been aimed at Alabama, where LSU’s visit will mark the first regular-season meeting of the top two teams in the Associated Press poll since those same teams played eight years ago. There is quite the undercard on the schedule, too. Another...
5 things to watch in Saturday’s Penn State vs. Minnesota contestVideo
The No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions (8-0) will take on the No. 17 Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-0) at noon Saturday (ABC) at TCF Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. Here are five things you should keep an eye on during the Big Ten battle: Can Penn State QB Sean Clifford take...
Schedule strength boosts Penn State to No. 4 in CFP rankingsVideo
Penn State opened the season at No. 4 in the first College Football Playoff rankings, its highest position in the poll’s history. Previously, Penn State’s highest ranking was fifth in the final Selection Day rankings of 2016. The Lions (8-0) opened ahead of defending national champ Clemson, which landed in...
Kickoff for Penn State-Ohio State showdown set for noon
The eagerly anticipated matchup between No. 1 Ohio State and No. 4 Penn State on Saturday, Nov. 23 will kick off at noon, Fox announced Wednesday. The network also said its Big Noon Kickoff pregame show will be broadcast from Columbus starting at 10 that morning. Ohio State (8-0) faces...
No. 13 Minnesota presents sizable challenge to No. 5 Penn StateVideo
UNIVERSITY PARK — The battle of the Big Ten unbeatens is getting closer. And fifth-ranked Penn State (8-0) still has a few days to sharpen its game plan for the 13th-ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-0). But James Franklin knows what kind of challenge awaits his Nittany Lions in Minneapolis. PSU’s...
Lamar Stevens’ return bolsters Penn State basketball team
UNIVERSITY PARK — Lamar Stevens could have gone pro a few months ago. Instead, he returned to a Penn State team that finished last season as one of the hottest in the nation after a poor start. Stevens believes the Nittany Lions are much closer to the squad that won...
Penn State suspends defensive lineman Antonio Shelton for spitting incident
Penn State defensive tackle Antonio Shelton was suspended by the program for one game — and received a public reprimand from the Big Ten — for spitting at a Michigan State player Saturday. Coach James Franklin announced Shelton’s suspension after practice Tuesday, with the Big Ten issuing the public reprimand...
Penn State’s Antonio Shelton apologizes for ‘extremely selfish behavior’ at Michigan State
Penn State’s Antonio Shelton apologized after being ejected from the game Saturday at Michigan State, where ABC cameras caught him spitting on a Spartans player. Shelton, a defensive tackle, received an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty in the fourth quarter of what Penn State coach James Franklin called an “emotional” game. On Twitter,...
AP Top 25: LSU No. 1 ahead of Alabama, Ohio St in close vote; Penn State at No. 5
The No. 1 vs. No. 2 game between Alabama and LSU in two weeks looks set, though the order of the Crimson Tide and Tigers changed in the AP Top 25 in one of the closet votes ever. Heading into an off date for both teams, LSU flip-flopped with Alabama...
Penn State handles Michigan State; Freiermuth catches 3 TD passes
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Pat Freiermuth scored the game’s first two touchdowns. Turned out that was all No. 6 Penn State really needed against Michigan State’s anemic offense. Freiermuth and the Nittany Lions would add more points later, and unbeaten Penn State beat the Spartans, 28-7, on Saturday. Sean Clifford...
Penn State’s Nick Bowers knows the danger Michigan State matchup presents
As a fifth-year senior, a relative graybeard in the Penn State locker room at age 23, Kittanning native Nick Bowers knows the recent history of the rivalry between his team and Michigan State. They’re the opponent that gets its hands on a Nittany Lions team ranked in the top 10...
Michigan QB Shea Patterson accuses Penn State of intentionally gouging his eyesVideo
Michigan quarterback Shea Patterson said Tuesday that at least one Penn State defensive player intentionally eye-gouged him for “about” 10 seconds during his fourth-quarter touchdown sneak Saturday. “I’ve never been in a pileup as violent as that one,” Patterson told the Detroit News. “Got the touchdown, but that wasn’t fun.”...
Penn State’s James Franklin on Noah Cain’s Michigan workload, Michigan State’s trick playsVideo
STATE COLLEGE — Spartan Stadium has not been kind to James Franklin during his time at Penn State. The Nittany Lions are 0-2 against Michigan State in East Lansing, losing 55-16 in 2015 and 27-24 two years ago in the infamous weather-delay game (3.5 hours). But this is a different...
Liam Clifford, brother of Penn State quarterback, commits to Nittany LionsVideo
Penn State received a 2021 commitment Sunday from a recruit with a familiar last name. Liam Clifford, the younger brother of Nittany Lions quarterback Sean Clifford, announced his decision to verbally commit on Twitter. The younger Clifford is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound wide receiver for St. Xavier in Cincinnati. Rivals rates...
