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Live interviews with James Franklin, Franco Harris and Steve Jones
“Tonight we’ll blow off the doors, and darling we won’t look back” Fitting that I’m up here in Latrobe at Steelers training camp hanging with our fine columnist, Mr. Rob Rossi. It’s long been his...
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Schedule conflicts
It’s a little muddy knowing just how good (or not) Penn State is at 3-1, because of how bad their schedule has been. As others have noted, the Nittany Lions are the only Big Ten team whose...
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TV change
Saturday’s Penn State game against Indiana at noon has been moved from ESPN2 to ESPN to accommodate the shift in venue of the South Carolina-LSU game because of serious weather-related issues.
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Short-handed PSU isn’t alone
No doubt about it, Penn State has been banged up this season. Freshman running back sensation Saquon Barkley and veteran RB Akeel Lynch have missed considerable time. So have left offensive tackle...
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Don’t forget Buckeyes’ defense
Much talk this week about Ohio State’s pair of talented quarterbacks and how they’re used, and super running back Ezekiel Elliott and the Buckeyes’ perceived underachieving despite their 6-0 record, 19...
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There’s conservative. And there’s this
Freshman sensation Saquon Barkley ran for 194 yards against Ohio State Saturday. Yet Sunday’s new NCAA statistics revealed Penn State had dropped from 103rd in total offense to 111th (out of 127). How...
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A colleague’s departure, and a shorter practice
At the start of his weekly, post-practice media session, PSU coach James Franklin addressed Wednesday’s resignation of Minnesota coach Jerry Kill for health reasons. “The business lost a good man...
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At long last, the Bob Shoop Show
Defensive coordinator Bob Shoop finally made his 2015 debut Thursday as the designated weekly assistant media sacrifice. Well, maybe that’s overstating things. Some coaches, like Shoop, seem to enjoy...
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Sign here…
Penn State’s two losses have come against opponents currently ranked in the AP Top 25, No. 1 Ohio State and, somewhat improbably, No. 21 Temple, which almost beat Notre Dame last week. So the Nittany...
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Remembering Johnny Bach
Johnny Bach died the other day. He was 91. He coached the Penn State men’s basketball team for 10 seasons, 1969 through 1978, and managed to slip out the door one game over .500. But that merely was...
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