The Penn State Nittany Lions (5-4, 2-4 Big Ten) will host their final non-conference game of the season against the Temple Owls (5-4, 3-3 AAC) this weekend at Beaver Stadium. Penn State is riding its 13-7 win at Indiana last weekend, having snapped a four-game losing streak while holding the Hoosiers to the fewest amount of points at home since 2006. Bill Belton’s record-making 92-yard run for a touchdown drove the win, and the Nittany Lions will look to ride his confidence in the effort this ... Read More
Bowl eligibility is within reach for Penn State
For the first time since 2012, Penn State has the chance to go to a bowl game. In September, the NCAA announced that, in light of Penn State’s tremendous efforts to correct their poor reporting measures and make sure that the appropriate resources were available to students, faculty, and fans, the university would be given the chance to play in a postseason game two years earlier than the sanctions originally dictated. Given that Penn State was on its way to a 4-0 start at the time, the ... Read More
Record rushing touchdown lifts Penn State over Indiana
Penn State (5-4, 2-4 Big Ten) ended its four-game losing streak against Indiana (3-6, 0-5 Big Ten) with a final score of 13-6 on Saturday afternoon. Neither team scored in the first quarter, despite chances for both the Hoosiers and the Lions. The teams combined for a total of seven punts (averaging one every 2:14) in the first, but the inability to start any kind of sustainable offense plagued both teams through the game. It wasn't until the second quarter that the Hoosiers opened up the ... Read More
Penn State travels to Indiana to try to snap losing streak
The Penn State Nittany Lions (4-4, 1-3 Big Ten) will travel to Bloomington to take on the Indiana Hoosiers (3-5, 0-4 Big Ten) on Saturday for the second year in a row. Penn State is seeking redemption after narrowly losing 20-19 to Maryland last week and will look to kicker Sam Ficken and quarterback Christian Hackenberg to lead the offense. Ficken has connected on 17 of his 19 attempts this season, including three from behind the 45-yard line. Ficken is the first player from Penn State to ... Read More
Penn State strong despite struggles
Penn State is not used to losing. From volleyball to wrestling to soccer, most NCAA Division 1 athletics at Penn State are wildly successful, but none more than football. Two national championships and 44 postseason appearances for a school above the Mason-Dixon Line is nothing to bite your thumb at. As such, Penn State fans have come to expect winning seasons. Joe Paterno, as taboo as his name may be, created a culture of success, technically winning 409 games during his tenure as head ... Read More
Despite growing pains, Christian Hackenberg one of PSU’s best
Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg has been sacked 17 times in the last four games. He’s been intercepted three times, including a pick six against Northwestern, and has thrown only one touchdown pass in that same span. Regardless, he is still being called one of the greatest quarterbacks in Penn State history. Hackenberg’s accuracy has been suffering lately, due in part to a weak offensive line. With the NCAA sanctions looming over his head, former Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien ... Read More
Hackenberg named starting QB
On the eve of their first game, Penn State has named true freshman Christian Hackenberg the starting quarterback for its game against Syracuse tomorrow, according to a source with knowledge of Coach Bill O’Brien’s decision. He has not made the decision public yet. Hackenberg, ESPN's top-rated passer of the 2013 class, beat out junior college quarterback Tyler Ferguson for the job. Ferguson enrolled in January and held an early edge in preseason camp. But by Week 2, O'Brien said the battle was ... Read More