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James Franklin loved a lot of what his Penn State Nittany Lions squad did in their season opener against the Nevada Wolf Pack on Saturday evening. However, he had one issue to point out. The No. 2 Nittany Lions were coming off the best season in program history, finishing with a 13-3 record in 2024. […]

Penn State is under more pressure than ever this season, as head coach James Franklin leads a talented and experienced roster that is in great position to contend for a national championship. The narrative surrounding this program is that it melts under the bright lights, but the entire locker room must stay focused on the […]

The Green Bay Packers shocked the NFL world when they traded for Micah Parsons. The disgruntled former Dallas Cowboys star could not come to a contract agreement with Jerry Jones, resulting in the trade. Dallas got Kenny Clark and two first-round picks in return. In his introductory press conference, Parsons compared the Packers to his […]

College football Week 1 continues on Saturday afternoon. Penn State football is one of the top teams in the nation, and they open their season by hosting Nevada. They are currently ranked No. 2 in the AP Poll and expect to make another run to the College Football Playoff. While this is not the biggest […]

The Penn State football program is currently gearing up for a highly anticipated season in which they will look to win their first national championship in nearly 40 years. Penn State was recently ranked at number two in the AP Poll entering this season, led by quarterback Drew Allar and a host of talented players […]

The 2025 college football season is underway, and in a few months, the second 12-team College Football Playoff will begin. The format shifted from four teams to 12 last season, and it was clear that some kinks needed to be worked out. There are some changes this year, for example the fact that byes no […]

The college football season officially got underway last weekend when Iowa State and Kansas State kicked things off in Ireland. However, Big Ten football has not started yet, but we are just a couple days away. The Big Ten will play its first games of the season on Thursday, and with that, the quest for […]

Drew Allar continues to improve with each passing year, drawing the attention of Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin. Allar is entering his fourth season with the program, having been the full-time starter for the last two years. He has helped the Nittany Lions transform into national contenders, showing significant jumps with the […]

The college football season offically got underway with a slate of games Saturday, and there was even one matchup that featured two teams ranked in the preseason College Football Top 25 power rankings. Iowa State and Kansas State are both ranked in the AP Poll to start the year, and they kicked off the season […]

Penn State football avoided a reset behind center this offseason. Drew Allar pivoted back to State College after nearly dipping into the NFL Draft. Allar’s return fuels the Nittany Lions’ No. 2 AP Top 25 ranking. Plus prevented James Franklin from going hunting for his next 2025 starting QB in the college football transfer portal. […]

James Franklin understands the importance of the Penn State Nittany Lions having a high status as a national contender. With the expectations that come with that, he gave his thoughts on the subject. Franklin is entering his 15th season as a college football head coach, his 12th with the Nittany Lions. He rose through the […]

The 2025 Oregon football team has talent, but is losing some of the talent that made it the elite team it was last season. The Big Ten is also better around them. Ohio State and Penn State have more proven talent this season, despite the Ducks still having gold on their roster. Dan Lanning has […]

With the Penn State football team led by head coach James Franklin, the program is preparing for a season that has massive expectations surrounding them. As many positional battles are happening within the Penn State football team, the defensive tackle unit is an interesting one that features a talented up-and-coming player. While the unit is […]

The 2025 Penn State football team has massive expectations this year, given the number of playmakers coming back and the talent coming in. Many fans and analysts are pointing to the issue with the Nittany Lions, James Franklin, and whether he can get over the hump and win a big game. That pressure only gets […]

Penn State football coach James Franklin is ready to take on the 2025 season. Franklin is getting compared to legendary Nittany Lions coach Joe Paterno, by a former player who suited up for Paterno. “I actually see James a little bit like Joe,” former Penn State linebacker and Big Ten Network analyst Matt Millen said, […]

Penn State football coach James Franklin is giving a powerful admission about the team’s 2024 season. While Penn State made a national semi-final in the College Football Playoff, a lot of fans were still frustrated about how the campaign turned out. Franklin understands that frustration. “I mean, we finished No. 5 in the country last […]

James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions are preparing for a big 2025 season. And to college football insider Chris Vannini, he has high beliefs that the program can go far this year. Vannini published a list of the 136 competing teams he believes will have great performances or underperform throughout the 2025 campaign. […]

Penn State football holds this No. 1 ranking: Sitting at the top of the 2027 college football recruiting class already. Now they’ve landed a four-star representing the next cycle. Head coach James Franklin and his staff landed Gabriel Jenkins Monday — who hails from Pittsburgh. He’s also the third talent from Imani Christian High to […]

Expectations are sky high for James Franklin and Penn State football. The Nittany Lions enter the season ranked second in the AP Preseason Poll. The team returns 14 starters overall, including nine on offense. With the expectation for Penn State to finish as the National Champions, they still have a few position battles to decide […]

The AP Top 25 was released on Monday, and you know what that means: The college football season is right around the corner. Fans start to get the itch as soon as summer begins, but it really starts to feel real when the AP Poll comes out. There weren’t a ton of surprises in the […]

The NCAA Football season is right around the corner. We are so close. Earlier this week, the AP committee dropped the Preseason Top 25 Poll, which created much controversy. The Penn State Nittany Lions came in at No. 2, behind the Texas Longhorns, who are ranked No. 1. Reigning National Champions Ohio State is at […]

Penn State football has been living in Ohio State’s shadow for the last 13 years. The Nittany Lions are just 1-10 versus the Buckeyes since James Franklin became the program’s head coach in 2014, losing marquee matchups at both Columbus and University Park. Although teams are supposed to get a clean slate once a new […]

James Franklin is looking forward to having the Penn State Nittany Lions running back unit succeed in the 2025 season. He is also anticipating the return of Cam Wallace, who went through injuries last year. Going into the fall, the Nittany Lions have nine players at the position, including Wallace. Nicholas Singleton, Kaytron Allen, Jabree […]

Penn State football earned a massive offseason win over rival Ohio State. James Franklin tabbed former Buckeyes defensive coordinator Jim Knowles as his new DC. Is Knowles already taking shots at the champs and Ryan Day? The new leader of the Nittany Lions defense revealed the difference in “culture” between both schools. Dropping some telling […]

Expectations for the 2025 Penn State football team are through the roof, and it’s because of the veteran talent on the team. On both sides of the ball, the Nittany Lions are loaded with talent that could be playing in the NFL. From Drew Allar leading the way offensively to Dani Dennis-Sutton being a nightmare […]

Penn State football head coach James Franklin takes a lot of heat for his shortcomings with the Nittany Lions, but during his tenure with the program, he has been pretty successful. Franklin hasn’t won any national championships and it’s been nearly 10 years since Penn State has won the Big Ten, but still, the program […]

The hype surrounding the Penn State football team is at an all-time high heading into the 2025 season. The Nittany Lions had a good team last year as they made it all the way to the College Football Playoff semifinals, but they still struggled to get over the hump in the big games. That has […]

It has been a long time since the Penn State football had this amount of hype coming into the season. The Nittany Lions are typically expected to be one of the better teams in the Big Ten, but this year is different. After going to the College Football Playoff semis a year ago, James Franklin […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and it is going to be an exciting one in the Big Ten. The conference is loaded with good teams, and there are high expectations after back-to-back national championships. Michigan won it all in 2023, and Ohio State captured the crown last season. There should be […]

The Penn State football team has a ton of hype coming into the 2025 season as a lot of people expect the Nittany Lions to be right in the thick of the national title conversation when the season is nearing its end. Penn State is returning its QB, and a lot of other NFL talent […]

The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman gave his thoughts on the sport’s elite “freaks” going into the 2025 season. One of them came from James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions, seeing Zane Durant get the selection. Feldman named the 101 players he views as “freaks” in a list he published on Monday. Some of them […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and it is going to be an exciting one in the Big Ten. The conference is loaded with good teams, and there are high expectations after back-to-back national championships. Michigan won it all in 2023, and Ohio State captured the crown last season. There should be […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and it is going to be an exciting one in the Big Ten. The conference is loaded with good teams, and there are high expectations after back-to-back national championships. Michigan won it all in 2023, and Ohio State captured the crown last season. There should be […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and it is going to be an exciting one in the Big Ten. The conference is loaded with good teams, and there are high expectations after back-to-back national championships. Michigan won it all in 2023, and Ohio State captured the crown last season. There should be […]

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey took the latest shot in the ongoing SEC vs. Big Ten conference rivalry—and he did it with viral flair. After James Franklin referred to the SEC as “that other conference” during Big Ten Media Days, Sankey flipped the insult into a full-on troll job that lit up social media. Sankey posted […]

The college football season is right around the corner, and it is going to be an exciting one in the Big Ten. The conference is loaded with good teams, and there are high expectations after back-to-back national championships. Michigan won it all in 2023, and Ohio State captured the crown last season. There should be […]

The amount of conference games a college football team plays each year depends on what conference the team is in. In the Big Ten and Big 12, every team has nine conference games. In the ACC and SEC, teams only play eight. Obviously, that gives teams in the ACC and SEC a bit of an […]

A lot of people are picking the Penn State football team to win the Big Ten, and some are expecting the Nittany Lions to even win the national title. Head coach James Franklin took the team to the College Football Playoff semis last year, and a ton of good talent is returning from that squad. […]

The 2025 college football season is just around the corner! After a run to the Semifinal last season in an intense battle with Notre Dame, the Penn State Nittany Lions came up just short of a chance for a national championship. Head coach James Franklin and his coaching staff will see a lot of starters […]