Joel Haas
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Covering Penn State football for THE @DailyCollegian and @PittsburghPG ✍️ | Talkin’ ball @1and0pod 🎙️ | Occasionally @TDNHuntingdon 📝 | @PSUCurleyCenter 🏈
State College, PA
Joined September 2021
Well, I’ve officially covered my last football game as a student at Penn State (assuming I graduate). Couldn’t have asked for a better two seasons to cover. Forever grateful to THE @DailyCollegian for giving me the opportunity to do what I love and make memories I’ll never
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For reference, this is how far apart ESPN College GameDay and FOX Big Noon Kickoff are set up
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Here we go again. No. 4 Penn State:.11-1.Loss to No. 2 Ohio State.Strength of schedule: 32.Strength of record: 4.One ranked win: No. 23 Illinois. No. 5 Notre Dame:.11-1.Loss to unranked, 6-5 NIU.SOS: 78.SOR: 10.One ranked win: No. 20 Texas A&M.
It’s crazy that the selection committee still has Notre Dame behind Penn State.
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Rumor: Penn State attendance for Saturday's playoff game could be around 70-75K fans. Lots of empty seats. IF TRUE. That would be an embarrassment. And Penn St would never be allowed to mock Pitt for attendance issues ever again.
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Just realized Penn State will become the first traditional Big Ten team to face all four incoming schools. The Nittany Lions faced USC, UCLA and Washington in the regular season and will meet with Oregon in the Big Ten Championship.
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Penn State has a better resume than Texas. Just saying. No. 3 Texas:.- 8-1.- Lost by 15 vs. No. 12 Georgia.- No ranked wins.- Strength of schedule: 56.- Strength of record: 10. No. 4 Penn State:.- 8-1.- Lost by 7 vs. No. 2 Ohio State.- No ranked wins.- SOS: 30.- SOR: 5.
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Oregon defender just took Drew Allar to the ground after the whistle. No flag, would've given Penn State a first down but instead resulted in a missed field goal. Nittany Lions have been called for two unnecessary roughness penalties tonight. Ok.
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Ryan Barker doesn't get enough credit for what he did after taking over the kicker job. 🔥 15-for-18 on field goals (83.3%, fourth best season in Penn State history). 🎯 9-for-9 inside 40. 🏈 48-for-49 on extra points. 🥶 Clutch kicks against USC and Minnesota
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Abdul Carter has updated his profile picture on Instagram to Darth Vader
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Kobe King said the crowd at Beaver Stadium against SMU was the loudest he’s ever heard. “I really couldn’t hear at all.”
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Quinshon Judkins’ incomplete pass vs. Tyler Warren’s fumble. Spot the difference.
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James Franklin on Penn State clinching a Big Ten Championship Game berth:. “Bad news, we were supposed to have the day off tomorrow. We do not have the day off any more.”
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Tom Allen’s reaction to Tony Rojas’ pick-6 yesterday was awesome
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Center Nick Dawkins on what James Franklin and Penn State mean to him. If I’m Penn State, I’m showing this to every recruit.
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Penn State quarterback Drew Allar's national ranks:. No. 3 in yards per pass.No. 5 in completion percentage.No. 5 in passer rating
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Former Penn State quarterback Trace McSorley announced his wife’s pregnancy on Instagram
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“The sun will come up tomorrow, and the one thing I want to make sure - all those guys walk out of that locker room, with their heads high and their chest out, because they have a ton to be proud of.”. - James Franklin
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An emotional Nick Singleton’s message to Penn State fans:. “We’re all upset, the fans are upset, but we got to stick together.”
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A couple years ago, there was a narrative that Penn State was "only .500" in White Out games. On Saturday, its impact was tangible as the Nittany Lions won their sixth consecutive White Out to move to 11-6 since it became a full-stadium spectacle. The White Out effect is real.
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After Thursday, James Franklin will have coached Penn State in five of the New Year's Six bowls:. - Orange Bowl.- Fiesta Bowl (x2).- Peach Bowl.- Rose Bowl (x2).- Cotton Bowl. Not sure if there's any coach in college football who's been to every New Year's Six game.
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No. 11 Oregon State.Record: 8-2.Losses: No. 17 Arizona, unranked Washington State.Best win: No. 22 Utah.FPI: 18.Strength of schedule: 88.Strength of record: 24. No. 12 Penn State.Record: 8-2.Losses: No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan.Best win: No. 16 Iowa.FPI: 5.SOS: 16.SOR: 13.
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Penn State safety Zakee Wheatley finished with 16 tackles against Notre Dame, the most by any Nittany Lion in any game this season. The next closest is Kevin Winston Jr. with 12 against West Virginia. Wheatley returning next season is huge for Penn State.
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An emotional James Franklin said he wants coming to Penn State to be a “transformational” experience instead of “transactional”
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“I’m good with it. Anybody that’s not, that’s their problem.”. James Franklin on Penn State’s touchdown as time expired:
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For some reason, Penn State center Tyler Warren is practicing with the tight ends today
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Drew Allar is one of two quarterbacks with 50+ touchdowns and less than 10 interceptions since 2022, per ESPN. The other is Heisman winner Jayden Daniels.
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James Franklin on what would happen if Penn State's fake punt against Minnesota didn't work:. "You wouldn't be talking about fried turkey or roasted turkey, you'd be roasting James Franklin."
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James Franklin said Cael Sanderson reached out with some ideas about how to rehab injured players. "We'll take every resource we got, vitamins, sleep, salt water tanks, whatever. We're going to do everything in our power to have our guys ready to play, and play well."
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Minutes after James Franklin talked about being aggressive in the transfer portal, Alabama WR Caleb Odom hops in. Was the No. 53 recruit in the 2024 class and took an official visit to Penn State during his initial recruitment.
BREAKING: Alabama True Freshman WR Caleb Odom plans to enter the Transfer Portal, he tells @on3sports. The 6’5 227 WR will have 3 years of eligibility remaining . Was ranked as a Five-Star Recruit in the ‘24 Class (per On3).
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Confirmed Penn State traditions in EA Sports College Football 25:. - White Out.- Stripe out.- Helmet stripe.- S Zone.- Drum major flip.- Tunnel walk w/ linked arms.- Mo Bamba.- Zombie Nation.- “We are Penn State” chant. The attention to detail is evident.
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Tony Rojas said freshman Max Granville "takes nutrition very seriously" and eats six boiled eggs for breakfast. "We went to get Wendy's last night, and he asked me to take him to Wawa to get some more eggs because he couldn't get into the facility, which was funny."
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“My special teams coordinator has been a head coach, my defensive coordinator has been a head coach, my offensive coordinator will be a head coach.”. - James Franklin
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Active Big Ten coaches with the most wins against Ohio State and Michigan:. Kirk Ferentz: 9.James Franklin: 4.Jim Harbaugh: 2.Ryan Day: 1.Tom Allen: 1.Everyone else: 0. In the last 10 seasons:. James Franklin: 4.Kirk Ferentz: 2.Jim Harbaugh: 2.Ryan Day: 1.Tom Allen: 1.
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Every Big Ten team’s last 10 games against Ohio State:. Purdue: 3-7.Michigan: 2-8.Michigan State: 2-8.Iowa: 2-8.Penn State: 1-9.Maryland: 1-9.Rutgers: 1-9.Wisconsin: 1-9.Nebraska: 1-9.Illinois: 1-9.Northwestern: 0-10.Minnesota: 0-10.Indiana: 0-10.
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Here's the "pass interference" on Julian Fleming that took away a Penn State touchdown.
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“That was a phenomenal environment … we thought the fans had seven impacts on the game, seven plays, whether it was timeouts, whether it was false starts and penalties, whether it's bad snaps … It's like nothing in all of sports, let alone college football.”. - James Franklin
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So 5-5 Oklahoma was missing FIVE wide receivers and FOUR offensive linemen with injuries, punted, fumbled and missed a field goal on its first three possessions, finished with 68 passing yards and still beat Alabama 24-3. And Alabama only dropped five spots and is still in.
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Is now a good time to bring up this play from last week?.
This was called a fumble on the field, but a review overturned it to an incomplete pass. Pivotal call in a big moment that goes against Penn State.
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BREAKING: Penn State remains at No. 5 in the final AP Poll of the season, its highest postseason finish since 2005
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James Franklin said the team wasn’t blasting music at practice today like they usually do because he wanted them prepared for the environment at Northwestern. The Wildcats are averaging 17,500 fans at Ryan Field this season.
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The Big Ten Championship game between Penn State and Oregon will kick off at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The Big Ten continues to disrespect my bedtime.
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James Franklin said Penn State has packages with backup quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer to get him in the game against Boise State
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Nick Singleton departs the field to cheers from the Penn State faithful
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In his first season at defensive end, Abdul Carter finished with 24 tackles for loss. That ranks No. 1 nationally and is tied for second most in Penn State program history.
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Abdul Carter on being named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year:.
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Penn State guard JB Nelson makes his return official on Instagram. It’ll be his sixth season in college and fourth as a Nittany Lion.
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James Franklin’s thoughts on Penn State’s noon kick against Ohio State:
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Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki starts his presser by shouting out Penn State women’s volleyball. "Shoutout coach Katie. That was fun last night."
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Assuming this is real, that’s a terrible look for Ohio State.
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The College Football Hall of Fame has set up a display to honor Penn State center Nick Dawkins’ recent Wuerffel Trophy selection (picture from Dawkins’ Instagram)
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Nick Singleton is 1,021 rushing yards away from setting the Penn State program record. Kaytron Allen is 1,056 yards away. Singleton had 1,099 this season while Allen had 1,108. That record is in trouble.
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Nick Singleton recorded one of the fastest runs of the week, hitting 21.2 MPH on his kick return against Maryland. “Nick is back as close to 100% as he's been in a long time, and you see the burst and the acceleration on tape.”. - James Franklin.
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For what it's worth:. No. 4 Texas.- 13-3.- Losses to No. 1 Ohio State and No. 6 Georgia (x2).- Two ranked wins (No. 7 Arizona State, No. 14 Clemson). No. 5 Penn State.- 13-3.- Losses to No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 3 Oregon.- Three ranked wins (No. 8 Boise State,.
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Really interesting stat:. The FBS record for lowest percentage of passes intercepted in a career (minimum 600 attempts) is 1.2%, set by Marcus Mariota from 2012-14. Drew Allar currently sits at 0.5% after 552 attempts, well ahead of pace to smash that record.
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James Franklin’s record against every Big Ten team after 10 seasons:. Rutgers: 10-0.Wisconsin: 3-0.Purdue: 3-0.Indiana: 9-1.Maryland: 8-2.Iowa: 5-2.Illinois: 4-2.Minnesota: 2-1.Northwestern: 3-2.Michigan State: 5-5.Nebraska: 1-1.Michigan: 3-7.Ohio State: 1-9. Total: 57-32.
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Projecting Penn State’s 2025 starters:. Quarterback: Drew Allar.Running back: Nick Singleton/Kaytron Allen.Wide receiver: Devonte Ross.Wide receiver: Kyron Hudson.Wide receiver: Liam Clifford.Tight end: Luke Reynolds.Left tackle: Drew Shelton.Left guard: Vega Ioane.Center: Nick.
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Penn State's most talented teams of the last decade, based on the 247 Sports team talent composite:. 1. 2024.2. 2023 .3. 2019.4. 2020.5. 2018.6. 2022.7. 2021.8. 2017.9. 2016.10. 2015.
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This was called a fumble on the field, but a review overturned it to an incomplete pass. Pivotal call in a big moment that goes against Penn State.
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Former Penn State DE Adisa Isaac greets Tyler Warren in the tunnel
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Penn State against Ole Miss:. CB1: opt out.CB2: opt out.DE1: opt out.OT1: opt out.DE2: limited snaps.TE1: limited snaps.WR1: limited snaps.LB1: injured.LB4: injured. I’ve always hated the term “meaningless bowl game” but that kind of felt like one.
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Penn State has lost in the Orange Bowl twice. In 1986, quarterback John Shaffer played poorly in an Orange Bowl loss, missing out on a chance at a national championship to end his junior season. The next season, he led the Nittany Lions to their most recent championship. In
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Jalen Kimber on James Franklin:. "What I've learned about coach Franklin is that he really cares about his players, not just football, but off the field as well. He cares about education, he cares about you growing up and being a man, family, all those things tie into football."
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🚨 PLEASE READ 🚨. Yesterday, Penn State removed The Daily Collegian’s on-campus newsstands, which provide free weekly newspapers to students, faculty, etc. It’s a clear violation of our first amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press (🧵⬇️).
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EA Sports gave Nick Singleton a strength rating of 83. Here’s him squatting 570 pounds for reps:.
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Nick Saban has now said multiple times on College Gameday that Penn State has no ranked wins (wrong), and Desmond Howard insisted that the game against Ohio State wasn’t close.
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BREAKING: Chutti the rhinoceros knocked over the Boise State box first, meaning he’s picked Penn State to win the Fiesta Bowl
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Tom Allen is a great defensive coordinator, but Jim Knowles is the best in the country. If true, that's a massive pickup for Penn State, which is coming off a semifinal appearance and is returning many key defensive pieces. The Nittany Lions reportedly had to win a bidding war.
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Um…. - The Big Ten now has three of the top four teams in the AP Poll. - USC dropped from No. 11 to unranked. - Penn State jumped Georgia. - Indiana is up to No. 18. What is happening.
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James Franklin on scheduling weak nonconference opponents:. "There's a team in this conference that's buying out a ton of game contracts to go in another direction.". He added that "you gotta do whatever you possibly can to give yourself a chance to be undefeated."
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Drew Allar has more completions this season than last season (237-233) despite having 43 fewer pass attempts. His 68.5% completion rate is on pace to beat the Penn State program record of 66.7%, set by Kerry Collins in 1994.
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Penn State is allowing the fewest yards per game in the country, and it’s not particularly close. The Nittany Lions are giving up 40 fewer yards per contest than Michigan, the next best team, and have a very good argument to be the best defense in college football this season
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Andy Kotelnicki on the decision to return to Penn State in 2025 instead of taking the West Virginia head coaching job:. “Just a really easy decision, quite candidly.”
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You can’t post a random picture and expect people to understand it.
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Ohio State had a lot of NFL-ready players return to make a run this season - Jack Sawyer, TreVeyon Henderson, Emeka Egbuka, JT Tuimoloau - and it paid off. Penn State could be in a similar situation next year. Feels like a chance to go all-in.
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Penn State has now secured transfer commitments from:. 5-star WR Julian Fleming. 5-star OT Nolan Rucci. 5-star CB A.J. Harris. K Chase Meyer. Not only are they some of the top portal targets this cycle, they also fill arguably the Nittany Lions’ four biggest positional needs.
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Fewest rushing yards allowed in a game by Penn State since 1948:. 1. -49, Maryland, 2023.2. -35, Michigan State, 2023.3. -32, Holy Cross, 1954.4. -32, Maryland, 1978.5. -17, Pitt, 1968. The Manny Diaz effect.
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No. 9 Missouri.Record: 9-2.Losses: No. 1 Georgia, No. 14 LSU.Best win: No. 19 Kansas State.FPI: 19.Strength of schedule: 20.Strength of record: 11. No. 11 Penn State.Record: 9-2.Losses: No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Michigan.Best win: No. 17 Iowa.FPI: 6.SOS: 18.SOR: 12.
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Penn State volleyball, as expected, is ranked No. 1 in the AVCA poll, though it’s not unanimous. Looks like one person out there still voted for Pitt first.
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First career touchdown for Penn State tight end Luke Reynolds gives the Nittany Lions a 49-10 lead.
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Really underrated play by Nick Singleton on 3rd-and-7 last night. Blows up the linebacker, hauls in an overthrown pass, then turns upfield and trucks another defender for the first down. He ended up scoring on the drive, putting Penn State up 14-7 for its first lead of the game.
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Wild how Penn State can have 111,030 fans at Beaver Stadium but then have about seven people at a basketball game two days later.
The season-opening crowd (or lack thereof) at the Bryce Jordan Center.
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Running back Nick Singleton on Drew Allar:. "He's always the first person to come into Lasch . he's a film junkie, always looking at film, always asking questions, things like that."
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Bret Bielema (on Penn State): I know they're calling for "white out" energy. Whatever the hell that means. #Illini.
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Penn State safety Jaylen Reed appears to be healthy after getting into a car accident earlier in the week. Here’s him catching passes as James Franklin watches:
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It’s weird to me that Nebraska can lose the first game of the tournament then go on to win it all but when Penn State loses once in the title game it’s eliminated with no second chance.
Final | Nebraska 2, Penn State 1. After failing to claim the Big Ten Championship, @PennStateBASE will look to the Selection Show on Monday for a chance to make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2000
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If Penn State played this schedule people would complain about it being too soft.
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James Franklin approves of Luke Lilledahl’s 22-6 tech fall against Iowa’s Joey Cruz.
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Penn State cornerback A.J. Harris letting Purdue wide receiver De’Nylon Morrossette know he was out of bounds on this catch 😂.
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Anthony Donkoh said before he lined up out wide against Bowling Green, he told Drew Allar “if nobody’s open, just throw the ball to me please.”. Allar’s response to him: “I’m not doing that.”
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James Franklin on Abdul Carter's status:. "At this point, I don't think there's anything that is stopping him from playing. But it's just going to come down to, how is he able to play, and we'll see, we'll see. But his his mentality is great . it's too early to tell."
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