Penn State
September 2025
Penn State Takes Down Villanova
September 13, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Entering as a nearly 50-point favorite, Penn State was able to take down Villanova, but it wasn’t easy. The addition of Jim Knowles has taken a previously good defense and turned it into a great defense. Despite losing multiple players to the NFL Draft, including #3 overall pick Abdul Carter, Penn State hasn’t missed […]
Lions in the League: How Former Penn State Stars Performed in Week 1
September 10, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Welcome to a new series of mine: “Lions in the League”. Weekly, we will dive into three Penn State football alumni’s NFL production in the prior week. The first installment features the center of off-season drama, a rookie, and last year’s Offensive Player of the Year. Micah Parsons (’21) 1 tackle, 1 sack The former […]
Penn State Battles Through Slow Start, Defeats FIU
September 6, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
“Good teams win, Great teams cover.” So far, Penn State has been good, not great. When the 2025 Penn State schedule was made public, many shared the same sentiment: the first trio of games is a dress rehearsal for their matchup against Oregon. If this were a dress rehearsal, the makeup was messy, the outfits […]
Penn State Dominates Nevada
August 30, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Penn State entered the 2025 season as big favorites against Mountain West Conference team Nevada, and they didn’t disappoint. The news of the off-season for Penn State was the additions they made in the portal. Penn State Head Coach James Franklin admittedly said that “Penn State is not a big transfer school”, but they were […]
The Day Before Game Day: Penn State Football Week 1 vs Nevada
August 29, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Welcome to a new series! Every week, I will break down the upcoming Penn State Football game. For the opening week, we dive into the season as a whole, pressure on James Franklin, and week 1 against Nevada. Enjoy.
Penn State Stars Share Thoughts on Season at Media Day
August 4, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
This past Saturday, Penn State Football hosted its annual Media Day. We got a chance to hear from QB Drew Allar, OC Andy Kotelnicki, RB Nick Singleton, and DC Jim Knowles.
Takeaways from Penn State Media Day
August 2, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
As the calendar turned to August, teams around the country are gearing up for the college football season. Penn State is no different. The Nittany Lions hosted their media day today, with players and coaches sharing their opinions on how the team is preparing for the season. James Franklin took to the podium, […]
Trio of Nittany Lions Drafted During Latter Rounds of NFL Draft
April 27, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
After Abdul Carter and Tyler Warren went in the top 15 in the first round, Penn State players had to wait a bit longer to hear their names called. On Friday morning, we discussed Carter and Warren’s fits with their new teams, which you can find here. For today, we will discuss the other three […]
2 Weeks Away: Where the Top Nittany Lions will go in the NFL Draft
April 10, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
All Photo Credit to Paul Burdick’s Sports Images The 90th annual NFL Draft kicks off in two weeks in historic Green Bay, Wisconsin, at Lambeau Field. Teams might not realize it, but the draft wins Super Bowls. Look at any past champions, and you’ll see a bulk of their roster built within three days, draft […]
Penn State Adds Key Recruit in Important Position
March 29, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Penn State is getting a head start on its 2027 recruiting class by adding the third-best prospect in Pennsylvania. Khalil Taylor, a current Sophomore at Seton LaSalle, announced his commitment to Penn State Via X on Saturday, March 29th. Taylor was a key piece to a Seton LaSalle team that won 11 games and made […]
Penn State Lands Imani Christian Product David Davis
March 25, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
The flagship program in Pennsylvania College Football added another gem to its 2026 recruiting class. DB/RB David Davis announced his commitment to Penn State via X on Tuesday, March 25th. Davis chose Penn State over his other top choices of Nebraska, Cincinnati, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia. This marks the fourth top-10 recruit from […]
Penn State Season Comes to an End in Disappointing Fashion
January 9, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Penn State, Notre Dame, in Miami, what’s better? The storied rivalry took one of its most important turns in the 20 meetings between the prestigious universities. How did the classic matchup turn out? Let’s dive in. Both teams started the game trading punts. The defenses stole the show for the majority of the first half. […]
The Night Before Gameday: Penn State Looks to Advance to the National Championship
January 8, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
Montana, Theismann, Bettis, Barkley, and Harris, names that have made Penn State and Notre Dame what they are. Over their 19 match-ups, the pair of gridiron titans have a record of 9-9-1 against each other. Come Thursday night, who will get their 10th win in the rivalry? Penn State has taken advantage of a favorable […]
Penn State Limits Jeanty, Advances to Semi Finals
January 1, 2025 | Mason Eddinger
As year’s end loomed, Penn State and Boise State squared off under the Arizona night. One of the biggest question marks entering this game was if Boise State could compete with a more athletic squad, they could not. Penn State, like against SMU, took an early lead and minimized the big plays. Drew Allar played […]
Penn State Blows Through SMU, Moves on to Boise State
December 21, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Back in August, during my season preview of Penn State, I mentioned that this was a perfect storm for Penn State to make their first College Football Playoff game. As we fast forward to year’s end, Penn State used that perfect culmination of advantages and landed a home Playoff game against SMU. The Mustangs of […]
Penn State Loses BIG 10 Championship to Oregon
December 8, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Photo Credit: AP (Daron Cummings) For the first time since 2016, Penn State entered the matchup with Oregon looking to win the BIG 10 title game. Oregon’s offense was simply too much for this Penn State defense, and it was evident all game. Entering this matchup, the most points Penn State has allowed in a […]
BIG 10 Championship Preview: Can Penn State Pull the Upset?
December 5, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
The year is 2016: Pokemon Go was the most popular app, LeBron and the Cavaliers came back from a 3-1 deficit in the finals, and Penn State just won the BIG 10 title in comeback fashion. Now eight years later, Pokemon Go is irrelevant, LeBron is on the Lakers, but Penn State is back in […]
Penn State Has Successful Early Signing Day
December 4, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Across the Nation, recruits are putting pen to paper and officially signing to their schools. It was a successful early signing day for Penn State as they locked in all 26 of their commitments today. This puts the Nittany Lions 18th in the country in recruiting rankings. 18th is a respectable mark, but not nearly […]
Penn State Avoids Early Scare, Advances to BIG 10 Title
November 30, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
ALL PHOTO CREDIT TO PAUL BURDICK SPORTS IMAGES Senior Day, the last home game, and a chance to book their ticket to the BIG 10 title game. Penn State had it all out before them entering their final regular season game against 4-7 Maryland. After a result that sent shockwaves throughout both State College and […]
Penn State Routs Purdue
November 16, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
With just 3 weeks remaining in the College Football regular season, Penn State gears up for what should be a breeze of an end to the season. The first of the three contests was in West Lafayette to take on Purdue. The Purdue Boilermakers have struggled a lot in 2024. Their lone win came against […]
Penn State Dominates Washington En Route to Whiteout Win
November 10, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Every year, 110,000 fans, regardless of political party, gender, or age gather for a simple premise: wear white. Since its inception in 2004, the Whiteout has exploded into a spectacle like none other. Although the days of hosting Ohio State in the Whiteout are over, it is still a sight not to be taken for […]
Predictions for Penn State vs Ohio State
October 31, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
ALL PHOTO CREDIT TO PAUL BURDICK SPORTS IMAGES Penn State-Ohio State is potentially the biggest game of the College Football Season so far. Penn State boasts a perfect record and many believe this is the Nittany Lion’s best chance to beat the Buckeyes in a long time. Ohio State is still Ohio State, […]
Drew Allar hurt, Penn State Survives in Madison Against Wisconsin
October 26, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
On a night when Penn State entered a cauldron of emotion on the road, the Nittany Lions exited Camp Randall with a win. Penn State has gotten to this road test with a 0 in the loss column. James Franklin’s “1-0” approach has been successful in six consecutive games. Penn State entered the game at […]
Penn State Rallies in 2nd Half to Beat USC in OT Thriller
October 12, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Sunny Southern California played the backdrop for the mid-October showdown between #4 Penn State and USC. Penn State is 5-0 for the fourth consecutive season; no other team in the nation can hold that claim. But in those five games, many believe the Nittany Lions haven’t been truly tested, especially on the road. They have […]
Penn State Gears Up for Cross Country Showdown with USC
October 10, 2024 | Mason Eddinger
Photo Credit to Paul Burdick’s Sports Images The trip from the mountains of State College to the beaches of Los Angeles is quite the journey. The 2,571-mile trip from Penn State’s campus to USC’s totals over 37 hours of travel by automobile. Of course, Penn State staff and players will make the trip via airplane, […]
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