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Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour says college football ruled by covid-19
Penn State’s Sandy Barbour logged off Thursday from her 104th Big Ten athletic directors meeting since March 12 – yes, she has been counting them — with one overriding thought about the 2020 football season: If it’s not safe, it won’t happen. And, given Gov. Tom Wolf’s suggestion that high...
All-American Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons opts out of season, declares for draft
Penn State’s Micah Parsons will opt out of the 2020 college football season and enter the 2021 NFL draft, the All-American linebacker announced in a video posted to his Instagram page Thursday. “As I consider all my options for the 2020 season, I decided I needed to make a choice...
Penn State ranked No. 7 in preseason coaches poll
With the return of quarterback Sean Clifford and eight other starters on offense, Penn State is ranked No. 7 in the Amway/USA Today preseason college football coaches poll, released Thursday. Clifford threw for 2,654 yards and 23 touchdowns and rushed for five more scores while leading Penn State to an...
Penn State football planning to have no fans in stands at Beaver Stadium this season
Unless Gov. Tom Wolf dramatically extends his guidelines for capacity at outdoor gatherings, Penn State’s football season will be conducted in front of rows and rows of empty seats at Beaver Stadium. In addition, even if games are played, Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour said revenue losses will be...
Penn State opener set for Sept. 5 vs. Northwestern, part of Big Ten’s revised schedule
Penn State plans to open the season Sept. 5 at Beaver Stadium against Northwestern as part of the Big Ten’s revised 10-game, conference-only football schedule. The schedule spans 12 weeks, with each Big Ten team receiving two open dates. The Big Ten constructed the schedule, keeping in mind the possibility...
Report: Penn State’s Micah Parsons will opt out of season, declare for NFL draft
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons will opt out of his junior season and declare for the 2021 NFL draft, Yahoo Sports reported Tuesday night. Parsons, a 6-foot-3, 244-pound Harrisburg native with an uncommon mix of speed, size and athleticism, could be the top defensive player taken in the draft. According...
Penn State lands commitment from class of ’22 quarterback Beau PribulaVideo
Penn State added a third verbal commitment to its class of 2022 when quarterback Beau Pribula of Central York announced on Twitter his intention to enroll. Pribula (6-foot-2, 202 pounds) has 12 scholarship offers, including Penn State’s Big Ten foes Nebraska, Northwestern and Rutgers, plus Temple, Syracuse, Virginia Tech, Wake...
First Call: Notre Dame-ACC football deal not as bad as some conference fans believe
For Friday’s “First Call,” we take a closer look at ACC football’s sudden addition of Notre Dame this year. And we try to dispel some of the knee-jerk, negative reaction to it. Although it’s totally understandable. I mean, c’mon. It’s Notre Dame. Ugh. On Wednesday, a torrent of anti-Notre Dame...
Penn State reports 8 positive coronavirus tests among athletes
Eight Penn State athletes have tested positive for coronavirus, the university announced Wednesday. They are the first positive tests announced since the school first started publicly revealing results on a biweekly basis July 1. The first two batches revealed no cases in 280 tests. Wednesday’s results showed eight positives in...
Pitt’s Kenny Pickett joined by Penn State’s Micah Parson, Journey Brown on Maxwell watch list
Pitt senior quarterback Kenny Pickett and Penn State running back Journey Brown and linebacker Micah Parsons were named Friday to the watch list for the Maxwell Award, presented annually to the best all-around player in college football. Pickett will be a three-year starter this season, but he also started one...
Pitt, Penn State, WVU players recognized for community service
The Wuerffel Trophy is known as “College Football’s Premier Award for Community Service.” Apparently, several area players have made their mark on their communities. Players from Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia were named to the Wuerffel Award watch list Thursday. Pitt senior defensive end Patrick Jones II, and Penn...
8 players from Penn State, Pitt, WVU named to Nagurski, Outland watch lists
Eight players from Pitt, Penn State and West Virginia were named Tuesday to watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy and Outland Trophy, which are given to college football’s best defender and interior lineman. In addition, Pitt, PSU and WVU are three of 15 schools with multiple players on the watch...
Penn State’s Lamont Wade chosen for Thorpe watch list
Clairton’s Lamont Wade, a senior safety at Penn State, was named Monday to the Jim Thorpe Award watch list. The award is given annually to college football’s top defensive back. Wade was an All-Big Ten honorable mention choice by the coaches and media in 2019 while tying a Big Ten...
Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons named to Butkus Award watch list
Numerous eyes will be on Penn State linebacker Micah Parsons this season after he was named Monday to his third college football watch list — the Butkus Award. Parsons had previously been named to the Bednarik Award and Lott IMPACT Trophy watch lists. Parsons, a junior, was named a Consensus...
Montour, Penn State grad John Hufnagel elected to Canadian Football Hall of FameVideo
While serving as coach of the Calgary Stampeders, Montour and Penn State grad John Hufnagel had one of the CFL’s most successful tenures. From 2008-15, he went 102-41-1 — the .712 winning percentage being the highest in league history among coaches with at least 100 games — and won two...
Shady Side Academy alum Skyy Moore, Penn State’s Pat Freiermuth selected to Biletnikoff Award watch list
New Kensington’s Skyy Moore, a Shady Side Academy graduate and rising sophomore wide receiver at Western Michigan in the Mid-American Conference, has been named to the preseason Biletnikoff Award watch list. The Biletnikoff Award is presented each year to the nation’s top college receiver by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club Foundation....
Penn State announces zero of its covid-19 tests of athletes have come back positiveVideo
Zero of 178 coronavirus tests administered by Penn State on its athletes have come back positive, the university announced Wednesday. Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour on July 1 said PSU would be releasing data regarding its covid-19 testing of athletes biweekly on Wednesdays. An emailed 34-word release from the...
Penn State’s Sean Clifford named to Davey O’Brien Award watch list
Sean Clifford, Penn State’s junior quarterback, is one of 30 quarterbacks in Division I football named to The Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award watch list released Tuesday. The award is presented annually by the Davey O’Brien Foundation to the nation’s best college quarterback. It is the oldest national quarterback award,...
3 Pitt players named to Bednarik watch list
Only three Division I college football programs have three players on the 2020 Bednarik Award Watch List released Monday. Pitt is one of them, joining defending national champion LSU and USC. Selected to the list from the Panthers are safety Paris Ford, defensive end Patrick Jones II and defensive tackle...
Mark Madden: Steelers’ JuJu Smith-Schuster ‘won’t be very good, then he’ll leave,’ Notre Dame should ‘kick rocks’
If you listen to our “Madden Monday” podcasts weekly, then you know Mark Madden’s strong affection for Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster. Obviously, Mark is JuJu’s biggest fan. So when Smith-Schuster celebrated subscriber No. 1,000,000 to his YouTube channel, you knew Mark would be the first one in line to...
Mark Madden: College sports need to tap out for fall season
Relaunching big-time professional sports while a pandemic rages seems ill-advised and is proving difficult. But pro athletes are adults, and get compensated appropriately. It’s time to tap out with college sports, especially football. That’s happening, slowly but surely. The Big Ten has canceled nonconference games. Ohio State football has ceased...
First Call: How the Big Ten’s decision may impact Pitt, Notre Dame, West Virginia and others
Sometimes this job requires you to act like you have all the answers. All the time. Immediately. Even if you don’t. Saying “I don’t know” feels like a cop-out. But when it comes to asking what the football ripple effects will be from Thursday’s decision by the Big Ten to...
As football season inches toward brink, Penn State believes it’s doing its part to playVideo
The college football world is absorbing a flurry of body blows in regards to the chances of staging a representative 2020 season. Wednesday, it was the Ivy League postponing its entire fall sports season, and Ohio State and North Carolina — a pair of marquee athletics programs — shutting down...
Big Ten, Penn State to play only conference games, ‘prepared to’ cancel season entirely
The Big Ten will play only conference games in all fall sports, including football, the league announced Thursday afternoon. The decision cuts down on expenses and travel as coronavirus continues to spread in many regions of the country. Big Ten football teams have nine conference games on the schedule. According...
Penn State’s Zack Kuntz aims for breakout among ‘most talented tight end room in the country’Video
During a video conference call with media Wednesday, Penn State tight end Zack Kuntz made a grandiose statement about his teammates at his position. “I think we’re the most talented tight end room in the country,” the redshirt sophomore said. “And there’s no doubt in my mind about that.” There...
