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NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home for the latest Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball news, updates, and analysis of the Penn State Nittany Lions

The latest news, insight, and analysis of Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, and Penn State Basketball, including schedules, game results, analysis of breaking news, rumors, speculation, and recruiting coverage of future Penn State Nittany Lions

NittanyCentral is home to the latest Penn State Nittany Lions news, updates, insight, and analysis, including in-depth coverage of Penn State Football, Penn State Wrestling, Penn State Basketball, and much more

Penn State Basketball Loses in Heartbreaking Fashion to Georgia Tech

Penn State Basketball, Mike Rhoades

NEW YORK — Penn State Basketball dropped a heartbreaker at Madison Square Garden this afternoon losing to Georgia Tech 82-81 in overtime. The Nittany Lions stormed back from down 10 points with just under nine minutes to go, on the back of a tenacious press that led to a number of key Georgia Tech turnovers. … Read more

Playoff Path for Penn State Football Goes Beyond Beating Michigan | Tiebreaker Breakdown

Penn State Football

Penn State Football will get a big game do over this Saturday afternoon when Michigan comes to town. The Nittany Lions‘ loss to top-ranked Ohio State three weeks ago hurt Penn State‘s chances of making the College Football Playoff, but it did not end them. Their path to their first ever playoff berth starts with … Read more

Penn State Football: If Not Now, When?

Penn State Football, James Franklin

For Penn State Football, the question is a simple one; if not now, When? I am going to do something I don’t usually do here in my stories and inject myself and my personal experiences into this one. After all, I am one of you, one of us … anxiously awaiting kickoff Saturday at noon. … Read more

Penn State Football Must Fix Glaring Liability on Defense

Penn State Football, Manny Diaz

They’re just kids, but sometimes you have to just call it how you see it. Penn State Football defensive coordinator Manny Diaz has put together one of the best defenses in the country in State College, allowing only 22 points through the first two games of the season. This was a unit that was elite … Read more

3 Penn State Football Bold Predictions for Week 2 vs. Delaware

Penn State Football, Manny Diaz

On the surface Saturday’s noon kickoff against Delaware looks like one of Penn State Football’s easiest tests of the season.  The Blue Hens hail from the FCS level, but are a very solid program at that level and will be excited about the chance to come into Beaver Stadium and shock the world.  Before we … Read more

No. 7 Penn State Football vs. West Virginia: 3 Bold Predictions for Week 1

Penn State Football

Penn State Football will finally kick things off for real in 2023, renewing an old rivalry with West Virginia under the lights in Happy Valley.  All the off season talk, hype and speculation will end and we will have football to discuss and a chance to see if the 7th ranked team in the country … Read more

Penn State Football: 3 Players Who Will Make or Break Nittany Lions in 2023

Penn State Football

As we countdown the final minutes until Penn State Football is officially back in our lives, the hype train feels like it has ascended to a crescendo, and is fully off the tracks. The Nittany Lions have become a trendy if not even popular College Football Playoff pick by some of the biggest outlets in … Read more

Next Penn State Football DT Target Just Entered Transfer Portal

Penn State Football

After the Penn State Football spring game this past Saturday, head coach James Franklin mentioned defensive tackle and wide receiver as positions they would continue to look into the portal for additions. A massive entry came Monday, in the form of former Ole Miss defensive tackle Tywone Malone. The six-foot-four, 300 pound sophomore is the … Read more

Penn State Football: Were White Out Conditions Leaked for Week 1?

Abdul Carter, Penn State Football

Penn State Football linebacker Abdul Carter may have leaked exciting news for Nittany Lions fans, when his Instagram picture displayed a potential 7:30pm kickoff for the home opener against West Virginia. The Nittany Lions will open the 2023 season with an exciting non-conference home game against the West Virginia Mountaineers, renewing an old rivalry. On … Read more

Penn State Football No. 3 WR Remains Intense Competition To Watch in Blue and White Game

Penn State Football

The competition for the No. 3 wide receiver job remains one of the more hotly contested as Penn State Football spring practice concludes with Saturday’s Blue and White Game. Parker Washington and Mitchell Tinsley will both be hearing their names called in a few weeks during the NFL Draft which leaves the Nittany Lions with … Read more

Penn State Football: 3 Young Players Set to Emerge During Blue-White Game

Penn State Football

Penn State Football head coach James Franklin told reporters earlier this week he expects a return to a more “normal” Blue – White scrimmage format this Saturday at Beaver Stadium. A return to a more normal setting should mean the game plays more like an actual game of Blue vs. White and could lead to … Read more

Run-Stuffing Defensive Lineman Should be Penn State Football Top Transfer Portal Target

Penn State Football, Manny Diaz

With Penn State Football defensive tackle PJ Mustipher heading off to the NFL Draft the one potential weakness in the Nittany Lions‘ defense this coming year is a run stuffing interior defensive lineman to pair with their surplus of edge rushers. Now, former Minnesota Gopher defensive tackle De’Angelo “Trill” Carter has announced he will enter … Read more