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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

Big Ten East Power Rankings: How Does Penn State Football Stack Up Against Michigan, Ohio State at Bye?

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Where does Penn State Football stack up in the Big Ten East as we near the midway point in the 2023 college football season? Following one of the most boring blowouts in college history last week against Northwestern, the Nittany Lions have the week off before hosting UMass on October 14th at 3:30pm. And the … Read more

Why Penn State Football Bye Week Comes at Perfect Time For Nittany Lions

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Penn State Football enters the bye week at an ideal time, sitting at 5-0 and ranked No. 6 in the nation, but two major availability questions loom over the Nittany Lions. In the Nittany Lions’ Week 5 win over Northwestern, two offensive starters, Kaytron Allen and JB Nelson, left the game with undisclosed injuries or … Read more

According to Penn State Football fans, here are 2 things Nittany Lions must fix during bye week

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Penn State Football enters the bye week at an ideal time, sitting at 5-0 and ranked No. 6 in the nation. However, after slow offensive starts against both Illinois and Northwestern, some Penn State fans are concerned about the offense for matchups against Ohio State and Michigan later in the season. This week, through a … Read more

Penn State Wrestling: Ranking the top 12 Nittany Lions of the 1990’s

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Penn State Wrestling is a beast in today’s college wrestling, but there were hints of how good they would become based on the 1990’s. Continuing our on-going series highlighting the past decades of Penn State Wrestling, here are the previous three installments: Top 5 Nittany Lions of the 1950sTop 10 Nittany Lions of the 1960sTop 5 Nittany … Read more

How Long Can Penn State Football Realistically Expect to Keep Manny Diaz?

Penn State Football, Manny Diaz

After Manny Diaz was relieved of his head coaching duties at the University of Miami in December 2021, Penn State Football head coach James Franklin quickly brought the defensive mastermind to Happy Valley as the Nittany Lions‘ defensive coordinator. In his almost season and a half in Happy Valley, Diaz has taken a Penn State … Read more

Penn State Wrestling 2023-2024 Schedule

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There are few certainties. Death, taxes, and the New York Jets’ entire season going down the toilet after only four plays. Well, we can now add another item to this list: Cue the meme of a skeleton sitting on a park bench holding a newspaper waiting on Penn State Wrestling to release it’s schedule, each … Read more

Inside Why Penn State Football, Drew Allar So Successful at Eagles’ ‘Brotherly Shove’

Penn State Football, Drew Allar

In a copycat sport, head coach James Franklin and Penn State Football have borrowed one of the most recently successful pages from the Philadelphia Eagles’ playbook. Unlike many teams — including Northwestern on Saturday afternoon, the Nittany Lions have have thrived in recent weeks deploying the ‘tush-push’ or ‘brotherly shove.’ Whoever coined the relatively newest … Read more

Jahan Dotson Catches Game-Tying Touchdown vs. Eagles: VIDEO

Jahan Dotson, Penn State Football

Former Penn State wide receiver Jahan Dotson caught the game tying touchdown pass from Sam Howell as time expired in the fourth quarter in Washington’s game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Jahan Dotson sends it to OT with a clutch TD grab as time expires 🙌pic.twitter.com/NOoidtEVEh — Joel Haas (@Joel_Haas1) October 1, 2023 The touchdown catch … Read more

Penn State Football: Handing Out Game Balls From Win Over Northwestern

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Penn State Football moved to 5-0 on the season with the most frustrating blowout win (and cover of a 26.5 point spread) over Northwestern Saturday.  Penn State Football Game Balls from Win Offense: Trey Potts Yes, it’s odd to give the game ball on offense to a player with only four touches, but Potts absolutely … Read more

Swarming Defense Powers Penn State Football 41-13 Win over Northwestern | Takeaways

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Penn State Football overcame a slow start to beat the Northwestern Wildcats 41-13 on Saturday afternoon in Evanston, despite the offense never finding a rhythm. Saturday’s game was was tied at 10 at the half, and in the second half, the Nittany Lions outscored Northwestern 31-3. Penn State enters the bye at 5-0, but with … Read more

Drew Allar Report Card: Penn State Football Offense Struggles Mightily at Northwestern

Penn State Football, Drew Allar

In his second road start, Penn State Football quarterback Drew Allar again struggled with accuracy issues, completing under 55 percent of his passes for 189 yards and one touchdown. The Nittany Lions escaped with a 41-13 win, but the offense never quite got going. There were a few drops, but unlike previous weeks, a lot … Read more

No. 6 Penn State Football vs. Northwestern Picks, Predictions for College Football Week 5

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo. No. 6 Penn State Football takes to the road in Week 5 of the 2023 college football season, aiming to stay undefeated and in the College Football Playoff conversation, as the Nittany Lions take on Northwestern. Fresh … Read more

What Time, TV Channel is Penn State Football Game Today vs. Northwestern?

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No. 6 Penn State Football (4-0) led by quarterback Drew Allar, running back Nick Singleton, and defensive end Chop Robinson take on the Northwestern Wildcats (2-2) in a Week 5 game of the 2023 College Football season on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023 (9/30/23) at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, in a noon kickoff on Big … Read more

What time, TV Channel is No. 6 Penn State Football vs. Northwestern Game on Saturday? (9/30/23) FREE LIVE STREAM, TV, Channel, Odds

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No. 6 Penn State Football (4-0) led by quarterback Drew Allar, running back Nick Singleton, and defensive end Chop Robinson take on the Northwestern Wildcats (2-2) in a Week 5 game of the 2023 College Football season on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023 (9/30/23) at Ryan Field in Evanston, Illinois, in a noon kickoff on Big … Read more

Can Northwestern Force Enough Turnovers to Upset Penn State Football? | Behind Enemy Lines

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No. 6 Penn State Football faces a unique challenge Saturday against Northwestern. It’s always difficult to win on the road in college football, that much has been proven year in and year out. But, it’s also no picnic to win in an environment as sleepy as Evanston, Illinois promises to be at 11 a.m. local … Read more

Penn State Football: Manny Diaz the Strongest Link in Nittany Lions’ Chain

Penn State Football, Manny Diaz

His dad was the Mayor of Miami. If this keeps up Penn State Football defensive coordinator Manny Diaz might soon be the Mayor of State College. The inventor of the “Turnover Chain”, when he was the head defensive guru at the University of Miami a few years ago, Diaz may have found his happy place … Read more

Pat Narduzzi May Get His Wish to Play Penn State Football After All

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Pat Narduzzi may get his wish to play Penn State Football. Narduzzi has been obsessed with playing Penn State since the two programs ended their latest four year head to head series. Most recently in August, when asked if Penn State vs. Pitt would return, Narduzzi commented “You’d have to ask James Franklin that. My … Read more

No. 6 Penn State Football vs. Northwestern Key Matchups

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Northwestern faces Penn State  Football on Saturday at a surprising 2-2 overall, after a thrilling comeback win in overtime against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. Down 31-10 late in the third quarter, Northwestern looked dead in the water before scoring 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter. In overtime, the Wildcats were able to hold Minnesota … Read more

No. 6 Penn State Football vs. Northwestern betting line, odds, injury report, prediction | College Football Week 5

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No. 6 Penn State Football (4-0) travels for an in-conference contest to take on the Northwestern Wildcats (2-2). PSU checks in at No. 6 in the fifth AP poll, as the Nittany Lions look to continue their dominance, this time over a familiar foe. Saturday, Penn State aims to take down Northwestern for the second … Read more

Was Penn State Football vs. Ohio State Kickoff Time Revealed by Insider?

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Penn State Football vs. Ohio State is bound to be one of the biggest games of the college football season. Fox college football commentator Joel Klatt may have accidentally revealed the kickoff time for Penn State-Ohio State while discussing his post week four top 10 college football rankings Wednesday. While discussing Penn State and Ohio State in … Read more