Penn State Football enters the 2023 college football campaign with sky-high expectations, potentially as the Nittany Lions squad best positioned to finally lift the program into the sport’s ‘elite’ tier.
Much of the optimism emerging from Happy Valley centers around former five-star quarterback, and the No. 1 ranked player nationally at his position, Drew Allar, taking the reigns of the offense.
In a video posted recently by his trainer, Brad Maendler, Allar flashed the arm-strength and accuracy that made him a blue-chip prospect during a recent workout.
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— Brad Maendler (@BradMaendler) January 31, 2023
Allar will certainly benefit from playing behind arguably the most gifted offensive line that head coach James Franklin has assembled, while at the controls of an offense that features prolific running backs Nick singleton and Kaytron Allen.
Beyond preseason hype, there was much to like about Allar’s performance in spot-duty, as a true freshman during the 2022 campaign .
Allar appeared in 10 games for the Lions last season, completing 58.3 percent of his passes for 344 yards and 4 passing touchdowns, while adding 52 rushing yards and another score.
If Penn State Football is finally going to break through and reach the College Football Playoff for the first time, Allar figures to play a starring role.
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It was at PRISM where Staszak produced live games and began his career as an on-air reporter.
After a couple of brief stints with CBS-3, WB-17 and WGAL-8 in Lancaster, PA, Staszak began a 12 year stretch at FOX 29 where he became the lead sportscaster in 2007. It was there that Staszak found himself in the middle of Philadelphia Phillies World Series Championship coverage that earned him an Emmy nomination for best sports reporter in 2008.It was one of five Emmy nominations that Staszak earned over the course of his career.
All told Staszak covered three World Series, two Stanley Cup Finals, an NBA Finals and one Super Bowl during his television run.
Staszak left the TV business for 97.5 The Fanatic in 2013, where he enjoyed eight years bloviating his beliefs on how a professional football team should be run.In 2018 when he fortunate enough to be the first sports talk host in the city, along with cohort Zach Gelb, to provide post-game coverage of the first Super Bowl Championship for the city’s beloved Philadelphia Eagles.
Staszak was also a writer for 97.5 The Fanatic along with 4 Philly Sports and now covers Penn State athletics for NittanyCentral.com.
