Trace McSorley:
-- 4 runs, 29 yards, 2 TDs
-- 23 rushing TDs, PSU record (passes Daryll Clark)
-- 1,017 career rushing yds/324 carries
-- 19th game both pass & run TDs
-- 40-yard TD pass to Thompkins
-- 63 career TD passes
-- TD pass in last 31 games (longest active steak in FBS)
Penn State Football leads the nation in home game attendance, midway through the 2023 college football season, according to the NCAA:
1. Penn State - 110,051 ave., 103.26% of capacity
2. Michigan - 109,669, 101.92%
3. Ohio State - 102,696, 99.92%
4. Tennessee - 101,915, 100%
Shutout
#3
for Manny Diaz’s Penn State defense in 2023:
- Iowa, 31-0
- UMass, 63-0
- Michigan State, 42-0
Last season w/ 3: 1978 (Ohio State, TCU, Ky)
PSU record: 6, 1947
With bowl game to go, 2023 defense is 8th all-time @ PSU for fewest pts. allowed per game: 11.42
James Franklin after Penn State heat Maryland, 51-15: “I think we take winning for granted. You come into a press conference after we win and it doesn’t feel like it.”
New hire: Penn State OL Coach Phil Trautwein...
— BC O-line Coach
— NJ native
— 4 years in the NFL
— 2x All-SEC selection blocking for Tim Tebow at Florida in 2 National Title seasons
Wow, that was a quick overhaul by James Franklin...
WATCH Zach Hicks make his 3rd of 3 straight free throws w/ 4.2 seconds to go to give Penn State a 90-89 win over Illinois in Rec Hall…watch til the end for the court-storming
New Penn State OC Andy Kotelnicki says he was a Penn State football fan since he was a kid in Minnesota and got a white football helmet with a blue stripe. The story, well-told:
“NOBODY FLINCHED”… Penn State QB Beau Pribula on the firing of OC Mike Yurcich, new co-coordinators and the injury that forced QB1 Drew Allar out of Penn State’ 27-6 win over Rutgers on Saturday in Beaver Stadium
WATCH what Kirk Herbsteit said about Penn State Football today on GameDay:
“Everyone is excited about what Allar can do. They’re loaded… I think their defense is going to back to being nasty.”
GameDay B10 darkhorses: Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois.
WHAT DREW ALLAR SAYS about not turning over the football … in his 14 games at Penn State, the QB had thrown 185 passes and had 41 runs without an interception or a fumble
“It was a touchdown then and it will be a touchdown 20 years from now,” new Penn State DC Allen on the controversial TD by Indiana QB Michael Penix Jr. vs. Penn State in 2020. Allen & James Franklin watched the play during Allen’s job interview.
Whiteout creator & maestro Guido D’Elia is back in his Beaver Stadium seat tonight to help orchestrate in-game production of the Penn State-Minnesota contest
Penn State's defense...
-- has not given up a TD in the first quarter in 2019
-- has yielded only 3 first-quarter points in 2019
-- has given up just 20 first-half points in the last 5 games
-- is very (very) good
Lamont Wade
@Goony_38
, Penn State's No. 3 tackler, is playing with confidence & success:
“I think I’ve really found myself — mentally, physically, film-wise. It’s a combination of everything.”
Wade & his teammates explain why:
Trace IS Aaron Rodgers, Brady, LeBron, MJ and needs to take that final shot.
Against Ohio State, Penn State ran 76 plays -- 57 with the ball in McSorley's hands (run or pass) for 461 yards, 8.1 yards per touch. The other 19 plays yielded 31 yards, 1.6 yards per touch. 👇
Quarterback Trace McSorley’s 461 yards (286 pass, 175 run) against Ohio State is a single-game record for Penn State, topping Christian Hackenberg’s 456 yards against UCF in Dublin in 2014
What an NFL day for Penn State kickers (Gould, Ficken) recruited by Joe Paterno and Penn State running backs (Saquon, Sanders) recruited by Franklin. 3 of 4 from PA.
PSU in the Big House:
-- 3-8 since joining Big Ten
-- 1-8 since 1998
-- 23 points in last 3 visits (2014, '16, '18)
2018 game has feel of Penn State's 63-14 loss at Ohio State in 2013.
“Penn State saved my life”: When Tucker Haas battled a rare form of cancer as a child, fraternity members took him under their wing.
Now, Haas is a senior at Penn State — and he’s giving hope to a family in a similar situation.
If James Franklin gets his 3rd contract in 6 years on Friday, it'll be his 2,156th day as a Penn State employee. In that time he's:
- won 55 games & a B10 title
- made over $30 million
- helped PSU football gross a half-billion dollars
Details:
Proverbial personal news:
Summer research project finished, so 27 credits down & only my thesis to go for a masters from Penn State in "History & Philosophy of Sport"
Penn State WR KeAndre Lambert-Smith didn’t want to leave the field after PSU’s 51-15 win over Maryland… stay for the end and his selfie w/ the cheerleaders
WATCH Penn State strength coach Chuck Losey give a rundown of PSU Football winter workouts, w/ a special shout-out to “leaders Dom DeLuca, Nick Dawkins and Julian Fleming.”
MANNY DIAZ’S SUCCESS, I think, is due in part to his excellent hands-on teaching skills, on display Wednesday afternoon at Penn State Football’s practice
Walking across campus this afternoon, heard familiar & distinctive voice...
@Stugotz790
!! Visiting PSU campus w daughter & friends from S Fla after lax tourney in Palmyra. Genuinely
#niceguy
Auld(-22) Lang Syne to a Disappointing 2023 Penn State Football Season…
Penn State goes 4-3 and fires an OC down the stretch, but CJF gets paid:
- $500k 12/31 retention bonus
- $300k NY6 bonus
- $9.085 mil 2023 comp
- $63.977 mil since 2014
James Franklin on the firing of OC Mike Yurcich: “A lot of times when we got to the games we didn’t call the games that way or we did not execute the games the way we intended.”
Penn State's No. 1 RB Noah Cain vs. Iowa, 22-102 yds:
1Q:
7 run
7 run, FD
5 run
2Q:
5 run
3 run
4 run, FD
4 run
4Q:
12 run, FD
4 run
5 run
7 run
3 run, FD
1 run
3 run
7 run, FD
3 run
5 run, TD
7 run
0 run
5 run, FD
5 run
0 run
300-yard passing games by Penn State QBs who were in Beaver Stadium tonight:
Sean Clifford (8) – 401 vs. Villanova, 2021 (2nd alltime)
Michael Robinson (1) – 379 vs. Wis., 2003 (8th)
Todd Blackledge (1) – 358 vs. Miami, 1981 (15th)
Drew Allar (1) – 325 vs. WVU, 2023 (tie, 29th)
Tomorrow is your day seniors‼️ We can't wait for you all to become a part of our amazing alumni network. Here's Director of Alumni Relations
@PSUPoorman
with some words of encouragement for our Bellisario College and
#PennState
community
#WeAre
So...
-- Penn State has TDs on 5 straight drives
-- Penn State has scored in every Q of 2018, incl. OT
-- PSU rushing: Sanders 200,Slade 94,McSorley 92
-- McSorley has thrown a TD in 32 straight games
-- McSorley is now a member of the 8,000y pass/1,000y run club (81,32/1,134)