Kicker Tyler Davis named first team; Sickels on second team

Winners of their last five and surging in the polls, Penn State begins a two-game road trip Saturday at noon against Indiana on ABC and ESPN2.

Football Stories Contributor Rock Hoffman catches us up on Temple, Penn State, Pennsylvania and a host of other Philadelphia Area College Football Programs.

Linebacker U shines in big NFC wins

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; Nov. 2, 2016 – A total of 30 Penn State football alumni are populating the active rosters of 20 National Football League teams. The Nittany Lions annually are among the top 20 programs nationally in producing players in the NFL. Each week throughout the year, GoPSUsports.com will provide updates on the exploits of these former Nittany Lion greats.

Barkley notches second 200 yard rushing performance in last three games as Lions score 45 second-half points

Senior linebacker claims third honor after standout performance in upset of No. 2 Ohio State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; October 27, 2016 – Senior linebacker Brandon Bell (Mays Landing, N.J.) has been collecting accolades this week after a stellar performance in Penn State’s upset win over #2 Ohio State. On Thursday, Bell was named the Bednarik Award Player of the Week, given to the National Defensive Player of the Week, by the Maxwell Football Club. Previously this week, Bell was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and College Sports Madness National Defensive Player of the Week.

Franklin named Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.; October 25, 2016 – After their first win over a top-2 team since 1990, the Nittany Lions have been named the FWAA Team of the Week. Penn State used a blocked field goal returned for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter to topple second-ranked Ohio State Saturday night.

Faloon, Harris and Jacks to be inducted November 6

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA.; October 25, 2016 — A trio of former Penn State standouts are set for induction into the Pittsburgh City League All Sports High School Hall of Fame on November 6.

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Grant Haley (Atlanta, Ga.) returned a field goal blocked by Marcus Allen (Upper Marlboro, Md.) 60 yards for the game-winning touchdown, as Penn State erased a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat No. 2 Ohio State, 24-21, Saturday night in front of a Penn State White Out crowd of 107,280 in Beaver Stadium. The Buckeyes had won 78 straight games when leading by 14 or more points in the fourth quarter.

During the pregame show Penn States Blue Band Flag’s were blowing directly from right to left. There was no hint of the awesome Northeastern Fall weather slowing down. Shortly after kickoff it started to rain. The evening provided a few things Ohio State simply may not have needed or wanted for their first road loss in 21 games. First of all the fans, I can vouch for this, a night game at Happy Valley is to be avoided at all costs by an on the road visitor. Pennsylvanians don’t care about the weather, most fans are college students and alumni but many more are blue collar workers on their day off, give them an entire day of tailgating with hype and you will have a colosseum of chaos. The second may be Penn State’s defense. One that I had left for dead against Michigan and saw some signs of life from during the Minnesota game all told they came back to life when they were needed. The offense had some sparks of their own.