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The Penn State Nittany Lions have a chance to return to the College Football Playoff if their schedule plays out as it looks on paper. Penn State opens with Marshall on Saturday.
Virginia Tech has named Ethan Grunkemeyer the team's starting quarterback. A backup at Penn State, Grunkemeyer followed Hokies head coach James Franklin to Blacksburg.
Can Grunkemeyer, a Penn State transfer, help the Hokies vault back up the ACC hierarchy?
Hello there and welcome to the Big Ten Power Rankings! Each week we’ll rank how the teams across the conference are playing, in the hopes of seeing just who is a contender, and who is a pretender...
Happy first game week and welcome back to Big Ten Superlatives. This is a reminder that this is your weekly look around the conference’s best, worst, and most Big Ten West of things. Let’s look at...
Do you feel that extra bit of electricity in the air? That’s the feeling of a game week for Penn State Football – and the very first one of the Matt Campbell era. Daryus Dixson is set to play a...
At long last, it’s game week! Kicking off the final week of off-season content, the BSD Masthead gave their thoughts on how they see the Lions’ first season under Matt Campbell shaking out. Let’s...
Welcome to game week! Week 0 is in the books. It was a big day for former Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula, who helped lead Virginia to a 34-8 thumping over conference foe NC State. Charles...
Penn State is less than a week away as the Lions will be at home in six days to take on Marshall. Wide receiver Koby Howard will be wearing No. 6 for Penn State this season. A year ago, Howard was...
College football is back, let’s gooooooooooooo! Penn State doesn’t play until next week, but you better believe I’ll be glued to the TV for the first college football since January! On the docket...
Penn State opens play in seven days – and right now there are three players wearing No. 7 listed on the roster. The most prominent is senior defensive back Zion Tracy. He’s been a regular in Penn...
Women’s Soccer (1-1-1) After dropping a 2-1 heartbreaker to West Virginia last weekend, the women’s soccer team regrouped with a 5-0 win over Bucknell in last night’s home opener. Paige Pasinski,...
Penn State football is a little more than a week away. In eight days, the Lions kick off at home against Marshall to begin the Matt Campbell era. At the current time, there are two players listed...
ICYMI, this year’s game themes have been fully announced, along with the kickoff time for the Whiteout. A profile of the team’s new starting center. Who has the toughest schedule in the...
If I had a nickel for every Cael Penn State took from Iowa State, I would only have two nickels. That’s not a lot, but it’s funny that it happened twice… Cael Brezina was a three-star recruit and...
Happy Hump Day, Everyone! We brain-farted and forgot to create this post on BSD as we were doing this show live on YouTube on Monday night, but better late than never… In our latest show, Jared...
Penn State hockey has found its goalie of the future with a commitment from Mason Courville: Currently at 16, Courville will be eligible to play at Penn State starting in the 2028-29 season. After...
Caleb Bacon did not receive any scholarship offers during his high school recruitment and opted to join Iowa State as a walk-on during the 2021 season. His breakout season did not come until 2023,...
With the start of the college football season just four days away, more announcements on kickoff times are starting to pop up. For Penn State fans, one of the most anticipated kickoff times is now...
Lavar Arrington II committed to Penn State in July 2024 as a four-star recruit and one of the top linebacker prospects in the 2025 class. He had several power conference offers but ultimately...
Penn State’s favorable Big Ten draw creates a clear path toward the College Football Playoff. A late-season meeting with Rutgers could reveal whether the Nittany Lions can manufacture urgency when...
We recently wrapped up our annual preseason top 10 players series, with linebacker Tony Rojas taking the top spot. Today we’ll take a look at the full voting breakdown from the BSD staff and some...
Xxavier Thomas was the No. 11 overall recruit from Pennsylvania in the 2025 class when he committed to Penn State. Despite his relatively high recruiting ranking, he only received offers from Penn...
At long last, the end of the 2026 off-season is upon us! We fans have endured more tumult than usual this past off-season, what with the coaching changes and the transfers and the stadium...
Tony Rojas was the No. 8 linebacker in the 2023 class when he committed to Penn State. His breakout season in 2024 gave the fanbase optimism that he could be the next great linebacker at Penn...
A Nazareth, Pennsylvania native, Peyton Falzone was originally committed to Penn State’s 2026 recruiting class, but he opted to flip his commitment to Auburn last summer. He remained in the...
Men’s Soccer (1-0) The men’s soccer team made a splash hire following Jeff Cook’s resignation when the Nittany Lions poached Rob Dow from Vermont. Dow led the Catamounts to an NCAA championship in...
Keith Jones Jr. did not receive a star rating during his recruitment, but he joined Grambling State as a member of the 2024 class. He redshirted for the entire 2024 season and did not appear in...
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...
Ji’Ayir Brown took an unconventional route to Penn State: a Trenton, New Jersey native, he was a three-star recruit out of Trenton Central High School, then spent two seasons at Lackawanna...
Matt Campbell is focused on building his culture at Penn State. The Altoona Mirror has a preview of the team and season. The backup quarterback has recovered from open-heart surgery, and is ready...
Here's a guide to the first-year P4 coaches in 2026.
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...
Josiah Zayas comes to Penn State as a true freshman defensive back out of Piscataway, New Jersey. The 6-foot-2, 190-pound recruit played his final high school season at Piscataway after...
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...
Max Granville A four-star recruit out of high school, with an offer sheet that included Michigan, Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama, and Auburn. He reclassified up a year, graduating early to enroll...
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...
Penn State will begin the season as a ranked team, as they’re No. 18 in the preseason AP poll. After a promising season that went off the rails in 2025, finishing the year unranked, the Nittany...
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...
Yvan Kemajou enters his sophomore season as one of the most experienced pieces of Penn State’s retooled EDGE room. The 6’3″, 254-pound Maryland native was a four-star recruit out of Paint Branch...
This past Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Steelers took on the Green Bay Packers in the first game of the NFL preseason. The Steelers prevailed 28-9, and former Penn State quarterback Drew Allar...
Penn State hockey’s 2026-27 recruiting class filled another forward spot with a commitment from Justin Larose: Larose has spent the last five seasons in the QMJHL. He played for the Victoriaville...
Tyrell Chatman arrives at Penn State as a true freshman defensive back out of Lincoln, Nebraska, where he starred at North Star High School. The 6’2″ three-star recruit was ranked the No. 3...
Carson Hansen spent his time at Iowa State gaining the top spot the old school way. He got 22 carries for 67 yards his freshman season, 151 carries for 752 yards his sophomore season, and, by his...
It’s watch list season! As of this publication, nine Nittany Lions have been named to 10 different watch lists (tight end Benjamin Brahmer received two nods thus far). See the full list below, and...
Joe Paterno was never fond of retiring jersey numbers, so it makes sense that only after his death did the Nittany Lions retire a one. It’s a good one too, given that it’s the number of Penn...
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...
Our fellow SB Nation site in Piscataway thinks the new head coach has an easy start to his Nittany Lion career. Mr. Campbell doesn’t quite see it that way. Here’s where several football players...
On Tuesday, I covered three reasons to be optimistic about Penn State hockey’s 2026-27 season. The roster is talented, and the goaltending should be good enough to keep the Nittany Lions...
The BSD staff recently voted for the top 10 Penn State players heading into 2026. The votes are dictated by how the players are expected to perform in the upcoming season, without factoring in...