Could Penn State football be practicing with an in-state opponent?
James Franklin didn’t mention it in his pre-spring practice presser Tuesday afternoon.
But Temple coach K.C. Keeler did.
“Penn State reached out,” Keeler said after his team’s practice Tuesday via OwlScoop.com, “and we’re talking about possibly doing something like Syracuse and Colorado are doing. And I’m thinking to myself, ‘Do I really want my guys out there? They have some good players. And so that’s kind of where we are now. It gets a little bit more secretive (when coaches are asked by reporters about players) this time of year when the portal’s opening up.”
Keeler feels this season will mark the end of spring football as we know it.
Add Nittany Sports Now as a preferred source in Google! Click here to add us.“I think this will be the last spring game for college football,” Keeler said. “I think we’re going to move more to a pro model, more OTAs and those kinds of things. If you think about it, because of the portal, your roster is really not all together until June, so why not do some more things in June with the guys in terms of OTAs and those kind of things versus the time you’re spending in the spring? Make the spring more conditioning and walkthroughs and those kinds of things. So again, I think you’ll see we’re going to NFL model. I think you’ll see us go to an NFL model in a lot of ways.”
This year’s Penn State Blue-White Game will have a different look this year, Franklin said. It will not be televised, which it usually is on Big Ten Network.
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