Penn State Football Smeltzer: Is it Tinsley Time? Mitch Tinsley didn’t get to play in games like these before he got to Penn State. Sure, the fifth-year senior wideout got to play... Joe SmeltzerOctober 15, 2022
Penn State Football Smeltzer: Michigan Game Could be Start of Something Great or Awful The parallels are striking for Penn State. In 1994, Penn State won its first five games. Then, it had a bye week, and its... Joe SmeltzerOctober 10, 2022
Opinion Smeltzer: Singleton, Allen Already are What Barkley, Sanders Weren’t at Penn State For those who don’t know what the “Mana Effect” is, let me explain. The “Mana Effect,” named in reference to Nelson Mana, is “a recent... Joe SmeltzerOctober 5, 2022
Opinion Smeltzer: Penn State Avoided a Nightmare, and That’s a Good Sign Saturday could have been a nightmare for Penn State and its fans. The team didn’t play well in its 17-7 win over lowly Northwestern. Beating an... Joe SmeltzerOctober 2, 2022
Opinion Stuff Somers Says: The Tell-Tale Heart of Penn State’s Season Welcome to October. Well, chances are you’re reading this column in September, but grab your pumpkin spice latte and pretend it’s October with me.... Darian SomersSeptember 29, 2022
Penn State Football Smeltzer: It’s Okay to be Over the Moon I understand that the Auburn team Penn State pounded Saturday might not be good. I wasn’t high on Bryan Harsin’s squad coming into the... Joe SmeltzerSeptember 19, 2022
Opinion Smeltzer: QB1 or not, can’t Fans Just Enjoy Allar? I’m not going to go into much detail about why I think Sean Clifford, not Drew Allar should be Penn State’s starting quarterback. Clifford... Joe SmeltzerSeptember 16, 2022
Opinion The Walker Report: Sean Clifford has Biggest Opportunity of Career Saturday Sean Clifford will go down statistically as one of the best quarterbacks in Penn State history. Clifford came in into the season third on... Brandon WalkerSeptember 14, 2022
Opinion Smeltzer: Auburn’s Bigsby First big RB Test Penn State’s defense hasn’t had to face a running back like Auburn’s Tank Bigsby this season. Purdue’s King Doerue— awesome name, by the way—... Joe SmeltzerSeptember 13, 2022
Opinion Smeltzer: Predicting Every 2022 Penn State Football Game There is one sleep left until the 2022 Penn State football season begins. The first game is at Purdue Thursday night at 8, and... Joe SmeltzerSeptember 1, 2022
Opinion Stuff Somers Says: Patrick Kraft’s Hire Means Everything to Penn State’s Future I don’t know if the hiring of Patrick Kraft was a good hire for Penn State. I don’t know if the hiring of Patrick... Darian SomersApril 30, 2022