JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
“I would have had Penn State higher, and would have considered them more if I knew Coach Bradley was going to be the head coach when Joe Paterno retires.”
– Jeannette senior QB Terrelle Pryor to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 19, during the news conference when he announced he’d be attending the Ohio State […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
When Brian Groff heard Penn State was recruiting him for football, he didn’t believe it.
“Not at first,” Columbia’s senior lineman said. “I didn’t take the first call, my dad did. And when he told me who called, I thought he was lying.”
Turns out it was Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary on the […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
Sorry. No big, elaborate Penn State-Texas A&M preview. No grids. No stats. No notes about the TV crew. Too much going on right now (Christmas, family gatherings, girls’ basketball beat, etc, etc).
But I do have a prediction for you:
Penn State 38, Texas A&M 10.
This will be a rout. But do tune in …

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
THE GAME: Penn State (4-3 Big Ten, 8-3 overall) @ Michigan State (2-5 Big Ten, 6-5 overall), Saturday, 3:30 p.m., Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan.
WINNER GETS: The Land Grant Trophy. Oooh, yeah. … If you haven’t heard, PSU and MSU are land-grant institutions, and both colleges were founded in 1855 (a history lesson […]

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JEFFREY REINHART jreinhart@LNPnews.com
I’m battling a head cold, so this is not my most in-depth Penn State preview capsule of all time. Sorry about that.
But here’s (cough, cough, sniffle, sniffle) what I was able to put together …
THE GAME: Penn State (4-3 Big Ten, 7-3 overall) @ Temple (3-3 MAC, 3-6 overall), Saturday, Noon, Lincoln Financial […]

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