TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — National champion Alabama has hired former Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is rebuilding its defensive line with help from the transfer portal.
The Gators officially welcomed former Auburn defensive tackle Daquan Newkirk to the...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Jahan Dotson sliced his way through Illinois defenders as if he were juking through a gauntlet of orange practice cones on Saturday night.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — James Franklin has felt the heat before, as recently as a few weeks ago when Penn State was stuck in its worst ever losing streak to start a season.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Little by little over the last three games, Penn State has come closer to being the team coach James Franklin thought he'd have before the season began.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford is grateful that the faces he’s been able to see and interact with in person have stayed close this season.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — After the worst start in school history, Penn State is starting to play like the Nittany Lions of old.
Sean Clifford threw a 29-yard touchdown and Penn State's...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Greg Schiano isn't surprised Rutgers has not developed a rivalry with another team in its five-plus years in the Big Ten Conference.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — When he left coach James Franklin’s house after Penn State’s first victory dinner of the season on Monday night, linebacker Jesse Luketa took two milkshakes to...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated former Penn State President Graham Spanier's conviction for child endangerment over his handling of a report that former...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In a year when everything seems so unusual and different, Penn State at Michigan felt particularly strange.
No fans, no buzz — and not much to feel good about these...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan desperately needed a player to produce and provide an emotional lift.
Cade McNamara delivered, replacing Joe Milton in the second quarter of last week's...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Spencer Petras smiled and admitted he’s not the strongest runner when he has the football in his hands.
But Iowa’s quarterback doesn’t have to be, especially when...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Will Levis’ bulging biceps round out an imposing physique, one Penn State’s backup quarterback has used to earn respect as a hard-nosed, lower-the-shoulder-first...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State has made big defensive plays lately, most too late to really matter.
Take the last two games for example. The Nittany Lions have created multiple...
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska appeared ready to blow out Penn State, then suddenly found itself in a close game, the kind the Cornhuskers have been known to lose under third-year coach Scott...
When Nebraska hosts Penn State this weekend, it will be a matchup between two of the most storied programs in the Big Ten — neither of which has played like it so far in 2020.
Nebraska is 9-17 under third-year coach Scott Frost and frustration is setting in after losses in its first two games.
“The guys are impatient, just like I’m impatient to get this changed,”...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State running back Journey Brown says he has a heart condition that is forcing him to give up football.
Brown posted Wednesday night on Twitter that he has...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — James Franklin wasn’t going to bench Sean Clifford during a lopsided loss to Maryland, and the Penn State coach is not about to turn away from his quarterback despite...
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (AP) — Maryland coach Mike Locksley grew up rooting for the team he now coaches, so he’s intimately aware of all the beatings the Terps have taken year after year from Penn...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State and Maryland share a long, one-sided history. The Terrapins would probably like to forget the most recent meetings.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In Ohio State's first play from scrimmage against Penn State, slot receiver Garrett Wilson took a handoff, cut around the wide open left end and romped 62 yards to set up the...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — There’s an unmarked grave somewhere along Penn State’s two outdoor practice fields.
Buried there is the game tape from a particularly brutal season opener against...
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Freshman DJ Uiagalelei threw for 342 yards and two touchdowns in place of Trevor Lawrence, home with COVID-19, and No. 1 Clemson rallied from 18 points down in the first half...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Justin Fields doesn’t need the energy of 110,000 people mostly rooting against him in a stadium to put on a show.
The Ohio State quarterback is just fine shredding...
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Michael Penix Jr. came through for Indiana again. So did the defense — no need to count the wild play that got called back.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Justin Fields looked eager to make up for lost time during Ohio State's season-opening blowout of Nebraska, operating the Buckeyes' offense with such efficiency pollsters...
When the defense is celebrating having allowed a touchdown, something has most definitely gone wrong for the offense.
In two games last weekend, one college and one pro, the team with the...
The potential Big Ten game of the year lost some luster last week.
No. 18 Penn State was upset by Indiana so instead of returning to Happy Valley to host No. 3 Ohio State with an unbeaten...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Penn State defensive tackle Antonio Shelton saw something new this week as he watched recent film of Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields.
The first weekend of Big Ten football was full of surprises.
Indiana upset a top-10 foe for the first time in 33 years. Rutgers snapped a 21-game conference skid. Northwestern and Purdue...
Penn State running back Noah Cain will miss the rest of the season with an injury, another blow to the 18th-ranked Nittany Lions' backfield as they prepare to face No. 3 Ohio State.
Now that Justin Fields has arrived, the Heisman Trophy race can begin.
Though the front-runner might not be the quarterback you think.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Michael Penix forced overtime with a 2-point conversion run with 22 seconds left, then scored on a diving 2-point conversion to give Indiana a season-opening 36-35 upset...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Indiana coach Tom Allen had grown weary of close calls in big games.
On Saturday, Allen went for it — and Michael Penix Jr. made those gambles pay off the Big Ten...
Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden thanked his doctors, family and fans their support and prayers through his “tough” bout with COVID-19.
Penn State says running back Journey Brown could miss the season due to a “medical condition."
247 Sports first reported Monday that the eighth-ranked Nittany Lions might be without their...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — To break up the monotony of quarantine, Sean Clifford played catch with a familiar receiver all summer.
Unfortunately for Penn State’s quarterback, that target —...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, hospitalized last week after contracting COVID-19, says he is feeling better and hopes to go home soon.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden has tested positive for the coronavirus and was home Monday monitoring his symptoms.