NEW YORK | Terry Smith promised himself he wouldn't cry again. Not like he did in mid-November, when he said becoming Penn State's interim head coach was "humbling," or like he did a few days later, when the Nittany Lions beat Nebraska at Beaver Stadium.
https://nittanycentral.com/feed/ Penn State Football capped off its 2025 season with a 22-10 win over Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl. While the Nittany
NEW YORK | Penn State quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer didn’t expect to see much of the field this season with Drew Allar in his senior year and the Nittany
Terry Smith, the Penn State interim head coach, couldn’t hold back his excitement. Standing on the Yankee Stadium turf moments after his Nittany Lions defeated Clemson 22-10 in the Pinstripe Bowl, Smith struggled to find words.
NEW YORK | Penn State sent interim head coach Terry Smith out with a trophy Saturday, defeating Clemson 22-10 in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium. The Nittany Lions concluded a disappointing season on a four-game win streak, propelling themselves into an offseason of change with Matt Campbell and his new staff.
The Penn State Nittany Lions just proved to everyone why end-of-season bowl games are important. This one for PSU wasn’t just any other bowl game; it showed just how much football means to the players and coaches within the program, outside of two players.
The Penn State Nittany Lions ended a difficult season with a bowl win on Saturday, and it produced one of the best interviews of bowl season from interim coach Terry Smith.
Grunkemeyer completed 23 of 34 passes, setting career bests for completions and attempts.
2025 certainly didn't go the way that Penn State fans likely thought it would, but you can't say the Nittany Lions didn't fight hard through the end of the season.
NEW YORK | Penn State running back Kaytron Allen, the Big Ten's second-leading rusher, is listed as questionable for the Pinstripe Bowl, joining a significant number of Nittany Lions who might not play in the season-ending game at Yankee Stadium.
College football’s bowl slate for the 2025-26 season continues with Penn State and Clemson meeting in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 27. The Tigers and Nittany Lions had preseason aspirations of contending for the national title, but both teams underachieved and will be looking to use Saturday’s game as a chance to finish ‘25 on a high note.
Penn State will run a dramatically different lineup onto the field Saturday for the Pinstripe Bowl, one that will be without 10 starters, including four offensive linemen.
The Pinstripe Bowl is Terry Smith’s last game as Penn State’s interim head coach before Matt Campbell fully takes over the program. In October, when Smith accepted the role, it seemed unlikely Penn State would become bowl-eligible.
Six Penn State starters have opted out of the Pinstripe Bowl, with others potentially to come. Though the book closes on some prominent Nittany Lions’
https://nittanycentral.com/feed/ Penn State Football is only four days away from its final matchup of the 2025 season against Clemson in the Pinstripe Bowl Saturday.
https://nittanycentral.com/feed/ With all of the moving pieces going on in the Penn State Football program, Matt Campbell and company are still recruiting for the class of 2026.
In a rather historic commitment, highly-touted Japanese right-hander Genei Sato announced his commitment to Penn State, signaling a massive win for the Nittany Lions program.
In a rather historic commitment, highly-touted Japanese right-hander Genei Sato announced his commitment to Penn State, signaling a massive win for the Nittany Lions program.
Penn State head coach Matt Campbell is only two weeks on the job, but he might be on the verge of giving the program a much-needed boost at quarterback.
Chaz Coleman’s Penn State career is ending almost as quickly as it began. After showing promise early as a true freshman, appearing in nine games and carving out a rotational role, Coleman announced Thursday that he plans to enter the NCAA transfer portal when the January window opens.
Pribula spent three seasons (one as a redshirt) at Penn State under James Franklin before transferring to Missouri this past offseason.
New head coach Matt Campbell made an essential personnel decision this week, opting to kept a vital connective thread that links State College's past success to its future ambitions.
It's safe to say Penn State's coaching staff will look very different under Matt Campbell. Earlier this week, Penn State introduced Campbell as its new head coach.
Matt Campbell apparently has some extra incentive to do well at his new job.
It's a bowl game that features two of the biggest brands in college football, but two brands that sorely disappointed in 2025. Still, it's at least a way to go out on a high note, but things just got a bit harder for the Nittany Lions in that regard.
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