Penn State football announces TV info for season opener at Purdue
Penn State football revealed the television information for its season opening game at Purdue.
The game is set to air nationally on FOX. The network acquired the rights to air that game in a bargain with ESPN for Joe Buck, who will become the flagship’s Monday Night Football voice.
The Nittany Lions begin their season in unconventional fashion, playing on Thursday, September 1.
The kick time for that game has not been publicly announced yet.
Penn State played on FOX twice last season, defeating Wisconsin in the first game of the season and losing on the road against Iowa.
The Nittany Lions are 15-3-1 all-time against Purdue.
Penn State last took on the Boilermakers in 2019, winning a 35-7 contest at Beaver Stadium. The list time they made the trip to West Lafayette, the Nittany Lions came away with a 62-24 victory.
Purdue’s last win over Penn State came in 2004 in State College, having claimed a nother victory at Ross-Ade Stadium the season before.
Penn State adds letterman as analyst
Penn State football has added another letterman as an analyst.
This one comes with nearly 40 years of coaching experience.
Danny Rocco has joined James Franklin’s staff, he announced on Monday before spring practice begins.
Rocco was most recently the head coach at Delaware. He was 31-23 overall with the Blue Hens but let go after a 5-6 season in 2021. The Huntingdon, Pa., native played at both Penn State and Wake Forest. He started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the latter school.
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Rocco then earned his first on-field role with the Demon Deacons as a defensive line coach in 1986. He late become a position coach at Colorado, Tulsa, Texas (where he was also special teams coordinator), Maryland, and with the New York Jets before taking the Liberty head job in 2006. He left for Richmond in 2012 and then started with Delaware in 2017. All-time, Rocco has a coaching record of 121-65.
“When you get guys like Danny Rocco to be able to join our program, not only his experience in the NFL, his experience as a head coach, his experience as a coordinator; he’s also a letterman,” Franklin said.
“I think that’s also been an emphasis that you’ve seen in our staff as well,” Penn State’s head coach added. “Obviously, Dan Connor, and so on and so forth. I think that’s really valuable, and it’s been exciting to have these guys back.”
Rocco and Dan Connor are the two lettermen who are analysts. Deion Barnes and Wendy Laurent, then, fit that model in the graduate assistant department. Alan Zemaitis is the lone recruiting department staffer who played for Penn State. Finally, two on-field coaches were lettermen as well: Tight ends coach Ty Howle and corners coach Terry Smith.
