Penn State football preseason bowl projection revealed: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Aug. 22 include a preseason bowl projection for the Nittany Lions plus headlines of the day and more.
It’s time to dive into Tuesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with what appears to be the first preseason bowl game projections ahead of the 2023 slate kicking off this weekend. Noted postseason expert and longtime college football Brett McMurphy made his first of what will eventually be weekly picks for The Action Network on Monday. He slots Penn State in the Orange Bowl opposite Clemson. It would mean the Lions would qualify for another New Year’s Six Bowl game. But, it would also mean they’d miss the College Football Playoff again.
Media polls from across the country have Penn State locked in at No. 7 ahead of next weekend’s opener against West Virginia. Some at TAN are higher on the Lions than others. One of the outlet’s analysts thinks head coach James Franklin’s team is a good bet to make the CFP this year.
“If they win the Big Ten or they get to the College Football Playoff, that means [Drew] Allar exceeded or lived up to his lofty expectations,” George Stuckey said on The Big Bets On Campus podcast. “That’s really all they need with this defense. That means, to me, with the landscape of college football this year, they’re fully capable of winning the national title and I would love to have a 25 or 30-1 [future bet] in my pocket.”
Top 10
- 1Trending
UK upsets Duke
Mark Pope leads Kentucky to first Champions Classic win since 2019
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Second CFP Top 25
Newest CFP rankings are out
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Kirby Smart reacts
UGA coach responds to CFP Committee snub
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Nico Iamaleava
Tennessee QB dealing with concussion ahead of Georgia game
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Couches on fire
State Street burning couches after Kentucky upsets Duke
In other news, Penn State lineman Olu Fashanu and cornerback Kalen King are on the Associated Press preseason All-American team.
Headlines of the day
Big Ten college football conference preview: Can Penn State or Ohio State stop Michigan?: Myerberg, USA Today
Penn State commit Messiah Mickens and multiple PA prospects make On3’s 2026 Watch List: Snyder, BWI
All eyes are on Allar at Penn State: Rudel, Altoona Mirror
Penn State puts a pair on the Associated Press preseason All-American team: Pickel, BWI
Breaking Down Penn State’s 2023 Football Schedule: Wogenrich, SI
Trimmings: Contributors on the rise in Penn State preseason camp: Fitz, BWI
Jeff Byers Gives the Inside Scoop on Centre County’s New Sports Radio Station: Horlacher, Statecollege.com
Quote of the day
“I was talking to my coach right before I went out on that series. He was talking about getting our hands on our receivers in Cover-2. He’s like, ‘Once you get your hands on him, push him out of bounds and look for the ball, because it’s gonna be there.’ And exactly like that, it happened.”
–Former PSU cornerback Joey Porter Jr., after his first NFL interception in a recent Pittsburgh Steelers preseason game.
