Penn State great Kerry Collins to serve as Peach Bowl honorary captain; Lane Kiffin talks Drew Allar: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Dec. 27 include the Peach Bowl honorary captains, Lane Kiffin talking about the Lions, and more.
It’s time to dive into Wednesday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with a part of the Peach Bowl that will take place before kickoff between the Lions and Ole Miss in Atlanta on Saturday. Penn State great Kerry Collins, who is currently an assistant coach at Franklin High School in Tennessee, will serve as the PSU honorary captain. The Rebels will be represented in that capacity by former wide receiver Donte Moncrief. They will be joined on the Mercedes-Benz turf for the coin toss by Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta patients Chance Meadows and Colton Hall.
In other news, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin was asked to assess Penn State quarterback Drew Allar during his Tuesday news conference.
“He’s hard to beat,” Kiffin said. “Takes care of the ball really well. Really good mixture of being able to throw the ball and then get out of trouble and make a play and make a first down with his feet.
Top 10
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Updated SEC title game scenarios
The path to the championship game is clear
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SEC refs under fire
'Incorrect call' wipes Bama TD away
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'Fire Kelly' chants at LSU
Death Valley disapproval of Brian Kelly
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Chipper Jones
Braves legend fiercely defends SEC
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Drinkwitz warns MSU
Mizzou coach sounded off
“These guys are always really hard, what I call student of the games when you see them play. They rarely make any mistakes. When you couple that with the best defense in the country, that’s a really good combination. That’s why these guys have won so many games.”
Headlines of the day
Peach Bowl storylines: What to know about Penn State-Ole Miss heading into Saturday’s game: Flounders, PennLive
3 Penn State Tuesday Peach Bowl takeaways: How the new coordinators are adjusting and more: Pickel, BWI
Lane Kiffin Agrees With James Franklin About College Football’s ‘Terrible System’: Wogenrich, SI
Wide receiver Qeanu Johnson picks up Penn State offer and sets January visit: Snyder, BWI
Penn State CB Kalen King attending Peach Bowl for ‘1 more game’: Engle, Daily Collegian
Penn State punter Riley Thompson talks process that led to extended eligibility: Pickel, BWI
‘Everybody else is here’: Cedric Johnson is the only Ole Miss opt-out for the Peach Bowl: Thompson, OM Spirit
Quote of the day
“You can leave, you can stay. You can go other places. Coaches can call you. And our season is still going. It would be like before the NFC or AFC playoffs start in a couple weeks, all of a sudden, ‘Hey, free agency the week before opens, so you can start recruiting other people’s players and fly them on trips and get them to transfer. So really, a really bad system.”
–Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin on the current college football system that combines bowl season, the transfer portal, and National Signing Day all in the same month.
