What is the Penn State-Ole Miss spread? Lions wrestling rolls to first dual meet win: Newsstand
Penn State news, notes, and updates for Dec. 4 include a wrestling recap, the initial point spread for the Peach Bowl, and more.
It’s time to dive into Monday’s top tweets and headlines about the Nittany Lions and college athletics.
Penn State tweets of the day
We start with football. The Nittany Lions are a 3.5-point favorite over Ole Miss in the Peach Bowl. No. 10 Penn State is making its first appearance in that bowl game ever. The No. 11 Rebels were 10-2 this season.
“We couldn’t be more excited to be part of this unbelievable matchup and play a great university and program like Penn State and Coach Franklin and all the success that he’s had there and the great players and be close to home for us to where a lot of our fans will go to a great stadium and view a great matchup,” Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said.
“Obviously a lot of stuff going on with playoff announcements and the bowl games and recruiting visits at the same time. So kind of in a whirlwind of things, but we couldn’t be more excited about this bowl game and this matchup and coming to Atlanta.”
Top 10
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Dabo Swinney
Clemson coach rips CFP
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Colston Loveland
Michigan TE availability in question
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Heisman 'clinched'
Deion Sanders reacts to Travis Hunter performance
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Memphis shakes up CFP
Tigers upsets changes CFP picture
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Hunter, Sanders
Colorado stars to make NFL Draft history
In other news, Penn State wrestling smoked Lehigh 30-10 on Sunday. The Lions won seven of 10 bouts. Freshman Tyler Kasak picked up his first dual meet win at 149 pounds. Ex-Lion Michael Beard beat Lucas Cochran, who filled in for Aaron Brooks, at 197 pounds. And, top ranked Nittany Lion Carter Starocci picked up the lone fall of the day.
“It’s like who’s ready to go and who’s available and we’ll wrestle our best team,” Sanderson told PennLive. “It’s finals coming up and coming off a week after Thanksgiving has not been our best time in the past as far as having everybody ready to roll.”
Headlines of the day
Penn State wrestlers pull away from Lehigh, win season-opener 30-10: Carlson, PennLive
Why did Penn State hire Andy Kotelnicki to be its next offensive coordinator?: Pickel, BWI
Former Penn State Star D’Anton Lynn Named USC Defensive Coordinator: Wogenrich, SI
James Franklin offers Andy Kotelnicki hiring insights, more: Notebook: Bauer, BWI
Four Storylines as Kotelnicki Begins Tenure: Jones, Statecollege.com
Quote of the day
“Yeah, those things really kind of have not been decided. They’re ongoing conversations with parents and players and those types of things. Obviously, we’re always trying to create an environment and a situation where we have none, but we’ll see how that plays out.”
–PSU coach James Franklin on if the team will have any opt-outs for the Peach Bowl.
