Penn State wrestling took on Rider Saturday afternoon, and the Nittany Lions rolled to a 38-4 victory. The Nittany Lions remain perfect on the season heading into the holiday break.
The Nittany Lions avoided losing to 1-8 Drexel thanks to a career-high 20 points from Payton Banks. The team was down by as much as 17 points late in the first half before mounting a comeback and getting a 63-57 win.
Cornerbacks Coach Terry Smith recounted a neat story of new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead recruiting his stepson Justin King back in 2005.
Carl Nassib was the recipient of just about every national defensive award imaginable, but don't think the success got to his head. Nassib just took the same approach every day, and after five years, he's reaping the benefits.
James Franklin made two things clear before the Lions travel South: Carl Nassib is 100 percent healthy for a game for the first time in more than a month, and Christian Hackenberg and Austin Johnson have both applied for draft evaluations from the NFL.
Our freshmen staffers gave a retrospective on their first few months as Penn Staters.